CRISTA Ministries

CRISTA Ministries is a Seattle-based family of five Christian ministries that carries out educational, humanitarian, senior-living, camp and broadcasting programmes, serving people in the Pacific Northwest and in communities abroad. The organisation traces its origins to its founders, Mike and Vivian Martin, and reports 75 years of ministry, reaching millions of people each year.

Its operating units span several distinct fields. CRISTA Senior Living supports more than 600 residents across communities in Shoreline and Silverdale, Washington. King's Schools provides Christian education from preschool through 12th grade. CRISTA Camps runs character-building camp experiences in the forests of the western Puget Sound. CRISTA Media broadcasts music and messages over three radio stations in Seattle and Bellingham. World Concern, its international humanitarian arm, addresses poverty through clean water, food, education, disaster assistance, literacy, livelihood training, microloans and small-business and agricultural programmes.

Work is based across the Pacific Northwest - including Seattle, Shoreline, Silverdale, Bellingham and the western Puget Sound - alongside international assignments with World Concern. The stated mission of the ministries is to serve practical and spiritual needs so that people can be built up in love, united in faith and matured in Christ, with an emphasis on character building throughout its programmes.