Why I Built a Travel Agency Around Generosity

I spent nearly 30 years as a support-based missionary. Most of that time was in Oaxaca, Mexico, working among unreached people groups. Some of it was in Clarkston, Georgia — one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in America — serving refugee communities alongside Global Frontier Missions, the organization I founded.

In that world, you think hard about money. Every dollar that comes in is someone’s act of generosity. You know what it costs people to give. You know what it means when a gift arrives unexpectedly. And you learn, over time, that the way people spend and give reflects what they actually believe — not just what they say they believe.

When I became a travel advisor, I brought that same lens with me.

This Is a Real Business. You’ll Get Real Service.

I want to be direct about something: Steward Travel is not a hobby, a side project, or a ministry fund with a travel website attached. It is a fully accredited travel agency — CLIA and IATA credentialed through Outside Agents, one of the most respected host agencies in the country.

I have access to the same supplier relationships, preferred pricing, and booking systems as any professional travel advisor. I work with every major cruise line, hotel group, tour operator, and resort network. I’m not searching Kayak. I’m pulling from the same wholesale and preferred rate systems the industry runs on.

What the missionary background gives you isn’t a less-professional advisor. It gives you an advisor who has personally navigated international travel in difficult contexts, understands cross-cultural complexity, has been to many of the destinations your faith community cares most about, and built a business specifically because he wanted the profit structure to reflect kingdom values — not shareholder returns.

Who Books Through Steward Travel

You don’t have to be a pastor. You don’t have to be in ministry. You just have to be a Christian who thinks about money the way Christians are supposed to think about money — and who’d rather their travel commissions fund something that matters than disappear into a corporation’s marketing budget.

My clients are Christian families planning a cruise or resort vacation. Couples finally doing the Holy Land trip they’ve talked about for years. Empty nesters ready to see the world. Small groups from churches traveling together. People who want their vacation to be excellent — and to mean something beyond the itinerary.

If that’s you, I’d love to plan your next trip.

One More Thing Worth Knowing

Steward Travel operates as a business as mission venture. That means the business itself — not just the giving program — is part of how I fund ongoing kingdom work. I’m not asking you to support me financially. I’m telling you that when you book a great trip through an advisor who genuinely serves you well, the whole transaction is pointed in the same direction: toward something that matters.

You get an expert who plans a trip you’ll love. Your designated recipient gets a meaningful gift. And the business that made it happen is run by someone who started it for exactly the reason it looks like he started it.

That’s the whole story.