Joseph Handley serves with Asian Access and holds a Ph.D. from the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary. Joseph does research in Global Leadership, Intercultural Studies, Mission Leadership and Polycentric Leadership.
Building Capacity of Leaders for Mission Acceleration
Associate Pastor
Rolling Hills Covenant Church
August 1998 - June 2008
Rolling Hills Estates, United States
Lead Mission Pastor, Global Outreach Pastor prior to taking the Associate post
Founding Director
Azusa Pacific University
July 1989 - July 1998
Azusa, United States
Founding Director of the Office of World Mission, prior coordinator of a youth mission congress
Work Experience
Consultant
NextLevel-Leadership
August 2008 - Present
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Providing clarity to leaders | directional, organizational, personal
President
Asian Access
July 2008 - Present
Developing Leaders for Missional Acceleration
Associate Pastor of Outreach Ministries
Rolling Hills Covenant Church
August 2000 - June 2008
Lead Mission Pastor at one of Today's All Star Missions Churches - Also served on the senior leadership team: Servant Leadership Team for the church as a whole.
Global Outreach Pastor
Rolling Hills Covenant Church
August 1998 - July 2000
MIssion Leader for the global ministries of the church - including nearly 200 missional partners and missionaries.
Founding Director, Office of World Mission
Azusa Pacific University
January 1990 - July 1998
Founder and director of APU's Office of World Mission which served the university in mission training, mobilization and mission engagement as well as public relations with churches and mission organizations.
Adjunct Faculty Member
Azusa Pacific University
September 1990 - May 1998
Azusa, California, United States
Taught courses in both the Religion and Philosophy department as well as the Global Studies department: Courses included Introduction to World Mission, People and Places, Global Learning Term, and Introduction to Bible Study, 1 & 2 Samuel as well as Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.
Director of Conquest
Azusa Pacific University
July 1989 - December 1989
Director of one of the first high school missions congresses (an Urbana for High School students)
Psych Aide
Charter Oak Hospital
1987 - 1989
Serving children ages 3-13 through providing in-patient care and over-site.
Education
Fuller Theological Seminary
Aug 2010 - Mar 2020
Intercultural Studies
Azusa Pacific University
Sep 1991 - May 1993
Theology
Azusa Pacific University
Sep 1983 - May 1987
Psychology
Prizes and Awards
eXcelerate Award for Excellence in Mission (Communications)
Missio Nexus
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Sep 2019
Missio Nexus bestowed the 2019 eXcelerate award to Joe Handley for excellence in mission. In particular, they affirmed Joe for his excellence and innovation in the area of communications in efforts at accelerating the Great Commission.
Japan has long been considered a resistant mission field. Years of mission effort have yielded small results. But the overwhelming effects of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011 have opened the doors of opportunity and Christian leaders in Japan are asking for help. Poised to answer the call is a new strategic partnership between two very different mission organizations – Asian Access and SIM.
Following a thorough process of examining their respective organizations’ DNA, the leadership teams of Asian Access and SIM seized the opportunity in forming a new model of mission work. Each is maximizing its strengths; each was willing to adapt to the other’s needs. Both believe that by working together a greater outcome will result.
This new collaboration is not a merger or simply a sharing of office functions; it is truly a new way of doing mission together, where each team brings its strengths and commits to a common kingdom vision. SIM assumes responsibility for recruiting missionaries and for missionary support services such as financial accounting, training, and U.S.-based care. Asian Access retains responsibility for championing the overall vision in Japan, managing the strategy of missionary deployment through its network of Japanese churches, and caring for Japan-based missionary personnel. The partnership requires ongoing teamwork, but retains organizational strengths and fiduciary controls. Together they want to plant 1,000 churches in Japan by 2020 and mobilize 1,000 Japanese missionaries.