Christine Warner

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Christine Warner has spent much of her life asking what it means to follow Christ alongside those the world often overlooks. Born and raised in Guatemala, she learned early that some of the deepest lessons about faith, hope, and perseverance come from people living with extraordinary hardship. That conviction has shaped a vocation spanning ministry, education, leadership development, and spiritual formation.

Today she serves as Executive Director of the Matthew 25 Initiative, helping churches and practitioners cultivate healthy, sustainable ministries of justice and mercy. Her work draws together decades of experience in cross-cultural ministry, urban mission, church planting, teaching, coaching, and nonprofit leadership.

She holds graduate degrees in rhetoric, linguistics, and theology and serves on the supervising faculty of Selah, where she trains spiritual directors and ministry leaders. As an American-Guatemalan and later having lived in Germany, Austria, England, Canada, and the United States, Christine inhabits a third-culture identity shaped by multiple cultural streams and expressions of faithful Jesus followers.

Several years ago, Christine survived a catastrophic accident—being hit by a truck while putting gas in her car—that permanently changed the perspective of her life. She had no breath and no pulse for an extended amount of time. She should not be alive. Her story is one of miracles and grief, joy and lament. The experience deepened her commitment to leading from dependence, humility, and gritty hope rather than productivity alone.

When asked about her accomplishments, however, Christine points somewhere else entirely. Of her greatest honors is her friendships with people who are often unseen and unheard, whose lives continue to teach her what it means to be truly human.

She has only allowed her story to be posted publicly on one platform, A’Rocha International, and you can listen to it HERE or HERE.