(Faith Telegraph, June 23, 2009) Adventures In Missions (AIM), a nonprofit organization based in Gainesville, GA, announced thewinner of its first MissionsPhoto Contest. The winningphotographis of a child being tossed in the air.The top five finalists willreceive a total of$5,000 in prize money.

"We were all impressed by the range of high-quality images submitted for the contest," thegroupreports on its website."Judging was difficult, so we tried to stick with the criteria for this particular contest," which called for the image to capture "a soul, a moment, a place and a ministry."

Because there were so many outstanding pictures, the judges also selected fifteen "Honorable Mention" pictures from among the portfolios that did not place in thetop five. Click here to view all of the winning photographs.

AIM launched its first Missions Photo Contest in a quest to gather photographs of ministry in action from around the globe. The purposewas to cast a vision for what God is doing in the mission field through a collection of compelling photographs that tell the stories.

AIM founder Seth Barnes was inspired to start the Missions Photo Contest after seeing an image taken of an orphan at a care point in Nsoko, Swaziland. "I saw this photograph and was so taken by it. It captures a soul, a moment, a place and a ministry. It's like visual poetry," he says. Barnes wanted to share this experience with more people -- and he wanted more photos. "As I continued to stare at it [the photo], I thought, 'We have so many good photographers...we need to showcase their talent.'"

The ultimate goalof the project isto publish a book of the winning photographs that shares the stories and images of reaching out to people in need. "I think it will help cast a vision for what God is doing," says Barnes.

Adventures In Missions is an interdenominational organization that facilitates short-term mission trips throughout the world and within the United States. They organize trips for individuals, teenager through adult; and for groups, such as youth groups, college groups, and adult groups. The focus of each short-term mission trip is to raise up a generation of radically committed disciples of Jesus through experiential learning.

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Adventures In Missions Photo Contest Winners

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