Dr. Peggy Campbell-Rayman
was born in Denver Colorado in 1951. Her parents, Rev. Thomas William and Hally Fay McKee, operated a mission for children in the inner city of Denver. At six years of age, Peggy developed a keen sense of personal sin and her need for a Savior. She gave her heart to the Lord in Longview, Texas, while visiting her aunts and grandmother.

Because of the kind of neighborhood the Children's Mission was in, it was not always easy to get teachers that would be willing to come down to teach. Many times Peggy and her older, sister Bonnie would be expected to teach classes when an adult teacher was not available. So at nine, she began teaching the beginner's class. It was during those years that a solid commitment developed in Peggy to serve the Lord full time for the rest of her life.

During her high school years she developed a strong sense of social justice to complement her evangelical upbringing. Attending inner city high schools enabled her to listen to the civil rights debate from a position of the people who were being most directly affected by the movement, African - Americans. The day Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, she made a pledge that she would give the rest of her life to racial reconciliation.

While attending the University of Colorado, she met her first husband, William Campbell, an African-American who grew up in the same neighborhood she had. They knew very quickly that

God was calling them together to represent a reconciled picture of the body of Christ. On December 19, 1970, they gave their lives to each other and dedicated themselves to God's service.

Over the next 19 years they ministered and pastored in the inner city of St. Paul, Mn. Towards the end of that 19 years, God began to speak to Peggy and told her that as the first part of her life had been spent ministering in the inner city, God was changing the focus of her life, and He wanted her to prepare herself for world missions, as He was going to be using her as a liaison between the inner city and the nations of the world. Little did she know what God had planned for her. At the same time, God also spoke to her husband about going into the Navy as a chaplain. The Navy sent the family to Norfolk, VA. It was here that Peggy enrolled in the Masters in Missions program at Regent University. Peggy and her husband transferred their ordination to Rock Church of Virginia Beach and began a ministry there on ministering to the inner city as well as William's work as a Chaplin.

Two years after the family moved to Norfolk, Rev. William Campbell died of a heart attack, leaving Peggy with six children. Peggy and the children remained in the Norfolk area, continuing her work with Rock and she finishing her degree program in 1993. It was here that her involvement with the Association of International Mission Services (AIMS) began.

Three years after the death of her first husband, she met Joseph Rayman.[Peggy and Joseph pictured above] She and Joseph felt that God was calling them together but were not sure that it was marriage. Joseph was planning a missions trip to the Ukraine and Peggy was planning a missions trip to Ghana. How could God be calling two people together that were going in opposite directions? The Ukraine refused Joe's entry as a Christian teacher and they understood this as a sign from God. Peggy and Joe began to see each other and were married six months later. They were planning to go to Ghanna but that too was changed. God had another plan for them. Together the two of them were pursuing careers as non-resident missionaries with AIMS, specializing in sub-Sahara Africa, fulfilling the focus that God placed on Peggy's heart six years earlier.

Today they are working together, as founders and directors of AOF Missions Inc, on mobilizing African-American churches to gain a world view of missions, and on a reconciliation between races and denominations to work together within the body of Christ.

Peggy completed her Doctorate degree in Ministry Missions with the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology in June 2003.

For further information contact: Dr. Peggy Rayman at peggy@africaonfire.org, President, AOF Missions Inc

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