The Navigators is a ministry that shares the gospel of Jesus and helps people grow in their relationship with Him through Life-to-Life® discipleship, creating spiritual generations of believers. Since its founding in 1933, The Navigators has upheld the mission “to know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same®.”
The Navigators is focused on developing disciples person-by-person-by-person and encouraging spiritual growth across life stages. A disciple is someone who believes in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, intentionally learns from Him, and strives to live more like Him. Discipleship means intentionally helping people learn from and live more like Christ by praying with them, spending time together in His Word, walking alongside them in everyday life, and equipping them to do the same with others. God is transforming lives through these spiritual generations.
To share the gospel and disciple all people in all places, The Navigators includes a wide variety of ministries and a broad family of missionaries, supporters, and volunteers. The Navigators reaches and disciples people in need of the gospel where they work, live, worship, and play: on college campuses and military bases, in inner cities, workplaces, churches, and local communities, and in hard to reach places.
Through Life-to-Life relationships, The Navigators discipleship fulfills the message of 2 Timothy 2:2: “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others (NIV).”
The Navigators offers tools and an online resource library to equip believers and help them live out Life-to-Life discipleship in their own lives.
Our Leadership
Joe Maschhoff
International President
Joe joined the International Executive team in January 2023. He was born and raised in the U.S. Midwest and attended the University of Minnesota. He was led to Christ and discipled by his father, also a Navigator staff, but it was during his university days that God captured his heart with the Vision and Calling of the Navigators. Joe was a member of the first EDGE Corps class and went on to live and minister in southern California for 16 years, serving in a number of different roles. He left Navigator staff for a few years out of a desire to see the Navigator vision in the workplace. In 2009, Joe began serving as the Nav20s Director, doing so until 2014. At that point, he and his family left the U.S., opening and leading the Navigator work in the Caribbean for seven years, until 2021. Joe is married to Joy and they are blessed with two daughters and a son, all in middle and high school.
Marvin Campbell
U.S. President
Marvin met The Navigators at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985. He served more than 13 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy before leaving the military for full-time ministry. Marvin has served in various leadership roles in our Military, Neighbors, Collegiate, 20s, Workplace, and Cities ministries before becoming the U.S. Director on November 1, 2021. Marvin and his wife, Pamala, have three sons, four grandchildren, and two amazing dogs.
Nate Allen
Chairman, U.S. Board of Directors
Nate became chairman of The Navigators board of directors in August 2023. He was introduced to The Navigators while a cadet at West Point where he became involved in a Navigators Bible study—for which he will be ever grateful. Today, he hopes to continue to live out the values of The Navigators in his professional life and community and among his family and friends. Nate and Joan live in Ashburn, Virginia, and are grateful to have three married children and 2 grandchildren.
U.S. Board of Directors
Seated: Doug Nuenke (Emeritus), Marvin Campbell (U.S. President), Nate Allen (Chairman), Mutua Mahiaini (Emeritus), Mike Treneer (Emeritus), Jerry White (Emeritus)
Second Row: Darrell Jolley, Lauren Libby (Emeritus), Theresa Steen, Carl Camp, Lindy Black, Alan Andrews (Emeritus), Robert Daniels
Top Row: Elmer Huh, Susan Simpson, Julie Ford, Moni Miyashita, Krista Morrison, Kirk Humphreys
Not pictured: Alejandro (Alex) Mandes, Joe Maschhoff (International President)