Mary Anne Voelkel is a longtime missionary with Latin America Mission (LAM). For twenty years she and her husband, Jack, pioneered a university ministry in Colombia that is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). She was also a professor at the Biblical Seminary in Medllin for ten years. Voelkel served on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA from 2000-2008 and played a key role in developing prayer in the movement and especially at the Urbana Missions Conferences. She and Jack live in Tucson, Arizona, and return to Colombia yearly for teaching assignments.
Jack Voelkel is a longtime missionary with Latin America Mission (LAM). For twenty years he and his wife, Mary Anne, pioneered a university ministry in Colombia that is a member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). He was also a professor at the Biblical Seminary in Medllin for ten years. Voelkel is Urbana's missionary-in-residence and serves as the voice of "Ask Jack," Urbana.org's most popular column. He and Mary Anne live in Tucson, Arizona, and return to Colombia yearly for teaching assignments.