ABOUT US
Arise Native American Ministries was born out of a specific calling placed on the hearts of Yaseer and Monique Handall. After years of faithful ministry in California, they felt a divine pull toward the indigenous peoples of North America. What began as a series of prayerful visits transformed into a life-long commitment to walk alongside Native communities.
Today, based in Billings, Montana, the Handalls serve as the bridge between traditional ministry and the unique cultural landscape of the Reservation. They have turned a vision of "relational ministry" into a tangible reality—rolling up their sleeves to serve, listen, and lead.
The ministry is pivoting to an embedded, reservation-based model with the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana designated as the new operational base to deepen proximity-driven discipleship and outreach across Native American Nations.
The founders announced the relocation, affirmed continued travel to other reservations from that base, and signaled a marketplace engagement channel via coffee roasting, all framed as a faith-led next chapter following years of service and supporter partnership.
The strategic logic is simple—ground presence creates sustained access to youth and community relationships that transient visits cannot—while the immediate stakes are execution discipline and continued partner support to make the base viable and the itinerant work sustainable, and we are committing to operate from Crow as our home base.