Travel the Road
Travel the Road is an American reality television series that documents the lives of young missionaries Tim Scott and Will Decker through more than 25 different countries since 1998, in their efforts to bring Christianity into the most remote areas of the world. Travel the Road is a part of the non-profit organization Challenge for Christ Ministries located in Los Angeles. They are also partnered with Overland Missions. Controversy in Afghanistan In December 2008, the program attracted criticism from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group whose stated goals are to ensure that religious freedom is maintained in the United States military. The MRFF claimed that Scott and Decker were embedded with American troops stationed in Afghanistan, despite the fact that, according to MRFF president Mikey Weinstein, the military exercises a "complete prohibition of the proselytizing of any religion, faith, or practice...You see [Scott and Decker] wearing American helmets. It is obvious they were completely embedded." When ABC News contacted the U.S. Army in Afghanistan about Scott and Decker's alleged embed, which had taken place four years previously, they said that they no longer have the documentation of the missionaries' status with the troops. Scott defended the trip to