Mission E4 has been helping needy people all over the world since 2005, when it was founded by missionaries Scott and Tanya Long. They formed DELTA Force, a youth program, that same year, and folded its operations into Mission E4. They say that the Lord gave them a core message to share with their short-term teams, which is that God calls on all Christians to be missionaries, whether in a foreign land or in their own back yards.