When I was in high school, my dad and I sat down to watch Dead Poets Society, one of his favorite movies of all time.

In my sophomore year of college, I switched majors from Elementary Education to Business Communications. What did I want to do with that degree? No idea.

Over my sophomore spring break in college, I went on a mission trip to Mississippi. It was hot, there was drama, and I was averaging three hours of sleep.

Fatima was hostile to the Gospel, attending Christian events and Bible studies on her US campus mostly to argue. Then she experienced answered prayer in Jesus’ name from a Christian friend.

“This is the first church I have ever been to where I did not feel anxious.” The middle-aged woman who spoke these words is a lifelong church attendee. She has lived on three continents.

There are 8 billion people alive today. Of those, approximately 2.5 billion claim to follow Jesus, while the remaining 5.5 billion do not identify with the Christian faith.

If you have spent any time at all in the church planting world, you have undoubtedly heard it said, “If we added up all the reports, the Great Commission would be complete.”

The Lord has called us to set our hope on the grace to be given us on the day when Jesus will return for his church...

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Global Assist is an organization that provides resources (financial support, leadership training, strategic planning, prayer, and encouragement) to indigenous partner ministries.

Global Advance was founded in 1990 by David Shibley, focusing on pastoral leadership training, church planting, mobilization, and evangelization in developing nations.

StoryRunners® equips people to develop oral Bible stories to launch church-planting movements among unreached people who don’t have access to the Bible.

There are multiple methods and strategies that God can use to bring about a rapidly growing Kingdom movement.

In the Fall of 2022, GACX conducted a survey with 282 global church planters to learn more about their habits, beliefs, and plans for the future of church planting.

I have talked with lots of effective movement catalysts. Some I have coached, some formally interviewed, and some surveyed systematically.