Phil Butler is the Founder and Senior Advisor for visionSynergy. He is a champion for collaboration within the Lausanne Movement, and authored the handbook on partnerships and networks, "Well Connected: Releasing Power and Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships."
This is the age of the church planting movement, while it may have been birthed in South America and sparked in Asia – it has now taken root in Africa.
Leaders of five organizations had initiated GACX in September 2011.