Earlier this month, key leaders from five disciple-making / church planting networks came together for a four-day Global Summit in East Asia.

Over a third of GACX’s 86 current member organizations have joined the alliance in the last two years — 23 of them in just 2019 alone.

My first GACX meeting was the children’s ministry strategy intensive at the 2018 forum. From the moment I arrived, the presence of God’s Spirit was palpable.

GACX is bound together by a shared, measurable goal — what we summarize as the “one for 1000 vision.

The GACX Global Forum is one of the most strategically important events that I attend every year. But as GACX’s chairman, it’s my job to say that!

We were bouncing along the dusty washboard roadway of southern Ethiopia when suddenly, unexpectedly, we jerked to a halt. Men jumped atop our Range Rover and began strapping down yellow 5-gallon containers of water.

Over the past three months, I’ve spoken with dozens of leaders of churches, denominations, mission organizations and businesses. I hear the passion in their voices and see the focus in their eyes.

There is an emerging generation that was born into a world of information technology, instant communication, and social media platforms.

By the numbers, the 2018 GACX Global Forum was an incredible success. A total of 226 participants representing over 100 different organizations — the largest ever GACX forum.

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of prayer in fulfilling GACX’s vision. Apart from prayer, our goal of 5 million more multiplying Church bodies would not be more difficult — it would be impossible.