In exploring the scriptures, we often encounter powerful and recurring themes. The Bible frequently mentions the heart not only as a physical organ but as a symbol of the very core of our being. Its the a center of emotion, intention, and moral activity. Discover the spiritual significance of heart-related bible verses and how they inspire our mission work at Global Disciples Canada.
The scriptures teach us that the heart is the source of our actions and the seat of our character. Verses about the heart challenge us to purity, sincerity, and devotion. They offer guidance on how to align our hearts with divine will. As followers of Jesus, these teachings are crucial for nurturing a faith that embodies the love of Christ.
Let’s uncover not just the biblical importance of the heart. How its condition directly influences our spiritual health and mission efforts. Recognizing and nurturing a heart attuned to God’s voice is integral to our service and outreach. Let’s delve into these vital scriptures and apply their wisdom to enrich and amplify our mission work.
Understanding the Spiritual Significance of the Heart in the Bible
In Scripture, the heart is often regarded as the central hub of human emotion, intellect, and spirit. This view does not merely reflect the biological function of the heart. It delves deeper into its role as the spiritual seat of one’s personal life and relationship with God. When the Bible addresses the heart, it usually refers to the innermost part of a person. This is where motives are formed, decisions are made, and character is shaped.
This concept holds immense spiritual significance.
It emphasizes the truth that genuine faith and relationship with God originate from within, not merely from external behaviors. Understanding this helps ensure that our faith journey and service to others align with the true essence of Biblical teachings. It challenges us to cultivate purity, wisdom, and compassion within our heart. Essentially it prepares us to act in ways that reflect God’s love and truth.
Key Bible Verses About the Heart and Their Interpretations
Numerous passages within the Bible spotlight the importance of the heart. For example, Proverbs 4:23 instructs, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” The condition of our heart directly influences our actions and our life path. It beckons us to pay attention to what we allow into our hearts. And, it urges us to nurture our inner spiritual life to avoid being led astray by external influences.
Likewise, Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me,” highlights the need for divine intervention in purifying our hearts. This plea acknowledges human shortcomings and the essential need for God’s power to transform our hearts.
The heart is not just a metaphor. Its a call to deeper introspection and spiritual renewal. They encourage us to seek God’s guidance in maintaining a heart that is open, obedient, and overflowing with His grace. As we continue to explore and implement these scriptures, our lives increasingly mirror the heart of God, impacting our thought processes, our actions, and ultimately, our mission efforts.
Applying Heart-Centered Scripture to Everyday Life
Incorporating heart-centered scripture into daily life is a transformative practice that helps millions of individuals around the world maintain a Christian lifestyle. Scriptures that speak about the heart challenge us to cleanse and purify our inner motives, bringing our actions into alignment with divine will. For example, living out Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding,” pushes us to seek wisdom not from ourselves but from God.
Moreover, heart-focused verses teach us the importance of compassion and kindness—qualities necessary for building strong relationships. We encourage everyone in our community to reflect daily on verses such as Colossians 3:12, which urges us to “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” Applying these virtues in our interactions helps foster a loving environment that mirrors the teachings of Christ.
By effectively integrating these teachings, we ensure that our daily actions not only help in personal growth but also actively demonstrate the values laid out in God’s Word. This approach makes our faith a concrete part of our everyday experience. Significantly, it gives an authentic witness to the transformative power of living by the scriptures.
How Verses About the Heart Guide Our Mission Efforts
Our mission efforts are deeply guided by the principles taught in heart-centered scriptures. Consequently, these teachings remind us that our work in spreading the Gospel must originate from a place of true sincerity and love, reflecting the core values of humility and forgiveness exemplfied by Jesus. Emphasizing scriptures like Ezekiel 36:26, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh,” directs our outreach initiatives to not only focus on conversion but the profound transformation of the heart.
In fact, in regions where we operate, often among least-reached communities, our mission is to educate and empower local leaders to cultivate communities where love and respect are paramount. These leaders are trained to apply heart-focused scriptures for peace of mind and to guide them in practical ways, creating support networks that uplift and transform entire communities. As hearts change, attitudes shift, paving the way for deeper acceptance and understanding of the Gospel’s message.
Consequently, we recognize that the journey to discipleship is continuous, requiring constant nurturing of the heart. Our dedication to this process ensures that as we make disciples of all nations, the hearts of those we teach are prepared to receive and share God’s unfailing love.
Global Disciples Canada
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near to reach least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet, we refer to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
There is an unseen spiritual battle for your life. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual forces of evil.
You and I are engaged in a battle.
You don’t have to look hard to see the forces of evil at work in our world today.
Remember what Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:12? “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
For many of our Global Disciples partners, working where the light and power of Jesus Christ are not known, the battle is often intense.
In a recent training in Central India, we see a glimpse into the battle. Even before the event, Philip, our South Asia director, said that whenever he prayed for the training, he experienced a great heaviness in his head. One morning as he stood to speak, he said it was like an arrow hitting him, a sudden severe headache.
Another leader felt his tongue so tight as he began to teach, he could not speak properly, or concentrate. It took 15 minutes before he felt the words coming out right. Even the translator struggled to the point of collapse.
During a prayer walk in the community, several participants were nearly in accidents; others were within the blast of an explosion but unharmed. And the two leaders described feeling unable to walk; their legs were so heavy and hard to move.
These participants represent several strategic areas with the potential to reach significant people groups who have yet to hear the Gospel of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit was touching lives and drawing them into a deeper commitment and intimacy with God. Something the enemy doesn’t want – and he works overtime to stop and derail God’s work in his territory.
So how do we face this battle?
In Ephesians 6, Paul urges us to stand firm. “Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” The battle rages on…but we have the victory.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
Sometimes the path to faith in Jesus is a hard one. But God is in the business of shaping journeys and changing hearts, as you’ll discover in Husna’s story.
When Husna came to a Global Disciples‘ discipleship-mission training in North India, she had a story to tell. Her path to faith in Jesus Christ was not an easy one.
Husna grew up in a Sikh family, zealous for her faith, and devoted to one of the leading gurus in her religion. Then her grandfather, also a Sikh, became very sick, and every doctor they went to see said he wouldn’t survive.
However, a follower of Jesus met Husna’s family and shared about Jesus and His love for them. The Lord touched Husna’s grandmother first; she went to church and placed her faith in Jesus as Savior. Soon, the rest of the family also put their faith in Christ.
The Path To Faith: Husna’s Story
All except Husna. She stubbornly refused, going her own way, clinging to Sikhism. Then she too became sick and nothing helped.
Her family prayed for her and shared the Gospel, the pastor visited too, but she still resisted. Only when she was healed did she reluctantly go along to church.
But her change of heart didn’t last long. Husna went back to her old ways even though they didn’t bring her peace or happiness.
Several times she tried to commit suicide. Once she jumped into a deep canal, but some people passing by pulled her out. Another time, she took poison but her family found her, called the pastor, and prayed for her. And God saved her life. This time she gave her life fully to Jesus, and committed to serving Him.
The Path To Faith: God Keeps His Word!
When Husna had the opportunity to take the discipleship-mission training, she leaped at the chance! Through it, God worked in her once rebellious heart, and her commitment deepened. Husna said, “In this training, God has blessed me, made me strong in my faith, and called me to serve Him to the end of my life.”
And God is keeping His Word to Husna. She has married another Christ-follower, and now they serve as church planters among many unreached people in North India.
Praise God for His wonderful work in Husna’s life and the many who were part of her faith journey.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
For many of us, it’s hard to imagine a life without ever knowing or hearing about Jesus Christ. Yet it’s the daily reality for many people around the world.
A Third of our world has yet to hear about Jesus but it doesn’t have to stay that way.
“Who is this Jesus who loves me?” the woman asked, tears running down her face.
Because He Loved Her
For the first time in her life, she had heard the name of Jesus. And the message that He came, the Son of God, to die for her sins…all because He loved her.
Can you imagine what would your life be like…if you knew nothing about Jesus? To have never heard His name before—on radio, or books or music, or in conversations with people around you.
For many of us, that’s beyond our understanding.
Beyond Our Understanding
In our North American culture, there are many ways we might hear, see or learn something about who Jesus is, even if we didn’t grow up around Christians or the church or the Bible. But to know nothing of His love for you? The salvation Jesus offers? The hope He gives you for life today and for your eternal future?
Today there are billions of people in our world who are just like this woman. She lives in northern Ethiopia, in a region among people where there is no witness to Christ.
That is until recently when some Ethiopian believers came to her community to share the Good News about Jesus who loves them so much.
Life Changing News
The news was life-changing! When she heard it, she was ready and eager to put her faith and hope in her newfound Savior. It spilled over into her family and her community, and while they face much opposition and difficulty, God is doing something new and multiplying His kingdom in this region.
This is why we do what we do as Global Disciples. We train and equip believers in Ethiopia and over 70 other countries, just like the man who shared the Gospel with this woman and her community. And together we seek to help share the Good News of Jesus—of a Savior who loves people enough to sacrifice His own life, and to see their lives transformed for today and for eternity.
About Global Disciples
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
There is power in the Name of Jesus. Power to free a person from spiritual bondage.
Sometimes we lose sight of just how great and powerful our God is. But this story from northeast India reminds us the Lord has victory over spiritual forces around us.
Madhu directs a discipleship-mission training in a spiritually dark area.
Madhu’s Story
He went with the disciple-makers he was training to a village where he prayed with people and they shared the Gospel of Jesus.
They were told of a family needing help. Omana, the young wife in this family, had been bedridden for five months. Her family had spent lots of money consulting doctors and witch doctors but with no result.
Madhu’s team visited the home and told the family about Jesus. And in the name of Jesus, they prayed for Omana. After prayer, her behavior turned strange. She was rolling on the floor, shouting and vomiting and her family tried to restrain her. At one point, she fled from her bed!
Looking for Omana
The village went looking for Omana and one man found her trying to hang herself from a tree.
He managed to get her loose and they carried her home. Soon after, she told everyone she was leaving, then she went outside and acted like she was starting a motorcycle—but there was no motorcycle.
Finally, Omana fell to the ground unconscious and the demon left her! Her illness and erratic behavior caused by demonic forces had troubled her since childhood. The demons fought to maintain control, but they were no match for the name of Jesus and God’s power.
It will take time
After she was freed and healed, Omana along with her husband, daughter, and mother-in-law all accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and were baptized. By that time, the whole village witnessed the power of God and marveled at Jesus who could set spiritual captives free. Many of them have been slow to repent and put their faith in Christ. “It will take time,” Madhu said, “and our ongoing prayer.”
God is greater than any spiritual or physical power we encounter. And Jesus is the only One who offers true freedom.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
Have you lost your joy?
Leading others, serving the Body of Christ, seeking the lost is a big mission. Sadly, discouragement affects leaders too. However, a season of renewal can make all the difference.
“My life has taken an important turn,” Simon said. “Before the leadership training, I didn’t know the Lord very well. Today I give thanks to the Lord that my longing to be part of God’s mission is a reality. This is the greatest opportunity God has given me—the most meaningful of my life.”
Simon’s Experience
As a church leader in Mexico, Simon was reflecting on his experience in a leadership development program, launched with the help of Global Disciples.
In parts of the world—Mexico included—many pastors and church leaders may have limited training or few opportunities to further their leadership skills. Consequently, this is a serious problem.
Global Disciples provide training for local church leaders. Did you know we partner with the local church? In fact, it’s how we build up the Body of Christ, even as we seek to encourage its multiplication among least-reached people.
My Life Was In Ruins
Pablo is the director of this leadership training program in Mexico and passed along testimonies from the participants. Hector was in attendance and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity, for the life change he experienced, and what it meant for his ministry in these days and the days to come.
“ A year ago, my spiritual life was in ruins” Hector said.
“The joy of serving the Lord was over. At that time, I was led to be involved in this training. Today I am leading the mission effort in my area, and I have recovered my love for lost souls.
A powerful restoration
Serving the Lord is a joyful experience. In fact, I feel fulfilled serving Him, searching for the unbeliever, and restoring broken people. Subsequently, Global Disciples has been used to restore my love for the Lord.”
Can you imagine? What a privilege we have to equip leaders like Hector and Simon, who are growing into passionate,Christ-like leaders. Don’t you agree that the church and the Body of Christ need these kind of people all over the world?
About Global Disciples
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. In fact, we live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
Sometimes the path to faith in Jesus is a hard one. But God is in the business of shaping journeys and changing hearts, as you’ll discover in Husna’s story.
When Husna came to a Global Disciples‘ discipleship-mission training in North India, she had a story to tell. Her path to faith in Jesus Christ was not an easy one.
Husna grew up in a Sikh family, zealous for her faith, and devoted to one of the leading gurus in her religion. Then her grandfather, also a Sikh, became very sick, and every doctor they went to see said he wouldn’t survive.
However, a follower of Jesus met Husna’s family and shared about Jesus and His love for them. The Lord touched Husna’s grandmother first; she went to church and placed her faith in Jesus as Savior. Soon, the rest of the family also put their faith in Christ.
All except Husna. She stubbornly refused, going her own way, clinging to Sikhism. Then she too became sick and nothing helped.
Her family prayed for her and shared the Gospel, the pastor visited too, but she still resisted. Only when she was healed did she reluctantly go along to church.
But her change of heart didn’t last long. Husna went back to her old ways even though they didn’t bring her peace or happiness.
Several times she tried to commit suicide. Once she jumped into a deep canal, but some people passing by pulled her out. Another time, she took poison but her family found her, called the pastor, and prayed for her. And God saved her life. This time she gave her life fully to Jesus, and committed to serving Him.
When Husna had the opportunity to take the discipleship-mission training, she leaped at the chance! Through it, God worked in her once rebellious heart, and her commitment deepened. Husna said, “In this training, God has blessed me, made me strong in my faith, and called me to serve Him to the end of my life.”
And God is keeping His Word to Husna. She has married another Christ-follower, and now they serve as church planters among many unreached people in North India.
Praise God for His wonderful work in Husna’s life and the many who were part of her faith journey.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
Prayer will change your life for good.
Yanick came in, walking with crutches. His legs, twisted and useless from birth, held his weight long enough to move his crutches one step forward. Then another. His friend had insisted he come to this meeting to be prayed for in the name of Jesus.
Born in a Muslim village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yanick had never met a group of Christ-followers. It was a small group.
Yanick was surprised to see several people he recognized. They talked about knowing Jesus, and a man taught from the Bible.
Yanick’s Story
Then someone asked Yanick if they could pray for Jesus to heal his legs. “Of course!” he agreed, but he nearly laughed at the question. After all, he had been born like this.
A short time later, Yanick walked out of the meeting carrying his crutches! And in the following days, he and many of his family and neighbors came to know Christ.
God does the impossible when we pray!
We hear stories like Yanick’s all the time. Miracles like this are quite common in places where people have never heard the Good News of Jesus.
Prayer And Global Disciples
As Global Disciples, we want all we do to be conceived, birthed, and carried out in prayer, believing that God transforms both our lives and the lives of others through prayer.
Transforming prayer takes us from self-centered, wish-list praying into a passionate pursuit of Jesus.
As we pursue intimacy with our Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit transforms our minds and reorders our priorities.
The Holy Spirit softens hearts, opens minds, and draws people into a relationship with Jesus.
Through prayer, God removes the blinders that keep people from seeing the light of the Gospel that displays the glory of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4). Prayer is foundational to any evangelism or mission effort.
Prayer, Fasting & Commitment
We regularly practice prayer and fasting within Global Disciples and with our partnering churches and programs.
On the first Friday of each month, our staff, leadership, and the programs we serve in 71 countries, are asked to fast and pray for the people and trainings affiliated with Global Disciples. It’s been our pattern now since we launched in 1996.
We facilitate prayer teams sent to areas with little Gospel witness that need spiritual breakthroughs. God has honored those intercessors as they stand in the gap on behalf of people isolated from the Good News of Jesus.
Prayer Transforms!
Some on our Global Disciples team set alarms on their phones for 9:38 A.M. and 9:38 P.M.—a reminder to ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers (Matthew 9:38). We ask for Jesus to fill us with his compassion for the lost.
In prayer, your lives and ours are transformed as we delight in being co-laborers with Christ in the mission to which we have been called together. What an honor! May we continue to grow in prayer and see God doing immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine for His glory (Ephesians 3:20).
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
A story of Buddhist monks embracing the good news of Jesus.
A group of young Buddhist monks, dressed in their saffron robes, joined a local karate class in Sri Lanka.
Theo, one of the monks, was struggling terribly. In his efforts to find peace for his soul, he had become addicted to marijuana.
Nothing brought him freedom.
Theo finally approached Kasun, the karate master, for help.
Kasun had the peace and confidence that Theo longed for. Kasun’s demeanor went beyond the years of karate discipline and study—he had surrendered his life to Jesus Christ.
Unlocking Peace with Global Disciples
And he had received Global Disciples training there in Sri Lanka.
Kasun had moved to a village that was 100% Buddhist after his Global Disciples training. He decided to offer karate classes to create opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus.
The response was overwhelming! And that’s how he met Theo and introduced him to the Gospel.
Theo, this Buddhist monk with no true understanding of Christ, came to know Jesus as his Savior and Lord through Kasun’s compassionate witness and this karate class.
The Good News
Then he started proclaiming the Good News of Jesus! Since he was still wearing the robe of a Buddhist monk, it made the local people very angry. So, he recanted his vows to Buddhism, shed his saffron robe, and received the same discipleship-mission training Kasun had taken.
Theo then went back to his home village to share the Gospel. His family members and many others came to Christ. Some experienced physical healing in the name of Jesus. Others were delivered from evil spirits when he prayed.
When Sri Lanka—an island nation the size of West Virginia—slid into a humanitarian crisis in 2022, and food and fuel grew scarce, Theo, Kasun, and other disciples of Jesus went to work to help their communities find food and basic essentials. They continue to seek ways to share Christ’s love to those around them, even at great personal sacrifice.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!
Every church in the world needs leaders who follow the way of Jesus. People with a vision for His mission, for church growth and to multiply discipleship-focused leaders.
As we work with churches to multiply disciples we also work to see leaders multiplied for these churches.
As Global Disciples, we see leadership development as absolutely essential to ensure that these new churches grow into healthy fellowships.
Thomas’s Leadership Development
Thomas directs a leadership development program in Zimbabwe, through his local church. They meet for about an hour and a half on Sunday afternoons. Some of the group comes from the other side of town. It’s a high-density area about 10 kilometers away.
Last year, as they met together and studied what it means to be a leader in the model of Jesus. Thomas said, “God did something in the hearts of these leaders. They began to feel God’s call to be leaders that ‘make things happen.’”
And part of making things happen was to plant a new church, in that heavily populated area of the city.
This new church is now led by three men from the leadership training, with an attendance of more than 30 people. With their location, and the vision to “make things happen” for the Kingdom, these leaders are anticipating much greater growth in the future.
Thomas said, “One of my hopes and prayers for our program is that we see leaders emerging who can take responsibility for our churches.”
The Importance of Planting Churches
And he talked about Matthew, another participant in the training. “He has been absolutely faithful in attending,” Thomas said, “and also teaches some of the lessons. This program has prepared Matthew for leadership. Through the progress and transformation that’s evident in his life, it seemed good to us and to the Holy Spirit to appoint him as a pastor in the church I’ve been pastoring, which strengthened our church.”
Planting churches, strengthening the Body of Christ, and shepherding good growth. This is what we see God doing through the many leaders as we seek to train and multiply them around the world. And for that we are grateful.
Global Disciples Canada is a Christian mission organization that trains local leaders living near least-reached communities to multiply disciples for Christ. One-third of our world hasn’t heard the Good News of Jesus. Yet. Global Disciples refers to these as “least-reached” people, and fewer than 10% of all missionaries work among these groups. We live in a time where many of these people are within reach of a local church. Through our simple and effective strategy of training and coaching, believers share the Gospel in their own nations and cultures. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations,” and we’re committed to doing just that. If you are looking for a Christian mission organization to partner with to become a better disciple and help make disciples, connect with us today!