Church Partnerships

Simon* was described as a “dangerous witch doctor for 20 years.” A group of disciple-makers training through a Global Disciples partner program in DR Congo came to Simon’s community to preach the Gospel of Jesus.

Simon wanted to test them. So, as they preached publicly, he sent evil spirits against them to block them and any miracles they may try to do. After the preaching, Simon saw that—despite his best efforts—many people received Christ as their Savior!

So he went to the disciple-makers and said, “You people! I see that your power is stronger than mine. Tell me what kind of power can block mine from top to bottom?”

The disciple-makers answered, “Our unique power is the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Stunned, Simon said, “I need your Lord too.” Wasting no time, he dropped to his knees. The disciples laid hands on him and prayed with him. And Simon, the witch doctor, received Christ as his Lord and Savior. His life was changed and redeemed in that moment.

But the Lord wasn’t finished yet. A week later, in conversation with Bauma the ex-witchdoctor, they discovered he had been the one to curse this woman. God released them both from the bondage of Satan’s power and gave them healing and freedom.

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Thank you for your incredible generosity and unwavering commitment to spreading the message of love and hope to those least reached with the Gospel. We are immensely grateful for your support, and we invite you to stay connected with us as we continue this incredible journey together.

Our September prayer focus is North and Central India.

We want to lift our prayers up for our Global Disciples leaders serving in both these countries. These leaders face mounting danger from political and religious persecution as they develop training programs to equip and send out disciple-makers. If you are convicted of converting a Hindu, it can lead to fines, beatings, and imprisonment. Pray for boldness and peace in this challenging environment.

Meet Joseph*, a discipleship-mission trainer from Cameroon. He reported on how his church cluster was making disciples and planting churches among the least-reached.

“Just a few years ago, I was the only one directing a discipleship training program in our region. But I thank God that now we have 8 programs, and 2 more small business development trainings. Today, we can count at least 21 new churches planted through these trainings.”

Church planting, equipping disciples, and using small businesses to support these efforts accounted for only part of Joseph’s excitement.

“My greatest joy,” he said, “is that unreached people are receiving the Good News of Jesus.”

At Global Disciples, we’re so blessed to be a part of what God is doing through Joseph and others like him–in Cameroon, across Africa, and around the world–as they fulfill their passion and vision to share Jesus with least-reached people.

If you would like to partner with us, in seeing more stories like Joseph be written, you can give financially at globaldisciples.ca/give. Thank you for generosity!

*Name and photo have been changed*

Global Disciples currently works with 49 church clusters and 120 active training programs in the regions near Burundi and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Out of these training programs, more than 2,000 newly baptized believers were added to God’s family last year!

This wouldn`t be possible without your continued generosity and support. Thank you!

Our September prayer focus is North and Central India, and Sri Lanka.

There are 1.3 billion unreached people in more than 2,000 people groups in the country of India. In Sri Lanka, three million people are unreached in this small island country to the southeast of India. Both countries greatly need prayer and witness.

Our regional team is working with 40 groups of churches and 92 training programs. Last year they trained 396 workers who led 1,684 people to Jesus and planted 205 churches. We celebrate this amazing work in extremely hard places. Our team is seeking God for 50 more prayer partners in this region to strengthen and support the work there.

Join us in prayer for what God`s doing in India and Sri Lanka.

We train ordinary men and women–young and old–to share the Gospel, make disciples, and plant churches among least reached people.

But we cannot accomplish this alone! We need your help. Consider partnering with us to help continue our mission to train up leaders, spread the Gospel and have Jesus` name known globally! Give today at globaldisciples.ca/give