Global

We are an international collective of reflective practitioners that we call Associates. We also have strategic partnerships with organisations and networks from every continent seeking to glorify God in every nation.

Missions

Our primary concern is to advance God’s purposes in the wider world as revealed in the Biblical narrative. Missions (plural) is our human response to God’s revelation, resulting in God’s New Creation (Kingdom) being extended through faith in Christ.

Community

We are an inter-generational global community of missions leaders intersecting alliances, movements, networks, agencies,
churches, and ministries with the objective of encouraging participation in the purposes of God worldwide.

Our Purpose

We exist to encourage the global Church to participate in the purposes of God:

  1. to communicate the gospel where it is not currently known
  2. and  establish replicating communities of maturing believers
  3. who are equipped to serve in the most contextually relevant ways
  4. for the blessing of every ethne and their environments.

We Value

A short introduction to the treasured principles that motivate us and guide our activities:

  • Worship—culturally diverse expressions
  • Scripture—our sole authority
  • Proclamation—every means to share the gospel
  • Community—mutually committed followers of Jesus
  • Service—practical self-giving of our best
  • Replication—multiplying followers of Jesus
  • Research—creating insight on critical issues

Latest Posts

REIMAGINING AI: A DISCUSSION FORUM PRIMER

In the contemporary missions landscape, the global Church finds itself at a historic crossroads, where the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering how we perceive and perform our sacred mandates. The conversation has shifted decisively from whether the Church should engage with these technologies to how it can do so faithfully. Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical has received much publicity, but Protestants have drawn similar conclusions for some time. Here is an introduction.

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REIMAGINING AFRICAN INITIATIVES: MANI 2026

REIMAGINING AFRICAN INITIATIVES: MANI 2026

The Movement for African National Initiatives (MANI) gathered its continental family in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 9–13 March 2026 for a historic consultation—the first ever held in Francophone Africa, 25 years after MANI’s founding declaration in Jerusalem. The consultation’s theme, “Present and Future Realities, Challenges, and Prospects of the African Church,” framed a week of worship, discernment, and strategic conversation about Africa’s growing role in global mission. This is Jan Wessels’ perspective.

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REIMAGINING PASTORAL TRAINING: FORUM UPDATE

REIMAGINING PASTORAL TRAINING: FORUM UPDATE

Alongside the expansion of the Church in the Majority World lies a crisis so urgent and spiritually consequential that it threatens to undermine the very foundations of its growth. This crisis is the overwhelming lack of accessible, affordable, and contextually grounded training for those called to shepherd these burgeoning congregations. This brief follow-up report presents findings from talks presented at the 2026 Online Forum concerning this topic as well as breakout room notes and subsequent submissions.

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REIMAGINING PASTORAL TRAINING: THE 90% CRISIS

REIMAGINING PASTORAL TRAINING: THE 90% CRISIS

Alongside the expansion of the Church in the Majority World lies a crisis so urgent and spiritually consequential that it threatens to undermine the very foundations of its growth. This crisis is the overwhelming lack of accessible, affordable, and contextually grounded training for those called to shepherd these burgeoning congregations. This essay presents pre-reading for an online forum where we will explore the issues further. A follow-up essay presenting findings from the forum will follow.

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LEADER’S MISSIONS FORECAST 2026

LEADER’S MISSIONS FORECAST 2026

Mission Commission Co-Leader, Jamie Mātenga presents a missions forecast warning against toxic utilitarianism as a threat to global stability, a narrow-minded view of national wellbeing, and a multi-faceted problem for those of us seeking to fulfil the purposes of God internationally. While positive Kingdom growth is evident, the demise of philanthropy, trauma of tribalism, lack of theological education, and impact of migration frame a future of missions that will be significantly intertwined with the rise of AI.

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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: THE CHURCH AS A MOVEMENT

REIMAGINING MISSIONS: THE CHURCH AS A MOVEMENT

In early 2025, a team of nine scholars and practitioners drafted the statement, “Reactivating the Church as a Movement”. Feedback from within the Motus Dei Network sharpened the language, clarified terms, and strengthened its biblical and cross-cultural grounding. With additional input from a symposium in May, the statement was is finished in September and now published. This essay is an introduction to the statement with links to find it.

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Latest Related Publications

Spirituality in Mission (2018)

Authors from eighteen countries give us their perspectives on biblical principles and cultural expressions of spirituality particularly as the church engages in God’s mission. This anthology enriches our understanding of the depth and the meaning of being spiritual and the diversity of forms to live out the Christian faith.

Refugee Diaspora (2018)

A contemporary account of the global refugee situation and how the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ is shining brightly in the darkest corners of the greatest crisis on our planet. These hope-filled pages present models of Christian ministry from the front lines of the refugee crisis and the challenges of ministering to today’s refugees.

BAM Global Movement (2018)

Christians active in the arena of business, charity, and church are on a journey to integrate business and holistic mission. In this book, Gea Gort and Mats Tunehag explain the BAM concept through theory and theology, with stories to show what it looks like in real life as an expression of a much broader movement.

Mission in Motion (2016)

This book is the first definitive exploration of the recent history, ministries and methods of mission mobilization. The evangelical missions community is expending much energy and resource trying to raise up workers for the Lord’s harvest, but is it helping? Are the means, models, methods, and mechanisms being applied to this end effective?

Church in Mission (2016)

What does it mean today to be a church totally committed to the gospel and fully engaged in God’s mission? What major religious and sociological trends in our world are affecting the role of the global church and local churches? How must we understand and be prepared to face these trends? This book addresses these issues and more.

Selected Posts

REIMAGINING MISSIONS: LEADING FROM BELOW

REIMAGINING MISSIONS: LEADING FROM BELOW

We are excited to announce the release of our elder, Dr William D. (Bill) Taylor’s latest book: “Leading From Below: Lessons from the Crucible of Global Mission“. Known as “Uncle Bill” to some of us, this new book reveals insights learned from six decades of cross-cultural ministry and decades of WEAMC development. To introduce the volume to you, this essay features excerpts from Bill’s introduction and the entire afterword from MC Executive Director (now Co-Leader), Dr. Jamie (Jay) Mātenga.

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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: OVERCOMING SELF FOCUS

REIMAGINING MISSIONS: OVERCOMING SELF FOCUS

Church Planting Movements (CPMs) continue to be critiqued even as they continue to grow and flourish. More often than not, the critique is the result of contextual bias. Here, Dave Coles presents a corrective response to a Sept. 2024 Lausanne Global Analysis article by Dr David Williams.

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REIMAGINING MISSIONS: PARADIGMS PATHS & PARTNERSHIPS

REIMAGINING MISSIONS: PARADIGMS PATHS & PARTNERSHIPS

In an era of great change in the global missions community the experience of one large group can be instructive as we seek to navigate well into the future. In this essay Kirk Franklin (PhD) shares the case study of what became the Wycliffe Global Alliance and what we can all learn from their journey.

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