Growing Gospel Leaders
If we want to see flourishing churches we need leaders who love God and share his passions.
From Egypt to Ethiopia and Madagascar to the Middle East, we are partnering with local ministries to provide all-round support for ministry and church growth. Partners connecting with us through one area of the ministry are encouraged to make use of other resources we can offer them.
Theological books and content often pave the way for conferences and events, support for book translations into low-access languages, and theological training. Our students have access to financial resources for church planting, and we offer mentoring to budding pastor-theologians who will serve the church with sound theology in the next generation.
Through this strategic model, we are seeing leaders raised, churches planted and ministries flourishing around the world.
Union’s supporting ecosystem model
CASE STUDY 1
Madagascar
We’ve already begun to see this model in action in Madagascar, where we’ve partnered with 3M Ministries to launch a Learning Community and provide training for local pastors. We have provided scholarships to students on our GDip program, and have gifted Union Grow subscriptions to help pastors grow in their theological understanding and love of God.
We are also translating Union Publishing books into French, and are working towards a conference in 2026 and resourcing mission and evangelism across the island.
CASE STUDY 2
Malaysia
Union is working to serve the church in Malaysia. This October Michael Reeves & Joel Morris were invited to speak at two conferences, where 2,000 Union Publishing books were gifted to delegates. This trip represented a significant step forward for Union’s ministry in Asia.
During the trip, Joel and Michael also met with Massimo Gei from our local partners Greenhouse Publishing, who we are working with to translate more resources into Mandarin, Malay and other Southeast Asian languages.
They heard stories from local leaders like church planter Andy, and were encouraged and excited to see a movement of God through the church where we saw leaders resourced and encouraged, equipped and released into ministry.
They also spent time with Paul Thompson, Principal of Equip Seminary in Petaling Jaya and Lead Mentor of the Malaysia Learnign Community, discussing theimportance of in-country training for church leaders.
“My prayer is this will be the beginning of a moment of God's grace that will ripple out to see Jesus glory spread across Malaysia over these coming years.” - Michael Reeves
The future
We’ve identified three more strategic locations where we can provide this same level of all-round support over the next few years: Rome, London and Ethiopia.
We want to support our long-term partners in these key cities with their ongoing church planting, theological training and resourcing by bringing the full Union model to them, and enabling them to extend their reach throughout their areas to bring the gospel to more people and raise up leaders to serve the growing Church.
Will you give to grow gospel leaders?
$5,000
can scholarship a gospel leader for one year
$10,000
can help support a church plant
$15,000
can help print a book into a local language
$20,000
can help facilitate a Gospel Leaders Conference
Partner with Union to grow leaders and churches around the world:
To support this appeal by post from the USA, please make checks payable to Union Foundation US and send them to:
Union Foundation US
PO Box 1157
Wheaton
Illinois
60187-1157
To support this appeal by post, please make cheques payable to ‘Union’ and send them to:
Union Foundation
Bryntirion House
Bridgend
Wales
CF31 4DX
*Funds given will go towards these or similar projects. Designations will be made at the discretion of the Missions Committee according to the current needs.