Jungle Missionary Team’s goal as a missionary team is to plant self-governing, self-sustaining, and self-propagating churches in villages, communities and towns that currently have no church.  They do this through the “Project 3” plan where a national pastor commits three years to target a specific community for planting a church. The first year’s focus is evangelism, second year’s is discipleship, and the third year’s is local church leadership formation.  The vision is to plant 100 new church in the next 10 years.  

The workers in India focused church-building efforts on helping new congregations and church plants. They are working with hundreds of new believers who have come out of Hinduism and are now part of new congregations that are forming. Many of these congregations meet in homes and are desperately in need of church facilities. This past year they have built and completed seven churches and currently have three more under construction.  

Project Rescue: Over 4 million people are being held in bondage globally... trapped in the horrors of sexual exploitation. Project Rescue is on a mission to change that. Since Project Rescue was founded in 1997, we’ve been on a mission to rescue and restore victims of sexual exploitation through the love and power of God. Each Project Rescue affiliated site is launched by courageous men and women of God, often starting with street outreach in areas of prostitution. No two partnerships are exactly the same, but all caregivers offer God’s love, liberating truth, and compassionate, holistic care. In each of the areas we serve, leaders and staff work 24/7 with survivors of sexual slavery and trafficking to support them on their journey toward restoration. 

After powerful movements of God and churches planted in Oaxaca City and Huatulco we are ready to plant a new church in Mexico. Pastor David Garcia had a heart to reach those walking in drug addiction and moved his family to the mountains to minister to this community. What started as a small group has gained momentum and we will soon see a new church established in Almacen.

Hope for Uruguay has a goal of establishing 100 new churches and building 100 sanctuaries for new and growing congregations. They have trained many young Uruguayan couples over the years and have planted 35 new churches. Today, all 35 are led by Uruguayan couples and are completely self-supporting and self-propagating.   

Three years ago, Hope for Uruguay launched the construction phase of Hope for Uruguay 100. They saw these new congregations meeting under tents, in homes, garages or rented store fronts.  Their space and days to meet were limited, affecting their potential growth.  God burdened the hearts of the missionaries, and they began to look for ways to partner with the national church to build.  Since then, 23 new churches have been built and dedicated, helping these new congregations have their very first sanctuary.

Missionaries are seeing a powerful move of God amongst the Mayanga Tribe this year as they have built a bridge by planting three churches in the middle of the largest jungle in Central America. Their dream is to build 10 churches in strategic locations in the jungle.

The Gateway Fellowship Church network exists to launch and support GFC Church plants both locally and internationally. Since 2008, GFC has worked to plant 17 churches, and we are believing to see 83 churches planted in the next few years. The network is a resource to find potential locations, train pastors and teams, launch churches and mentor existing churches planted from GFC.  

In 1994, Rwanda experienced historic and horrific genocide in conflict between the Hutus and Tutsis. The cover of Time Magazine on May 16, read “There are no devils left in hell, they are all in Rwanda”. 

Thirty years later, the Assemblies of God has 179 churches in Rwanda.  Hutus and Tutsis worship together.  People worship side-by-side with people who killed their family members.  The stories of forgiveness and healing are remarkable.  

In a Catholic church where ten thousand people trying to find shelter were brutally murdered over the course of two days you can find their clothes piled on the wooden benches and their skulls are in a glass case below the church.  It is a reminder of the power of hate.  The Rwandans set aside a day each year to remember the genocide.  They say, “What we forget, we repeat”.   

Now, in that place of hurt and pain, God’s church is bringing help, hope and healing. 

Gateway Fellowship Church Northwest will be partnering with workers in Rwanda to:  

• Help a Bible School develop a 4 year degree program for pastors – the first of its kind in the country. In Rwanda, if you don’t have a degree, you can’t be called “Pastor”. If you aren’t an official pastor, you can’t perform weddings, funerals, baptize new believers or serve communion.  This is essential for the growth of the Rwandan church.  

• Help to build a campground, retreat center, and church planting school.  The land has been purchased, but there are no buildings. This will be a place where church members and church planters are trained and where students can come together. 

• Plant churches all over the country – in places where the church currently doesn’t exist.    

• Send teams to teach and train.   

• Buy each pastor a cow to provide milk for their family and income.

The goal in Cameroon is to put up 100 tabernacles. We know that these are just buildings, but inside people are giving their hearts to Jesus, they are being discipled, and they are being called into ministry.  For $5,000, a congregation can have a permanent place of worship.  The Africa vision is to have a healthy church within walking distance of every African.