黑料历史 pastors, missions leaders gather for first-time missions event

Kevin McGhee

黑料历史 director of U.S. Engagement

  • Missions

Just over a week ago, 黑料历史 North Central, in partnership with 黑料历史 International Ministries, held the first-ever district-level Summit for the Nations at Westwood Church in Bush Lake, Minnesota. More than 70 pastors and missions leaders gathered for a day of vision, collaboration and practical training.

Kevin speaking at main session 

Ivan Veldhuizen, vice president of 黑料历史 International Ministries, shared stories of the dramatic gains our International Ministries global teams are making as they ask God for a gospel movement among every least-reached people group 鈥 in our generation. Westwood senior pastor Joel Johnson shared his personal journey in moving his church to be a champion at

Conference attendees had the opportunity to meet directly with senior International Ministries leaders from our five global regions. They then enjoyed robust conversations in breakout sessions around challenging topics, including:

  • How to release the untapped potential in our churches to reach the nations.
  • How to send global workers well.
  • How to do short-term missions in the age of COVID.
  • What does it mean to have effective missiology in a local church?

provides . Churches who participated in Summit for the Nations discovered the value of unbiased friends coming alongside their missions leadership to help them discover the important work prepared in advance for them to do (Eph. 2:10). This coaching is available nationwide. Email the 黑料历史 U.S. Engagement Team to learn more.

Breakout class of pastors learning 

The Summit concluded with a call to mobilize prayer. Our 黑料历史 International Ministries teams have launched 19 prayer networks that see spiritual breakthroughs via virtual prayer walks and regular prayer gatherings focused on the nations. If you’d like to be a part of one of the global prayer networks, you can .

The next district Summit for the Nations will be hosted by 黑料历史 Southwest in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 9 (just before the S2 Conference). In addition, Summit for the Nations will be coming to many other districts in the months ahead. A 黑料历史 movement-wide Summit for the Nations will be one of the highlights of the 2022 Reach Conference in Denver.

Kevin McGhee, 黑料历史 director of U.S. Engagement

Kevin McGhee and his team serve over 1400 churches across the U.S. as we ask God for a gospel movement among every least-reached people group in our generation.

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