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Church Strengthening
“Strengthening churches to faithfully follow Jesus and multiply His witness.”
We come alongside local pastors and leaders to grow healthy, multiplying churches that proclaim the gospel, make disciples, and weave faith into everyday life.
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.”
Ephesians 4:11–12
Building healthy, multiplying churches
Around the world, churches are being established and the gospel is advancing — yet many churches and leaders lack the biblical grounding, leadership development, and practical training they need to grow healthy and multiply.
Some have limited access to biblical training. Others serve where distorted teaching has weakened a biblical understanding of Christian life, work, suffering, and leadership.
A church isn’t a building — it’s people committed to the Lord and one another.
We come alongside local pastors and emerging leaders — from relational Bible studies to church-planting movements in unreached communities.
Our vision
Healthy, biblically grounded churches with equipped leaders who make disciples, serve their communities, share the gospel, and multiply faithful Christian witness.
Our mission
We strengthen churches and their leaders through biblical training, leadership development, whole-life biblical worldview, and relationships that connect churches and leaders for mutual learning and mission.
Where it leads
Biblically grounded, locally led churches — connected across differences and multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches.
A progression of church strengthening
Each stage builds on the one before — from a biblical foundation to multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches.
Biblical Foundation
- Grounded in Scripture
- Leaders learn to understand, teach, and live out God’s Word
Healthy Leaders
- Leaders equip leaders
- Christ-centered leaders who lead well and multiply healthy leadership
Whole-Life Faith
- Biblical truth for work, suffering, and all of life
Healthy Churches
- Worship, disciple, and serve
- Reaching those outside the church
Connection & Collaboration
- Learn and serve together
- Across denominations, cultures, and people groups
Multiplication
- Disciples, leaders, and churches
- Leaders who develop leaders; churches that multiply churches
The result: biblically grounded, locally led churches with healthy leaders and whole-life faith — connected across differences, engaged in their communities, and multiplying disciples, leaders, churches, and Christian witness.
Four initiatives, one goal: healthy churches
Each initiative strengthens churches and their leaders at a different point of need.
Biblical Training
Equipping churches and leaders to understand, teach, and faithfully live out God’s Word.
Leadership Development
Developing Christ-centered leaders who lead well, equip others, and multiply healthy leadership.
Biblical Worldview
Helping churches apply biblical truth to all of life — especially work and suffering.
Church Connection & Collaboration
Bringing churches and leaders together across denominations, cultures, and people groups to learn from, encourage, and serve alongside one another.
Our values, and the church we're working toward
Our Core Values
Scripture is our foundation for the Church, leadership, work, suffering, and mission.
We adapt to language, culture, education, and local realities without compromising biblical truth.
We prioritize practical, accessible training while still valuing advanced theological education.
Formation that spans church, family, work, hardship, relationships, community, and mission.
Every part of the Church has something to contribute and something to learn.
We value the diversity of Christ’s Church while building relationships around our shared faith and mission.
We develop leaders who develop leaders, and strengthen churches that strengthen and multiply churches.
A healthy church...
- Is grounded in Scripture and led by the Holy Spirit
- Gathers regularly for worship, prayer, fellowship, and biblical teaching
- Makes disciples who obey and follow Jesus
- Develops leaders
- Shares the gospel and reaches those outside the church
- Serves others and demonstrates the gospel
- Multiplies disciples, leaders, and churches
Where church strengthening happens
These ministries put biblical training and leadership development to work around the world.
Indigenous Training Ministries
📍 Peru and Beyond
Bible training for indigenous pastors and Christian workers, across denominational lines, meeting them where they are.
Bible & Discipleship Schools
📍 Latvia & Beyond
Schools like the Baltic School of Ministry in Latvia train believers and leaders in biblical, theological, and practical ministry.
Motorcycles for Leaders
📍 Worldwide
Through a long partnership with the Christian Motorcyclists Association’s Run for the Son, MV equips national pastors and church planters with motorcycles, bicycles, and boats to reach remote communities.
Serving alongside local churches
Many MV missionaries serve alongside local pastors — training leaders, planting churches, and teaching God’s Word.
Stories from local churches
Brokenness to Breakthrough: The Gospel in Northern Uganda
Rex and Melinda Guynn oversee five churches, three schools, and pastor training conferences in northern Uganda.
This Is Multiplication
Agape Christian Training Center is one of 100+ Bible schools MV has helped start. Its graduates have planted 27 churches in the Philippines alone.
Spain Won the World Cup. But Fewer Than 2% Follow the One Worth Celebrating.
Ten years ago, God sent a Nicaraguan family to Spain with no contacts and no roadmap, Missionary Ventures missionaries Eli and Sherling Sanchez, to a nation where less than 2% of the population identifies as Christian.
Bringing God's Kingdom to Uruguay
How a MV missionary is sharing the Gospel along Uruguay’s secular shores, planting churches and working with the few other pastors in his region.
Join the church strengthening mission
Go
Join a team trip that supports church planting or pastor training, or explore long-term church strengthening opportunities.
Connect
Is your church passionate about church planting or Bible training? Partner with MV to connect with pastors and leaders in the field.
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Pray
Pray for pastors, church planters, and Bible training students being equipped to lead the Church forward.
Prayer focus
Pray for local churches
Every trained pastor and every planted church is a seed for generations of gospel impact.
Pray for pastorsFor wisdom, endurance, and Christlike character as they serve under-resourced churches.
Many sacrifice greatly to attend. Pray they grow confident in God’s Word.
For young leaders planting churches where the gospel has yet to reach.
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Support our Core Mission and impact those serving in the local church and Church Strengthening. Every gift helps the gospel reach further and take deeper root.