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### Equipping Leaders To Change the World With the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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## Global Action exists to address what *Operation World* is calling one of the greatest needs of the Global Church.
#### Less than 10% of the world’s pastors and ministry leaders have received any kind of formal theological education.
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## The Heartbeat of Global Action
#### Over 90% of pastors and ministry leaders around the world have never received theological education. Equipped with a foundation in Scripture and Christlike leadership skills, these leaders can change the world!
## Leader Spotlight
When Samuel\* first took Global Action’s training, he was on fire for Christ, but he knew nothing about how to preach or evangelize.
As a Bhutanese man living in the tiny Buddhist kingdom, there were no seminaries or Bible colleges to attend. Complicating things even further, it is illegal to preach the Gospel in Bhutan. But through Global Action, Samuel was able to receive the training he needed by legally crossing the border into India. This training changed his life!
Samuel became a youth pastor and began equipping young people with the Gospel. But that’s not all—he has also been busy planting new churches! In the last four years alone, he has planted around twenty churches in this “closed country!”
Samuel has a BIG vision. He shared:
“I have a vision to plant 100 churches in Bhutan….The training I received through Global Action changed my life. Every year I train at least 10-15 people so they can be leaders for their communities and churches. And I try to cast the same vision that I have and encourage them to plant churches. I still carry my notes from Global Action’s training, and I use them when I train others.”
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## We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
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# Who We Are
## Our Mission is Simple.
#### We train leaders to change the world through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Global Action is dedicated to equipping pastors and leaders with a solid foundation in the Word of God, so they can lead healthy churches that transform their communities and reach the world with the Gospel.
## Our Story
Global Action was founded in 1998 by the Swedish evangelical leader Lars B. Dunberg (b. 1944).  As a young boy, Lars attended an evangelistic crusade in Stockholm, Sweden where he was deeply impressed by the soul stirring music of Cliff Barrows (1916-2016) and the powerful preaching of the American evangelist Billy Graham (1918-2018).
Dunberg received his theological training at William Booth College in south London and was greatly influenced by the Salvation Army’s nondenominational ethos and its passion for working with the poor. Lars went on to serve as an evangelist with Youth for Christ in the 1960’s, and went on to become the president of the International Bible Society, which is widely known for the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible.
Shaped by the vision of its founder, Global Action has remained committed to evangelical essentials, interdenominational cooperation, and proclaiming the gospel to the poor throughout the world. It has been engaged in leadership development, disaster relief efforts, church planting, medical missions, and care for orphans and widows. Global Action has provided theological education for more than 11,500 pastors and leaders who live in the world’s least developed nations.
In an effort to respond to what Operation World is now calling one of the greatest needs in missions today, Global Action now focuses most of its efforts on training leaders in the non-Western world to impact their communities. In the spirit of the Lausanne Covenant (1974), its leadership is committed to partnering with “the whole church, to take the whole gospel to the whole world.”
Global Action equips leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, South Asia, Eastern Europe. It is now laying plans to expand its work in South America, Africa, and Central Europe.  about how you can help train more leaders to change the world.
## Our Commitments
* ### 1. We are committed to **glorifying God** in all we do.
  It is the intention of Global Action to glorify God through our ministry – to always make the name of God great, and to never elevate ourselves. Our ultimate aim is not evangelism, but worship. We want God to be glorified in all we do.
* ### 2. We are committed to **making disciples** in all nations.
  We are dedicated to carrying out the Great Commission, found in Matthew 28, by equipping church leaders to lead disciple-making churches. We strive to make our training transferable by keeping it simple, practical and focused. Our desire is to disciple the disciple-makers. Evangelism is the beginning, but not the end. We ultimately are trying to help people follow Christ forever.
* ### 3. We are committed to **holding to the authority of Scripture.**
  We value the Word of God as our final authority and use its wisdom as the basis for all we do. We are committed to a biblically-based evangelical theology. Evangelical theology may be defined as a belief in the Apostle’s Creed, a faithful commitment to Scripture and constant emphasis on the Gospel. We hold to traditional Evangelical theology without excluding those from various denominations of the larger church.
* ### 4. We are committed to **equipping leaders** to transform their communities.
  We equip leaders to change their communities and countries. We believe that developing leaders is the best investment of our time and resources. Good leaders can mobilize churches to do important Gospel work (evangelism, discipleship, etc.) and social work (drilling wells, saving orphans, feeding the hungry, working in prisons, etc.) in their communities. Training a leader can transform a community.
* ### 5. We are committed to **serving in the places of greatest need.**
  We want abundant resources to flow to the areas of greatest need. We believe that we have been called to serve those who are living in the most desperate places in the world. We do not shy away from those who live in poverty or those facing persecution. We move toward them, just as Christ has moved toward us in our time of greatest need.
* ### 6. We are committed to **making theological education accessible.**
  Theological education should not just be the privilege of those who live in the Western world, or for those who can afford the cost of post-secondary or graduate education. Education is becoming more expensive, and therefore less accessible to the most vulnerable. We are driven by the conviction that theological training should be made accessible for all men and women in the world who have been called to serve the church, regardless of their socio-economic status.
* ### 7. We are committed to **offering quality educational experiences.**
  We don't just teach anything - and we don't just let anyone teach. We want our students to get the quality training they need to help them change the communities they serve. We strive to carry out our work with excellence because we believe this glorifies our God, blesses the people we serve, and is an example to those we teach.
* ### 8. We are committed to **managing our resources with integrity.**
  Financial integrity is at the core of who we are. We are committed to being faithful stewards of the resources that have been entrusted to us, for the express purpose of training leaders who will help us change the world.
## Our Beliefs
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present rule as Head of the Church and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the person of the Holy Spirit, and by His indwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a godly life, and to overcome the attacks of the Evil One, Satan.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
## The ABC's of Global Action
### Accessible
We believe that a theological education should be accessible to any person who has been called by God to serve the church. We do not believe that sound Biblical training should be available only to the privileged few. Unfortunately, we live in a world where there is significant income inequality. Half of the world’s 7.3 billion people live on less than $6 a day, which means that most ministry leaders in the non-Western world must often choose between caring for their family and pursuing theological training. Global Action is committed to making theological education accessible by offering module-based courses for ministry leaders to attend once a month within their own countries. Students pay a modest tuition fee, but most of our education is funded by the generosity of the global church.
### Biblical
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word written for us, which has the power to transform lives. We are committed to making sure our students have a foundational theological education that is rooted in the Scriptures. Our core curriculum includes courses on important topics like: The Life, Ministry, and Uniqueness of Jesus, Introduction to the New Testament, Introduction to the Old Testament, Biblical Interpretation, Preaching so that people Encounter God, Solid Doctrine: Speaking the Truth in Love, Healthy Church, and Biblical Leadership. Our courses are practical because we believe the Bible is practical. Biblical grounding is essential to multiplying disciples, planting churches, and protecting the people of God from unhealthy teaching that is prevalent in the world today.
### Contextual
We believe that God loves culture and that he calls people to follow him from every tribe, nation, and language (Revelation 7:9). From the very first century, the church has always carried out its work in various cultures. We reject the view that Western cultures are superior to other cultures. We embrace the Biblical teaching that all people are created in the image of God, that we are one in Christ, and that we are equal participants in the Gospel. We therefore work hard to be sure that the unchanging message of the Gospel is translated into every culture in the most relevant way possible. We employ non-Western staff members and scholars to assist us in this endeavor, translate our materials into many of the world’s languages, and only send instructors who have a deep understanding of cross-cultural work.
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# Our Team
It is my joy to be able to pour my heart and soul into equipping leaders around the world, and I am privileged to serve alongside this amazing global team. There is nothing more fulfilling than using our time, talents, and treasure for the Kingdom. We hope you might consider joining us on this exciting adventure as we work to change the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
President
## Staff
Bailey Bada
Director of Operations and Strategy
Zuvarashe Chivaviro
Global Ministry Coordinator
Yuniel Cruz
Director of the Caribbean
Scott Dickson
Director of Administration
Megan Doddridge
Communications Specialist
Rich Griffith
Chief Development Officer
Igor Grishajev
Director of Europe
Dr. Elizabeth Marvel
Chief Mission Officer
Buhe Mativenga
Director of Africa
Amit Mondal
Director of South Asia
Dennis Ruano
Director of Central America
Rich Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Rick Thompson
Kylie Vernon
Intern
Dr. F. Lionel Young III
Mission Theologian
## Board
Brian Banks
Independent, Voting Member
Steve DeWitt
Barry Fluth
Nikki Green
Paul Knier
Tom MacAdam
Jeff Peterson
Bob Smith
Chairman of the Board of Directors
J.P. Wilson
## Advisory Board
Carey Casey
Phil Ephraim
Advisory Board Member
Phil Long
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# Financials
Global Action is committed to be a faithful steward of your gift. We desire to maximize each gift by limiting overhead costs and working with nationals in each country.
Transparency and accountability are an essential part of who we are. To demonstrate our financial integrity, we conduct an independent audit each year.
* Annual Ministry Reports
* Whistle Blower Policy
* Board Minutes
* Conflict of Interest Policy
* Records Retention & Destruction Policy
* Process for Determining CEO's Compensation
* Donor Privacy Policy
* Latest Audited Financials
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# What We Do
## Standing in the Gap
The great Chicago pastor Dwight L. Moody issued a call for “gapmen,” by which he meant people who would pursue a foundation in biblical education and then go out and change their world. Global Action is “standing in the gap” for a new generation of non-Western leaders who lack access to the training they need. We do this by equipping men and women in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe to lead healthy ministries that are transforming their communities.
## The Global Action Plan
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  Global Foundations
  Advance
  Partnership
**We equip active ministry leaders with a year of foundational theological education in an accessible modular format.**
Our program begins with a high-quality, certificate-level theological course called Foundations, which lasts for one year. We equip our students with a solid education rooted in the Gospel, along with the practical skills needed to apply what they learn to their life and ministry. They learn a biblical model for godly leadership in the church, which is often very counter-cultural. The Foundations course is sometimes called GLOMOS (Global Module Studies), because it is offered in a modular format, which allows our students to continue serving their churches throughout the year. See descriptions of each module 
**We provide ongoing support through mentoring and advanced training opportunities, which are specially designed for the needs of each context.**
After our students receive a year of foundational education, we are there to support their continued growth. Our national directors remain in touch with our graduates to provide ongoing encouragement and support. To serve Christian leaders most effectively, we offer advanced courses or seminars which are relevant to the needs of each ministry context. Our staff in each field also provides mentoring and coaching for pastors and leaders who have been through our FOUNDATIONS course. In addition, we provide training so that these leaders will be able to teach this curriculum to others, who in turn can teach it to others.
**We empower leaders to transform their communities by supporting their ministry initiatives and connecting them with additional resources and partners.**
Global Action is committed to seeing communities transformed by working *with* leaders, not *around* leaders. We strive to connect our pastors and ministry leaders in Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe with organizations and people who are interested in partnering with them for a variety of needs. We empower our trained leaders in order to help them transform their communities through healthy churches that are engaged in evangelism, healthcare, community development, micro enterprises, and more.
## Where We Work
Global Action works in the hard places: places that are off the beaten path, where pastors and leaders are faithfully serving in the midst of poverty, corruption, persecution, and isolation.
We offer our program in the following languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali, Bengali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Shona, & English. Translations into Ndebele, Russian, and Hungarian are coming soon!
#### We are currently working in the following countries:
* Guatemala
* Panama
* Cuba
* Nicaragua
* Costa Rica
* India
* Bhutan
* Ukraine
* Hungary
* Zimbabwe
## Hear From Our Students
> *“GLOMOS is the most informative and valuable program. It is a well-designed program that brings theory into practice in ministry. I was sharpened and encouraged by professors, and it is amazing to see how God is working through incredible people who came to teach from all over the world. It is hard to fully describe how much I was blessed and my church advanced through the work that was accomplished through the guidance of this program.”*
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> **– Natalia Vladimirova**    Ukraine
## Dig Deeper
Why Leadership Training?
In a world where fewer than 10% of all ministry leaders have any theological education, the need for biblical training is urgent. One well trained has the ability to change the world, but many of the world's church leaders lack access to the training they need. We're on a mission to change that.
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