The Continent in Focus
The spread of the Protestant Reformation, c. 16th century.
The most recent focus of globalLead has been training in Europe. Once the thriving seat of Christianity and the birthplace of the Reformation, today, much of modern Europe has turned away from its Christian roots and has become spiritually “post-Christian.” Everywhere you go, there is rising religious apathy. Many Europeans have become atheists, agnostics, or do not identify with a particular religion at all. Magnificent cathedral halls that used to accommodate faithful church-goers are now filled with tourists and spectators. Early Bibles that were printed and distributed all over the continent are collecting dust in attics. Flags that once proudly show their Christian heritage no longer hold value in the nations’ spiritual life.
Over the last 100 years, Europe is the only continent where the church has not seen growth. In fact, for a very long time now, Biblical Christianity in Europe has been on a downward trajectory. Only a small percentage of the almost 750 million Europeans belong to Evangelical Christianity.
23% of people groups in Europe are unreached.
This percentage is greater than that of the continents of North America, South America, and Africa combined.
The Lausanne Movement in Europe believes that the continent is perhaps the greatest challenge for the Christian mission. More missionaries are needed to support the remaining church in Europe to arrest its decline and turn it around. globalLead wants to make an impact in Europe by serving local church leaders through long-term training and mentoring.
Nations Reached So Far
Two churches, one in Belgium and the other in Austria, became the first to go through the Church Ministry Strategy curriculum. Both churches experienced significant impact through the training and mentoring. So much so that they requested further trainings. The leaders in the local church in Belgium asked for training in preparing expository sermons and the one in Austria requested training in evangelism. Trainings in Europe are ongoing for both churches.
Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and the UK
In February 2021, we conducted a Youth Ministry Strategy Training for youth ministry leaders in Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and the UK. We additionally offered a hybrid Youth Ministry Strategy Training for youth leaders in Hungary in 2024. During this training, half of the training was completed online and then globalLead staff traveled to the congregation to finish the second part.
Pray with us that the Lord will open more doors in other countries. For now, we are limited to using Zoom and Google Classroom as our training platforms. In the future, we hope to host more face-to-face and/or hybrid trainings for the precious ministry leaders in this region of the world!
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