Going Beyond

Wider

Deeper

Farther

Our 3-Year Vision

Frontier Fellowship invites and equips followers of Christ to go beyond the next hill in frontier mission. Together, as we partner with the global Church in God's mission, we can see least-reached people gain access to the Good News of Jesus.

Our big vision, over the next three years, is to multiply frontier engagement by inviting new churches, next-generation leaders and a more diverse community to partner in God's mission. Together, we will take the Gospel wider, deeper and farther to new frontiers!

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Wider

EXPAND our team of frontier mobilizers

Foster vision in NEW churches + denominations

Develop NEXT-generation frontier leaders

Going Wider: To Multiply Frontier Vision

"A Mission Vision for Every Church"

Mobilizers are the heart of our strategy to multiply frontier impact. Expanding our mobilizing team and offering programs to support vision casting are the foundations of our three initiatives to go wider.

1. Recruit and resource new career mobilizers

Broaden our pipeline to find gifted new mobilizers from regions and denominations that are currently underserved
Enable newly hired mobilizers to enter ministry more quickly utilizing our proven rapid on-board strategy
Resource mobilizers with training, support and tools for more effective entry to ministry

Impact: Six new mobilizers over the next three years will bring frontier vision to an average of 180 churches per year.

2. Foster vision through frontier experiences

Subsidize initial vision trips for new churches, seminary students and others so barriers of finance don't hinder this critical step of engagement
Invite strategic leaders to experience frontier work, including prospective investors and congregational leaders who can spread the vision to others
Assist frontier partners to travel and share their frontier passion among the new churches and denominations that we are working to engage

Impact: Frontier passion is kindled by experience. New friends have the opportunity to be transformed into frontier leaders.

3. Develop next-generation frontier leaders

Provide month-long Frontier Immersion Experiences with our partners for church mission interns and other promising young adult leaders
Provide two year-long Frontier Fellowship internships for high-potential graduate students interested in mobilizing
Establish an innovation fund to test creative ideas for engaging young adults in frontier mission over the next three years

Impact: New young adult leaders will be able to effectively engage and mobilize their generation in frontier mission.

Deeper

LEARN together with our global partners

TRAIN churches for partnership effectiveness

DEEPEN relationships in our growing network

Going Deeper: For Innovation + Effectiveness

Frontier Mission in a Changing World

Leading effectively in frontier mission means listening to the global Body of Christ and innovating together. Our three initiatives to go deeper will help our growing network of churches and friends participate fruitfully at the cutting edge of God's work in the world today.

1. Learn together with our global partners

Sponsor three global gatherings with our partners to discuss the future of frontier ministry in the Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim worlds
Provide grants so national leaders can participate in these gatherings and any follow-up activities
Record and publish key insights from the gatherings

Impact: Cutting edge frontier research from the field will directly influence strategic planning and teaching materials.

2. Train churches for partnership effectiveness

Develop new frontier partner training resources for busy congregations and denominations
Broadly share these new resources with churches throughout our networks

Impact: Churches will grow in their frontier effectiveness when they partner together with the global Church.

3. Deepen relationships in our growing network

Increase the number of committed prayer and financial partners within our national network
Strengthen our national collaboration with close denominations, independent church networks and mission ministries
Expand our participation at national conferences and events

Impact: Deeper engagement will open new doors for mobilization and move existing friendships to sustained participation in prayer, giving and partnership.

Farther

Help current partners EXPAND to new frontiers

Develop partnerships in NEW frontier regions

Going Farther: For More to Know Christ

"A Church for Every People"

Our primary aim is to see unreached peoples know and follow Christ. We accomplish this in partnership with the global Body of Christ. Our initiatives to go farther will expand our frontier reach through world-class partners–old and new.

1. Help current partners expand to new frontiers

Invest in projects with our existing partners so they can enter new frontier communities, cities and countries in strategic ways

2. Develop strategic partnerships in new frontier regions

Sponsor startup grants that will catalyze mobilizers to find strategic partners in new regions
Build trusted, effective partnerships in new regions to reach unreached people groups

Impact: Initiate long-term engagement with at least twelve unreached people groups in six new regions in partnership with national led ministries.

I love Frontier Fellowship’s Going Beyond vision because it takes us further into the world where the unreached peoples are and where no one is yet engaging them or reaching them. And that's the heart of frontier mission—to go where the Gospel has not yet gone, to carry it with us and to offer Good News to all peoples.

Rev. Dr. Richard Haney, Executive Director Emeritus, Frontier Fellowship

First Presbyterian Harrisonburg (FPH) has supported Frontier Fellowship for most of the last two decades. The Global Mission Committee at FPH seriously appreciates Frontier Fellowship's emphasis on the Great Commission and on educating and offering participation by FPH in bringing the Gospel message to people groups who have not yet learned of Jesus' love and saving grace.

First Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia

The vision for frontier mission is just as important today as it's ever been. You know, there's approximately 2.5 billion people in the world that have little or no access to the Gospel in a way they can understand. So the mobilization work that Frontier Fellowship is doing and will continue to do, I believe, is so strategic for the work of God's kingdom.

Andrew Adair, Executive Director, The Antioch Partners

We are so grateful [at MDPC] for our relationship with Frontier Fellowship, because it's connected us to ministries and to people in the furthest corners of the world that we wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet otherwise, and allowed us to engage in places that we wouldn't have been able to [on our own].

Kelsi McCormack, Global Outreach Director, Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (TX)

I love the fact that Frontier Fellowship goes right to the source: Romans 10! "How can they call on one of whom they have never heard. How can they hear unless someone preaches (tells them); how can they preach unless they are sent? How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news."

Malcolm (Mac) Myers, Richmond, Virginia

Challenges Facing the Frontier

Churches

need a Frontier Vision

51%

of churchgoers don't know of the Great Commission

1.7%

of missions spending goes toward unreached peoples

Barriers

must be crossed

87%

of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims don't know a Christian

The Body of Christ

must work together

67%

of Christians live in Africa, Asia or Latin America, and many

Seek Strategic Kingdom Partnerships

to reach the frontier

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