Impact Stories

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Anthony - Being a Blessing

Since Anthony accepted the call to become a church planter in Nigeria, he has experienced the blessing of seeing 19 people to whom he had been ministering make a profession of faith.

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Sarah - Leading Like Jesus

Sarah, a former Muslim, is spreading the name of Jesus throughout her village in southwestern Nigeria. Despite her family’s Islamic heritage, Sarah is determined to lead like Jesus.

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Church Planter Training: From Terrorist to Evangelist

Paul Yomterah was on a path of revenge against the men who killed his father when God changed his life forever. In Northern Ghana, Paul was busy selling marijuana, practicing black magic and recruiting boys in his community in a plot to avenge his father's death. 

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Church Planter Training Ministry: Teaching the Model of Jesus Among the Nations

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Meet Miss Kure Mary

Meet Miss Kure Mary. Mary’s family was visited by one of our church planters, Sunday Ajileye, who is working with communities in Kwara State, Nigeria. Mary and her family were not believers and struggling to make ends meet.

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Lusy - A Lesson in Forgiveness

My name is Lusy. I am from East Java, Indonesia, but I live in North Sumatera. I am a housewife with 2 children. I was Muslim. I became a Christian because of marriage. 

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Leaving the Old Life Behind

Muslim clerics encourage people in Kenya to practice witchcraft as a way to maintain control over their communities and villages. However, as Lead Like Jesus-trained church planters in Kenya have begun to share the message of Jesus, these cultural traditions are being replaced with the joy and freedom of knowing, following, and leading like Jesus.

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Church Planter Training: Multiplying Champions for Jesus

A new group of 105 Church Planters across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Niger have been selected through a careful process by their mother church to begin Lead Like Jesus training.

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Lead Like Jesus in South America

Victor Hoyos, National Representative for Lead Like Jesus, facilitated the nation’s first Lead Like Jesus Encounter training at El Rio Church in Colombia in July! Read what the participants are saying.

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Water Mission: Real Cultural Change

It’s been one year since Water Mission, a safe water solutions organization based in Charleston, SC, began their journey to leading like Jesus and the transformation is undeniable. Water Mission was encouraged by Steve Rubado, Program Manager at Lifeshape and Lead Like Jesus Facilitator, to have Lead Like Jesus as their foundational core. Deb Sprayberry, Human Resources for Water Mission, has become the in-house Lead Like Jesus champion. She’s been overwhelmed by the change she’s seeing in the organization.