Local churches: global mission

As part of the Planting Pitfalls series building on his research among struggling plants, Dan Steel thinks about how church plants can maintain a healthy relationship with the parent church.

David Varney writes about church planting work in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’s great to see Union’s missional ecosystem being a source of support here.

As part of the Planting Pitfalls series building on his research among struggling plants, Dan Steel, local pastor and part of the Acts 29 UK network, encourages church planters to build wisely and so avoid some of the most common risk factors. This article looks at the ways we allocate our time and what we trust to deliver results.

Lois Franks works alongside her husband church planting in the Rhondda valley of South Wales. Here, she shares some of the joys and challenges of being a church planting pastor’s wife.

Reports coming in from projects that have received Union Mission funds are a real cause for celebration.

As part of the Planting Pitfalls series building on his research among struggling plants, Dan Steel, local pastor and part of the Acts 29 UK network, encourages church planters to build wisely and so avoid some of the most common risk factors. This article looks at the vital topic of unity.

Erik Pham from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, shares the story of the start of Baptistenkerk op Zuid and the encouragement of connecting with Union Mission.

Union Mission is actively partnering with Welsh-speaking pastors like Gwilym Tudur to strengthen church planting and revitalisation in Wales. Gwilym reflects on the state of Christianity in Wales in the light of the recent 2021 census results.

Union Mission partner Sasco Georgievski from the Evangelical Church in Northern Macedonia urges us to pray.