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Global Action provides non-formal theological training for church leaders worldwide. We partner with ministries, organizations, Bible colleges, seminaries, churches, teachers, and mentors who want to strengthen local leaders and multiply Gospel impact.

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About Global Action

Who We Are and Why We Exist

Since 1998, Global Action has equipped church leaders in hard places through biblical, practical, and reproducible non-formal theological training.

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Around the world, Global Action comes alongside leaders who are already serving, already discipling, and already carrying responsibility in their local churches and communities.

Our History

Global Action was founded in 1998 as a non-formal training program for those called to ministry who did not have the time or financial resources to attend Bible college or seminary.

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Today, Global Action continues to equip church leaders through structured, contextualized, and reproducible training. Our work is rooted in the belief that local leaders are essential to strong churches and lasting community impact.

The goal is not simply to deliver content. The goal is to form leaders who can faithfully teach Scripture, disciple others, and strengthen churches in their own contexts.

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Our Approach

We use relational, contextual, in-person, and reproducible training models that strengthen leaders already serving in their own communities.

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Global Action’s approach is non-formal, which means it is structured and serious, but flexible enough to serve leaders in diverse contexts. It is not simply a one-time event or information download. Leaders learn in community, apply what they are learning, and are encouraged to reproduce the training with others.

  • Modular training that can be adapted by region.
  • In-person learning whenever possible.
  • Trusted local instructors and regional leadership.
  • Practical ministry assignments and application.
  • A pathway that moves from learning to formation to multiplication.
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Integrated Knowing

We help leaders grow in what they know, who they are becoming, and how they serve.

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Integrated knowing means leadership formation is not only about gaining information. Church leaders need biblical knowledge, spiritual character, and practical ministry skills working together.

  • Knowing: Scripture, theology, doctrine, and biblical interpretation.
  • Being: character, humility, faithfulness, and spiritual maturity.
  • Doing: preaching, discipleship, leadership, mentoring, and community engagement.

This is what makes the training transformational. Leaders are not only learning more. They are becoming more equipped to serve faithfully.

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Where Global Action Fits

We serve the larger global church by equipping leaders who strengthen churches, disciple others, and multiply ministry in their own communities.

Churches

We help strengthen leaders already serving in local church contexts.

Seminaries

We complement formal theological education by serving leaders who may not have access to it.

Ministries

We help organizations deepen impact through structured leadership development.

Local Leaders

We equip leaders to teach, mentor, disciple, and multiply training locally.

Your Pathway

How You Can Partner With Global Action

Choose the pathway that sounds most like you. Each section opens with specific examples of how collaboration could work.

Ministries & Organizations

Strengthen the leaders connected to your ministry through a reproducible theological training pathway.

How we could collaborate

Ministries and organizations can partner with Global Action when they want to strengthen leaders in their existing ministry networks.

  • Bring Foundations training to leaders in your region or network.
  • Use Global Action’s pathway to deepen discipleship and leadership development.
  • Collaborate around local instructors, cohorts, and ministry outcomes.
  • Equip leaders who can continue training others after the initial program.
  • Strengthen churches through leader-centered theological formation.

We amplify your impact by investing in the leaders who will keep serving, teaching, discipling, and mentoring long after one project or event ends.

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Bible Colleges & Seminaries

Help extend biblical training to leaders who may not have access to formal theological education.

How you could partner

Bible colleges and seminaries can help Global Action strengthen theological training for leaders around the world.

  • Provide faculty or guest teachers for specific modules.
  • Create pathways for students or alumni to teach and mentor.
  • Partner around certificate recognition, academic support, or training standards.
  • Help expand access to biblical training for leaders in underserved contexts.

In some parts of Africa, more leaders are being asked to demonstrate recognized training or certification. Global Action’s pathway, especially through Formation, helps leaders move toward deeper competency and recognized formation.

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Teachers & Mentors

Use your gifts in theology, discipleship, leadership, teaching, or ministry formation.

How you could serve

Teachers and mentors help leaders grow in both confidence and competency. You may be a good fit if you love Scripture, care about the global church, and want to invest in leaders who will invest in others.

  • Teach a Foundations module.
  • Mentor a leader or cohort.
  • Encourage leaders through practical ministry coaching.
  • Support Formation students as they apply what they are learning.

Becoming a mentor or teacher is a way to multiply your ministry experience through leaders already serving in strategic places.

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How We Serve the Global Church Through Theological Training

Global Action provides non-formal theological education for church leaders worldwide. We do not replace local churches, seminaries, mission agencies, denominations, or ministry networks. We come alongside them to strengthen the leaders they already know and trust.

What We Focus On

We focus on non-formal theological training for church leaders worldwide, providing biblical, practical, and contextualized education for those who may not have access to formal seminary training.

How We Serve Others

We help ministries, schools, churches, and organizations strengthen the leaders connected to their work. Global Action fills an important space between informal encouragement and formal theological education.

How Impact Multiplies

When local leaders are equipped, ministry impact continues beyond one event, one trip, or one project. Trained leaders disciple others, teach Scripture, and strengthen churches.

Training That Is Biblical, Practical, and Local

Global Action’s model is designed for real leaders in real ministry contexts. Leaders learn together, apply what they are learning, and carry that training back into their churches and communities.

The Matthew 9 Initiative

Foundations, Formation, Facilitation

The Matthew 9 Initiative is Global Action’s three-level pathway that helps leaders move from biblical foundation to deeper ministry formation and then toward multiplication.

Foundations

Foundations is the first level of Global Action’s training pathway. It provides church leaders with essential biblical, theological, and practical ministry training.

Formation

Formation helps leaders go deeper. It focuses on competency, character, ministry practice, and personal growth. In some regions, including parts of Africa, leaders increasingly need recognized training or certificates to serve in certain ministry contexts.

Facilitation

Facilitation prepares leaders to multiply. It equips graduates to teach, mentor, and reproduce training with others.

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Leaders Are Equipped

Foundations gives leaders a strong biblical and practical base for ministry.

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Leaders Are Formed

Formation helps leaders grow in character, competency, and ministry practice.

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Leaders Multiply

Facilitation prepares leaders to train, mentor, and disciple others.

Foundations Modules

What Leaders Study

Foundations gives leaders a strong biblical and practical base for ministry.

Life of Christ

Leaders study Jesus’ life, teaching, ministry, death, and resurrection.

Old Testament

Leaders gain a stronger understanding of the Old Testament story and themes.

New Testament

Leaders study the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Revelation.

Doctrine

Leaders explore essential Christian beliefs with clarity.

Biblical Interpretation

Leaders learn to read, understand, and apply Scripture faithfully.

Biblical Preaching

Leaders develop tools to prepare and deliver biblical messages.

Biblical Leaders

Leaders reflect on biblical models of leadership.

Healthy Church

Leaders consider what helps churches become spiritually healthy.

Community Transformation

Leaders explore how the Gospel shapes families, churches, and communities.

Impact Stories

Changed Leaders Change Communities

Stories help guests see the real people behind the training and the lasting difference theological leadership development can make.

Vimbai Trust Nelson

Vimbai Trust Nelson

Through Foundations and Formation, Vimbai grew in confidence, stepped into leadership, and began discipling others in her rural church.

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Global Training in Action

Global Action’s training is not only about what happens in a classroom. It is about leaders taking biblical truth into churches, homes, and communities where long-term discipleship can multiply.

Training That Leads To Multiplication

In places like Africa, we have seen leaders go through Global Action’s training and continue discipling others even in difficult conditions. What stands out is not just participation in the program, but leaders actually taking ownership of discipleship and continuing to train others in their own churches.

Vimbai Trust Nelson has faithfully served in her local church for many years. She first completed Global Action’s Foundations program a few years ago, where she gained stronger biblical roots and, for the first time, began to feel equipped to lead. As a result, she was able to step up and help fill leadership gaps in her rural church that was struggling without a pastor.

Wanting to grow further, she joined the inaugural cohort of the Formation program, seeking not just to serve, but to multiply her impact. While Foundations had strengthened her knowledge and given her confidence, Formation challenged her to step out of her comfort zone into even greater depth of ministry.

Through the program’s competency-based approach, she was required to demonstrate her ability to disciple others in a real ministry context, pushing her beyond her comfort zone and into real ministry leadership.

She identified three women in her church who loved God and were actively involved but lacked confidence and guidance to lead. Drawing from what she learned in Foundations and deepened through Formation, Vimbai began meeting with them regularly. She walked with them through both biblical understanding and practical leadership skills, teaching them how to study Scripture, prepare lessons, and apply God’s Word to everyday life.

Through this process, Vimbai not only discipled others but discovered her own capacity for ministry in a deeper way. What once felt out of reach became possible. The competency requirements of the Formation program did not just assess her growth, they unlocked it.

Eastern Europe Impact Story

Read how Global Action is serving church leaders in Eastern Europe through the ministry leadership of Igor Gryshayev, Director in Eastern Europe.

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Local Leaders, Lasting Impact

Global Action invests in leaders who are positioned to keep discipling, teaching, and mentoring long after one training event ends.

“After taking Foundations, I experienced a big difference in my confidence and in the way I share the gospel. Today I have more clarity, more knowledge, and I am no longer afraid to talk about God to other people.”

Mariluz, Colombia

“The training helped me see that God can use me in ministry in ways I never imagined. It pushed me beyond my comfort zone and helped me grow as a leader.”

Formation Student

“When leaders are equipped, they are able to strengthen their churches, disciple others, and serve their communities with greater clarity and confidence.”

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People You May Meet

These are a few of the Global Action leaders connected to partnership, training, strategy, and global ministry.

Dr. Elizabeth Marvel

Dr. Elizabeth Marvel

Chief Mission Officer

Connect with Liz about program strategy, training, teaching, academic alignment, and ministry formation.

lmarvel@globalaction.com

Bailey Valmassoi

Bailey Valmassoi

Director of Operations & Strategy

Connect with Bailey about partnership pathways, strategy, organizational collaboration, and next steps.

bvalmassoi@globalaction.com

Igor Gryshayev

Igor Gryshayev

Director in Eastern Europe

Connect with Igor about Global Action’s work in Eastern Europe and regional training opportunities.

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