This year’s Global Christmas total is in
and we raised $85,108.76!
Wow! We are overwhelmed by your incredible generosity. Your contributions will go directly to supporting our Global Partners in Ethiopia, Germany, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, enabling them to share the Gospel with those in need. Thank you for being part of this mission and for making a global impact this Christmas season!
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- $50,000 Goal 100%
- $60,000 Goal 100%
- $70,000 Goal 100%
What is Global Christmas?
Here at The Ascent Church, we have close relationships with incredible ministry partners around the world. The month of December is when we focus on celebrating four specific global partners, raising financial support for them, and sharing their ministry updates with the church. We call this annual celebration Global Christmas.Here’s the schedule for December’s Global Christmas highlights:
December 1: ZIMNET in Zimbabwe
December 8: Mittendrin in Germany
December 15: ROTOM in Ethiopia
December 22: PEACE International in Uganda
The funds we raise during Global Christmas are the support we can offer these specific partners during the year. When you and your family give generously to Global Christmas, you are supporting all four of these incredible ministries who rely on The Ascent Church to minister. Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and financial gifts on behalf of these incredible partners!
Watch these videos from our Global Partners:
GERMANY
Alliance-Mission
Pastors Steffen & Renata Weil
50k GOAL
Key Pastor Support
$5,000: Pastor Steffen is 100% self-funded through support he raises to oversee Alliance Mission’s church-planting network throughout Germany and Western Europe.
Key Staff Support
$2,000: This funding will help support administrative staff & operations in Alliance Mission’s home office near Hamburg, Germany.
Missionary Travel Costs
$3,000: Pastor Steffen travels extensively to mentor and train church planters in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and beyond. This support will help subsidize some of these important travel costs.
Church Plant Support for Mittendrin in Cottbus, Germany
$2,000: Pastor Aaron Kohler pastors Mittendrin (our church plant partner) in Cottbus, about 40 miles from Berlin in 95% atheist E. Germany. These funds will assist evangelistic ministry initiatives in the city.
60k GOAL
Key Pastor Support
$5,000
Key Staff Support
$2,000
Missionary Travel Costs
$3,000
Church Plant Support for mittendrin in Cottbus, Germany
$4,000
70k GOAL
Key Pastor Support
$5,000
Key Staff Support
$2,000
Missionary Travel Costs
$3,000
Church Plant Support for mittendrin in Cottbus, Germany
$2,000
Missionary Training Conferences
$2,000
ETHIOPIA
ROTOM
Pastor Negatu Tsegaye
50k GOAL
Church Infrastructure
$5,000: Our partner church in the city center of Debra Zeit, Ethiopia is making room for their highly evangelistic ministry in the city. These funds will subidize what they have already raised internally to assist in the important expansion of the church facilities.
ROTOM Elderly Care
$5,000: ROTOM (Reach One Touch One Ministries) ministers to over 100 elderly in need in both Ethiopia and Uganda. These funds will go a long way to helping ROTOM assist with food, shelter, health care and other necessities for these precious seniors.
Missionary Support
$2,000: Pastor Negatu and other evangelists and pastors are bi-vocational and largely self-supporting. These funds will assist in providing support that help them accomplish their ministry strategic ministry goals.
60k GOAL
Church Infrastructure
$5,000
ROTOM Elderly Care
$7,000
Missionary Support
$3,000
70k GOAL
Church Infrastructure
$5,000
ROTOM Elderly Care
$7,000
Missionary Support
$3,000
Other Church Needs
$2,000
ZIMBABWE
ZIMNET
Pastor Nedson Shoko
50k GOAL
Seed Capital for
Self-Sustaining Projects
$5,000: ZIMNET provides training for entrepreneurial initiatives that provide income for pastors and their families. These funds will help seed these initiatives that promise to become self-sustaining over time.
Business/Leadership Workshops
$1,000: ZIMNET’s leadership travels around the country training pastors and leaders in strategic workshops to help them earn income. These funds help make these trainings happen.
60k GOAL
Seed Capital for
Self-Sustaining
$5,000
Business/Leadership Workshops
$1,000
6 Months Support
70k GOAL
Seed Capital for
Self-Sustaining
$5,000
Business/Leadership Workshops
$1,000
6 Months Support
UGANDA
PEACE International
Rosemary Khamati
50k GOAL
Vocational School Building
$5,000: PEACE International’s major new project in the Adjumani refugee settlement is building and staffing a faith-based Vocational School that will train students in various trades so they can earn a living beyond secondary school.
Vocational School Pastor
$4,000: Pastor Simon oversees PEACE’s primary school. These funds will help PEACE employ another pastor/administrator to oversee the Vocational School.
Support Students for $30/year/student
$4,000: All families who send students to the PEACE International school (over 800 students) are displaced South Sudanese refugees who live in the Adjumani refugee camp. Many try to earn a living to help fund their child’s education, but are not able to earn near enough to fully support their education. These funds help subsidize their education so these students can attend school all year.
60k GOAL
Vocational School Building
$5,000
Vocational School Pastor
$4,000
Support Students for $30/year/student
$3,000
Secondary Students Training for $1,500/student/year
$3,000: Until recently, education in the Olua 1 settlement in Adjumani concluded with primary school. There are now secondary school educational opportunities for those who are able to continue their schooling. These funds will aid in helping some of the most promising students.
70k GOAL
Vocational School Building
$5,000
Vocational School Pastor
$4,000
Support Students for $30/year/student
$4,000
Secondary Students Training for $1,500/student/year
$3,000
Discipleship and Business Training for Women at $100/woman/year
$2,000: In South Sudan and Uganda, women are very marginalized – yet, they are often the primary breadwinners for their families. PEACE International provides important discipleship-based business training through PEACE’s Women’s Empowerment Program.
Pastor’s Healing and Peace Training at $1,000/year
$3,000: South Sudan has been decimated by internal tribal-based civil war for decades. There are more than 8 tribes represented in the Adjumani refugee settlements, many still fighting with each other. This faith-based healing and peace-building training is essential to the future of the refugees to break the cycle of war and violence.
Making an Impact Across the Globe
Our global priorities are based on the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20 and Jesus’ words in Acts 1:8. We seek to accomplish these priorities by coming alongside strategic global partnerships and select missionaries that facilitate church planting, leader development and community transformation – primarily through the local church – in some of the most spiritually needy places in the world. We are committed to what we call “The 4 C’s” to make decisions regarding allocation of resources and people.