• $30,000 Goal 100% 100%
  • $45,000 Goal 100% 100%
  • $60,000 Goal 3.5% 3.5%

Updated 1/3/24

What is Global Christmas?

What if we put a few less gifts under our Christmas tree this year and invested those dollars into God’s economy
around the world?

Every December, it is our privilege at Ascent Church to take a few weeks and place special emphasis on what God is doing around the world, through our Global Partnerships and supported missionaries. We call this season Global Christmas. It is a reminder for us to look beyond ourselves and embrace the work our partners are doing as they embrace hurting people who need the good news of Jesus Christ.

There are more needs around the world than we could ever hope to meet – but we are committed to building relationships intentionally with a few partnerships, which allows us to be very strategic with our focus. We build long-term relationships that give us the opportunity to go deep and dream big with them, investing both our financial resources and our people, to help them accomplish their God-given mission. 

Your giving makes a difference!

These partners are doing incredible things, and we get the chance to come alongside and join them in kingdom work. Because of the generosity of your prayers, finances and sending global teams, we have helped to resource and train leaders, educate and feed children, plant and grow churches and so much more. 

We invite you to join us and participate in what God is doing around the world…

Look around below and see specifically where your generosity will be invested into our Global Partnerships in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Germany.

Watch these videos about our Global Partners

GERMANY

Tim Herrmann – Pastor, mittendrin (church plant), Potsdam, Germany

Steffen Weil

Christian Hufen – Pastor, mittendrin (church plant), Potsdam, Germany

30k GOAL

Community outreach in Potsdam – $5,000: We are a church for our city, where over 80% are atheists. We want to provide opportunities for Potsdamers to get to know Jesus in a safe context outside of a church building. Our Cultural Festival (Marklücke) with over 300 in attendance, outreach picnics in the city parks, and hosting small celebrations in the art center are some of the ways we want to show our community the love of Jesus.

A new printer – $3,000: We print many things, most importantly, our weekly program booklets that contain all of our song texts and Scriptures. Our current printer is very old and will soon need to be replaced.

Help Cottbus mittendrin church plant with renovation costs – $2,000: Pastor Aaron Köhler and the Cottbus mittendrin team recently moved into a formerly communist-era restaurant to gather as a church. We’d like to help them with some of the costs of turning a restaurant into a church.

 

 

45k GOAL

 (Angelina (musician, songwriter, worship leader) part-time staff position – $4,000: We long to worship God with gospel-centered songs in our own language. There are very few modern worship songs rich in content and focusing on the gospel of grace. Angelina is a very talented songwriter and we would love to increase her time on our staff so she can write songs not only for our church, but the German church landscape.

Team-building for Potsdam mittendrin Leadership Team – $2,000: Retreat days, training seminars, and other opportunities for our Leadership Team to be equipped, empowered, and grow together in leadership and the Gospel

 

60k GOAL

Church Retreat Scholarships – $2,000: COVID was very hard on our small church in Postdam. We want to make new connections as a body of believers, intentionally welcome new members, and build community again through a Church Retreat Weekend, and with your support, we can make it possible for people who can’t afford the weekend to participate.

Help Cottbus mittendrin church plant with renovation costs – $3,000: Pastor Aaron Köhler and the Cottbus mittendrin team recently moved into a formerly communist-era restaurant to gather as a church. We’d like to help them with some of the costs of turning a restaurant into a church.

ETHIOPIA

Partner Church/ROTOM/Compassion Intl, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia

Ethiopia Elders
30k GOAL

Expansion for partner church = $10,000
 
Expand church partner facility to accommodate for office space, Sunday school, Elder meeting space, children and youth ministries areas.

 

 

45k GOAL
Salary for four evangelists – $5,000
Shortage of full-time evangelists is existing especially in the outreach churches.
60k GOAL
Build latrines – $5,000
For Older Persons (Seniors)  that do not have a latrine (approximately $750 for 1 latrine)

 

ZIMBABWE

One Challenge, International (OCI)

Nedson Shoko, ZIMNET Director

30k GOAL

National Pastors’ Basket: Monthly Food Basket – $6,300

Provide food aid to identified needy pastors’ families (120 families for 3 months)

Seed Capital – $2,800

Startup capital for income-generating projects (7 months)

Envisioning and Business Training Workshops – $900

Content development, stationery and printing, facilitation allowances, venues, accommodation, refreshments, and transport reimbursements (7 months)

 

45k GOAL

National Pastors’ Basket: Monthly Food Basket – additional $2,100

Provide food aid to identified needy pastors’ families (120 families for 6 months)

Transformational Leadership Workshops: $2,100

Content development, IEC material, stationery and printing, facilitation allowances, venues,  accommodation, refreshments, and transport reimbursements

Monitoring and Evaluation – $700

Administration – $308
60k GOAL

National Pastors’ Basket: Monthly Food Basket – additional $2,100

Provide food aid to identified needy pastors’ families (120 families for 9 months)

Seed Capital – $2,500

Startup capital for income-generating projects.

 

Monitoring and Evaluation – $700

Administration – $308

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.