- $30,000 Goal 100%
- $45,000 Goal 100%
- $60,000 Goal 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
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
30k GOAL
45k GOAL
60k GOAL
ZIMBABWE
One Challenge, International (OCI)
Nedson Shoko, ZIMNET Director
30k GOAL
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)
Monitoring and Evaluation – $700
60k GOAL
National Pastors’ Basket: Monthly Food Basket – additional $2,100
Provide food aid to identified needy pastors’ families (120 families for 9 months)
Startup capital for income-generating projects.
Monitoring and Evaluation – $700
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.