GFM Location

GFM wants to multiply. We do this by building new teams in existing locations and launching them to start bases in new cities. When the Lord nudges a person to start a GFM hub, the journey begins with attending and graduating with excellent evaluations from our Missionary Training School in Atlanta. The next step is to join an existing GFM hub as a staff member. Experienced staff disciple and mentor them, allowing us to get to know their heart for the Lord and His work, their gifts, and their passion for ministry, while they  become acquainted our staff, values, vision, and ministry philosophy. 

We coach them in GFM leadership and organizational development. Over time, we “onboard” them thoroughly to learn how to lead each aspect of GFM’s program, including getting experience in disciple making and church planting among local internationals. Everything is modeled before a new staff member leads these programs on their own. Meanwhile, as the Lord brings others with a burden to start a new base, the process is the same for each person, until a team forms to be sent out to another location.

The following requirements are necessary to start a new GFM location:

[+] Team Size – A team launched to a new location must contain at least three “units.” A unit is defined as a single person or a married couple or family. Every Global Frontier Missions "hub" must be able to fulfill one or more parts of the three-fold strategy of “Mobilizing, Training and Multiplying.”

[+] Missionary Training School – We expect each member of a new hub to finish, with excellence, the Missionary Training School or Online Missionary Training School. This requirement ensures that all team members have the same training and are unified concerning the vision and practices of the organization.

[+] GFM Mentoring – In order to be part of a new hub, someone in GFM leadership must have mentored each person on the team.

[+] Vision and Strategy – The team will work together to create a vision and strategy document outlining how they plan to “mobilize, train, and multiply” in the new location. This document must be approved by GFM's Global Leadership Team (GLT).

[+] Leadership – Each fully formed and trained team must determine who will be the Base Director for that location. The Base Director will take part in regular communication with the GLT and attend the bi-annual meeting.

[+] Financial Stability – Each member of the team will be required to have 100% of their monthly financial support or show an approved bi-vocational plan.

[+] Commitment – Because it takes time to plant and establish a hub that is healthy and growing, we expect each member to commit at least three years to a new GFM location and replace themselves before moving on.

When your team has fulfilled all of these requirements, and with many long hours of prayer, we believe you will be ready to serve alongside GFM in the work God wants to do in that new city!