How can we introduce Global Disciples to more people across North America?

This is a question our leadership team has asked, investigated, and prayed over for several years. As our international trainings grow at amazing rates, growth in our support base also needs to expand. We are so grateful to the generous, committed, and passionate community of partners God has given to Global Disciples. Now, we want to bring in more people who are excited about this effective near-culture model for reaching least-reached people.

God surprises us with unexpected opportunities at times. 

Early in 2024, Global Disciples was approached by the producers of Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid. This short feature runs on public television stations, highlighting organizations and institutions that influence positive, hopeful change. The producers were interested in adding profiles for faith-based initiatives. That’s when their research team discovered Global Disciples.

Global Disciples is now one of the featured organizations in a segment on Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid, rolling out to public television stations nationwide. The broadcast segment will be a helpful tool to introduce a national audience to our highly-effective model and the Global Disciples vision. (Airtimes are at the discretion of the local, independent public television station, so we can’t provide a schedule.) 

Our segment features interviews with leaders from our international and U.S. teams, a board member, and an advocate, who provide a well-rounded perspective on our near-culture model. Entrusting our story to someone completely outside of our circle was a stretching experience, but it was exciting to see how the Viewpoint team caught the vision and told it on our behalf.

The segment for public television is one part of the project. The Viewpoint team also produced a commercial for Global Disciples which aired nationally on Fox Business. Additionally, Viewpoint created a corporate profile video here and short videos we can use in further communications—all valuable assets to our toolkit.  

Releasing a profile like this on national television by our own efforts would have been a long time coming. Yet, this unexpected opportunity opened the door—we trust God to use it to expand awareness for Global Disciples. In the end, our dream is to give as many people as possible a front-row seat to God’s work through Global Disciples in reaching the least-reached.