1,236 New Believers, 10 New Communities: GlobeServe's Church Planting Push in Northern Ghana
CHURCH PLANTING | NORTHERN GHANA
There is a phrase that has shaped GlobeServe Ministries International’s approach to church planting since its earliest days in Ghana: ‘taking the church to where it is not.’ It is a deceptively simple sentence. But it is also a complete philosophy of mission, one that drives every community survey, every leadership training, every disciple-maker deployment, and every church building that goes up in a Northern Ghanaian village.
In February 2026, that philosophy is producing extraordinary results. Phase VII of GlobeServe’s church planting programme has yielded 1,236 new members added to the Body of Christ across multiple communities in the Northern Region. And Phase VIII; ten new communities, ten new church planters, one unified mission is already underway.
Phase VII: A Harvest Across Northern Ghana
Phase VII of GlobeServe’s church planting program represents years of patient, strategic investment in Northern Ghana’s unreached and under-reached communities. The model is straightforward but demanding: identify communities without a Gospel witness, identify and train indigenous leaders from within or near those communities, send them in with the tools and support they need, and walk with them through the process of planting a reproducing church.
The results from Phase VII speak for themselves. Across the communities where GlobeServe planted churches in this phase, 1,236 people have now been added to the Body of Christ. These represent real people in real communities who have heard the Gospel, responded in faith, and joined a local church family.
Several of the Phase VII communities have also built permanent church buildings – a significant milestone in the life of a young church. A building is more than a structure. In the context of Northern Ghanaian village culture, a church building is a declaration: the community of Jesus is here, it is established, and it intends to stay. Communities where this has happened include:
- Bikob — 124 members
- Yinsala — 120 members
- Nkpekpari — 110 members
- Nachanyeni — 112 members
- Nayundo — 102 members
- Drobonso — 60 members
- Mafi Zongo — 38 members
- Mimima — 58 members
- Zanzibar — 58 members
Each of these numbers represents a living congregation – people gathering weekly to worship, study the Word, pray, and grow together as followers of Jesus. Each of these buildings is a monument to what God can do when His people are willing to go where the church is not.
“Phase VII gathering, communities built not just churches, but permanent signs of the Kingdom in villages that had none.” — GlobeServe Field Report, February 2026
The Model Behind the Numbers: Indigenous, Reproducible, Rooted
What makes GlobeServe’s church planting approach distinctive and what makes results like Phase VII possible, is its commitment to an indigenous, reproducible model.
Rather than sending outside workers into communities they are unfamiliar with, GlobeServe identifies and trains leaders from within or near the target communities. These are men and women who already speak the language, understand the culture, have relationships with community members, and are therefore trusted in ways that outside missionaries rarely can be.
The training these leaders receive is thorough: reproducible discipleship methods, Discovery Bible Study facilitation, Celebration Church planting principles, and practical guidance on leading a congregation through its earliest and most vulnerable years. They are not simply released and forgotten – GlobeServe walks alongside them, providing ongoing support, accountability, and encouragement.
The model is also intentionally reproductive. Each church planted is not an endpoint, it is a starting point. The vision is for every new congregation to become a planting church in its own right, sending out disciples who make disciples who plant more churches. It is the multiplication principle of Matthew 28, applied with rigour and patience across the villages of Northern Ghana.
Phase VIII: Ten New Communities, Ten New Assignments
Even as Phase VII results continue to come in, GlobeServe is already looking forward. Phase VIII has been launched, targeting ten new communities in the Northern Region – each one assigned to a specific indigenous leader who will be responsible for planting a church there.
The ten Phase VIII communities and their assigned church planters are:
- Leader: Bisungum Emmanuel Foril
- Leader: Gmakun Issah Montana
- Leader: Dasu Thomas Gmazung
- Leader: David Kulnba Nakpayili
- Leader: John Sandow Jangandel
- Leader: Nohn Idanpang Jingbang
- Leader: Yildana Timunaliyabri Taim Yaa
- Leader: Stephen Bilangbam
- Leader: Nohn Kulkpang
- Leader: Justice Karim Zambuli
These are communities where the church does not yet exist in any meaningful form. They are the frontline of the Great Commission in Northern Ghana and GlobeServe has people heading there right now.
The Bigger Picture: MOVE 2026 and the 41 Deployed Disciple-Makers
The Phase VII and VIII church planting work does not stand alone. It is part of a larger surge of Kingdom activity that GlobeServe is calling MOVE 2026 – a coordinated push to reach as many unreached communities in Ghana and West Africa as possible within the year.
In February 2026 alone, MOVE 2026 saw 23,610 people reached with the Gospel, 209 house churches planted, and 5,863 recorded salvations. Alongside this, GlobeServe deployed 41 disciple-makers into unreached communities in Northern Ghana; men and women equipped to plant Celebration Churches and train others who will train others still.
The Phase VII and VIII church plants are the more established, structured expression of this same vision. Together, they paint a picture of a ministry that is both going wide, reaching as many people as possible through evangelism and outreach and going deep, planting churches that will be rooted in their communities for generations.
“We are not trying to visit these communities. We are trying to put a church there that belongs there – one that will still be standing and still be multiplying long after we are gone.” – GlobeServe Ministries International
How You Can Be Part of This
The church planting work in Northern Ghana is made possible by the generosity and prayers of partners around the world. Every church that gets planted, every leader who gets trained, every building that goes up — it happens because someone chose to invest in God’s work in Ghana.
Here is how you can be involved:
- For the Phase VIII church planters as they enter new communities. For the Phase VII churches as they grow and begin to multiply. For wisdom, protection, and fruitfulness. Pray:
- Your financial support directly funds leadership training, church planting resources, and ongoing missionary support. Give:
- Consider becoming a regular prayer partner with GlobeServe, receiving monthly prayer points with the real names of workers who need your intercession. Partner: