MOVE 2026: GlobeServe's Most Ambitious Outreach Initiative
Aims to Reach 120,000 People and Plant 600 Churches - This Year
From a motorbike breakdown in the bush to two Muslim women surrendering to Christ - this is what a mission movement looks like in real time
In the world of global missions, there are organizations that set modest goals and quietly exceed them and there are organizations that set audacious goals and trust God to do something extraordinary. GlobeServe is the second kind.
MOVE 2026 is GlobeServe’s flagship outreach initiative for this year, and its targets are breathtaking in their scope. But what makes MOVE 2026 compelling is not just the numbers, it is the field stories already emerging from the first weeks of implementation. Stories like the one from the Dagi settlement, which we’ll come to shortly.
The Four Targets of MOVE 2026
MOVE 2026 is built around four measurable, interconnected goals, each one building toward a vision of transformed communities across Ghana and beyond:
600 Communities Engaged
Sending evangelism and church planting teams into 600 distinct communities, many of which have never had any sustained Gospel witness. These are not places with existing churches that need revitalizing. These are places where, for many residents, hearing about Jesus Christ for the first time will be a genuinely historic moment.
120,000 People Reached with the Gospel
Through a combination of personal evangelism, community meetings, Jesus Film presentations, radio outreach, and medical and vocational ministry, GlobeServe aims to bring the message of Christ to 120,000 individual people in 2026. That is 120,000 people who will have no excuse — they will have heard.
30,000 New Souls Added to the Church
Of those 120,000 reached, GlobeServe is believing God for 30,000 new believers; people who respond to the Gospel in genuine repentance and faith, are discipled, and are integrated into local church. This is not about counting hands raised at a rally. It is about transformed lives, baptized believers, and growing disciples.
600 New Churches Planted
Every community engaged by MOVE 2026 is a potential church planting site. The goal of 600 new churches planted in 2026 means an average of more than one new congregation established every single day of the year. Each of these churches will serve as a permanent, self-sustaining center of Gospel ministry in its community for decades to come.
Why These Numbers Are Achievable
Targets like these could sound like wishful thinking, until you look at GlobeServe’s track record. In January alone, the organization reported 44 new church established, 814 souls won for Christ, and 163 baptisms. MOVE 2026 is not a wish list. It is a strategic plan built on years of relationship-building, network development, and field intelligence.
GlobeServe’s model relies on a multiplying network of local church planters, evangelists, and community leaders; men and women who are already embedded in the communities they serve, who speak the language, understand the culture, and have earned the trust of their neighbors. GlobeServe’s role is to resource, train, coordinate, and support these frontline workers.
The most effective mission strategy for Africa is to identify, equip, and release African believers who are already burdened for their own communities. MOVE 2026 does exactly that at scale.
From the Field: The Story of Dagi Settlement
In January, a GlobeServe team set out by motorbike for the Dagi settlement — a remote community accessible only by rough bush tracks. The journey itself was an act of faith: motorbikes in rural Africa are workhorses, but they break down, and when they do, you are often far from help.
This team’s motorbike broke down on the return journey to Challu. By God’s grace, they arrived safely. And when they did, they prepared for something they had been anticipating since the journey began: a Jesus Film presentation for the Dagi community that evening.
The Jesus Film is one of the most widely translated and culturally adaptable evangelism tools in history. Showing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in a community’s own language, in an open-air setting, it has introduced the Gospel to hundreds of millions of people across the developing world. In a community like Dagi where literacy rates may be low and where oral tradition carries more weight than the written word – it is extraordinarily effective.
That evening in Dagi, as the film played, two women were among those watching. Their names are Fatima and Hamdia. They are Muslims, or they were. By the end of the evening, both had given their lives to Jesus Christ.
Fatima and Hamdia. Two names. Two eternities changed. Two families whose futures will never be the same. This is what MOVE 2026 looks like when it is working; not as a headline, but as a story of two women who heard about Jesus and said yes.
GlobeServe requests continued prayer for Fatima and Hamdia, that they would grow strong in their new faith and remain steadfast in the face of the social pressure that often follows a Muslim’s conversion to Christ.
The Theology Behind the Movement
MOVE 2026 is not merely a strategic plan. It is a theological statement about the urgency of the Gospel. GlobeServe believes that:
- Every person has the right to hear the Gospel at least once in their lifetime and millions in Africa have still never heard it
- The local church is God’s primary instrument for community transformation
- Indigenous church planting is the most sustainable and multiplying form of Gospel expansion available
- The window of responsiveness in many African communities is open now but may not remain open indefinitely as urbanization, secularism, and ideological Islam all compete for the same hearts and minds
MOVE 2026 is GlobeServe’s response to this moment. It is an attempt to steward the open doors that exist today with maximum faithfulness and maximum effectiveness.
How Global Christians Can Be Part of MOVE 2026
The global mission of the Church is not the job of a few professionals; it is the calling of every believer. GlobeServe actively invites its partners to engage with MOVE 2026 in the following ways:
Give
A gift of any size to GlobeServe’s MOVE 2026 fund directly supports field teams, travel costs, Jesus Film presentations, church planting supplies, and the training of local evangelists. Larger gifts can fund the planting of a specific church in a named community. Contact GlobeServe to explore named church sponsorship opportunities.
Pray
Join GlobeServe’s MOVE 2026 prayer network and receive regular field updates, specific prayer requests, and testimonies like the story of Fatima and Hamdia. Prayer is not a consolation prize for those who cannot give, it is the engine that drives the entire movement.
Mobilize
Challenge your church, small group, or family to adopt one of MOVE 2026’s 600 target communities in prayer and giving. GlobeServe can connect you with information about a specific community; its size, its language, its spiritual condition, so that your prayers are specific and informed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How were the 600 communities selected?
Target communities were identified through GlobeServe’s network of regional coordinators and church planters, based on factors including: absence of existing churches, population size, accessibility, and the presence of local believers ready to engage. Each community represents a genuine opportunity, not just a pin on a map.
Q: How does GlobeServe measure “souls won”?
GlobeServe tracks decisions for Christ through field reports from local evangelists and church planters, cross-referenced with baptism records and church membership data. The organisation is committed to honest reporting and does not inflate numbers.
Q: What happens in a community after the initial outreach?
Initial evangelism is always followed by discipleship and church planting efforts. GlobeServe does not conduct hit-and-run outreach. Every community engaged through MOVE 2026 has a follow-up plan, and local believers or church planters are identified to provide ongoing pastoral care for new believers.