36,028 People Reached, 107 Churches Planted
By GlobeServe Ministries International | April 2026
In April 2026, GlobeServe Ministries International’s Northern Missions Department released its combined field report, bringing together data from two of its most active outreach programs: the Mission to Communities Program (MCP) and MOVE 2026. The results are striking by any measure.
Across both programs, 36,028 people were reached with the gospel in a single month. Among them, 14,204 recorded salvations. Beyond the evangelism numbers: 107 churches were planted, 488 disciples were made, and the Jesus Film was screened 221 times to a combined audience of 32,107 people, with 13,886 salvation decisions recorded through those screenings alone.
These are the fruits of organized, sustained, Spirit-led missions work in northern Ghana and they deserve to be understood in their full context.
Two Programs, One Mission
The Northern Missions Department coordinates two distinct outreach strategies that operate in parallel and are reported together.
The Mission to Communities Program (MCP) is GlobeServe’s established, community-embedded missionary effort in northern Ghana. MCP teams are typically long-term workers with deep relationships in specific communities; they plant churches, train disciples, and build the structural foundations of Christian communities over time. MCP work is slow in the best sense of that word: deliberate, relational, and designed to last.
MOVE 2026 is a more intensive, campaign-style outreach initiative targeting Fulani communities and other groups across northern Ghana with concentrated gospel efforts. MOVE 2026 teams deploy into communities for focused outreach; large-scale Jesus Film screenings, evangelism campaigns, and rapid church-planting efforts, with the goal of reaching as many people as possible and leaving behind newly planted churches connected to ongoing discipleship support.
Together, MCP and MOVE 2026 represent a complementary strategy: one builds depth, the other expands reach. The April 2026 results reflect what that combination produces.
April 2026 By the Numbers: MOVE 2026
MOVE 2026’s April report is extraordinary in scale. Operating across 85 communities, teams reached 23,387 people with the gospel. Among those, 9,313 recorded salvations were documented and nearly one in three people reached made a decision for Christ.
MOVE 2026 teams planted 79 official churches and 328 house churches in April alone. They made 310 disciples and conducted 142 Jesus Film screenings that were watched by 22,277 people, with 9,232 of those viewers making salvation commitments.
These numbers reflect the accelerating pace of a program that has clearly hit its stride. MOVE 2026 is designed to be a year of intensive outreach, and the April report suggests the program is functioning at a high level of effectiveness.
April 2026 By the Numbers: MCP
While MOVE 2026 generates the larger headline numbers, MCP’s April report tells a story of deep, sustained work that stands fully on its own.
MCP reached 66 communities and 12,641 people in April. Among those, 4,891 new converts were recorded. MCP planted 28 official churches and 137 house churches, made 178 disciples, and showed the Jesus Film 79 times to 9,830 viewers, with 4,654 commitments recorded.
For a program built around long-term community presence rather than intensive campaign outreach, these are strong numbers. They reflect the fact that MCP teams have been cultivating relationships and preparing communities for harvest over months and years, and that preparation is now producing fruit.
Combined Impact: What 36,028 Reached Really Means
When MCP and MOVE 2026 are combined, the April 2026 numbers are:
- 36,028 total people reached with the gospel
- 14,204 total salvations recorded
- 107 churches planted (official)
- 465 house churches planted
- 488 disciples made
- 221 Jesus Film screenings, watched by 32,107 people, with 13,886 salvation decisions
These are not estimated or projected figures. They are field-verified outcomes reported by GlobeServe missionaries on the ground in northern Ghana.
To put the church planting number in perspective: 107 official churches planted in a single month means that 107 communities now have an established gathering of believers, a pastoral leader, and a structure for ongoing Christian formation that did not exist at the end of March. Over a year, at even a fraction of that pace, GlobeServe’s church planting impact in the north becomes transformational at a regional scale.
The Jesus Film: Still One of the Most Effective Tools in Missions
The Jesus Film data in GlobeServe’s April report is a reminder of why this tool remains central to large-scale evangelism. Screening the life of Christ in local languages, in the context of community gatherings, consistently produces strong response – 13,886 salvation decisions across 221 screenings in April 2026 alone.
The Jesus Film works because it makes the gospel narrative accessible to people regardless of literacy level, cultural background, or prior Christian exposure. In communities where a visiting missionary might have a single evening to share, a Jesus Film screening anchors that time with a visual, emotional, and substantive encounter with the life of Christ.
Paired with audio Bibles distributed to new believers, these tools extend the missionary’s reach far beyond what any team could accomplish through personal presence alone.
Building the Church in Northern Ghana: A Long-Term Vision
The scale of April’s results points toward something GlobeServe has been building toward for years: a church planting movement in northern Ghana that can eventually sustain and multiply itself without depending entirely on external missionary support.
Every disciple made is a potential future church planter. Every house church is a potential future congregation. Every Jesus Film screening that results in audio Bibles in the hands of new believers is a step toward indigenous, Scripture-formed Christian communities that outlast the program that produced them.
GlobeServe’s Northern Missions Department understands this. The April report is not the goal, it is the progress report toward a larger vision: a church in every community across northern Ghana, rooted in Christ, led by local believers, and advancing the mission for generations to come.
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” — Matthew 9:37-38