In short, we help catalyze a thriving, biblical global church by connecting proximal groups of sufficiently resourced, normative-sized churches (less than 200 in attendance) in the United States without personal (“boots on the ground”) international partnerships to groups of under resourced indigenous pastors, church planters, missionaries, and others Christian leaders around the world to establish beneficial partnerships that help the burgeoning churches grow in certain international contexts.

Through this ministry, churches support one another to meet needs that include theological training, conference preaching/teaching, evangelism, discipleship, counseling, child outreach, encouragement, construction, occupational/trades training, agriculture work and support, disaster relief, and community aid and events (and beyond, to whatever extent partners can meet a need).

Through this support, as churches come together as partners, the global church (the church “catholic”) will grow in maturity and effectiveness, learning and living what God desires for his people, with resources shared appropriately according to the resources each church possesses. As a further end-result, as more churches see the needs on the global mission field, and more individuals see the needs, more and more people will begin to go into the world as full-time vocational missionaries.

Bonfire accomplishes these ends through three key avenues.

First, by identifying groups of indigenous churches or Christian workers outside of North America without any existing partnerships (other than strictly financial supporters) that desire partnership and would benefit from partnership.

Second, by connecting small groups of 3-5 pastors or key church leaders from proximal churches in the United States to an identified and desired ministry location around the world to meet the workers in that locations, survey the ministry work occurring in that location, understand the vision of the Christian workers in that location, and assess the viability and strategy for establishing a partnership.

Third, by consulting for the new church partnerships and serving as a resource to the churches in the United States as they plan their first mission partnership trip to the identified region. The director offers theological training on the biblical foundations for ministry partnerships, especially in the context of short-term mission teams. Furthermore, he provide counsel for financial and logistics planning of the trip, including a biblical understanding of fundraising for partnerships. Finally, he helps pastors and key church leaders maximize their partnerships so that their churches grow in maturity with their people gaining a passion for discipleship and evangelism.