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Independent Christian ChurchSpain1700Spain1700 is a Spain-focused disciple-making and church-planting movement mobilizing prayer, churches, and partners toward 1,700 simple…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Spain1700
Spain1700 — Organization Profile Spain1700 is a Christian disciple-making and church-planting movement focused on equipping disciples to make disciples and churches to plant churches across Spain. The movement describes itself as Spirit-led and obedience-based, with a vision to see the…
Spain1700 — Organization Profile Spain1700 is a Christian disciple-making and church-planting movement focused on equipping disciples to make disciples and churches to plant churches across Spain. The movement describes itself as Spirit-led and obedience-based, with a vision to see the Gospel saturate the country through prayer, collaboration, local leadership, and reproducible simple churches. The movement is focused on Spain, with a stated goal of reaching all 17 regions of Spain. Spain1700’s public materials identify Spain as a spiritually underserved mission field, noting that many towns and villages do not have a Gospel-preaching church. The movement’s long-term vision is to see 1,700 simple churches planted across the country by 2034, with 100 in each region. Spain1700 began from prayer gatherings among…
Spain1700 — Organization Profile
Spain1700 is a Christian disciple-making and church-planting movement focused on equipping disciples to make disciples and churches to plant churches across Spain. The movement describes itself as Spirit-led and obedience-based, with a vision to see the Gospel saturate the country through prayer, collaboration, local leadership, and reproducible simple churches.
The movement is focused on Spain, with a stated goal of reaching all 17 regions of Spain. Spain1700’s public materials identify Spain as a spiritually underserved mission field, noting that many towns and villages do not have a Gospel-preaching church. The movement’s long-term vision is to see 1,700 simple churches planted across the country by 2034, with 100 in each region.
Spain1700 began from prayer gatherings among missionaries and local believers who were asking God for a disciple-making movement in Spain. The coalition formalized its shared commitment after a gathering in Granada, Spain, in fall 2022. As the vision grew, churches and mission organizations outside Spain joined alongside teams on the ground, forming a network of nearly 20 churches and ministries.
The movement’s strategy is built around Disciple Making Movements and Church Planting Movements that multiply through ordinary believers, local leaders, and simple reproducible tools. Spain1700 emphasizes that a movement is not primarily a program, event, or institution, but a prayer-fueled work of God in which disciples make disciples, churches plant churches, and local communities become centers of Gospel witness.
Spain1700’s values include prayer, collaboration, multiplication, innovation, and empowerment. The movement prioritizes equipping local believers and leaders to serve in their own contexts, adapting strategies for each regional setting rather than depending on outside control. Its approach is intentionally scalable, relational, and rooted in obedience, with the goal of long-term transformation rather than short-term activity.
People can engage with Spain1700 through daily prayer at 5:00 p.m., region adoption, vision trips, Awake Spain prayer walks, coalition participation, and short-, mid-, or long-term mission mobilization. Churches can adopt a region for prayer, partnership, and mission, while individuals can join prayer efforts, visit a region with a national leader, or explore service opportunities connected to disciple-making and church planting. Its distinct contribution is a collaborative Spain-focused movement mobilizing prayer, people, churches, and resources toward 1,700 simple churches across Spain by 2034.
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Independent Christian ChurchTeam ExpansionTeam Expansion is a Louisville, Kentucky-based missions agency multiplying disciples and churches among unreached peoples through…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Team Expansion
Team Expansion — Organization Profile Team Expansion is a Christian missions agency focused on multiplying disciples and churches among unreached peoples. The organization is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, at Emerald Hills—its 61-acre campus designed for prayer, retreat, and learning. Team…
Team Expansion — Organization Profile Team Expansion is a Christian missions agency focused on multiplying disciples and churches among unreached peoples. The organization is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, at Emerald Hills—its 61-acre campus designed for prayer, retreat, and learning. Team Expansion’s stated vision is “to see obedient disciples in every people and place,” and its work centers on helping followers of Jesus participate in the Great Commission through practical pathways for going, sending, and praying. Team Expansion describes its ministry as being “born out of extraordinary prayer,” and that emphasis remains central through its Prayer Force and prayer resources. The organization’s core ministry aim is reaching unreached populations (defined on their site as 5% or less evangelical) through evangelism, church…
Team Expansion — Organization Profile
Team Expansion is a Christian missions agency focused on multiplying disciples and churches among unreached peoples. The organization is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, at Emerald Hills—its 61-acre campus designed for prayer, retreat, and learning. Team Expansion’s stated vision is “to see obedient disciples in every people and place,” and its work centers on helping followers of Jesus participate in the Great Commission through practical pathways for going, sending, and praying.
Team Expansion describes its ministry as being “born out of extraordinary prayer,” and that emphasis remains central through its Prayer Force and prayer resources. The organization’s core ministry aim is reaching unreached populations (defined on their site as 5% or less evangelical) through evangelism, church planting, and disciple-making movements. Team Expansion also notes a commitment to working in teams, coaching, and accountability, including a stated expectation that each worker provides supporters with a monthly report on progress, time, and money.
A distinctive part of Team Expansion’s work is training. Through its “Strategies & Training” approach, Team Expansion equips individuals and churches with tools for disciple-making in a variety of contexts—locally and globally. Examples highlighted by the ministry include disciple-making movement training (including Jonathan Training), digital strategies that use online platforms to connect spiritually curious people with local believers, marketplace ministry that integrates vocation with mission, and Community Health Evangelism (CHE) as a holistic approach that addresses physical, social, and spiritual needs through community-led solutions.
Team Expansion also provides multiple on-ramps for engagement, especially for those exploring cross-cultural ministry. Their “Find Your Mission” pathways include full-time missions, internships (Pathways), the Quest missions apprenticeship, short-term trips, and other roles that help prospective workers take next steps with guidance and preparation. The organization’s training and support structure is designed to help workers thrive long-term and to serve alongside local believers in places where access to the gospel is limited.
In its public history overview, Team Expansion traces its beginnings to a 1978 prayer meeting and the sending of its first team to Uruguay in 1982. The organization reports that it has sent more than 1,000 workers to 70+ fields, including creative-access locations. That global scope reflects Team Expansion’s commitment to supporting disciple-makers where traditional ministry access may be limited, while also encouraging churches and individuals to participate through prayer, giving, and sending.
People can engage with Team Expansion by joining the Prayer Force, giving through the general Impact Fund or toward specific workers and projects, and exploring opportunities to serve. Churches can also connect through partnership and coaching options. For those looking for a clear next step, Team Expansion emphasizes starting a conversation—learning what roles and training may fit, and then moving forward with the support, coaching, and accountability the agency provides.
