Global Church Growth Inc. โ Organization Profile
Global Church Growth Inc., also known as Global Church Growth Discipling Ministries or GCGDM, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-denominational Christian ministry connected with Sevierville and Seymour, Tennessee. The organization states that its goal is becoming disciples and its mission is making disciples. Its public materials describe the ministry as providing training, training materials, and support to churches, missionaries, individuals, and ministries around the world.
The organizationโs core focus is making disciples of Jesus Christ by equipping ethnic, foreign, and national ministries and their leaders with practical training, materials, mentoring, and support. Global Church Growth describes its mission as helping ministries make disciples and foster others in making disciples. Its work is directed toward strengthening church leaders, new churches, established congregations, and mission partners.
Global Church Growth serves ministries in the United States and internationally, with official materials identifying global work in places such as Cuba, Myanmar, Nepal, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Russia, Poland, Mexico, Antigua, Uganda, and other mission contexts. The ministryโs approach emphasizes equipping native leaders to carry on disciple-making work in their own communities.
The organization operates through on-site seminars, church planting support, internships, personal mentoring, foreign missions, and service tracks. Its training includes evangelism, discipleship, leadership, church growth, giftedness, shepherding, and the โUniquely Youโ profiling resource. Global Church Growth states that it does not simply present seminars or provide materials, but also offers personal mentoring and monitoring for those who partner with the ministry.
A distinctive part of Global Church Growthโs approach is combining church-growth training with long-term disciple-making systems, mentoring, and leadership development for local ministry leaders. Its founder and director, Dr. Michael R. Householder, developed the โWalk in Discipleshipโ series after seeing the need to help new believers continue growing as disciples. The ministryโs history includes work in Eastern Europe, Russia, Poland, and other regions where churches have been trained in discipleship and church-growth principles.
People can engage with Global Church Growth by giving financially, praying, joining the email list, inviting the ministry to train leaders, ordering materials through Fishnet Publishers, or contacting the ministry about seminars and service tracks. The organization also asks for support for short-term workers, full-time missionaries, church planting, established church growth, and funds needed to continue its disciple-making ministry.
Key Links
- Website: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/
- Who We Are: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/who-we-are/
- About Our Founders: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/about-our-founders/
- What We Do: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/what-we-do/
- Certified Representatives: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/our-certified-representatives/
- Global Locations: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/global-locations/
- Global Partners: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/global-partners/
- Newsletters: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/news-room/
- Donate: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/fundraising/
- Contact: https://globalchurchgrowth.org/contact/
Contact Information
- Phone: 865-283-1832
- Information request mailing address: Global Church Growth Discipling Ministries, PO Box 2215 Lake View Lane, Sevierville, TN 37876
- Donation mailing address: Global Church Growth Discipling Ministries, PO Box 188, Seymour, TN 37865
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Leadership
- Dr. Michael R. Householder โ Founder and Director
- Jacque Householder โ Co-founder
- Georges Carillet โ Certified Representative
