Visiting the peace wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
By Shan Reed
Mobilization Director
Last week, September 7 through 12, mission leaders from around the NAB met for Global Summit 2025 in Rostrevor, Northern Ireland.
The Missions Advisory Team (MAT) hosted the summit, which was attended by the field directors and other mission leaders from around the NAB. We spent time in worship, prayer, and fellowship, sharing laughter and tears as we heard stories of God’s work around the world.
Missiologist Evelyn Hibbert shared from her extensive research in missions and guided our small group discussions. Our conversations revolved around several questions:
- What is missions, and what is our mission?
- Who is a missionary?
- How can local churches become more engaged in God’s work around the world?
- How do we connect with the next generation of leaders?
These conversations helped us to understand each other better as mission leaders, to understand other contexts more deeply, to celebrate God’s work in our lives and in the ministries where we serve, and to know how to pray more effectively for each other.
One of our afternoons together was spent in Belfast learning about The Troubles – the thirty years of conflicts and the peace process that helped end them. We heard stories of restoration, as well as stories of continued mistrust. These stories helped us to think more deeply about relationships within our ministry contexts – between people, between organizations, and between people and organizations.
As we look to the future of NAB missions, we are excited about what God has planned. Please continue to pray for your missionaries, the NAB mission fields, the MAT, and the NAB International Missions Department.
Learn More about NAB International Missions
There are a number of events happening this fall being hosted by the Missional Initiatives Team, all of them open to anyone in the NAB. The first few kick off in just a few weeks, so don’t waste time; sign up today to secure your spot.
- Reframe – Training to provide an evaluative framework to help you and your church assess your evangelistic equipping efforts. Register by September 30.
- Over Zoom – October 1, 8, 15, & 22
- Taster Table – Weekly gatherings intended to create space for those in church leadership to look at a different way of being God’s people amid seismic cultural shifts. Register by October 1.
- Over Zoom – October 2, 9, 16, & 23
- Blue Ocean – A one-year introduction to what it means to join God on mission, be formed into a follower with the character of Christ, and learn to reach friends and neighbors with a robust Gospel in our culture.
- In person – October 21–24; February 1–4; & May 5–8
- Book Study – A discussion group for the book Forming Communities of Hope in the Great Unraveling by Alan J. Roxburgh and Roy Searle.
- Over Zoom – October 30, November 6, 13 & 20
You can find more details about each of these events by clicking on any of the events or by following the link below.
see all the upcoming missional events
Every year, the NAB puts together a prospectus that highlights the different ways God is at work through the various ministries of the NAB International Office. It is full of stories of ordinary individuals across the NAB impacting their communities, alongside and with the support of the NAB.
Check out the 2025–26 Prospectus to find out more about where your giving goes and how it resources Kingdom work all around the world through the ministries of the NAB.
Additionally, if you are not yet financially supporting the various ministries of the NAB, consider giving today.