The UK and Europe

The United Kingdom contributes a population of 64 million to Europe’s wider population of 740 million. Although the UK is tough mission field, Europe as a whole might be the continent that is most resistant to the claims and teachings of Christ, and therefore the UK and Europe are a major focus of our mission.

When Christ commanded the early church to take the gospel to all nations, He had in mind 21^st Century UK and Europe. He also had in mind you. Together, let us continue planting and strengthening churches in our generation in this great mission field.

Leadership

PJ Smyth gives a lead to this early stage of our partnership in UK and Europe. We have 10-15 churches in various stages of being planted or becoming partner churches. Please contact for more information on Advance in the UK and Europe.

Hubs

The New Testament shows various places such as Jerusalem, Antioch, Ephesus and Thessalonica emerging as hubs for church planting and strengthening. It seemed these hubs emerged mostly due to the calibre of the leadership in these places, although their locations may also have played a contributory role. In keeping with this biblical model, we try to help suitable leaders in suitable geographical locations to develop their hubs.

We define a hub as “a group of churches working together to plant and strengthen churches.” This group has a leadership team help facilitate their mission. The scope of a hub might be as focused as a certain town, city or county, or it could cover a nation(s) or continent(s) as it currently does in the case of the UK and Europe.

The larger and more widespread a hub gets, the more likely it is that a new hub will emerge. For example, our work in South African began with just one Hub consisting of a handful of churches scattered across the nation. But as the years are going by, different Hubs are emerging in different regions.

Our work in the UK and Europe is currently at the stage South Africa was a few years ago, where although the distances between some of our churches are significant, because we are “working together to plant and strengthen churches” in the UK and Europe, we call ourselves the UK and European Hub. We anticipate Hubs emerging in different parts of the UK and Europe in due course.

We give significant energies to equipping Hub Teams and potential Hub Teams, as we believe that healthy Hub life is the best way to sustainably plant and strengthen churches.

Advance Church Planters Course

Read out more about the Planter’s Course in the UK and Europe or contact direct.

Contacts

PJ Smyth

Giving To Our UK And European Mission

For giving to both our Global Mission and your Hub Mission, please use the following account:

GIVE TO ADVANCE

Advance Partner Churches in UK and Europe

In the very near future, you will find Advance Partner Churches in this section.