David Sunday, President
WordPartners is propelled by a vision that is humanly impossible to achieve but divinely guaranteed to succeed: We long to see the Word of God flowing powerfully through every church to every nation.
We long for all people everywhere – especially those in the hardest to reach places – to be transformed through the beauty and power of the gospel.
That’s why we focus on pastors: When the Word of God flows powerfully through the hearts, lives, and ministries of pastors, churches are transformed.
WordPartners is passionate about equipping pastors to train other pastors to preach God’s Word with God’s heart.
For more than 50 years, we’ve partnered with people like you to put the Word of God in the driver’s seat of the church and put His glory on display.
Today, we continue to see the movement of God’s Word accelerate and grow as pastors and their people find life and transformation through His Word.
What a privilege to partner in God’s mission together with you.
1970
Personal Ministries
1977
Church conference ministry
1981
International work begins
1985
Pastoral training begins
1990
Leadership Resources
2001
A new strategy
2012
Investing in training partners
2021
WordPartners
Personal Ministries
The ministry begins as Personal Ministries. Our founder, Bill Mills, meets one-on-one with young Christians to disciple them in biblical truth. Within a few years, others join the staff, Bible study curriculum and workshops are developed, and a printing press is purchased to produce materials.
Church conference ministry
With a growing conviction that ministry should take place within the local church, Personal Ministries transitions from a one-on-one ministry to teaching Bible conferences in U.S. churches, with a focus on the heart of God as revealed in the Word of God.
International work begins
Bill Mills travels to Quito, Ecuador to teach a Bible conference to missionaries. Afterwards, Bill and Américo Saavedra sit together on a bench at the airport and dream and pray about how the Lord might lead them to work together. Bill also travels to other countries to do conferences for Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Pastoral training begins
The ministry begins conferences to train pastors in Latin America as Américo and Kathy Saavedra – and later, other Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters – join the ministry.
Leadership Resources
The ministry changes its name to reflect a new focus. Leadership Resources International better expresses our passion to equip and encourage pastors in countries where rapid church growth is outpacing the development of church leaders.
A new strategy
The ministry launches a new strategy for training pastors. Instead of doing large, one-time conferences, we begin to focus on small groups of pastors who will then train others according to the model of 2 Timothy 2:2. Soon the ministry broadens outside of Latin America to Asia and Africa, and the focus of the training narrows to equipping pastors to teach God’s Word with God’s heart.
Investing in training partners
With our staff at the extent of their capacity to do training, God opens our eyes to another shift in strategy. As gifted leaders emerge in training groups around the world, we begin to invest more in these key training partners. As our work with these partners grows, they are able to reach exponentially more pastors in even more places than we could alone.
WordPartners
The ministry takes on a new name to reflect what God has been doing in the last several years – not through us alone, but through the many global partners God has given us the privilege to work with. How is God accomplishing the work? Through the power of His Word and through the partners He’s given us. And so – we change our name to WordPartners.
Personal Ministries
The ministry begins as Personal Ministries. Our founder, Bill Mills, meets one-on-one with young Christians to disciple them in biblical truth. Within a few years, others join the staff, Bible study curriculum and workshops are developed, and a printing press is purchased to produce materials.
Church conference ministry
With a growing conviction that ministry should take place within the local church, Personal Ministries transitions from a one-on-one ministry to teaching Bible conferences in U.S. churches, with a focus on the heart of God as revealed in the Word of God.
International work begins
Bill Mills travels to Quito, Ecuador to teach a Bible conference to missionaries. Afterwards, Bill and Américo Saavedra sit together on a bench at the airport and dream and pray about how the Lord might lead them to work together. Bill also travels to other countries to do conferences for Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Pastoral training begins
The ministry begins conferences to train pastors in Latin America as Américo and Kathy Saavedra – and later, other Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters – join the ministry.
Leadership Resources
The ministry changes its name to reflect a new focus. Leadership Resources International better expresses our passion to equip and encourage pastors in countries where rapid church growth is outpacing the development of church leaders.
A new strategy
The ministry launches a new strategy for training pastors. Instead of doing large, one-time conferences, we begin to focus on small groups of pastors who will then train others according to the model of 2 Timothy 2:2. Soon the ministry broadens outside of Latin America to Asia and Africa, and the focus of the training narrows to equipping pastors to teach God’s Word with God’s heart.
Investing in training partners
With our staff at the extent of their capacity to do training, God opens our eyes to another shift in strategy. As gifted leaders emerge in training groups around the world, we begin to invest more in these key training partners. As our work with these partners grows, they are able to reach exponentially more pastors in even more places than we could alone.
WordPartners
The ministry takes on a new name to reflect what God has been doing in the last several years – not through us alone, but through the many global partners God has given us the privilege to work with. How is God accomplishing the work? Through the power of His Word and through the partners He’s given us. And so – we change our name to WordPartners.
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