Video – What Is Pioneering?
The Longings of a Pioneer
Pioneering isn’t about the here and now. It isn’t about chasing immediate gratification or walking trails that have already been worn in. It isn’t even about adventure, although adventure certainly awaits.
Pioneering is about leaving the familiar to chart a path for those who will come after. It’s about doing something today that will resound 40 years from now. Because Pioneers have a vision for what is yet to happen. They have a passion to scale heights that some would say are unreachable. To find things that many consider lost for good. To discover that there are places you can go together than you could never go alone.
These are the longings of a pioneer.
Our Story
While the hope of the gospel has been spreading for thousands of years, millions of people have not yet had an opportunity to hear it. Determined to reach the ends of the earth with the Good News, we dedicate ourselves to the relentless pursuit of the unreached.
For 40 years now, in partnership with their local churches, Pioneers missionaries have been using innovative and creative means to bring the gospel to every corner of the globe.
Founded in 1979 by former businessman Ted Fletcher and his wife, Peggy, Pioneers partners with local churches to make disciples and initiate church-planting movements among unreached peoples—cultural and ethnic groups without a self-sustaining witness to the gospel in their own cultures.
From business and education to healthcare, agriculture, the arts and more, 3,000-plus global members use their diverse gifts and experience to serve in needy communities. Whether in sprawling cities or rural villages, Pioneers teams make their homes in unreached contexts and learn new languages. They use innovative and creative means to build relationships and make disciples. They introduce people to the Bible and also share the gospel in culturally understandable ways.
Each missionary is commissioned by a sending church. The sacrificial gifts of friends, family and churches provide financial support. This makes it possible for cross-cultural missionaries to work alongside local believers with a heart to see disciples making disciples, worldwide.
Going Deeper
Stories from the pursuit
Have You Ever Had a Dream You Thought Was From God?
Have you ever had a dream you thought was from God, or that brought up an urgent concern that led you to start asking spiritual questions?
Serving Through the Seasons of Life
A health problem brought this missionary home. Hear how she kept giving and serving for the more than 50 years that followed and left a legacy for those who come after her.
Video: Devout – a Sudanese Refugee Story
It was 2018 when Hanedi’s husband, Mahdi, told her he wouldn’t be fasting during Ramadan with her that year. And that was only the beginning.
How Do I Know What I Should Do With My Life?
Knowing you are called to the ministry of reconciliation doesn’t tell you how it should take shape in your life. So, how do you discern that?
Video: Refuge – a Sudanese Refugee Story
The wars had been going on all his life, so Mahdi fled Sudan for Egypt. And he brought with him questions, questions about why people would kill one another in the name of God.