Meet our Local Leaders

Partnership is everything to us!

Since our humble beginnings with one local leader in China, Partners International has encouraged, equipped and resourced the vision of extraordinary local Christian leaders who have been raised up by God to change the spiritual and social landscape in the most challenging parts of our world. Our local leaders know the culture, language, customs, attitudes and perspectives of the people where they live and work. They possess the cultural sensitivity required to build bridges of trust and the courage to take great risks to share the love of Christ.

 

 

Raul serving in Peru

Establishing an authentically indigenous Amazon church.

Raul belongs to the Hunikuin people group and grew up deep in the Amazon between the border of Peru and Brazil. He is passionate about the isolated and marginalized tribal peoples in Peru.

 

Below is a list of local leaders we are in partnership with. We cannot list all leaders or all projects because of the sensitivity of some of the locations where we work.

 

Leor

Bangladesh

Leor is a key leader in a denomination of churches in Bangladesh that is passionately committed to planting churches and serving communities through discipleship training and holistic community services. Partners International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004.

Victor

Cuba

Victor is a key leader in a denomination of churches in Cuba which has launched mission groups and new churches throughout the country. The ministry is committed to planting churches, establishing home groups and providing holistic community services. Partners International has been working in Cuba since 1995.

Finney

India

Finney leads a well regarded Christian ministry based in Kolkata. This large and thriving ministry focuses on church planting, community development, anti-trafficking and trafficking after-care, leadership development and after school children's programming. Partners International has been working with this partner ministry since 1977.

Joshua

India

Joshua is a part of the leadership team of a ministry that works in the province of West Bengal, India. The focus of their work includes tribal reconciliation, community development initiatives, education, and church leadership. His ministry has a vision to raise up a new generation in India to end the cycle of poverty by providing quality education to rural students. Partners International has been working with this partner ministry since 1977.

George

Kenya

George is leading a ministry that provides training opportunities for rural church leaders, equipping them to share the gospel and establish healthy churches in unchurched regions in Kenya and East Africa. His ministry also focuses on education as well as empowering women and children. Partners International has been working with this partner ministry since 2012.

Joseph

Middle East

Joseph leads a regional mission which plants churches, trains leaders and is bringing transformation to cities and communities across the Middle East and North Africa. His ministry is a lifeline to refugee communities, and they lovingly empower and encourage displaced families with the support and stability necessary to rebuild their lives. This partner is effectively establishing churches in some of the most challenging cities and regions in the Middle East and North Africa. Partners International has been working with Joseph since 1994.

Sergei

Moldova

Sergei leads a ministry that is profoundly reshaping the culture of young people in Moldova. They are equipping Moldova's future leaders with a vision to bring lasting change to their country. They focus on supporting trafficking and abuse victims, young single mothers, and abandoned children through prevention and restoration programs. Partners International has been working with this partner ministry since 2011.

Kamati

Namibia

Kamati leads a ministry that invests in the lives of young people in practical ways including education and sport to mentor and develop spiritual values and life skills for marginalized and under-resourced children. Partners International has been working with Kamati to establish this new ministry since 2016.

Bhim Lal and Kalpana

Nepal

Bhim Lal and Kalpana lead a ministry that serves unreached people groups across Nepal, meeting the spiritual, physical and social needs of Nepalese people. Their initiatives bring hope to vulnerable people, namely impoverished families, at-risk and abandoned children and youth, and destitute widows. Partners International has been working with this ministry since 1999.

David and Hope

Nigeria

David and Hope lead a ministry that is focused on leadership development, evangelism and church planting. They also share the gospel through quality education, discipleship training, and community development. Partners International has been working with this ministry since 1999.

David

Pakistan

David leads a community development organization with 20 Christian workers in 4 different provinces. This important partner is engaged in many different projects including advocacy, poverty alleviation and support that is specifically focused on helping women, children and bonded labourers in brick kilns and agriculture. Partners International has been working in Pakistan since 2007.

Raul

Peru

Raul leads the Holistic Tribal Mission of Peru (MINAP), which serves the native people groups living in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Their holistic programs offer health services, clean water initiatives, and education. They use storytelling to share the Gospel and plant healthy churches among tribal communities. Partners International has been working with Raul and his team since 2006.

Daniel

Thailand

Daniel leads a ministry that is focused on bringing the hope of the gospel and holistic development to Thai and Burmese people living in remote jungle villages throughout Thailand. His ministry is planting churches, training leaders and sharing the love of Jesus in remote parts of the country. Partners International has been working with Daniel since 2018.