Church leaders have established a goal of training more than 100 thousand new European pastors in next decade

Nearly 400 ministry leaders and pastors convened earlier this month for the FINISH Europe Summit in Zurich, Switzerland, where attendees established a collective goal of targeting and equipping over 100,000 new pastors in the next decade amid joint efforts to fulfill the Great Commission.

The summit was organized by the Global Church Network, which has worked collaboratively with countless organizations and upwards of 700,000 churches from all denominations globally for over two decades.

In 2017, the organization launched FINISH 2030 at Martin Luther‘s graveside in Castle Church, Wittenburg, Germany. At the time, over 600 leaders from all Christian sects and global regions pledged to jointly complete the Great Commission.

The acronym FINISH stands for Find, Intercede, Network, Invest, Send and Harvest.

At this year’s summit, GCN founder James O. Davis told the audience, “The European nations represent some of the most difficult places to plant churches, to network leaders and to equip pastors.” 

Author and professor Leonard Sweet reminded attendees of their duty to spread the Gospel telling them, “We are called to go into the world and preach the Gospel.” 

According to the Joshua Project, there are nearly 7,400 unreached people groups in the world today.