Several years ago, Dr. Ralph Winter, stopped me one morning at his breakfast table at a missions conference we were attending.  He asked, "David, what are we going to do about a global missions network?"  In response, I probably just stood there with my mouth agape wondering, "What do you mean we?"  While the vision of a global network was certainly of personal interest, to be involved with him strategizing about a global missions network was simply beyond my comprehension.

   Since 2011, a GGCN coordinating team has been working steadily and seeking the Lord about how to best pursue this vision of a global, cooperative effort focused on least reached peoples. Significant progress has been made, with initial efforts focused on providing collaborative, online tools that can be freely provided and used at the grassroots level by associations, agencies, churches, individuals, networks and other ministries globally.  These include a secure missions collaboration tool, GCnetwork, an online Discipleship Survey, and a third tool designed to facilitate cooperation around the remaining unreached people groups. We are also encouraged that a national expression of GGCN is now functioning in India and GGCN coordinating teams are in the process of being formed in various other nations.