East-West
Go. Multiply.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
More than 3.2 billion people worldwide are unreached with the gospel. East-West aims to reach unreached people groups by mobilizing the Body of Christ to evangelize the lost and equip local believers to multiply disciples and healthy churches among unreached peoples and/or in restricted access communities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mobilizing
East-West is passionate about mobilizing the Body of Christ at home with the specific objective to spark movements of multiplication in the world’s spiritually darkest places.
Whether it’s through prayer, short-term, or long-term opportunities, the effort of every Christ follower aids in building God’s Kingdom.
In 5 years, we aim to mobilize the church by sending 200 long-term missionaries, engaging 500 church partnerships, sending 1,000 annual short-term mission trip participants, and engaging 5,000 daily prayer partners.
Evangelizing
We are passionate about spreading the gospel in the darkest of nations and utilize creative and strategic projects—including distributing literature, showing films, training local leaders in evangelism and church planting, and sending short-term and long-term missionaries into the harvest field—to evangelize the lost.
Equipping
East-West trains new believers to share the gospel effectively and start new house churches in their communities by following the instructions found in 2 Timothy 2:2.
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.” -2 Timothy 2:2
Through a variety of training methods, we are equipping leaders to evangelize their communities, train new leaders, and plant churches that multiply.
Multiplying
The end result of mobilizing the Church, evangelizing the lost, and training local believers is the multiplication of new church plants led by nationals. These new churches are often established in homes and planted with expectation that the members will seek to start more churches based on the reproducible model they have experienced.
Make Disciples
In 2013, East-West began pursuing a God-sized vision to make 1 million disciples among the unreached and in restricted access communities.
A disciple is defined as one who has professed faith in Jesus Christ and has become involved with a local community of believers.
In order to complete this vision, we recognized the need to utilize four ministry strategies: mobilizing the Body of Christ, evangelizing the lost, equipping local leaders, and multiplying disciples and churches.
These strategies create the foundation and means for bringing the vision to fruition through the power of the Holy Spirit. And we have seen Him work in extraordinary ways to bring about His vision and extend God’s glory into these dark lands.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of church partnerships.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Religious groups
Related Program
Mobilizing
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A church that commits to partner with East-West in the ministry of reaching the world's spiritually darkest peoples and places by praying, investing people, goods, services and/or finances.
Number of churches planted.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Multiplying
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A group of believers who identifies as a church and carries out the functions of a New Testament church, including at least baptism, the Lord's Supper, and a commitment to obey the Word of God.
Number of people reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Evangelizing
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A clear presentation of the gospel of Jesus Christ in a way to encourage the unbeliever to place his/her faith in Jesus.
Number of equipped local believers and church leaders.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equipping
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Train and empower men and women in mobilization, evangelism, leadership, discipleship, and church planting methods that will lead to a church planting movement (CPM).
Number of disciples made.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Make Disciples
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A disciple who has professed faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and fellowships with a local community of believers.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
From 2021-2025, East-West will pursue a five-year vision of reaching unreached people groups through various strategies. The goals for 2021 are as follows:
• Share the gospel with 20 million people
• Multiply 325,000 disciples
• Train 15,000 new leaders
• Plant 15,000 new churches
• Send 550 new workers
• Engage 10 new unreached people groups
• Launch four new global gateway city strategies
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Mobilize the Body of Christ:
East-West is passionate about mobilizing the Body of Christ at home with the specific objective to spark movements of multiplication in the world's spiritually darkest places. Whether it's through prayer, short-term, or long-term opportunities, the effort of every Christ follower aids in building God's Kingdom.
Evangelize the Lost:
We are passionate about spreading the gospel in the darkest of nations and utilize creative and strategic projects—including distributing literature, showing films, training local leaders in evangelism and church planting, and sending short-term and long-term missionaries into the harvest field—to evangelize the lost.
Equip Local Believers:
East-West trains new believers to share the gospel effectively and start new house churches in their communities by following the instructions found in 2 Timothy 2:2. Through a variety of training methods, we are equipping leaders to evangelize their communities, train new leaders, and plant churches that multiply.
Multiply Healthy Churches:
The end result of mobilizing the Church, evangelizing the lost, and training local believers is the multiplication of new church plants led by nationals. These new churches are often established in homes and planted with expectation that the members will seek to start more churches based on the reproducible model they have experienced.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a vast network of missionaries and national partners stationed in the regions we serve who are responsible for carrying out ministry while our home office staff supports their work through administration, operation, and fundraising responsibilities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
During our previous ministry campaign called "unReached," God used East-West to make 1,077,657 disciples in unreached and restricted access communities from January 1, 2018-December 31, 2020. Below are detailed statistics from "unReached."
Mobilize the Body of Christ:
12,485 new daily prayer partners
2,092 annual short-term trip participants
758 new church partners
67 new long-term missionaries
Evangelize the Lost:
79,062,344 people reached with the gospel
7,063,001 professions of faith
Equip Local Believers:
641,175 trained leaders
Multiply Churches:
111,639 new churches
How we listen
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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East-West
Board of directorsas of 09/14/2023
Scott Luttrell
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer for LCM Group
John Maisel
East-West Ministries
Kurt Nelson
East-West Ministries
Nathan Sheets
Nature Nate's
Cindy Simmons
Levenson & Brinker Public Relations
Bud Toole
St. Johns Investment Management
Afshin Ziafat
Providence Church
Chuck Anderson
Bandera Ventures
Mark Hinton
Hinton Development Corporation
Scott Luttrell
LCM Group
Richard LeBlanc
Hanover Property Company
Randy McKitrick
Lone Star Pharmaceuticals
Michael Novelli
Cypressbrook Company
Stacy Smith
SCW Capital, L.P.
Mark Tillman
Tillman Batchelor LLP
Terry Smith
Smith Oil Company, Inc. and Ozark Exploration, Inc.
Linda Barrow
Civic Leader
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