We partner together to encourage each other in our local ministries and to develop initiatives and new churches in new places across our regions. We take our name from a pioneer missionary to Russia in the 1870s and, beginning in that region in the days of communism in the 1980s, our partnerships have grown across the world. As churches we work together partnering in prayer, finance, vision, expertise, and in mobilizing people long-term and short-term. We partner around five values: Gospel Priority; Church Community; Humble Orthodoxy; Intentional Partnership; and Multiplicational Growth. We believe the biblical story is one of God’s people corporately serving together, so as a network we are not individuals connected for global mission; we are churches, and we are connected for cause of global mission.