At The North Church, we have a group of people that assist the elders in preparing, sending, and caring for our global partners. The team meets to hear from global partners on home assignment or to evaluate prospective partners who have completed the Nurture Program. Members of our GO team have a heart for supporting global partners in a significant way and have had cross-cultural experience themselves.

A Barnabas Team is a small group of 6–12 committed people who come together to care for a global partner or global partner family. The support and encouragement takes a variety of forms as they strive to help meet physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. It is a group of people with whom the global partner can be open and honest, allowing them to see his or her needs and to share in successes and defeats.

We use prayer calendars to pray for one global partner unit or unengaged people group each week. If you are interested in knowing more about our global partners, this is an excellent resource to help you know where they are and what they are doing. 

The Global Diaconate (GD) exists to strategically steward the resources of our church to serve the poorest of the poor around the world. The aim of this committee is to partner with our global partners and other trusted connections to address poverty and crisis issues on a larger scale by disbursing strategic financial grants to ministries in the name of Jesus Christ.

2025 Quarter 1 Gifts:

• Funds were given for scholarships to 10 children living in impoverished conditions to attend kindergarten at Uttaradit Christian School in Thailand.

If you would like to give towards any of these projects, contact us at global@thenorthchurch.com for more information.