WPNow 7•22•2025

Thank you for praying for us over the past few weeks as we gathered for two significant events: the Missionary Church, biennial SHIFT Conference and the World Partners Annual Retreat.

Your prayers have made a real difference—God is answering, and we’ve seen His hand at work.

SHIFT National Conference
This year’s conference theme was This Is My Story, and we heard powerful testimonies of how Jesus is moving through Missionary Church disciple-makers in the U.S. and around the world.

Our World Partners missionaries provided devotions each day. We’re thankful for Tom Swank and the prayer teams who faithfully covered the event in prayer along with you.

The official numbers for SHIFT were:

• 80 Lay Delegates
• 53 Licensed Ministers
• 39 Missionaries
• 221 Ordained Ministers
• 6 Other Delegates
• 304 Visitors 

703 Total


World Partners Staff Retreat
Nearly 50 World Partners missionary staff gathered in Michigan for the annual four-day retreat. With programs for kids and youth, and plenty of time to rest and connect, the retreat offers a refreshing space for those ministering and raising families in similar contexts. 

Your prayers resulted in:

• Missionary families feeling like they belong
• Refreshment for weary souls
• Encouragement for front-line workers

Thank you for your prayers! Keep them coming.

"I love the heart of CW for THE Kingdom not OUR Kingdom- investing outside of CW and specifically globally is about developing the Heart for those things that are on the Heart of God- it gets our eyes off of ourselves, develops a selfless spirit, practices the Lord’s desire for generosity and celebrates something that doesn’t benefit us directly- all of that recognizes that we can do way more together than we could ever do by ourselves."

— Pastor Phil