1. These times demand a revelatory vision. 
2.  We must release the Gospel of the Kingdom.
3. Most African-American churches don’t have a global missions sending mechanism.
4. Most prominent Western missionary training organizations are almost completely disconnected from relationships with historically black denominations, ministries, and communities.
5. We believe God is extending a bold and audacious challenge to the whole Body of Christ to  raise up a missions movement out of every predominantly black and minority community in America.

We will acknowledge the rich and unique contributions of African-Americans in the history of Global Missions and re-envision the Church with God’s dream for the whole Church to carry the whole Gospel.  

Bring everyone to the table for a time of strategic mission ideation and innovation. Around tables, we’ll deep dive into important questions and seek the Lord together for answers.

Learn from some of the world’s foremost African-American missiological practitioners. We will pray and assimilate ideas and thought into action and practical next steps.

As a missionary and prayer mobilizer, Jonathan has spearheaded extensive evangelism,
prayer, and repentance gatherings in cities across the nation.
In 2018, he founded Civil
Righteousness. Today, he directs prayer-fueled evangelism, community transformation, and ethnic reconciliation initiatives in hundreds of cities across the globe with a special emphasis in Portland, Oregon and St. Louis, Missouri. 

Timothy Harakal is married to his amazing wife Madeleine, whom he met at the University of Texas in Austin. He has been working for Launch Global training and sending long-term global workers for the last 7 years.  He is currently the Director of Mobilization for Matthias' Lot Church, as well as serving as a Launch Global Area Leader. He is believing God that this could be the generation that the fullness of the body fulfills the task our Lord Jesus gave us - the completion of the Great Commission!  

Adrian Reeves is a missions mobilizer and Executive Director for the National African American Missions Council. He majored in Sociology at the University of Maryland College Park receiving the Hillman Entrepreneurs Scholarship Award. His experience in human resources and non-profit management have allowed him to train ministry and marketplace leaders for positive cultural impact.

Krystle Roberts, born & raised in a small town in Texas.  In college, she was convicted of her lack of concern with the calling of the great commission. The Lord lead her to pursue the discipleship and long term sending of African Americans among the unreached people in the 10/40 window through joining Launch Global. Her desire is to see the sleeping Giant of the African American Church rise up and take its place in the Kingdom and get back to a place of equipping and sending long term laborers among the unreached. More specifically, she hopes to see a holistic transformation and approach in the entire process from training to sustaining  African Americans for staying long term in the field in order to see the Gospel reach where it currently does not. 

Freed from the bonds of chattel slavery in 1773, George Liele chose to spend the strength of his life advancing the Gospel. On May 20, 1775, he became the first ordained African American Baptist preacher in America. He then organized the first African American Baptist Church in North America, which is still in existence today. Though William Carey is called the father of the modern missionary movement,  Liele left America and planted the gospel in Jamaica a full ten years before Carey left England. Beyond being both the inheritance and the calling of the African-American community, His legacy belongs to the whole Church and is a critical key to fulfilling the Great Commission in this age.

Check-in and fellowship time will start at  5:30pm on Wednesday. The first session is free and open to the public at 6:30pm on Wednesday. Thursday will be a full day from 9:00am-9:30pm. More details will be sent out closer to the summit dates.

The registration fee includes lunch on Thursday, but will not include dinners.

Upon Check-in you will receive a welcome packet with a variety of restaurants in the area. It will also include information about some of our team's favorite attractions in St. Louis in case you plan on extending your stay.

The St. Louis Lambert International Airport is only about a 10-15 minute drive to the church where the GLMS will be hosted. Any of the airport hotels or nearby Airbnbs would be good options. 

There will be a limited number of scholarships available. You can request a scholarship by emailing office@civilrighteousness.org. Please include if you are with an organization or if you are/have a desire to become a missionary.