Shepherd’s Staff exists to serve and empower local churches in their efforts to send and care for their own members who have been called to serve as missionaries outside of the U.S.

We love to watch God eternally transform lives through the churches planted by our missionaries. Today, Avant is breaking the boundaries of traditional missions. By God’s grace, we’re moving into new territories with new techniques, including Short-Cycle Church Planting, to preach the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ. We’re strategically partnering with national believers who can carry on the work and multiply the results.

Pioneers mobilizes teams to glorify God among Unreached Peoples by initiating indigenous church-planting movements in partnership with local churches.

Encountering the World of Islam is a widely endorsed course that mobilizes and equips people to advance Christ’s kingdom among Muslims through outcome-based experiential learning. Since 1992, over 25,000, in 30 countries have been effectively trained for building relationships and respectfully sharing the hope of Christ with Muslims all over the world.

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement will provide an introduction to the Biblical basis for missions, a history of the expansion of the world Christian movement, a basic understanding of culture and its effect on the spread of the gospel, and exposure to current mission thinking. This course prepares professional and lay church leaders to think critically and strategically about their involvement in missions.