We exist to
finish the task.
MANDATE is an evangelical missions organization focused on sending, training, and sustaining long-term missionaries to the world's least-reached peoples.
A church for every people.
The gospel in every tongue.
Revelation 7:9 describes a day when people from every tribe, tongue, and nation stand before the throne. That day has not yet come. Thousands of people groups on earth have no evangelical witness, no indigenous church, no access to Scripture in their language.
MANDATE exists to close that gap — one missionary, one people group, one generation at a time. We are not the only organization doing this work, and we don't need to be. We need to be faithful. We send people who will go where the church is not, stay until it is, and leave when it can stand on its own.
The convictions that
shape everything we do.
Biblical Authority
The Great Commission is not a suggestion. It is a command from the risen Lord to his church. We exist to obey it.
Long-term Presence
We send for decades, not months. Relationships that lead to genuine transformation take time. We build them.
Indigenous Leadership
The goal is never a foreign mission. It is a local church, led by local leaders, reaching their own people.
Whole-person Care
We take care of our missionaries — spiritually, emotionally, financially. A missionary who is cared for can care for others.
Faithful, year by year.
- 2008
MANDATE founded by five pastors committed to unreached peoples.
- 2011
First missionary team deployed — East Africa, three families.
- 2014
Training institute launched. First class: 12 candidates.
- 2017
Expanded to South Asia and Middle East. 20 active missionaries.
- 2020
Pivoted during global crisis to support field workers through closures.
- 2023
First indigenous churches planted by MANDATE-trained leaders.
- 2025
47 missionaries. 14 countries. The work continues.
The people behind
the mission.
Dr. James Okafor
Executive Director
Former church planter in Nigeria, James leads MANDATE's vision with 20 years of field experience.
Sarah Mitchell
Director of Training
Cross-cultural trainer and linguist who has equipped over 300 missionaries for long-term field service.
Dr. Paul Hernandez
Director of Partnerships
Theologian and strategist who builds the church partnerships that sustain our missionaries in the field.
