Fishing Rod
$15 / mo
Training books that equip new leaders in business and disciple-making.
Give the rodUsing business to advance the spread of the gospel
We make fishers of men — planting churches.
We teach people to fish — planting businesses.
Across the unreached nations of the 10/40 window, we help local leaders launch Kingdom businesses that sustain families and multiply disciples. Our 2026–2028 goal: 1,000 new churches and 1,000 new businesses.
Year-end giving 2026
You Can Start a Church and a Business Today
Your gift empowers local leaders in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to launch sustainable Kingdom businesses and multiplying house churches among the least reached. Together we can plant 1,000 churches and 1,000 businesses by the end of 2028.
Our goal: $75,000 for 50 churches and 50 businesses
- 1,315 Kingdom businesses started since 2018
- 146 house churches planted through business in 2025
- 9,019 people trained in 343 Pioneer Business Planting trainings
- 2,217 people baptized across 9 nations
- 100 local facilitators equipped and multiplying
- 1,000 new churches & 1,000 new businesses — the 2026–2028 vision
Why fishing?
One metaphor. Two callings.
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“I will make you fishers of men” — Matthew 4:19
We make fishers of men
Every business owner we train is also a disciple-maker. Through everyday customer relationships, the gospel spreads naturally — and house churches are planted where traditional missions cannot reach.
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Give a fish, feed a day. Teach to fish, feed a lifetime.
We teach people to fish
Instead of aid that runs out, we train local leaders to launch real businesses — tailoring, farming, trade. Income stabilizes families, dignifies communities, and funds the movement itself.
The heart of our vision
7,000+ people groups still wait to hear
Most of the world’s unreached peoples live in the 10/40 window — the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and across South and Southeast Asia. One of the most effective ways to reach them is business: it opens doors, builds trust, and gives local believers a sustainable platform to make disciples.
- Horn of Africa
- Middle East
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Southeast Asia
How it works
From your gift to a planted church
Three steps turn generosity into a self-sustaining movement.
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Train a local leader
Pioneer Business Planting consultations teach business skills and disciple-making together — led by local facilitators, in local languages.
Funded by Fishing Rod & Net monthly donors — training books and coaching.
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Launch a Kingdom business
A small revolving microloan starts the business. When it’s repaid, the same money is lent again — every gift works two to three times.
Powered by Fishing Boat donors — average microloan ±$200, repaid & re-lent.
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Plant a church
Business builds trust and daily gospel conversations. Disciples are made, house churches form — and they multiply on their own.
146 house churches planted in 2025 — now believing for 1,000 new ones by 2028.
Free online course
Learn Pioneer Business Planting online, for free
People from anywhere can take PBP Online and start Kingdom businesses to reach the unreached.
- 38 animated videos of 2–3 minutes
- Exercises and games to do on your own or in a group
- Includes a certificate
- Self-paced
Impact in numbers · 2018–2025
The foundation is already laid
Teaching people to fish
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343
Pioneer Business Planting trainings
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9,019
People trained
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2,998
Business plans written
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1,315
Businesses started
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100
Local facilitators
Making fishers of men
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457
Discovery Bible Study groups active in 2025
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2,217
People baptized
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146
House churches planted in 2025
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3
Generations of churches
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9
Nations
Reported by our field teams and published in our Annual Reports. The 1000/1000 vision builds on this foundation: 1,000 new churches and 1,000 new businesses, 2026–2028.
Our vision · 2026–2028
1,000 new churches. 1,000 new businesses.
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1,000 new churches planted
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1,000 new businesses started
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10,000+ new disciples made
Where we work
13 projects. 10 nations.
From the tailoring shops of Uganda to the mountain villages of Pakistan — twelve field projects across ten nations, plus Pioneer Business Planting Online reaching leaders everywhere.
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East Africa
Kenya (3 projects) · Uganda · Tanzania
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Asia
India · Bangladesh · Pakistan · Nepal
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Southern Africa
Malawi · Mozambique
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Middle East
Sensitive regions accessed through trade
A story from Malawi
The fisherman who became a fisher of men
From sleeping outside with a bottle in his hand — to employing forty people and planting a network of churches.
After a Pioneer Business Planting consultation, Gastern opened a simple lodge for travelling fishermen — playing the audio Bible in their language while they ate. He saved $1,500 coin by coin in a wooden box, bought two fishing boats, and today his businesses employ forty people. His time is free to do what matters most: making disciples.
The power of $1,500
$1,500 plants a church and a business.
One house church and one business, multiplying impact for the long term.
Business for Movements
$1,500
plants 1 church + 1 business
- ≈15 new followers of Jesus1 through one house church
- 10+ people impacted food on the table, provision for the long term
- $100 per new follower
- Led by trained local believers
U.S. church plant: launch + first year3
- $70,000 plant under 100 attendance
- $325,000 plant that passes 200 attendance
Per person: $700 – $2,300. That is roughly 7 to 23 times more than BFM.
The same $70,000 through Business for Movements
46 + 46
churches and businesses
≈690 new believers · 460+ lives impacted1
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Starting cost
$1,500 vs $70,000 – $325,000
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Proof it works
In Malawi, a team of 8–10 local leaders has planted around 400 house churches across the country.2
See what your gift could grow into
- Business for Movements field averages: about 15 new followers of Jesus per house church, at least 10 people impacted per business. $1,500 is our total cost to make the church and the business possible.
- Project Malawi.
- Christianity Today (2023): plants under 100 attendance averaged about $10,000 startup + $60,000 first year; plants that passed 200 averaged $100,000 + $225,000. Per-person figures assume 30 to 100 and 200 to 300 attendees (our assumption). Attendees are not all new believers. Shown for comparison only.
Become a monthly fisher
Pick up a rod. Cast a net. Launch a boat.
Fishing Net
$25 / mo
Ongoing training and coaching — the follow-up that turns a course into a movement.
Give the netFishing Boat
$50 / mo
Revolving microloans that launch businesses — repaid and re-lent again and again.
Give the boat
One-time gift · one unit of the vision
The Fishing Fleet
Launches one Kingdom business and plants one house church — a complete unit of the 1000/1000 vision, in a single gift.
That one house church could grow into up to 2 in 1 year, 16 in 4 years and 1,024 in 10 years, if every house church starts one new church each year.
- Tax-deductible — 501(c)(3) via All Nations International
- Secure giving through Bloomerang
- Annual reports published every year
Before you give
Questions, answered
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. Business for Movements is part of All Nations International, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, and US donors receive a tax receipt.
Giving from the Netherlands? Our Dutch foundation, Stichting All Nations Nederland, has ANBI status: give through All Nations Nederland.
How does my gift reach the field?
Your designated gift goes through the secure Bloomerang platform to the project it supports, where local facilitators put it to work in training, coaching and microloans. We publish what happens in our annual reports.
What is a revolving microloan?
A microloan is given to a leader to start their business. When repaid, the same money is loaned to the next leader — so a single gift can fund two or three businesses over time.
Can I give by check or bill pay?
Yes — mail a check or set up bank bill pay to All Nations International, with a separate note "Business for Movements" (not on the memo line). See the Give page for the address. Contact us for ACH details.