Mission Partners
We have the privilege of supporting a number of mission partnerships, based in the UK and abroad.
Meet some of our mission partners below:
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Paul is currently based out of Bangalore, India. And working with Tribals Transformation-India a Christian NGO, an interdenominational, evangelical holistic organization. With the motto of ‘Reaching the Unreached’ groups in India. Sharing the Gospel and building bridges within the communities.
He is involved in the teaching and training of grassroot level native missionaries and at the same time learning from them of their experiences in the mission fields.
Paul is also actively involved with Yeshuva Evangelical Church and is part of the Pastoral Team and leads the Youth Fellowship and the weekly Bible Study.
He is currently pursuing a Masters in Theology from South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS), and is working towards his ordination.
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Lisa felt called into missions in the early 2000’s. God has used her faithfully over the decades, first in Hong Kong with Crossroads International, then back home in Cape Town.
Today, Lisa directs RESTORE (the Restore: Justice, Healing, Hope Trust), an NGO she co‑founded to bring restorative justice and trauma‑informed care to young offenders in Pollsmoor Prison and to high‑violence communities on the Cape Flats.
She holds an MA in Restorative Justice from the University of Hull and now leads a team that works inside prison (group therapy, family days, sport), in the community (healing circles, small business training, reintegration hubs, trauma‑informed facilitation) and with church leaders (equipping pastors in gang‑affected areas with biblical peacemaking tools).
Lisa has presented internationally and co‑authored articles on transforming youth incarceration and trauma‑informed restorative justice.
She remains passionate about seeing young men – often written off by society – discover hope, accountability, and new life in Christ.
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Jolita Paton is European Director for Middle East Media (MEM), which was founded 50 years ago to share the Gospel with the Arab world in culturally-appropriate and effective ways.
Each year, MEM reaches millions online with the Gospel and supports thousands of people in person with their emotional and spiritual well-being.
MEM was behind the launch of a few notable Christian organisations, including SAT-7, the first Christian TV channel in the Arab world, and Middle East Concern, a Christian human rights organisation. MEM also developed the first downloadable Arabic Bible for mobiles, Arabic Veggie Tales and Magalla magazine, which was the bestselling youth magazine in the Arab world for 30 years.
Today their teams of local Arabs produce high-quality creative media (films, documentaries, apologetics videos, animations etc,) that share Christ’s love, hope and freedom. They also distribute content via digital platforms, TV and direct outreach to disadvantaged groups. They also build new media ministries and help them to share the Gospel in their local communities. Most recently, they’ve supported ministries from Northern Iraq, Turkey, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan and the Gulf.
“I always loved creativity in all forms. Working for Middle East Media, one of the pioneers of creative Christian media in the Arab world, is a massive privilege and joy. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2025. It is so encouraging to know that our ministry remains as relevant and vital to the people of the Middle East, as it was 50 years ago.”
Visit their website, mem.org, or contact Jolita at jolita@mem.org to find out more.
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Sister Basma was deeply impacted by the testimony of someone from a South Asian Muslim family who discovered freedom in the gospel. She thought her burden to reach the nations would take her across the globe, but it has in fact led her to London.
“God, in His sovereignty, has brought many Muslims here to London. Some cross the sea, but we can all cross the street to meet and share the gospel with our Muslim neighbours who seek God, but have not yet found Jesus. We have a unique opportunity in London to see the gospel thrive among Muslim communities and for many to find salvation and freedom in Christ!”
Sister Basma now works in West London helping churches to reach out to people of other religions with the love of God and good news of Jesus Christ.
“In West London, there are people from many different nations who have never heard the gospel. What a privilege it is to introduce people to Jesus and invite them to follow Him. What a joy it is to come alongside churches to help them to share Jesus with the nations here on our doorstep in London!”
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Marcus was part of our team for 18 months as our church planting curate and loved his time with us!
In January 2025, Marcus became the Vicar of St Paul's, Brixton to help remission the church and see it make disciples of all nations. Marcus, Amanda & Santi continue to partner with City Rise through various ministries and relationships and are keen to collaborate with the existing church community in Brixton to realise Jesus's work in that area. The church are currently spending time praying through their vision and values and listening to the Holy Spirit and surrounding community.
Marcus studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge as an ordinand and finished his curacy at St Mary's, Goldington in 2023 before joining City Rise, St Mark’s that same year.
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Power The Fight was founded by Ben Lindsay out of a deep belief in the value of human life and the importance of community. Our work is a response to a growing need for all parts of society to take responsibility for one another.
Having spent more than 17 years working with and for local authorities, Ben has seen the impact of sustained austerity measures. He recognised that churches, faith groups and community groups, often with their own buildings and access to resources and volunteers, have a unique contribution to make.
In 2016 following the murder of teenager Myron Yarde, Ben started gathering people from within and outside the local church to reflect, pray and create a space for dialogue for anyone in the community concerned about violence affecting young people. Policy makers, police, youth workers, pastors, clergy and parents joined together to listen and learn from each other. This collective response inspired the beginnings of Power The Fight.
For more information go to https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/
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