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“Richard’s contribution helped me see our ministry from a broader and more strategic perspective. His input encouraged me to think beyond simply conducting church activities and focus more intentionally on discipleship, multiplication, and developing leaders in every place. One of the most important changes was a greater emphasis on identifying, equipping, and empowering local leaders who could lead prayer groups, facilitate Bible studies, disciple others, and serve their own communities. As a result, our ministry strategy has become more focused, relational, and multiplication-oriented. Richard helped us see that when disciples are equipped and leaders are developed locally, the ministry can reach more people and become sustainable in different places.”

[India]

“Richard supports our work by listening, offering guidance through thoughtful questions, and providing counsel from a valuable perspective that helps us assess our own situation. His questions were incredibly insightful; simply by answering them, I would find the solution to problems where I had previously been stuck. His strategic questioning enabled us to evaluate our work from an entirely new perspective, identify and discontinue inefficient activities, and shift our focus toward high-growth, fruitful teams. The simplified Bible study framework and streamlined curriculum he introduced have empowered people to assess their own contexts, take practical steps, and replicate the training within their own networks. We now see a ripple effect as urban churches support rural congregations and rural churches launch pioneering missions into unreached territories.”

[Mongolia]

“Richard’s involvement has been an important help to me personally as a leader and to our ministry. Through his advice, questions, and experience, he aided me in seeing our ministry and leadership from different perspectives, which is crucial for effective Leadership Strategy Consulting. His guidance encouraged me to strengthen our planning and develop clearer Mission Impact Strategies while caring more intentionally for pastors, churches, families, and individuals facing difficult situations. He also supported my efforts to travel to remote provinces, helping to strengthen churches and expand God’s Kingdom. As a result, our ministry has become more focused and better organized, leading to my personal growth in leadership and confidence. His involvement through Accelerate Missions Consulting has made a meaningful difference in my life and in our ministry.”

“Richard listened to our ideas, concerns, and experiences and equipped us to adapt the ministry according to local needs, culture, and context so it could be more effective and impactful. He helped us expand the vision of Prapti, and during his leadership the ministry grew to more than double its previous size, reaching more people and expanding into new areas. His emphasis on winning souls, making disciples, church planting, reaching new people groups, and entering new areas helped us better understand and practice effective approaches to evangelism, discipleship, caring for people, and developing small groups. He also brought fresh ideas and perspectives that strengthened our ministry and helped make our systems more practical and effective for ministry growth.”

[Bangladesh]

“Richard helped me move from an attractional model of church planting to a missional one, changing not only my methods but also the way I think about the Church’s calling. He gave me a simple, reproducible pathway—Access, Witness, Make Disciples, Plant Churches, Develop Leaders, Reproduce—that has become one of the key strategies guiding my ministry today. His mentoring and coaching reshaped my mindset toward intentional disciple making and reaching the unreached. He did not simply lead; he raised up leaders and created opportunities for me to lead, try, learn, and grow. His investment in my life helped me develop multiple teams of disciple makers, trainers, and facilitators across the region. Much of the fruit I now see in Nepal and across the wider region traces back to seeds he planted in my life.”

[Nepal]

“Richard trained and supported me, building my skills to become an effective trainer and facilitator. He mentored me to grow as a leader, guided me to focus on my strengths to impact others, and always encouraged me to be a multiplier—to train the next level of leaders and multiply disciples. His guidance helped us strategize our ministry activities at the ground level to bring intended outcomes and results, prioritize actions that produce results, and plan and implement so that partners take initiative. His vision for church planting helped us concentrate our activities toward disciple making and church planting rather than merely physical activities. This helped us become a capacity-building ministry rather than a project-funded ministry, with local churches taking initiative in reaching unreached people groups.”

[India]

“The CHE program in Bangladesh was navigating a period of severe crisis, and Richard’s leadership offered us a new ray of hope. Under his supervision, the program regained its lost momentum and vitality. Through his mentorship, he helped bring our team together around a clear and purposeful path, equipped us with knowledge and essential training, and helped us grasp the core principles of CHE. He provided new resources and taught us how to use them effectively, and we are now successfully sharing those lessons with our disciples, volunteers, and pastors. His field evaluation and constructive feedback significantly enhanced the quality of our work and helped keep the ministry dynamic and moving forward.”

[Bangladesh]

“Richard’s faithful leadership, training, and mentoring have been instrumental in shaping our ministry in Bangladesh. Through his guidance and training, we moved from empty hands to being equipped with DBS, discipleship, and church planting training to reach unreached people groups. That contribution has borne fruit—DBS groups and disciples are being made, house fellowships are forming, and communities are being transformed. What was invested in us continues to sustain and multiply the work.”

[Bangladesh]