Achieve
2040
A movement that began with 1,000 churches and never stopped.
Now, a fresh call — to reach every remaining village in India
with a life-giving, reproducing church.
A Challenge.
An Unexpected Answer.
In 1992, S. Stephens gathered a group of pastors and issued a challenge: trust God for 1,000 new churches by the year 2000. They called it Vision 2000. When the year arrived, over 15,000 churches had been planted. God had done something no one expected.
“That movement never stopped.”
Today, more than 135,000 rural churches have been planted across South Asia through a network of 7,800 village church planters. Still, hundreds of thousands of villages have no Christian witness.
In 2020, S. Stephens felt God give him a fresh and urgent call: plant a life-giving, reproducing church in every remaining village in India by 2040.
We call it ACHIEVE 2040.
This Isn’t a Program.
It’s a Movement.
Every church is led by someone from within that community. Every leader trained goes on to train others. This is multiplication, not dependency — reproduction, not just relief.
Every church is led by someone from within the community — rooted, trusted, lasting.
Leaders train leaders who train more leaders. Not dependency — exponential reproduction.
Life-giving churches that reproduce — carrying the Gospel forward without waiting for outside resources.
Hundreds of thousands of villages still have no Christian witness. The call is urgent. The time is now.
Faith Under Fire
“His story is one you won’t forget.”
In your letter — which should be arriving soon — you’ll read about Pastor Ravi, a church planter living out this vision on the ground, even in the face of growing opposition. His story embodies everything ACHIEVE 2040 is about: courage, faith, and the unstoppable spread of the Gospel into places where it has never been heard.
Watch your mailbox. Your letter from S. Stephens will introduce you personally to Pastor Ravi’s story.
Carry the Gospel
Into Unreached Villages
Join us in fueling this movement — helping plant life-giving, reproducing churches in places where the Gospel has never been heard.