About
Mission Statement
The mission of World Class Cities Ministries is to train ministers, plant churches, and provide for the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world.
Mission and Vision
The work of WCCM began with Founder Rev. Dr. G. W. “Bill” Wilson in 1997. Over his 43 years of ministry, he ministered to people from more than 50 cultures and 60 countries on five continents around the world. As a result, more than 7,000 churches were planted. Today, WCCM continues the vision the Lord gave Rev. Wilson.
Training Pastors
Our primary focus is to train ministers. While foreign missionaries can be successful in sharing Christ after entering a new culture, WCCM has found the most success in training local ministers who have been reared in the culture of their home country. With a focus on traveling to cities with a population of 1 million or more, WCCM trains ministers in the application of theology, Biblical languages, Biblical business practices, effective leadership techniques, and raising church engagement for the glory of God and to build His kingdom. The intended audience for these trainings is diverse with General Sessions where those involved in all levels of ministry and lay ministry are invited to attend, as well as specialized trainings for audiences such as those in a Senior Pastor position or higher, Women’s Ministry, and Children’s Ministry.
WCCM has trained more than 161,000 ministers throughout the world at conferences, summits, and seminaries designed to bring cutting-edge leadership and ministry techniques and in-depth doctrinal understanding to congregations around the world. In 2023, the Lord helped us to fulfill this mission in a tremendous way, allowing us to train 5,605 ministers, plant 90 brand-new fellowships, and meet the needs of 5,928 people in need. We celebrate the fruitfulness of 2023 as He allowed us to minister to approximately 165,388 people in 17 countries on 4 continents.
Planting Churches
While many pastors find new and innovative approaches and success in the application of the trainings WCCM provides, one of our goals is to equip those who are called to plant and pastor a church or grow new church plants out of their existing church. Some of the topics taught to empower these pastors and future pastors are training in how to start a church without any money, good stewardship of funds for churches, and how to create a “good soil” culture within the church, increasing engagement, spiritual commitment, and healthy church outcomes. At the same time, on the days we schedule training conferences, evangelistic services are often scheduled during the evening. This strategic approach allows for the Holy Spirit to provide new sheep to be shepherded at the same time we are training men and women called of God to shepherd a flock.
Through WCCM’s training, at least 3,940 fellowships and churches have been planted. In 2023, the Lord helped us to plant 90 brand new fellowships in 5 countries throughout the world. The majority of these congregants are brand-new believers.
Providing for Physical Needs
One of the ways WCCM believes Christians are called to show the love and the light of Christ is through providing for physical needs. While our main focus is on ministerial training that results in church planting, our secondary focus is to provide humanitarian aid both within the church and within the community. Recent projects we’ve undertaken through WCCM Partners are digging sheltered wells (boreholes) where anyone in the community may get water for free in Kenya; providing health and medical information and attention from a Registered Nurse in schools, churches, and communities throughout the world; painting an orphanage in El Salvador; and providing sanitary supplies to schoolgirls in a town in Tanzania so that they don’t miss several days of school each month. Each of these projects is free to the communities they serve and is available to all in the community regardless of their religious affiliation.
The Lord has helped WCCM to provide humanitarian aid and community outreach to at least 216,000 people worldwide. In 2023, the Lord helped us to provide humanitarian aid and community outreach ministry to 5,928 people in 6 countries on 4 continents.
Rolling Five-Year Average
The averages for our Ministry Metrics from 2019 through 2023 are:
10,900 ministers trained per year
252 new Christian fellowships planted per year
9 churches established* per year
24,246 people have received humanitarian aid and community outreach per year
* In our nomenclature, a fellowship differs from a church in that a church has a formally trained pastor and a dedicated church facility. Some fellowships will never be moved to church status as it is too dangerous for the congregation to meet in a dedicated church facility. This does not necessarily limit the size or effectiveness of the congregation. One fellowship reports over 500 members who meet in a single home. Each member is assigned a day of the week to meet and worship.