About
Mission
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.
Vision
Our vision is that every person on earth will have access to a healthy, Bible-based church where they are welcomed, discipled, and empowered to actively minister to the body of Christ according to the gifts God has entrusted to them.
Overview
The work of WCCM began with Founder Rev. Dr. G. W. “Bill” Wilson (1946–2016) 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 173,000 ministers throughout the world at conferences, seminaries, and summits designed to bring cutting-edge leadership and ministry techniques and in-depth doctrinal understanding to congregations around the world. In 2024, the Lord helped us to fulfill this mission in a tremendous way, allowing us to train 11,586 ministers, plant 238 brand-new fellowships and churches, and meet the needs of 10,223 people in need. We celebrate the fruitfulness of 2024 as He allowed us to minister to approximately 341,347 people in 25 countries on 3 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.
Through WCCM’s training, at least 5,887 fellowships and churches have been planted. In 2024, the Lord helped us to plant 238 brand new fellowships in 14 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 food for widows, orphans, the elderly, and the indigent in famine-stricken areas; 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 226,000 people worldwide. In 2024, the Lord helped us to provide humanitarian aid and community outreach ministry to 10,223 people in 9 countries on 3 continents.
Rolling Five-Year Average
The averages for our Ministry Metrics from 2020 through 2024 are:
12,394 ministers trained per year
254 new Christian fellowships planted per year
3 churches established* per year
25,506 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.