Our story begins in 1931 when Crossworld, originally Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM), began sending workers to the nations.
BRAZIL – When a chief witchdoctor named Elká in Brazil chose to follow Jesus, UFM workers watched God transform not just individual lives but entire villages in the name of Christ.
CONGO – In 1964, Simba rebels killed 19 UFM missionaries. Since then, some of the rebels and thousands of others have been transformed by the gospel, and relatives of the martyrs have returned to serve in Congo, acting on their forgiveness.
PAPUA – UFM made national headlines on the cover of Time magazine in 1982 when thousands of Dani people burned their fetishes and turned to Christ in a miraculous movement of God in Papua, Indonesia.
TODAY – We changed our name to Crossworld in 2004, and today, we have more than 300 disciple-makers in more than 35 countries around the globe.
God has so orchestrated events that the whole world wants to learn the language we speak, the most least-reached people are flocking to megacities that are just a plane ride away, and the good news we carry offers the abundant life that everyone desperately seeks.