Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has a rare ability to look at what others consider barren ground and see a harvest. Where some see impossibility, he sees opportunity. Where others see emptiness, he sees potential. His church-planting ministry has gone into cities, towns, and nations where there was no church, no congregation, and no visible support—but the work was planted, and the work grew.
He teaches that God does not call us to build only where it’s easy. He calls us to build where He sends us. And often, those places are unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and even unwelcoming. But if God says to plant there, then there is fruit waiting under the soil. You just have to dig by faith.
The way Bishop Dag plants churches is both spiritual and strategic. He prays. He sends. He trains. And then he trusts God to do what only God can do. He doesn’t wait for ideal conditions—he moves when the Spirit speaks. Because he knows that delay can mean missed souls, and hesitation can cost eternity.
Sending Missionaries With a Heart to Build
The strength of Bishop Dag’s church-planting ministry is not just in the buildings—it is in the people. He has raised and released a generation of missionaries and pastors who have been trained not only to preach but to build. These are men and women who understand that planting a church means starting from scratch, laying foundations, winning souls one by one, and shepherding people until they grow strong in the Lord.
He does not send people based on charisma—he sends based on calling, commitment, and loyalty. His missionaries are not tourists. They are soldiers. They go where the ground is hard, where the climate is hostile, and where there is no applause. And they stay. They build with tears, with prayer, and with perseverance.
This is the kind of building that lasts—not because it’s easy, but because it’s real.
Trusting the Holy Spirit to Do the Impossible
Bishop Dag teaches that church planting is not a human effort—it is a divine partnership. You can go with all the right systems and still fail if the Holy Spirit is not in it. That’s why prayer is central to every church that is planted. Fasting is part of the culture. Obedience is non-negotiable.
He reminds his leaders that they are not alone. The Holy Spirit is the church planter. He draws the people. He convicts hearts. He strengthens the worker. And when the Spirit is honored, churches will grow—even in the most unlikely places.
Over and over again, he has planted churches where others said it could not be done. And over and over again, those churches have grown, thrived, and birthed new churches of their own.
Building Where Others Gave Up
There are places where others tried and left. Where churches failed and people moved on. But Bishop Dag returns to those very places, with a different spirit—a building spirit. He doesn’t go in with fear. He goes in with faith. And what others abandoned, he reclaims for the Kingdom.
His ministry teaches us that no place is too hard for God. No soul is too far. No community is too poor. When you go with the gospel, and you go with the Spirit, anything is possible.
Through his life and leadership, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has taught us that church planting is not for the fainthearted. It is for those who see like God sees. Who go when others stay. Who believe when others doubt. And who build when others walk away.