A Shepard for Every Flock

Major Donor

Client

Global Pastoral Training Alliance (GPTA)

Service

Major Donor

The Opportunity

The Global Pastoral Training Alliance (GPTA) is committed to ensuring that every church worldwide has access to biblically grounded, well-trained pastoral leadership. To mobilize a global solution reaching 3.7 million churches, they needed to unlock nine-figure commitments from major donors.

The Challenge

GPTA’s goal wasn’t a one-weekend lift in giving—it was long-term acceleration of a bold global vision. With most donors unable to visit the field firsthand, the challenge was to create an experience that made the mission tangible, urgent, and deeply personal within the walls of a single room.

The Solution

Future City Now has been a multi-year strategic partner to GPTA, helping them build a collective impact strategy that aligns leaders, sharpens the narrative, and charts a long-term path toward a global pastoral training movement. Our work extends far beyond the stage — shaping strategy before, during, and after the gathering.By designing a high-touch, fully immersive major donor experience that brought the realities of global pastoral training to life, we helped turn vision into conviction and conviction into action, fueling a multi-year, nine-figure alliance strategy that continues to unfold.

The Results

$9M+

Raised

10:1

ROI

Under 48 hour

execution timeframe

Extensive pre-cultivation

Cut event time in half while increasing impact

Positioned GPTA

To pursue nine-figure outcomes over the coming years

“Something happens when you lift your eyes up out of your own little world and see the need of the world as it relates to the gospel. It becomes contagious.”

Dr. Mark Yarbrough
President of Dallas Theological Seminary