Dave Jacob

Dave is the founder and director of Gospel Mobilization. He has served as a pastor and missionary, and spent 7 years working as the Chair of the Intercultural Studies department at Trinity Bible College and Graduate School in Ellendale, ND. He is also the Director of Mobilization at World Gospel Mission, an inter-denominational missions sending agency. Dave is the author of It’s Your Call: To a Missional or Missionary Life, and has a Master of Arts degree in Missional Leadership. He’s been married to Angie for 28 years. They have 5 children and one grandchild. Dave enjoys spending time with horses, reading missions books, and roasting his own coffee beans over an open fire.

 

Mark Stebbins met the Lord as a Freshman at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, in 1971.  After involvement with The Navigators as an undergraduate, Mark went to Ethiopia in 1974, immediately after graduation, serving 6 months with Sudan Interior Mission.  After 3 years as a Sears salesman and Job Service counselor for the state of NC, he served with The Navigators for 2 years in Accra, Ghana, West Africa from 1978-1980 involved in evangelism and disciple-making among civil servants and university students.  After 8 years in full-time campus ministry, Mark and his family returned to Kumasi, Ghana, with The Navigators in 1989, where they served 8 years winning and training businessmen for Christ, as well as helping nationals start several small businesses there.  He served 12 years (1997-2009) as Director for Short-term Missions and Director for International Mobilization and Recruitment for the U.S. Navigators.  From 2009-2019 he served as Missions Director and Western Director for the U.S. Collegiate Navigators.  He currently serves as a Missions Mobilizer-at-large for The Navigators.  Mark has served as a mission mobilization consultant with The Mission Exchange from 2009-2012, and as mission mobilization catalyst for Missio Nexus since 2013.

Customized Mobilization Training

Is your mobilization team equipped with the knowledge and skills to mobilize more workers into His harvest fields? As a former missions professor, our founder and director, Dave Jacob, can train your mobilizers to be more effective. Here are some of the topics you’ll want to learn:

  • The Basics of Missions Mobilization

  • The Biblical Basis of Missions and Mobilization

  • The Future of Missions and Mobilization

  • Mobilizing the Younger Generations

  • Mobilizing People of Color

  • Overcoming Barriers to Missions Mobilization

  • Using Missionaries to Mobilize

  • Influences on the Missionary Call

  • Shifting Organizational Culture to Mobilize More

  • The Flipped Mobilization Strategy:  How listening and asking the right questions lead to more applicants

  • Using Stories to Mobilize More Effectively

  • Using Your Missionaries to Mobilize Others

  • A Mobilizer's Spiritual Formation: How your spiritual maturity, character, and passion impact mobilization.

  • The 5-Minute Presentation: Here's what to say and how to say it when you only have 5 minutes to speak in front of a group.

If you don’t see the topics you’re needing on this list, get in touch with us so we can design a training that meets your needs.

Mobilization Consulting

Is your missions agency having difficulty meeting its mobilization goals? Or maybe you’re new in your role and you just want to talk with someone who’s been there. Perhaps you’re asking yourself, “How can we best move forward with the vision God has given us?”

When it comes to mobilization, we all need an advocate—someone with experience. Our consultants take time to listen, learn, and journey with you and your organization so that you can fulfill the vision God has for your agency. We can help you recruit and send more missionaries.

Read through the bios of our consultants (more to be added soon) to find the one you feel would be a good fit for you and your organization, then hit the Let’s Talk button below to send us an email so we can set up an initial meeting to talk over your needs and goals.