Our Story | The Beginnings

Every movement starts with a spark.

In 2010, that spark came in Atlanta when missions-minded believers and organizations formed a simple prayer network called ATL2UPG, focused on unreached people groups. What began as prayer soon revealed a greater need: mobilizers longed for encouragement, the sharing of resources, and real collaboration. Out of that moment, the network grew into the Atlanta Mobilizers Huddle—a space where the mission of God could be advanced together, rather than alone.

Fast-forward to 2023, when a group of former missionaries, pastors, and ministry leaders in Fredericksburg, VA—many of whom had previously coordinated Perspectives—gathered with a shared conviction. They saw that their city needed more than individual efforts. It needed churches of every background linking arms to mobilize for greater missions engagement. From that conviction, the first Missions Collective (FXBG) was born.

They carried a bold belief: the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. If local churches unite as one movement, far more can be accomplished in the hardest-to-reach places. To make that possible, they built the Missions Collective platform to be open source—so any city that feels the same burden can adapt it, use it, and join the story. And if you do, know this: we are in your corner, ready to help you launch your city’s Missions Collective. Hear the full story here.

In 2025, Atlanta’s mobilizer network was reborn as the Atlanta Missions Collective, linking arms with Fredericksburg to become more local church–centric and to awaken Great Commission involvement across their city. That same year, a group of leaders from Cape Fear, NC, who had been deeply involved with Perspectives, launched their own Missions Collective (Cape Fear) to fuel year-round collaboration and resourcing.

What started as scattered prayer groups and small gatherings is becoming a movement of movements—rooted in prayer, empowered by the Spirit, and wholly dependent on God to raise up laborers for His harvest. Together, we press forward, not in our own strength, but in His, trusting that the One who called us is faithful to complete the work.. 

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What We Believe

(Our Doctrinal Position)

The Nicene Creed is the position we hold to as we collaborate with churches of various theological leanings.

We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Guiding

        Values

  • Our lives should be marked by a sense of utter dependence on God for the work He has called us to do. Prayer is our greatest expression of that dependence.

  • From Acts 13, we learn that it is the local church that sends cross-cultural workers! We are here to serve the church in that endeavor.

  • Research has shown that relationship is the pathway to meaningful change. Our task is urgent, but we engage with joy! We believe the whole Church is called to the urgency of seeing the Gospel advance to the ends of the earth. We play our role as a community of friends; fun and humor are a valued feature, and all are invited to join us!

  • Our mission emphasizes reaching unreached people groups. The goal assumes an exit plan through development of indigenous leadership & sustainable movements in the culture. 

    (See https://joshuaproject.net/resources/articles/hijacking_unreached and https://joshuaproject.net/help/definitions for further clarity on “unreached” people groups.)

  • Jesus made it clear the harvest was plentiful but the laborers were few. His response was that we would pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send more workers. We pray and we act toward that goal.