God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Building Eternal Strongholds – Pastor Craig Walker’s Kingdom Vision
About this episode
Pastor Craig Walker of Upward Church in Pensacola, Florida joins Philip Cameron for a conversation that reframes everything most Christians think they know about the church. Walker, whose ministry has reached over 5 million people for Christ across 22 nations in Africa over the last decade, argues that the Western church has drifted from its primary calling. "We've become settlers instead of pilgrims," he says — trading the Great Commission for comfort, self-help sermons, and a faith focused entirely on this life. Drawing on Genesis 1:28, Psalm 110, Mark 16, and Ephesians 4, Walker unpacks what he calls the "mystery church" — a divine blueprint in which Christ, seated at the Father's right hand, extends His scepter of rule and reign through His people on earth. The conversation challenges believers to adopt an eternal perspective, invest in souls rather than retirement accounts, and recognize that the church is not a building or a coping mechanism but a strategic stronghold advancing the kingdom of God. Walker's book Mystery Church is available now on Amazon. Learn more about his global mission work through Upward Church at upwardchurch.com. This episode is essential viewing for pastors, church leaders, and anyone hungry for a kingdom-minded faith.
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Quotes worth sharing
“It's also to be a strategic stronghold to advance the kingdom of Christ in the earth, with the mission of going into all the world, preaching the gospel, making disciples and baptizing people in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
“If I can just get there — what if I can go not with empty hands, but I can go, and when Jesus walks into that marriage supper of the Lamb, somebody taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and they say, thank you, I'm here. I'm here because of you. We invested in eternity.”
“We've become settlers instead of pilgrims. And that's what Christ wants to turn us back to. Jesus described the last day, the judgment — this is Jesus describing what's gonna happen. And you will go before the throne and you'll say, I've done this in your name, and I've done that in your name. And Jesus will say, I don't know you. I was hungry and you never fed me. I was naked and you never clothed me. I was in prison and you never visited me. When — oh, what do you mean? When you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Craig Walker of Upward Church, Pensacola, Florida discusses his book Mystery Church and the biblical mandate for the church to be more than a house of worship. Walker contends that Christ, seated at God's right hand per Psalm 110, extends His rule through the church — His people — on earth. Referencing Genesis 1:28, Mark 16, and Ephesians 4, he challenges the Western church's comfort-driven, self-help culture and calls believers to an eternal investment mindset. Walker reports that Upward Church has reached over 5 million people for Christ in 22 African nations over ten years, most recently meeting with 4,200 leaders in Uganda.
- Defining the True Purpose of the Church
- God's Dominion Mandate from Genesis to Revelation
- Western Church's Temporal vs. Eternal Mindset
- Investing in Eternity Over Earthly Comfort
- 5 Million Souls Reached Across 22 African Nations
- Christ Seated at the Father's Right Hand — Psalm 110
- Fivefold Ministry Gifts and the Church's Blueprint
- Mystery Church Book and Upward Church Mission
Scripture in this episode
Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:He says, I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. We have got a guest today that has, I believe, an understanding as to what the church is about and the purpose of the church. We just think a church is a big enough room for a bunch of folk to sit in — that is not the church. And we are gonna be talking today with Craig Walker. He pastors Upward Church in Pensacola, Florida, but way more than just the church. This man has a mission outreach, particularly in Africa, where he's reaching millions of people for the Lord Jesus. And I am absolutely thrilled. We both have partnered in each other's ministries. We believe in this man. We've invested finances in this man as he has in our ministry, and I can't wait for you to meet him.
Philip:So if you have a pastor that you love and you care about and you want to see your church grow, you wanna see God multiply and strengthen and spread your church beyond the walls of a building, this program is for you. I suggest you give him a call or text them and say, hey, turn on. It's really simple. It's Daily Faith TV and any device you can switch and we're live right this minute. And he can watch us and I believe get some pointers. It's amazing in a pastor's world how a nudge and an indication from God can change and direct and motivate to a higher level. If you could help us by sharing the program today, that would be a great thing.
Philip:We are growing and we are just amazed at the responses. We just did an assessment of what God's been doing through Daily Faith. And all of us were sitting and we said, oh my Lord, this is doing better than we thought it was. It's just amazing how when you speak life to people and have a part in their daily faith — that's what the name of the program is, Daily Faith — because we want to invest in your life. You are important to God, you have a plan and a purpose. And we are with you to stand with you and affirm your faith.
Philip:I will never forget the time that I was driving down the road in Montgomery, Alabama, and my radio was turned to AM — in those days AM 1170. And I switched on the radio just casually and this voice came through the speaker, and it was a boisterous voice with talent on loan from God. This is the EIB Network with Rush Limbaugh. I'd never heard of the guy before. And he began to speak. And what he was saying is what I had been feeling internally, but thought I was the only person in the world that thought this way — and so are tens of millions of other people.
Philip:We want to be the same voice in your life. We want to talk into your life. That the vision that you have and the purpose you have and the calling you have is not make-believe. It's not fake, it's real. It's God speaking to you. And we want to bring people to you that are anointed of the Holy Ghost. If you watch on YouTube, it's very simple — just youtube.com/Daily Faith. And if you can subscribe to us there, it would really help us. And by doing so, you're allowing us to spread our branches further. So we are excited to have you.
Philip:I can't wait for you to meet this great man. Craig Walker is gonna change your life if you'll hear what the voice of God is speaking through him to you today. I'm delighted you're here. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron and I am delighted to have you with us. I'm so excited to have my guest with me today as well. It is gonna be a great program. Craig Walker, who pastors Upward Church but is in charge of a larger ministry that is literally reaching around the world. And he's written a new book called Mystery Church. And to many people, if you'd ask folk what the church is, I'll guarantee that most folk wouldn't be able to give you an adequate explanation. We think the church is what you do on Sunday morning and you go there for an hour, and if it goes longer than an hour, you kind of get itsy and we gotta go. Well, come on, the pastor's not finished by now. And it's way more than that, and we're gonna be talking about that today.
Philip:Let me encourage you, if you have a pastor in your church and you're interested in him hearing this, I suggest you call him right now or give him a text and tell him to get in contact with us. Part of our ministry here in America — our outreach is in Moldova in Eastern Europe, Ukraine. We've had a home there. And right this week, Ukraine will be in the news a lot this week with President Trump going to meet with Putin in Alaska. Long before the war broke out in Odessa, Ukraine, we were there. We've been in Ukraine over 10 years. We have a home there where young kids come and we rescue them.
Philip:We also have an amazing place in Vatra, in Moldova. And there's a village of houses that we have there where we take girls that are destined to be trafficked, and we take them in and we put them back in school and share the gospel. And these kids, these crazy kids, find Jesus and they're turning from being just orphans into sons and daughters. And more than that, now they're missionaries. So all through the summer, all through the wintertime, during the winter, they're giving out wood and clothes to impoverished families and widows are ministering. That's why we're called the Orphan's Hands, because the hands of the orphan are going out all through the summertime.
Philip:They have youth camps. They reach hundreds and hundreds of young folk all through the summertime, and they come to these bases. And every girl you're looking at right now is worth $300,000 a year to the trafficker. If one of those girls is caught by the trafficker, $300,000 a year goes in his pocket, and we just don't think that's right. So we bring them to us. And my two granddaughters — I've got a 16-year-old, I've got nine grandkids altogether — but my two older ones, Ali, who's 16, and Kara, who's 13, spent the summer there with our kids, sleeping with the kids in Vatra Village. And Kara, who was 13, sat down while she was there with one of our cameras and sent me this. Watch what she sent.
Kara:Hi, I am Kara. I have been in Moldova for five weeks and I've been to two camps so far. At these camps, we taught kids about the word of God and the love of Jesus. Now, yes, there was a language barrier between me and them, but it still touched me to be able to hang out with the kids and entertain them, since this is something that they wait for through the entire year. It was definitely a different experience compared to other camps I've been to. Showers were outside, cold. We ate meals with everybody outside.
Kara:It was a really fun experience though, because it was something completely different to what I experience in America. I feel absolutely honored to be able to have that opportunity to go to these kinds of camps, to help kids and get such an experience that it'll leave an impact on me for the rest of my life. I saw how a lot of these kids lived and it really just broke me to see that such poor conditions is what those kids have to stay in for most of their lives. And compared to the camps, I feel like it seemed like some kind of luxury paradise for them.
Kara:Some of the kids came in the same clothes every day because they didn't have anything else really to wear. So the fact that they can come and learn about God and how they're loved by God really just makes me feel — I'm just happy those kids get a chance. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here in Moldova. It has been such an experience that has made such an impact on my life. I will remember these days for the rest of my life.
Philip:If you only knew the joy as a granddad to hear my granddaughter. In fact, she got off the airplane and the first thing she said was, granddad, I want to go back. I want to go back. And all the things I do and all the stuff I'm doing — I've been traveling and speaking now since 1969. I came here as a young boy with my dad. Nothing has thrilled me more than my family. My sons and my daughter, and also my grandkids, now want to reach out in the darkness and light the hope of Jesus. And so we need your help.
Philip:We are right this minute trying to finish two houses. A young girl of 14 was dropped off at our place and we only allowed 16-year-old and older in Vatra Village. And we were made to put her back to the village. And when she got back there, she was gang raped. Her name's Maria, and she was gang raped. And she literally lost her mind. And we've been trying to get the monies together to buy this place with two houses. And there's about 12 to 15 acres of land — all out of that village, all those houses and buildings — that's what we're talking about. And we can take 50 kids into this property and raise them between the age of four and 16 and raise them for the kingdom of God.
Philip:The government agents in this part of Moldova said to us, there are 73 villages in the region with no care or help whatsoever. Now all of that fancy paintwork will be taken away and those fancy beds will be taken out and bunk beds will be in there. And this house is unfinished and we need the money to finish this house. So what if you could help us today and pray about giving a gift to help us finish these homes? It would be a tremendous blessing to some little girl, some little boy right now that's living in hell with an alcoholic family, a father that beats them every day of their life. I could tell you stories that you would not believe. Moldova has the highest rate of alcoholism in the world per population. And so we're believing God.
Philip:To open these houses, each house needs 300 people giving $1 a day — $300 a day. If you could give a dollar a day and say, Phil, count me in, I'll help that house exist, I'll be a part of this thing. Your gift of a dollar — if I were to take you there and say, I can save 50 kids for a dollar a day, you would say, of course I can do that. If we can get 300 people in all of America to believe that, we could open these homes. Let the Lord speak to your heart. Father, speak to people in Jesus' name that this need is real and we need to get this done as soon as possible.
Philip:Really simple. If you wanna make a check out, make it out to The Orphan's Hands, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. And also you can go to DailyFaith.tv — that's like our home base for everything. Daily Faith TV. And you go there and there's a giving page. You can call, there's an 800 number — 833-Daily Faith. Just 833, and then dial Daily Faith. And a real live, honest-to-goodness person — not a machine, not AI — someone will call you, talk to you about what we're doing. And I believe that our businessman watching right now, that God has blessed you, businesswoman, that you can say, Philip, I'll pay off that house. I can do that. I can support this house. Let the Lord speak to your heart. And by doing so, the Bible says when you give to the poor, you lend to the Lord. Why don't you give God a loan today by being part with us?
Philip:I'm so honored to have Craig Walker with us today. He's a great man of God. We met a number of years ago and you meet someone and you think like you've known him all your life. And Craig Walker is double Scottish — the name Craig is Scottish and so is Walker. So he's got to be a good guy. He's got to be a good fellow with a name like this. Craig, I am delighted to have you with me today. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Craig Walker:Man, it's a pleasure to be back with you, Philip. Love you, love the ministry you're doing. And man, it's true religion and undefiled — that's what the Bible says. What people are listening to is true religion and undefiled. It is the mission of the church.
Defining the True Purpose of the Church
Philip:And what we're talking about — you've just written a book called Mystery Church. And as you've just said, what we do is pure religion, undefiled, because most people don't understand that. But the truth of the matter is most people don't understand what the church is.
Craig Walker:Yes. We get confused by the brick and mortar and what we see with our eyes about what Christ wants to build — his church. It's referred to as a mystery. Christ in his church, it's a mystery church. It's an enigma. And if you ask most people what is a church, how do you describe a church, our cultural understanding of a church — their answer would probably be a house of worship, maybe a community of faith. And yes, it is those things and they're important, but it's also to be a strategic stronghold to advance the kingdom of Christ in the earth, with the mission of going into all the world, preaching the gospel, making disciples and baptizing people in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
God's Dominion Mandate from Genesis to Revelation
Philip:Absolutely. So it's not a building. I dare say that if you were to ask most people about what the church is, they wouldn't go as deep as you just went. Most folk would say, oh, it's where I go on Sunday morning. Absolutely. And to them, it is a house of worship. And to them, it is a community of faith. But we've lost the primary objective — the church is to enforce God's dominion mandate in the earth, to advance the kingdom of God.
Craig Walker:And all through scripture from Genesis through Revelation, God has had a mandate for man to infect the culture. Genesis 1:28 begins with, be fruitful and multiply and take dominion, subdue the earth. You be the subduer, not the culture subduing you — you subdue the earth. Jesus, when he was leaving this earth to return to the Father, he didn't say, go build a church. He said, go into all the world and preach the gospel. It was the after-effects that built the church and created the church. But when Jesus left his disciples, his vision was to get this message out.
Philip:And sadly, Craig, most people don't realize that less and less people are hearing about Jesus all the time because the world population is growing and we are not going.
Craig Walker:We're not going because we have bought into this temporal mindset of how to cope. And if you listen to a lot of messages in a lot of churches — and all churches aren't built the same — most churches, I'm ashamed to say in the West, are gonna tell you how to cope, how to have a successful life. And all the focus is down here. But I want to challenge the viewers today, get an eternal view. You know, we talk about pensions, IRAs, 403Bs. You can see a million articles online right now about those things. But what are we doing to invest in eternity? That's forever and ever and ever and ever.
Western Church's Temporal vs. Eternal Mindset
Philip:And the only time we get to invest is right now, in this breath of life we call our earthly life down here. I'm 70. I've just had my 70th birthday and it shocked me to my core. When 70 hit me, I thought, oh my Lord. And eternity came into focus much clearer. And the truth of the matter is that we spend all of our time — we spend more time getting our cars through car washes than we do thinking and caring and being burdened for the lost. And the only thing we're gonna be able to take with us — and your 70 years, whatever's left of it — is going to determine your reward in heaven. What your eternity, forever and ever, looks like.
Craig Walker:Yes. Some people are just trying to get there. That's the only vision they have for eternity. If I can just get there, just get there.
Philip:That's not the plan.
Craig Walker:And it's so self-centered. If I can just get there — what if I can go not with empty hands, but I can go, and when Jesus walks into that marriage supper of the Lamb, somebody taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and they say, thank you, I'm here. I'm here because of you. You came to Moldova. I'm here because of you, Philip. What joy is that going to be when we were not there empty-handed. We invested in eternity.
Investing in Eternity Over Earthly Comfort
Philip:Last Sunday I was in the pastor's office before I spoke, and my phone dinged. And up came a picture of a beautiful girl called Angela. We found her as a little girl and she's been with us for years. She graduated from school and she just got married. As I was sitting in the pastor's office, the picture of the wedding started coming to me on my phone. And her husband is a pastor and they're about to take a church. And I'm sitting talking to the pastor about stuff and I'm watching this picture come up on my phone of this girl who's had a whole life and destiny change. She never would have met a man of God, never would have been a pastor's wife. Never, never, never, never. And that is the eternal perspective that we miss in the church.
Craig Walker:And you know what? We sell that out for a retirement, a Prius in the driveway. We spend our life so cheaply when we live it for this life, because all this goes away. You take nothing with you, nothing except eternal souls. But if we would say, man, I'm gonna live for eternity — everybody listening to my voice, you are going to live forever and ever in one of two destinations. And you definitely want to choose heaven. However, you just don't wanna get to heaven having done nothing for Christ. Just barely making it in. There's so much you could do now to invest. You talk about compound interest — think about 10,000 years, 20,000 years, 30,000 years of compounded blessing and reward because you put into the kingdom. How can you do that? A dollar a day. A dollar a day instead of Starbucks. Eight bucks for a cup of coffee.
Philip:That's so true. How do you do it? You change your mindset.
Craig Walker:But we've become settlers instead of pilgrims. And that's what Christ wants to turn us back to. Jesus described the last day, the judgment. And this isn't Paul writing from theory, or Peter or John. This is Jesus describing what's gonna happen. And you will go before the throne and you'll say, I've done this in your name, and I've done that in your name. And Jesus will say, I don't know you. I was hungry and you never fed me. I was naked and you never clothed me. I was in prison and you never visited me. When — oh, what do you mean? When you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.
Philip:Now that's — we talk about grace and we're just gonna get there. And Jesus is gonna say — that's him describing how the end days will be. That's him explaining. He's not prophesying. He's telling you how he's gonna hold court.
Craig Walker:And the church has been so caught up in grace. Oh, he loves us and we'll make it. I'm gonna make it to heaven by myself. If I can just get there, I don't want that mansion, just give me a cabin in the corner of glory land. And Jesus thinking, you have no clue what's coming your direction. What have you done? Who have you told? And you do this — this is a crazy thing — apart from pastoring a church, tell these folks the crazy stuff you are up to in Uganda and all over Africa.
5 Million Souls Reached Across 22 African Nations
Craig Walker:Yeah. So, you know, when we get an eternal perspective and we get back to the mission of the church, the little boy's lunch can feed a multitude. Absolutely. And so at Upward Church, we've now reached over 5 million people for Christ in the last 10 years. And we're in 22 nations in Africa. I just got back from Uganda. I met with 4,200 leaders that have at least 15 churches under them. Most have thousands of churches under them. The gospel is spreading because I can tell you something about the African church, Philip — they're on mission. They wouldn't describe themselves as a house of worship, a community of faith. They would describe themselves as a soul-winning machine. And I've seen the passion. And so we just come alongside of them and support them.
Craig Walker:And let me tell you something about America. We live in the land of milk and honey. I get weary from people that resent the fact that we fund missions and we fund orphanages and we fund wells. Listen, that is our birthright. We live in the land of plenty. It's a privilege. It's a great privilege for us to fund the gospel. And if we would get back to it, we would never have to ask for another offering if the church would simply get back to the mission.
Christ Seated at the Father's Right Hand — Psalm 110
Craig Walker:When Jesus ascended to heaven, he did three things right away. One, he went into the holy place not made with hands, and he sprinkled his blood on the altar and removed sin for all time. That's the grace you're talking about. Praise God for his grace, can't say enough about it. But he also did two other things when he got there. The victor over death, hell and the grave — you would expect the Father to say, go back and mop up. But he didn't say that. He said, sit at my right hand. Psalm 110 saw it. The Psalms saw what was going to happen. In Mark 16, which you just talked about, when he ascended to heaven — listen to what it says.
Craig Walker:When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them — the Great Commission — he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God's right hand. And the disciples went everywhere and preached. And the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs. So when Jesus ascends to heaven, the Lord remarkably says, son, sit in the lazy boy. Well, how are we going to accomplish your mandate, Lord? I'm going to extend my scepter. Psalm 110:2, through Zion, which is the church of the firstborn written in heaven — that's what Hebrews tells us. And the scepter is his rule and reign.
Craig Walker:So he is saying, I tried to let Adam and Eve take dominion, but they failed. I chose Israel, but they failed. I sent my own Son. He did not fail. Hallelujah. He opened a scroll and he said, the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to set the prisoner free, to cast out the devils, to heal the sick. And he dropped the mic and he rolled up the scroll. And the Bible says that all of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily. He was all of the church. The church was in him. But when he ascended on high, the Lord says, sit down, son. I'm going to do it through the church, your people.
Craig Walker:And that's what they did in Mark 16. The disciples went out and started extending his scepter in the earth and saying, there's a new sheriff in town. Hallelujah. And his name is Jesus. Hallelujah. And that's the church that God wants to build according to his divine blueprint. Not some mamby-pamby social club that we're all learning how to cope with life and de-stress our lives and have more happiness down here.
Philip:When you talk, you clarify. You make it so clear that we're missing the mark. The difference between the African church and the American church — we have so many layers of varnish, you know, we've painted it over and painted it over and it's layers and layers and layers of comfort and blessing and this teaching and that teaching. When you're in Africa and you're starving and you're asking God for a tarpaulin and some rice to get by — that's the difference. We become so at ease in Zion. We are so comfortable in our own blessing that the world needs to hear about Jesus and we are not telling them.
Philip:This book — let me push your book because this is important. This book, Mystery Church, is available from Amazon. You can go to Amazon right now and buy this book. It's a divine blueprint given for a New Testament church. You need to get a copy of this book. You need to buy a copy for your pastor and say, listen, read this, pastor, and think about what this man's written down. And of course, Upward Church is in Pensacola. I just feel the Holy Ghost all over this. As you're talking to me, the Lord knows I'm doing all I can, but I still can do more.
Fivefold Ministry Gifts and the Church's Blueprint
Craig Walker:You know, the third thing Jesus did when he went to heaven is that the Bible says when he ascended on high — Ephesians 4 — he gave gifts to men. The fivefold ministry gifts. The Bible talks about all of us have been given a gift for the common good. Why did he give those gifts? He gave those gifts because this is his blueprint. This is how his church — a group of ragtag disciples — man, they came out of that amazing Pentecost experience and they turned the world upside down. No cars, no planes. Donkeys and walking. And they walked the world with the kingdom of God.
Philip:Oh, Craig, hallelujah. We gotta do this again. I just think we're just getting started. Upward Church in Pensacola, Florida — if you are anywhere near there, go and see him. I want you to take his website down and check out what this man is doing for missions. It is mind-blowing. He needs your support to send him, to build more churches, to establish more outreaches. Craig, thank you so much for being with me. I appreciate you so deeply. And I just feel led to — I'm gonna send a thousand dollars to your ministry to help you continue. We love you. Thank you for watching us today. We'll see you again. Bye-bye.
For over 25 years, the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova — from providing running water, flushing toilets and clean wells, to coal for heat, new windows, as well as food and clothing. They champion the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons. And in the process, orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus. God help the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness. Now no longer orphans, they wanna return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ. The Orphan's Hands equips these daughters and sons to become missionaries. Your monthly gift of $31 will allow us to rescue and take in more girls and boys, saving them from the hell of human trafficking. Your monthly partnership will allow us to care for those in the Orphan's Hands homes in Moldova and Ukraine. If you want to join Philip and Chrissy in taking care of these precious young people, please contact us today by calling 833-Daily Faith. You can also give by going online to www.dailyfaith.tv or by writing to PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. So many lives depend on what we do. Thank you for loving the lost.
Common questions
What does Craig Walker say the church is actually supposed to be — beyond just a place of worship?
Walker says the church is meant to be a strategic stronghold to advance the kingdom of Christ in the earth, not just a house of worship or a community of faith. Its primary mission is to go into all the world, preach the gospel, make disciples, and baptize people — enforcing God's dominion mandate in the earth.
Why does Craig Walker think so many Western churches are failing at their mission?
Walker argues that Western churches have bought into a temporal, self-centered mindset — focused on teaching people how to cope with life and achieve personal success rather than investing in eternity. He says the church has become a 'social club' of settlers rather than pilgrims on mission for Christ.
How does Craig Walker describe the difference between the African church and the American church?
Walker says the African church is on mission — its members would describe themselves as a 'soul-winning machine,' not a house of worship. He contrasts that with the comfort-driven American church, and points to his work in Uganda where he met with 4,200 leaders, each overseeing at least 15 churches, as evidence of that passion.
What has Craig Walker's ministry actually accomplished in Africa, and how?
Over the last 10 years, Upward Church has reached over 5 million people for Christ and is now operating in 22 nations in Africa. Walker says they work by coming alongside existing African church leaders — supporting and resourcing them rather than building from scratch.
What does Craig Walker mean when he talks about 'investing in eternity' instead of just getting to heaven?
Walker challenges the idea of simply trying to 'just get to heaven' as self-centered and small. He says believers will one day stand before Christ and be asked what they did for the hungry, the naked, and the imprisoned — and he wants people to arrive in eternity with souls they helped save, describing it as compound interest that pays dividends for 10,000 years and beyond.
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