Apostolic ministry is not only about planting churches—it’s about sending people. True apostles don’t hold back the anointing. They multiply it. They raise sons and daughters who carry the same vision, the same spirit, and the same message. This has been the pattern of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills from the very beginning.
He has never built to keep. He has built to send. From the earliest days of ministry, he has believed in raising others to do the work. He has trained pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and shepherds—not to sit and admire, but to go and serve. That’s apostolic. Apostles are fathers who send their sons into the harvest field, knowing that the Gospel must go further and faster than one man alone can carry it.
Raising Sons Through Teaching and Training
Bishop Dag doesn’t send people out without preparation. He trains them thoroughly. His books, conferences, camps, and Bible schools are all part of a system designed to form ministers from the inside out. He doesn’t just teach skills—he imparts values. He shapes hearts. He corrects motives. He teaches faithfulness, humility, sacrifice, and loyalty—not as ideals, but as requirements for ministry.
The sons he sends carry more than knowledge. They carry the spirit of their father. They preach with boldness. They build with structure. They serve with love. And they reproduce what they’ve received. That’s the power of apostolic sending. It’s not about delegation—it’s about reproduction.
A Global Movement of Sent Ones
The UD-OLGC family of churches did not spread by accident. It spread because Bishop Dag kept sending. He sent people to unfamiliar places. To difficult towns. To nations that others overlooked. And every time he sent, he supported. He encouraged. He covered. That’s the difference between an apostolic movement and a mere expansion.
Today, there are churches in nations Bishop Dag has never lived in, but the spirit of his ministry lives there. That’s because he sent sons. He trusted them. He empowered them. And they went—not in their own strength, but in the grace they had received through submission and training.
Apostles don’t just speak vision. They send vessels.
The Joy of Seeing Sons Become Fathers
One of the greatest testimonies of Bishop Dag’s apostolic ministry is watching his sons become fathers in their own right. Many of the pastors he trained are now overseeing churches, planting new ones, raising their own leaders, and continuing the pattern. That’s how apostolic ministry multiplies.
He hasn’t raised followers—he has raised leaders. And because he sent them early, taught them well, and covered them consistently, they have grown into trusted, tested ministers. They are not hirelings. They are sons. And now, they are raising others.
This is the pattern of Christ, and Bishop Dag has followed it with faithfulness.
A Movement That Will Not Stop
The strength of Bishop Dag’s apostolic ministry is not just in what he has built—it’s in who he has sent. The sons he has released are the proof of the call. They carry the message. They spread the mission. And they embody the values that have defined his life.
He will keep sending. Because as long as there are souls to reach and churches to plant, the call remains. Apostolic ministry does not stop at success—it presses on until the whole world hears.
And Bishop Dag Heward-Mills will continue to send, to train, and to raise up sons who will do the same.
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