Mission’s Convention with Greg Mundis

Special Guest Missionary Greg Mundis.

Six years ago, it seemed unlikely Gregory M. Mundis would complete his third four-year term as Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM) executive director. During March 2020, as the first patient with COVID-19 in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital, Mundis nearly died three times. He spent 60 days in four hospitals and underwent an additional seven weeks in outpatient rehabilitation. Yet while immobilized in a hospital bed, Mundis recalled the words of Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord … will rejoice over you with singing.” Mundis attributes his full recovery to the grace of God and prayers from thousands of people. Now 72, he retired at the end of September. John L. Easter was elected as new AGWM leader during General Council.

As the Executive Director of the Assemblies of God Missions Department, Mundis presided over a missionary force of 2,640 across 252 nations, territories and provinces. Throughout his tenure, Mundis placed a strong emphasis on unreached people groups, establishing indigenous churches, upgrading global worker training, and restructuring for a more effective and efficient organization. Under Mundis, AGWM also has strengthened relationships with national Pentecostal fellowships around the world. Thus, when the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, pastors and laypeople in Poland drove vehicles to the Ukrainian border, collected displaced citizens, and housed them in churches. Likewise, AGWM’s partner in Germany established more than 30 congregations among Ukrainian refugees who fled into that country.