In 1989 the central base of Horizons Spain was established in San Roque, Cádiz, in a former army barracks.

Our objective is to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone, making available to them the blessing that God offers through a relationship with his son Jesus Christ.

The goals of Horizons in Spain are basically the same as those of World Horizons. We seek to bring Spaniards to Christ and see them become his disciples, and also to support and help the Evangelical churches in Spain to organise their resources and reach their own nation and other nations for Christ.

One of the basic principles of Horizons is to always work together with the Spanish church in everything we do, wherever possible. We do not seek to act independently.

The “World Horizons” mission movement began with the prayers of one man, Rowland Evans, in Wales, United Kingdom, in the 1970s. His aim was to help the British evangelical churches to take a more active part in world missions. We have always known that these roots were nourished by the prayers for world evangelisation prayed during the Welsh revival of 1904. Llanelli, the home of World Horizons today, was the centre of this revival.

Motivated by a desire to see British believers active in world evangelisation, Rowland Evans, the founder of the mission, dedicated himself to pray together with a group of young people.
It is difficult to put an exact date on the start of World Horizons, it never had an “official” beginning, nor did it have a name until later on. It simply started to work as an extension of that group of praying young people.

Rowland began to work on spreading his ideas, and started taking small groups on short-term experiences in neighbouring countries. These people, one after another, began to feel a desire to join together with him in the work. Soon the first workers were being sent into France and North Africa, and a permanent base was established for the work in Britain.

Although it started as a British mission, with the aim of placing believers in active ministry on the frontlines of world evangelisation, in time it expanded to include other nations, and teams were formed in other parts of the world.

Today World Horizons has more than (…) people from all over the world working in more than (…) countries. People who share the same vision and the same prayer to see believers placed on the frontlines of the unreached world for Christ. (Something that started in the crowded sitting room of a terraced house in Wales is now an organisation of more than (…) full-time workers, and is getting more and more multinational and multiethnic.)

World Horizons has a wide range of ministries from European cities to deserts and jungles. We work together with local and national churches, believers and ministries wherever possible.

The history of World Horizons is not one of an explosion of activity, nor the sudden apparition of a large organisation, but the gradual growth of a movement and a vision. And so it will continue, as long as men and women from different nationalities seek to express their calling to take Jesus Christ to the nations, and involve others with them in this task. This is the essence and the heart of the work, and the central focus of World Horizons. Its history is that of people with a commitment to serve God in bringing about his desire to see Jesus Christ glorified among the least evangelised nations on earth. Those who find their satisfaction in this very thing, giving expression to the heart of God for a lost world, will write its future history.

World Horizons is a pioneering, prayer-based, prophetic multinational mission movement. It is made up of individuals, families and churches distributed over more than 30 countries across the world.
A movement. World Horizons is primarily a network of people, joined by relationship and common goals, rather than an organisations or rigid structure.
Mission. We exist because over half the world still has not heard about Jesus in a way that they can relate to. Our aim is to share the gospel with these people and make disciples of all nations.
Multinational. Despite having British roots, today Horizons is made up of people from every continent.
Prophetic. Our movement is based on hearing from God rather than on following human strategies.

To the Top

1. To inform and challenge the Iberian-American churches to get involved in the work of mission, in prayer and with financial and human resources.

2. To introduce missionaries into an effective cross-cultural ministry, preparing them for the process of adaptation on the field.

3. To offer spiritual assistance to missionaries, coordinate and supervise their activities and build a mutual support network, assuring that they perform their ministries well.

4. To open new churches and promote the development of established works, cooperating with existing ministries.

5. To promote good relations between national churches and missionaries, maximising the growth and expansion of both.

1. To set up agreements with national churches, their governing bodies and agencies in Europe, in order to receive candidates, giving them cross-cultural preparation and training.

2. To extend contacts with Latin American churches, establishing agreements for receiving missionaries.

3. To establish strategic World Horizons points within the European Union where specific training which is suited to the calling of each candidate can be offered.