GSM Founded
GSM began through the prayer and dedication of missionaries Sun Kyu Hwang and Bu Hee Hwang.
GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION선한목자선교회CALLED TOGETHER / SENT TOGETHER
A lifelong 1:1 mission partnership connecting
the frontline and backline through prayer and love
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” MARK 16:15
Called Together, Sent Together
Join us in Seoul, Daegu, or Busan
to hear mission stories, pray together,
and share fellowship.
We do more than send financial support
Good Shepherd Mission connects frontline missionaries with backline missionaries, churches, and believers in lifelong 1:1 partnership. Beyond a single gift, we build relationships of prayer, encouragement, and love.
Discover the GSM story ↓Global mission that began with a small act of obedience
GSM began through the prayer and dedication of missionaries Sun Kyu Hwang and Bu Hee Hwang.
Six frontline missionaries and eleven backline missionaries began walking together in 1:1 partnership.
We serve the gospel alongside 1,020 missionaries in 114 countries.

FOUNDER LEGACY
GSM’s 1:1 mission partnership began with the conviction that “one partner embraces one missionary for life.”
The spirit of love and dedication left by Missionary Sun Kyu Hwang continues today in GSM’s ministry connecting the frontline and backline.

“We hope frontline and backline missionaries will pray for one another, encourage one another, share love, and move together toward the completion of world mission.”
GSM serves as a bridge, connecting missionaries who proclaim the gospel among the nations with lifelong partners. Through the World Mission Conference, Mission Support Nights, and monthly intercession gatherings, the frontline and backline become one in mission.
GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION
See how one person strengthens one missionary, and how one missionary can help transform a nation through lifelong 1:1 partnership.
Watch Full Screen ▶The full high-definition film opens in GSM’s dedicated viewing page.GSM 1:1 MISSION PARTNERSHIP
Four principles that connect the frontline and backline through prayer and love
Frontline missionaries and backline missionaries partner faithfully through prayer, love, and financial support.
Every pledged gift is delivered to the missionary in full at the beginning of each month.
GSM staff and self-supported itinerant missionaries serve global mission at their own expense.
On the second Thursday of every month, partners around the world gather to pray for the mission field.
Serving the nations through the gospel
We sow the seed of the gospel and equip local disciples and leaders.
We strengthen healthy churches and help local communities grow toward self-reliance.
We serve practical field needs through medical care, education, and relief.
Connecting the frontline and backline through prayer and love
Pray, support, and walk together
With US $100 per month, faithfully support one missionary’s ministry and life while praying together.
View Application ↗Join the global intercession gathering on the second Thursday of each month and pray for needs from the field.
Ask about Prayer →Prepare to serve within GSM’s principles of lifelong 1:1 partnership with a backline missionary.
Mission Support Application ↗Review each document and open it in Google Drive.
Faithfully connecting the love entrusted to us
GSM clearly explains how support is delivered and how partnership works, building relationships missionaries and supporters can trust for years.
GSM's principle is to deliver the full amount pledged to each missionary directly to the mission field.
Support is sent faithfully at the beginning of every month so missionaries can serve with greater stability.
GSM staff, regional directors, and itinerant missionaries serve global mission at their own expense.
Frontline and backline missionaries share names and prayer needs, building a faithful relationship beyond a one-time gift.
Contact GSM by email to learn the purpose and process of 1:1 partnership.
Through prayer, one frontline missionary is connected with one backline missionary.
A pledged gift of US $100 per month is delivered faithfully to the mission field.
Remember your missionary by name and stay connected through prayer and GSM field updates.
Once registration is complete, a secure online giving button will be connected. Until then, GSM will guide you by email through 1:1 partnership and giving.
Frequently Asked Questions
GSM’s principle is to deliver the full amount pledged to each missionary at the beginning of every month.
A secure online giving option will be added after Zeffy registration is complete. Until then, GSM will guide you by email.
Remember your missionary by name, pray faithfully, join monthly intercession, and stay connected through GSM field updates.
The mission journey connecting frontline and backline
This is the story of GSM’s 1:1 mission partnership and the people God has connected. Read the complete Korean manuscript or the English summary directly on the website.
Read full screen or download the PDF.
Reflections connecting Scripture and the mission field
Mission is not only the work of a few people far away. It is one person’s prayer and love sustaining the life of one missionary.
What a frontline missionary needs most is more than one-time assistance. They need someone who will weep, pray, and walk faithfully with them for years. A backline missionary is not merely a donor, but a fellow worker who shares in the fruit of the gospel.
GSM’s 1:1 partnership connects people personally. When we remember one another by name, share prayer requests, and walk through both joy and hardship together, mission becomes sustainable through relationship.
Missionary Kyoung Sik Kim · GSM International DirectorThe church is a community called together out of the world and, at the same time, sent together back into the world.
Being called together and sent together are not two separate movements. Jesus called His disciples into community, sanctified them in truth, and sent them together into the world.
We are sent to reveal the love of Jesus in our homes, workplaces, neighborhoods, and among the nations. Mission is lived out every day.
Missionary Kyoung Sik Kim · GSM International DirectorPrayer reaches places we cannot go and guards the path of missionaries even when we are unaware of their need.
The needs of the mission field cannot be met by finances alone. Missionaries need ongoing intercession for courage, health, family peace, and trust with local communities.
On the second Thursday of every month, GSM’s global intercession gathering unites the frontline and backline in prayer.
Missionary Kyoung Sik Kim · GSM International DirectorMission is not only the story of those who travel far away. Some go, while others pray, support, and walk with them. Through the biblical meaning of sending, we reflect on GSM’s 1:1 mission partnership.
Read More →The church is distinct from the world without withdrawing from it. Holding truth and love together, we are called to reveal God’s kingdom in the midst of the world.
Read More →Hear directly from missionaries in the field
Stories of ministry shared by frontline missionaries. Each card opens its individual Google Drive video in a new tab.
Experience GSM’s ministry through photographs
World Mission Conferences, regional Mission Nights, and mission field photographs are organized by year. Each item opens its Google Drive photo folder in a new tab.
RECENT FIELD PHOTOS

Seattle, Washington

North Africa Mission Conference photos

Balkan Mission Conference photos

Africa mission field photos

East Malaysia short-term mission photos
World Mission Conference photo archive

World Mission Conference photo archive
Family retreat photo archive

Conference videos and photos

Mission Night event photos

Mission Night event photos

Mission Night event photos

World Mission Conference photo archive

Middle East Mission Conference
Cambodia short-term mission photos

Mission Night event photos

Mission Night event photos

Mission Night event photos
Latin America mission field photos

Regional event photo collection

European mission field archive
Europe mission field photos

World Mission Conference photo archive
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FROM GSM FACEBOOK
Real moments of mission and partnership shared on GSM’s official Facebook page.
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