Jimmy Smith
Global Worker
Jimmy leads the Nordic-Baltic Initiative to develop transformational leaders and catalyze gospel movements.

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As leader for the Nordic-Baltic Initiative, I oversee the direction, strategy, and engagement of the Initiative and serve our missionary staff. I help ensure our Initiative is focused on catalyzing gospel movements and developing transformational leaders. In addition, I work to mobilize people, resources, and churches to engage with the Initiative. I also work to connect with national leaders and organizations to build our relationships and discover new and impactful collaborative opportunities.
Our Nordic-Baltic region includes eight countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark. As a region, we estimate that only around 2-3% of the population are followers of Christ. There is physical and spiritual darkness in this far northern region of Europe.
However, there is hope! We have faithful missionaries serving in the region and in pre-deployment. There is growth and momentum in the region. Young people are taking hold of their faith and making great strides in their generation. We are encouraging national pastors, leaders, and spouses to carry on and resourcing them with theological training and church planting & strengthening tools.
We need more workers and ministry partners! We encourage anyone with a heart for the nations to consider how God could use them in the Nordic-Baltic Initiative. Please pray for us and for the people of the Nordic-Baltic to have the opportunity to know and follow Jesus.
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Our vision is to see thriving, indigenous gospel movements of disciple-making and church planting throughout the Nordic-Baltic.
Jimmy Smith's Initiatives
Nordic-Baltic Initiative
Reaching the least-reached of the Nordic-BalticThe Nordic-Baltic region of Northern Europe comprises the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark,…

Jimmy Smith's Projects
Slavic Peoples of Estonia
About 30% of Estonia’s population is of Slavic origin, which includes Russians, Russian-speaking Estonians, Ukrainian refugees (now 5% of the…

Nordic-Baltic Development & Expansion
Our approach in the Nordic-Baltic Initiative is to build on the existing ministry foundations and expand those ministries to reach…

The Refuge Ministry Center
The Refuge Ministry Center is an apartment in downtown Tartu. Close to the university, it is uniquely located near the…

Estonian Bible Project
In Estonia, Bibles are expensive and hard to find. We aim to change that. The purpose of this project is…

South Estonia Outreach Project
The South Estonia Outreach Project connects Christian young adult leaders to outreach opportunities in the cities, villages and rural areas…
