A3 (formerly Asian Access)

A3 (formerly Asian Access) is a global leader network that changes the few who change the many. We nurture intentional learning communities to build and sustain Christ's leaders around the world. VISION: A vibrant community accelerating Christ-centered movements around the world. MISSION: We equip and unify visionary Christ-centered leaders to influence Spirit-led change. A3 NETWORKS: We foster purposeful networks with high-impact leaders to face their unique challenges... together. A3 LEADERS are carrying the opportunity to reach many people in their local communities with the transforming message of Jesus Christ. They are positioned and poised to grow alongside other leaders with shared purpose. A3 PROCESS is centered around the belief that a Spirit-led community can change the culture of an entire nation—virtually anything—toward Christ's purposes. We give leaders a structure to connect and sustain each other, accelerate their own ministries, and expand the love of Jesus throughout their communities. A3 COMMUNITY: The relationships that develop in the context of this experience provide a network for ongoing collaboration, friendship, and growth long after the cohort graduates.

VISION: "To see a vibrant community of servant leaders with vision, character and competence leading

Goal One: Expand throughout Asia and beyond—the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America, Central America, and possibly North America.

Goal Two: Develop a digital platform that extends Asian Access' leader development content into the global leader ecosystem through a collaborative and secure online environment.

Goal Three: Redesign our Asian Access leader development program to reach successive generations of younger leaders.

Leader development trainings into which we have recently invested: (1) EQ: Developing Emotional Intelligence: Our team attended the TalentSmart EQ Workshop to raise awareness of our own blind spots, communicate more effectively, promote healthier relationships and thrive in life. (2) Quantum Leadership: This training provided our team with executive coaching, leadership training, and culture development. Quantum focused on principles of conscious leadership, helping our leaders transcend their fears and egos to operate from a place of love and vision. (3) GACX (Global Alliance for Church Multiplication) Our Church Multiplication Task Force and selected A2 alumni participated in the GACX Forum 2020. GACX facilitates the collaboration needed to realize one healthy, multiplying church for every 1000 people everywhere. We saw diverse parts of Christ's body come together for a shared objective. (4) Spiritual Retreats: We held national spiritual retreats for several of our Asian countries.

Well before the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Access had embarked on a major effort to enhance and expand our online reach through the development of a secure online platform. While this platform is still in process, our focus had already begun to shift to how we could virtually deliver both our existing content and launch Asian Access in new countries. When the world went on lockdown, we immediately transitioned to virtual delivery. On the rare occasions when in-person programming was possible (e.g., in Cambodia and Vietnam), we relied on local, indigenous faculty, who in 2018 had gone through our first-ever faculty-training process. (Utilizing indigenous leaders as primary faculty is a model we intend to continue even when the pandemic restrictions begin to ease.) Given the current situation (as of August 2021, most of Asia is still on severe pandemic lockdown), we continue to provide training virtually, through platforms like Zoom. While nothing can replace the value of in-person, our virtual programs provide a needed bridge while we all hope and pray for the scourge of COVID-19 to recede. Pandemic restrictions notwithstanding, we have gone ahead and opened Asian Access programs in two new countries using the digital platform (we call them “soft launches”). We are also presently exploring new Asian Access programs with 10+ new nations as well as considering regional entry points in the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America. One of the more encouraging indicators of the fruit being produced by our programs is the rapid growth of house or micro churches in Asia. Several of the countries we serve have deployed digital strategies, flowing out of their learning from Asian Access, to foster church multiplication in ways we haven’t seen develop previously. For example, a church in the Philippines has grown over 140 small house churches during the pandemic, creating a whole new church-growth paradigm for them and potentially for others.