A recent Joshua Campaign night gathering seen from the stage
One clear Gospel. One shared mission.

Reach the unreached.

For more than two decades, Joshua Campaign has carried the message of Jesus into communities across Ethiopia and Africa—working with local churches so people can hear, respond and belong.

Joshua Campaign Ethiopia · Sweden office

The work on the ground

Gospel proclamation that leads somewhere.

Jesus Christ remains at the center. Campaigns are prepared with local pastors, followed by discipleship, and connected to the long work of healthy local churches.

01

Mass evangelism

Five-day campaigns proclaim Jesus as Lord. Local congregations prepare, host and follow up with those who respond.

02

Church planting

Ethiopian leaders establish congregations where the Gospel has not had a strong presence, building local capacity beyond a single event.

03

Pioneer mission

Mission aviation and field teams extend access to remote communities, with practical help where roads cannot.

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A vast daytime Joshua Campaign gathering in Ethiopia
“The mission is to take the Gospel to the most remote places on earth.”
Joshua Campaign vision
Karl Härgestam and members of the early mission team beside a Heli-Mission helicopter

About Joshua Campaign

From pioneer aviation to a field-led movement.

Karl and Jennifer Härgestam founded Joshua Campaign in Ethiopia in 1997. The ministry now has offices in Ethiopia, Sweden and California. Since then the work has recorded 4.2 million decisions, while about 3.37 billion people remain unreached.

1997Founded in Ethiopia
4.2 millionDecisions recorded
3.37 billionPeople still unreached

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Per and Abbi Åkvist together in Ethiopia
Leading Joshua Campaign since 2007

Abbi & Per Åkvist

Abbi and Per Åkvist lead Joshua Campaign Ethiopia and the Sweden office. Karl Härgestam, who founded the ministry with Jennifer Härgestam in 1997, serves as Global Missions Director for the Pentecostal Church of God.

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Powered by One Chance

Distinct identity. Shared assignment.

One Chance Global Missions logo

Joshua Campaign keeps its own story, leadership and field identity while standing in clear alignment with the One Chance conviction: give every person one chance to hear the Gospel. Operation 326 puts that conviction to work by identifying frontier gaps and helping prayer, pioneers and resources move toward them.

The connections shown here are shared mission and public ministry relationships. They do not imply that these distinct ministries are legally controlled by Joshua Campaign.

JC

Joshua Campaign

Proclaims Jesus through campaigns, mobilizes local churches and helps establish lasting Gospel witness in Ethiopia and beyond.

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1C

One Chance

Articulates the shared global conviction and invites pioneers, churches and supporters into the assignment.

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OC

OCFEP

One Chance for Every Person provides the public ministry home for frontier research and mobilization. Karl serves as president of its board.

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326

Operation 326

OCFEP’s frontier initiative researches people groups reported to have no known Christian witness so prayer, pioneers and resources can move toward the gaps.

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M1

Mission One Eleven

A twelve-week train-and-deploy pathway that raises a new generation of missionaries for practical engagement among unreached peoples, with mobilization hosted through OCFEP.

OCFEP
PCG

PCG Global Missions

Provides a wider global church family and mission context—one mission and one movement, serving until the whole world hears.

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The Joshua Campaign way

Keep the roots. Strengthen the reach.

Three commitments shape the work: proclaim Jesus through mass evangelism, mobilize local churches, and build mission networks. The scripture and the longer account live with the mission.

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News, contact and giving.

Follow the work from Ethiopia, pray with the team and help local churches carry the Gospel farther.

Monthly field news

Per Åkvist writes about once a month with news from Ethiopia, journeys across Africa and other parts of the world, and practical ways to pray. The signup form is hosted on the Swedish ministry site.

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Contact the team

Joshua Campaign has offices in Ethiopia, Sweden and California. For ministry questions, campaign partnership or giving support, contact the team by email.

info@joshuacampaign.com

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Stand with campaigns, church planting and pioneer mission. Swedish account details, monthly support and PayPal are on the Give page.

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Your part in the assignment

Pray. Go. Give.

Stand with Joshua Campaign as local churches prepare new campaigns, pioneer leaders carry the Gospel forward, and unreached communities receive a clear chance to hear.