About Apostolate of the King

What if being a disciple of Jesus meant always being ready to go?

Maybe that means crossing an ocean to help establish a church.

Maybe it means strengthening a congregation that's struggling.

Or maybe the mission field is much closer—your own neighborhood, city, or community.

For the Apostolate of the King, following Jesus isn't meant to become passive.

It's a calling that sends you somewhere.

The Apostolate of the King is a global Anglican community of missionary disciples devoted to loving God, serving Christ's Church, and discipling the nations with the Gospel.

Its vision is simple:

On Earth as in Heaven.

It Started With One Church

The story began more than two decades ago in Benissa, Spain.

Founder Josep Rosselló had a vision for an Anglican church that would be evangelical in its faith while remaining sacramental and open to the work of the Holy Spirit.

What began as a local church-planting vision didn't remain local for very long.

Opportunities opened in other nations.

The ministry began serving in places such as Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Chile, and Colombia. New churches were planted while existing congregations received support as they worked toward becoming stronger and healthier.

Over time, the original vision developed into something broader:

A dispersed community of missionary disciples.

Disciples Are Sent

The Apostolate uses an important word to describe its members:

Disciples of the King.

The King is Jesus Christ.

And if Jesus is King, the ministry believes following Him naturally involves participating in His mission.

That doesn't mean every Christian has to become a traditional overseas missionary.

Mission can happen across the globe.

It can also happen across the street.

The important thing is developing a posture that says, "I'm available."

Wherever Christ sends His people, they go as His representatives.

Starting Churches That Can Become Healthy

Church planting remains central to that mission.

But the Apostolate isn't interested in planting congregations that remain permanently dependent on outside leadership.

Its projects can begin very small.

In Europe and South America, for example, church-planting efforts may start with micro-churches. Those small communities are then given room to develop into stronger congregations that can eventually sustain themselves.

The ministry also works across denominational boundaries where appropriate.

The goal isn't simply starting more meetings.

It's helping healthy churches take root.

Churches where people worship Christ.

Where disciples mature.

Where new leaders emerge.

And where the congregation eventually becomes capable of participating in the mission itself.

Strengthening Churches That Already Exist

Sometimes the church is already there.

It simply needs help becoming healthier.

That's why the Apostolate's mission includes strengthening existing congregations alongside planting new ones.

Missionary disciples can come alongside churches as they develop leadership and deepen discipleship.

That reflects an important part of the ministry's identity.

Church planting and church strengthening aren't competing missions.

Both serve the same larger purpose:

Helping Christ's Church faithfully represent His Kingdom wherever God has placed it.

Forming Missionary Disciples

Before Christians can make disciples, they have to learn how to live as disciples themselves.

The Apostolate takes that formation seriously.

Training initiatives in places such as Liberia and South Asia combine Christian teaching with intentional community and practical experience.

Students aren't simply collecting theological information.

They're preparing to live out the Great Commission within their own context.

The Apostolate also describes a shared Way of Life that helps give its dispersed community a common spiritual identity.

People may live in different countries.

Their mission still comes from the same King.

Taking Mission Into New Places

Not every frontier is geographic.

Sometimes it's digital.

Through its work surrounding the new evangelization of Europe, the Apostolate treats the internet as a genuine mission field.

Digital engagement can introduce people to the Gospel while helping connect them with discipleship and emerging Christian communities.

At the same time, publishing efforts help form another generation of missionary disciples through Christian literature.

Different tools.

Same mission.

Help people know Christ and become His disciples.

Until Christ Returns

The Apostolate describes its mission as one that continues until Christ returns.

That gives church planting a much larger purpose.

A congregation isn't planted simply so another church can appear on a map.

It's meant to become a visible community of people living under the reign of Christ.

Those people become disciples.

Disciples become missionaries.

And eventually, some of them help establish or strengthen churches somewhere else.

That's how a local congregation can become part of a global mission.

At the heart of the Apostolate of the King is the conviction that following Jesus means being ready to be sent. By forming missionary disciples, planting healthy churches, strengthening existing congregations, and serving across cultures, the community seeks to make the Kingdom of Christ visible on earth—one disciple and one local church at a time.