A New Chapter: Launching Mercy Alliance
Dear Friends,
After architecting the idea of the Global Platform, I had the incredible opportunity to bring it to reality with a highly talented team of Great Commission minded people at New Generations. I have resigned my staff position as Team Leader of the Global Platform to better serve the movement community through Mercy Alliance. I will remain on the board of New Generations and fully committed to this team and its mission.
I'm now launching Mercy Alliance to accelerate collaboration, tool development, and leadership multiplication across disciple making movements globally. Alyssa Sanders is joining me as a key partner to build infrastructure and strategic initiatives.
Let me be clear: this isn't about leaving the work. New Generations has been home. This transition represents a change of platform, allowing my efforts to serve the broader ecosystem of disciple making catalysts and movement leaders while continuing in close partnership with New Generations.
Mercy Alliance exists to serve movements, not replace them.
Why Mercy Alliance? Why Now?
I've been around movements long enough to know this: movements don't fail from lack of faith. They stall from lack of alignment. And alignment, done well, accelerates everything.
Mercy Alliance will function as a strategic partner to New Generations and other like-minded networks, focusing on:
- Convening collaborative tables across organizations, movements, and regions
- Designing and stewarding practical tools for disciple making catalysts
- Building clear acceleration tracks that help movement leaders move toward higher levels of replication and sustainability
By operating alongside—not within—any single organization, we're positioned to address shared challenges that often sit between movements: alignment, innovation, leader development, and cross-network learning.
The Partnership Continues
Andy Lehmann has been incredibly supportive of this transition.
I'll continue working closely with New Generations through shared initiatives, joint projects, and aligned strategy, ensuring continuity for partners, donors, and field leaders. The relationships remain. The mission remains. The platform is simply expanding.
Part of Something Much Bigger
Mercy Alliance is an active participant in a global decentralized autonomous network committed to spreading disciple making movements everywhere. Some of the many indigenously led networks' logos appear above.
Our family of networks has seen God do remarkable things. That's not hype. That's documented reality.
Simple, Reproducible, Proven
At the heart of Mercy Alliance's work is a commitment to trust-focused disciple making and replication over addition. We champion simple, reproducible methods that empower ordinary people to make disciples who make disciples—without creating dependency on outside resources or expertise.
"Ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they simply obey Jesus," I've said many times. We've seen this play out globally. The proof is in the movements.
Kingdom-First, Not Logo-Building
Let me be honest about what Mercy Alliance is—and what it isn't.
We're not here to build our own brand. We're here to serve existing movements and catalyze new ones. If Mercy Alliance becomes known for activity rather than acceleration, it loses. We win when leaders no longer need us. Success is working ourselves out of a job.
This is about the Kingdom, not about us.
What Leaders Are Saying
Harry Brown (New Generations):
"I am excited about the impact potential of Mercy Alliance. Movements aren't mainstream yet, but the 'proof of concept' is clear, compelling, and widespread—movements are a game-changing force in completing the Great Commission. On this foundation, what we need now is acceleration and innovation that will allow movements to achieve their full potential. That is where Roy Moran and Mercy Alliance come in. Roy is an 'idea factory,' and Mercy Alliance is a delivery system to help get what is needed to everyone who is movement minded."
Aila Tasse (Lifeway Global):
"I have known Roy as a friend and co-catalyst for over 20 years. Roy was not just a friend but family—we prayed and dreamed together about catalyzing DMM. For 12 years we hosted the Global DMM Catalyst Camp together, drawing people from over 50 countries. Roy's heart for catalytic leadership, his bold and strategic thinking, and his love for new tools and digital platforms to accelerate DMM earned him the nickname 'digital grandpa.' Roy is a great value to the movement in Africa and a great blessing at Lifeway. The next season will be even greater—we are looking forward to learning more and doing more to multiply disciple making movements everywhere."
Younoussa Djao (DMM Catalyst, Field Team Leader, New Generations):
"I've known Roy since 2005, and we've worked closely together at New Generations. Roy has truly been a gift to New Generations, offering not just visionary leadership and thoughtful insight, but also a unique skill for tackling tough challenges with practical, transferable solutions. He's made a significant impact on my life and ministry—especially in Disciple Making Movements—through his wise coaching, clear strategies, and his willingness to question the status quo, encouraging leaders to think more deeply and act more wisely. Roy brings both a caring heart and a visionary spirit. He empowers people, equips teams, and constantly pushes for greater Kingdom impact—a blessing that I believe will continue to grow through his work with Mercy Alliance."
Victor John:
"Roy Moran brings a rare blend of strategic clarity, relational wisdom, and movement‑minded leadership. His ability to translate complex ideas into practical, reproducible frameworks has strengthened teams across cultures and contexts. His contribution consistently elevates both the work and the people involved."
What's Next
This season is about building what movements need next. Not another organization to manage—but a platform that serves, convenes, and accelerates what God is already doing.
Alyssa and I are committed to this vision: "We're not here to create dependency. We're here to create capacity—for leaders, for movements, for the Kingdom. That's the heart of everything we do."
I'm more than willing to see this happen if it means progress toward the completion of the Great Commission in my lifetime. And I believe Mercy Alliance can play a small but strategic role in that larger story.
Stay Connected
For ongoing insights, reflections, and updates on disciple making movements, follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@roymoran1
Thank you for being part of this journey.
For the Kingdom,
Roy Moran
Founder, Mercy Alliance
Email: roy@mercyalliance.org
Website: mercyalliance.org
Alyssa Sanders
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Mercy Alliance
Email: alyssa@mercyalliance.org
Mercy Alliance: Serving movements that multiply disciples everywhere.
