The first Mongolian church to survive started around 1990. Today, Mongolian Christian believers are trying to reach the lost in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city. Christian Believers are running a training center they hope will have a lasting impact far beyond Mongolia’s borders. Mongolian Christians have an enormous mission field to reach, not only in Mongolia, [...]
If a church plants a daughter church, the daughter church is called 2nd generation. If the daughter church plants a third church, that is 3rd generation. When that one plants another church, it’s 4th generation. At that point, church planting experts agree that the church planting movement is unstoppable. There is good news coming out [...]
People once thought mission work involved a small set of skills: theology, medicine, teaching, or relief. Today, there is a broader understanding of how to reach the nations with the gospel. People now recognize that personal contact with those unfamiliar with the gospel is a crucial element. For example, some have established businesses to provide [...]
Uzbekistan is a former Soviet Socialist Republic that is oscillating between Sunni Islam and secularism. The government is understandably weary of Islamicists, so it clamps down on any religious activities. Unfortunately, that includes the emerging infant Church. Government restrictions are very real to people in Uzbekistan who call Christ Lord. For that reason, and because [...]
In Romans 15:20, the Apostle Paul tells us, … I make it my ambition to preach the Gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation…" Without others following Paul's lead, the Gospel would have sputtered out in Jerusalem and Judea. Paul recognized [...]
Thailand is a Buddhist country that needs the One who is the way, the truth, and the life. For centuries, they have worshipped spirits and the Buddha to find good fortune in an uncertain world. They need to seek and find the Lord of Lords. Yet, the Thai people [...]
When one thinks of Azerbaijan, they often think of fire. Natural gas leaks cause fires to burn nonstop in many places. For over 1,000 years, travelers and locals have both been fascinated and fearful of this phenomenon. Fire is also a key symbolic element in Azerbaijan's ancient Zoroastrian religion, [...]
Rarely can someone walk into a Hindu village and preach the gospel. One must first establish relationships based on friendship and trust. That is happening in a particular Nepali village. A missionary team spends time with the children by playing games and leading sports events. Their efforts will eventually [...]
A mission group reports an emerging human trafficking situation in Buddhist Southeast Asia. To address this, the group is rescuing women in the border districts of Myanmar and Thailand. A high percentage of these women are from Cambodia. In recent months, they have rescued 30 women being led to [...]
In recent years, good news has been rare in Mali, a Muslim nation in the Sahel Desert. Muslim terrorists have infiltrated their government. Situations like this mean thousands of violent people are in the prison system. Thieves, murderers, and other violent men share prison cells with vulnerable women and [...]