Praise God for answered prayer! In recent months, our team rolled out a tool that uses the Gospel of Luke to direct seekers and new believers to hear from God directly. It walks people through Luke, gleaning things from Scripture new believers need to internalize as first steps of knowledge, faith, and obedience. Though in print, audio recordings are currently being edited so people can follow, using their phones to listen in small group Bible studies.
We know people need more than a booklet to grow in love, faith, and worship of Jesus. Pray that God’s Word will speak loudly into people’s lives, powerfully doing His work in each one’s heart who uses it. Pray those who do begin using it would be careful, with their hearts holding fast and bearing much fruit.
Discipleship Retreat
In October 2022, we conducted a training for eight families from a church we worked with over the last three years. Wow! Most of them had never had an opportunity to get away for a retreat, learning together from the Word and enjoying activities. Typically, we only gather for Bible study and strategy-related interactions. During this time, we focused more on discipleship and their maturity in Christ.
God orchestrated this conference as only He can. The leaders of the church are so grateful for your generosity as God molded them during this time, resolving previously unaddressed tensions. God is restoring relationships and families on their team!
2021 by the Numbers
As we recount God’s faithfulness over 2021, it is exciting to report how He displayed his glory among the millions we focus on reaching here in South Asia:
This photo was taken in February 2022—a happy young couple hearing the gospel and receiving their first copy of the Bible in their own language, the first they had ever seen. This is what we have been praying for—God to work through the bold and faithful witness of our brothers and sisters in Christ here in South Asia! Praise God for His work among His children and among His church in this place!
God is using your prayers and your generosity to advance the gospel among the unreached and unengaged peoples across the globe! We recognize this young couple is only beginning their journey. Getting them in Bible study, teaching them to abide in Christ and his Word and to love God and others in the context of a healthy local church is where they need to be.
Prayer Requests
Would you pray for recent believers in the South Asian church?
South Asian peoples live within a kaleidoscope of colors, a cacophony of sounds, and a buffet of flavors that ignite the senses and warm the soul. This enigmatic region is the birthplace of four world religions but is also home to the world's highest concentration of lostness.
The 1.6 billion people of South Asia are concentrated in an area less than half the size of the USA. Muslims and Hindus comprise the overwhelming religious majority. Every week 225,000 South Asians die, most without Christ. Yet there are glimmers of gospel hope. Through the work of local Christians and foreign workers God is bringing South Asians to faith in Jesus, the church is growing, and stories of Christ’s redeeming power are emerging from the field.
More than a billion South Asian eyes are searching for hope. Pray for long-term workers and their local partners who share the love of Christ daily. Ask God to use their efforts to create a movement of his Spirit across the city and throughout countries and islands of South Asia!