Join us in partnering with local churches to make disciples of Christ among the Central Asian diaspora by establishing healthy churches through gospel proclamation and biblical discipleship.
For generations, the Central Asian diaspora has lived in this country, whose culture is predominantly post-Christian. Yet, they have remained an island unto themselves, closed off and resistant to the majority culture. Beyond that, they are also resistant to the Christian faith. With fewer than 150 known Christ-followers, the need is great. But a door is opening! The Lord is turning the peoples’ hearts to Himself, and we are here to say, “Here I am, Lord; send me.”
Our team purposefully engages Central Asians in our city and country. We invest in the lives of local believers, engage with ministry partners, and seek to see healthy churches planted. By Christ, through the Spirit, with prayer, discipleship and the proclamation of the gospel, lives are being brought from darkness into light. However, God never meant for us to do this work alone.
Reaching the nations is a whole-body effort! We invite you to join us in this work through prayer, giving and direct involvement.
Your financial gifts enable us to develop and purchase gospel resources, rent spaces for training and discipleship, and regularly gather to worship in our people’s heart language. Your partnership will enable us to invest in the lives of Christ-followers and see the darkness pierced with the gospel of Christ.
Gifts toward specific efforts show us what you are excited about. Occasionally, we may redeploy gifts as we follow God's leading with urgent opportunities or changing international contexts. Any gifts received beyond the goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
Community Outreach Center
Connecting with diaspora people—people groups living outside of their homeland—is very difficult. Your gift will help us develop a community center from which to better engage this diaspora and will offer our team a legitimate presence here. It would provide a launching point for community engagement, a gathering place for Bible studies and trainings, and office space for our nonprofit and materia
Leadership Development
Developing leaders is a difficult task that requires time, patience, and training. With so few believers among this people group, identifying potential leaders and properly training them for the task is vital. Your support will help us host discipleship events and sponsor potential leaders for training classes and further theological education.
Street Evangelism
To build meaningful connections and introduce Jesus to the diaspora community, we engage in a variety of approaches—including street evangelism, digital outreach, and the distribution of gospel-centered materials. Your support plays a vital role in helping us develop impactful evangelistic resources, expand our online presence, and grow our community platform as a space where the good news of Jesu
Expanding the Gospel’s Reach (Travel)
Our work results in a lot of travel as we seek to share the gospel, disciple new believers, nurture churches, and develop leaders. Your gift helps us get to the people who most need the gospel and discipleship. It also enables us to attend trainings so we can grow in the missionary task ourselves by sharpening personal skills, biblical knowledge, and application.
Your generosity helped launch a new digital engagement strategy, which will allow us to connect with thousands of people like Asla* and Husan*.
Asla recently reached out through social media, asking for prayer during a difficult family situation. She shared that she was overwhelmed with peace after being prayed for in the name of Jesus.
Husan received a Bible you helped provide when he requested it through a digital campaign about a year ago. He recently committed his life to Christ and is meeting regularly with a local believer for discipleship.
These stories are powerful reminders that God is at work! With your help, our ads have appeared on more than 150,000 screens and led to many Christ-centered conversations.
We are seeing encouraging progress both in digital engagement and street evangelism. With the help of volunteers, we distributed nearly 5,500 evangelistic packets.
In partnership with a local ministry and several local churches, we are distributing Bibles, opening the doors to many meaningful gospel conversations.
The next step is to secure rental space from which to launch ministry efforts and gather people for equipping, encouragement, and fellowship.
Thank you for being a faithful part of reaching the Central Asian diaspora in Western Europe with the gospel.
Prayer Requests:
Your faithful gifts and prayers make you a critical part of this team. Thank you for partnering with us to “make known His deeds among the peoples” (Psalm 105:1).
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Mert* had never heard the gospel. This precious senior adult had never heard of the hope, love, and salvation Jesus offers.
But there’s another chapter to Mert’s story.
Thanks to your generosity, we launched a series of electronic ads that offer prayer, a Bible, and the opportunity to meet with a believer face-to-face.
Like many others, Mert reached out via the internet. A believer in his area meets with him regularly, introducing him to the hope Jesus offers.
Many gospel seeds have been planted in Mert’s life and the lives of others, and we trust God to bring the growth (I Corinthians 3:6).
In addition to the new digital engagement initiative, we continue to share the gospel face-to-face and focus on discipling believers. What began as a simple weekday Bible study has grown into a weekly Sunday gathering.
Your sacrificial gifts offer good news to the lost, disciple growing believers, and start new churches. Thank you for your compassion for the Central Asian diaspora.
Please join us in prayer:
Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and gifts; they are a constant blessing. Your faithfulness encourages us when we grow weary, and we are grateful for you!
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The goal represents the cost of our team’s ministry activities for this calendar year. The Cooperative
Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO) fully fund our living expenses. The goal amount resets
every January 1st. All gifts completed through this form are directed to our team’s ministry strategy.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made possible through
the Cooperative Program.
Giving to one of our specific team efforts allows us to know what you are excited to see God complete within
our ministry. Occasionally, we may need to redeploy gifts within our team strategy as urgent opportunities
arise, as we do our best to follow God's leading, or adjust to changing international contexts. Any gifts
received beyond the posted goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made
possible through the Cooperative Program.
Our living expenses are fully provided by generous churches and individuals participating in the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO). These gifts enable us to remain on mission without interruption. Your support is a partnership with these churches, providing for us and our colleagues through LMCO. Our team receives recognition when partners give below to make our presence here possible.
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is a registered trademark of WMU.
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