Counseling & Healthy Church Resources

Ada* and Lina* have been friends since second grade. Their love for Jesus unites them. When Ada struggled with doubts about her faith as a young adult, a church leader suggested they study a book together.

Your generosity to this ministry provided the girls with a 31-day devotional on how to find assurance of salvation.

Reading it together, Ada and Lina learned more about their salvation. Both found immense joy and assurance in Christ.

Ada and Lina are just two of the hundreds of believers impacted by materials you helped create, translate, and distribute throughout Central Asia.

Your gifts are equipping Central Asian Christians to understand Scripture and grow in Christ. Here are some of the ways you have helped believers here:

• Over 35 churches have received and distributed Christian books.
• More than 40 books have been translated and shared.
• Over 20 books have been recorded as audiobooks.
• Multiple churches are using discipleship materials.
• A church is using a book on deacons to train current and potential leaders.
• Dozens of churches use evangelistic books and tracks to share the gospel.
• A study of healthy churches led to a new church plant.
• Numerous believers use devotionals to help them grow in their faith.

Thank you for investing in the spiritual lives of believers across Central Asia. You are supporting your brothers and sisters in Christ as they strive to learn and grow.

Please join us in prayer:

• Pray for church leadership training on healthy churches to produce unity.
• Ask God for wisdom as we work to print and distribute 10 new books this year.
• Pray for training events to help Christians grow strong, healthy spiritual roots.

Your gifts and prayers for this ministry equip believers like Ada and Lina as they grow in Christ.  Thank you for partnering with us to support Central Asian Christians.

*Names changed

Thank you so much for your generosity to this ministry and the Central Asian people God calls us to equip with resources for biblical counseling and healthy church formation. Your prayers and sacrificial giving walk believers through the biblical perspective on overcoming issues such as pornography, anger, addictions, contentment, anxiety, fear, doubt, grief, assurance, and money. Your gifts also provide resources on biblical theology, the gospel, evangelism, prayer, conversion, discipling, and church discipline and membership.

Because of your gifts, we have translated, published, and distributed 24 books. These publications train national believers and church leaders in biblical principles for counseling and healthy church development. We have eight more books in process, awaiting funds for printing and distribution.

Praise God for using these books to strengthen believers across Central Asia.

• Your giving allows us to follow up with the readers of these books through Zoom, where we discuss healthy church practices with pastors across our country.
• One church leader used a biblical counseling book to disciple a new believer as he prepared for marriage.
• Other believers used biblical counseling books for mutual encouragement and discipling between believers; we have had requests from churches to send us more resources.
• We have also found a partner to create audiobooks for many of these resources so people can listen on the bus, in the car, or while working. Audiobooks particularly benefit those who struggle to read; now, they can listen!

We are so thankful for you, our partners, who make this project possible. Your sacrificial gifts and intercession are truly transforming lives as we partner together to solve the world’s greatest problem, lostness.

Your support of our work to equip believers to care for one another and share the gospel with compassion is crucial. We see the answered prayers and rejoice that you are part of our team. Thank you so much!

Equipping Local Pastors
Twelve to 15 pastors across the country have been meeting online every other week with four long-term workers to discuss topics related to equipping and building up healthy local churches. They are using resources that givers like you made possible. Your gifts provided for the translation, editing, printing, and distribution of these gospel resources to churches around the country. This pastor-training group is composed primarily of young leaders but also includes a few seasoned pastors. One experienced pastor said, “I wish these resources were available 20 years ago when I started pastoring. I think my church would be at a healthier point now, but I am so grateful they are available for the next generation.” Thank you for giving so pastors can be equipped to shepherd the flock among them! (See 1 Peter 5:2.)

Counseling Materials in Use
We also hear great stories about how churches are using the biblical counseling materials. One church has a women’s group of about 20 going through one devotional at a time. Many believers are learning to trust in Christ during their struggles. This is new territory for them. Your gifts are helping them grow in Christ! Thank you!

In the past few months, we have completed the translation process of three more biblical counseling devotionals. These devotionals were on forgiveness, a painful past and grief. We hope these short Bible studies will serve the church here well, especially when combined with the previous three devotionals we produced. The translators working on this project have 20-plus years of experience and are very excited to get them into the hands of as many local believers as possible. They’ve told us, “I pray these will be read regularly and widely all over the Turkish-speaking world.” Another said, “These have been some of the most helpful resources I’ve ever translated.” Your support is making these resources available!   

We also recently finished a resource called “What is a Healthy Church?” and we’re close to finishing a number of other healthy-church resources. We will continue to work on new volumes, particularly “Money” and “Marriage Conflict” for the devotionals, and “What is Expository Preaching?” among others.  

Prayer requests:  

1. Pray for our translators to have wisdom in their work.  
2. We have encountered numerous delays in the printing process because of COVID. Please pray we can get these resources printed and into the hands of many soon.
3. Intercede for us as we explain how to use the resources and encourage local believers to use them. Pray that many church leaders and members will be encouraged through these books and better serve others as they make disciples of all nations.   

We are so grateful for your support as we seek to establish and strengthen healthy churches among all Turkish-speaking peoples and in all Turkish-speaking places. We are halfway to our goal amount and that is because of your faithfulness to give obediently and sacrificially. Thank you! May all the glory be the Lord’s!