Our calling to reach the nine million people of Crownland is far from complete...but join us in the work because TOGETHER we can get there!
Located in a tropical port city on one of the world's largest islands, many of the nation’s unreached people groups live in this province, and our team has the privilege and responsibility of working to reach them. This area of nine million people is the native home of at least five UPGs, two completely unengaged with the gospel. While the vast majority of the people in this region hold to Islamic beliefs, we have the added challenge of reaching the large numbers of Buddhist and Hindu peoples that live here, too.
How can we reach such a large number of diverse people? TOGETHER! Partnering together with local believers, our team runs an educational-services center that ministers through teacher trainings, ESL classes, and other education-based services. We also work with a local Christian hospital and several small groups of local pastors and believers interested in being trained to reach their communities. We even make evangelistic forays into the outlying areas and look for scattered and isolated believers to encourage and disciple.
The Father has moved through our efforts! We have seen some come to faith and start a fledgling church, but much is still to be done! We invite you to become part of the TOGETHER that can bring eternal change to the lives of these friends and neighbors! Your prayers and gifts will spread the gospel to those who have never heard the name of Jesus.
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.
Send Out Laborers
The Father has blessed us with an incredible national unit who labors daily alongside us, but we are in great need of a another to help us reach some of the outer-lying areas of our province that foreigners cannot easily access. Your gift of about $125 a week helps the work in Crownland move forward as we send out each of these laborers to help with a variety of ministry avenues that the Father has set before us.
Transform Lives Through Education
Our educational center has been instrumental in helping us engage new groups with the Gospel, but it is time to re-rent the building and do some facilities upgrades for this ministry to continue being effective. Your gift of $285 can rent the facility for one month and help us leverage these opportunities. Additionally, $68 assists with the printing of our recently developed local language curriculum used to train foreign workers to live and mini
Mobilize Near-Culture Believers
The believers from other tribes that live in our area may be small in number, but like their biblical ancestors, they can have a BIG impact! Your gift of a little over $100 can help us host an evangelism training for an entire congregation and a larger gift can help put together a much needed retreat and training for pastors and wives throughout the province who are often isolated and weary.
Cooperate in Growing a New Church Plant
The Father has brought together several of our ministries to start a new church near a college campus on the outskirts of our city. They are increasingly self-sufficient, but they are not there yet. Your gift of less than $35 can help support an intern to assist with this ministry and $30 can purchase an entire set of discipleship materials for those who are seeking to grow on a deeper level.
Bambang* and Ahmad* have little in common from most people’s perspective. They were raised in different religions and had never met until recently.
But Bambang and Ahmad share one thing in common: they both have friends who introduced them to Jesus.
Because of the generosity of givers like you, a new church plant has formed that targets college students in our city.
This new church is reaching out to share the gospel and help believers grow in Christ. We are also training students to share Jesus with their friends and neighbors.
Like Andrew brought his brother Simon Peter to Jesus, college students are responding to the Great Commission challenge by inviting their friends to church and campus events where they can hear the gospel (John 1:42).
Both Bambang and Ahmad responded and accepted Jesus as their Savior. Now, they are learning God’s Word and growing in Christ.
Thank you for helping students like Bambang and Ahmad find Jesus. Your sacrificial gifts trained their friends to share the good news, and now, Bambang and Ahmad are learning to share.
Please continue joining us in prayer:
Your generous giving and daily prayers undergird this ministry in all we do. Thank you for your partnership in the gospel as we reach the people of Crownland for Jesus.
*Names changed
God is working through your generosity, including the launch of a new church plant! Thank you for your gifts to the Crownland Team.
A Brand-New Church
A new church has been launched among the people we serve in Southeast Asia! Your generous gifts have played a vital role in outfitting this new church with seating and supporting our national partner, Amree*, who is leading the congregation. Praise God that His church is growing, and more lives are being transformed!
In the photo to the right, you’ll see Amree along with a group of local university students. They gathered after attending a service at our new church plant. Your support provides the opportunity for this time of worship, fellowship, and discipleship!
Your Gifts Create a New Language Curriculum
Our team continues to minister through our educational services center, offering teacher trainings, ESL classes, and other education-based services. Recently, we created and edited an entire local language curriculum to equip other foreign workers to reach the people of our nation. Your gifts sponsored this curriculum!
In the photo here, you’ll see one of our volunteers who was a guest speaker at a local school. You allow us opportunities like this to connect with many young students.
While our team temporarily shrunk in size in 2023, the Father has been faithful. We have new team members on the way in 2024. With your continued support, we can’t wait to see what He does in the coming year.
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.
Sign up for our email list to receive stories of transformation and highlights of how God is at work among the nations—so you can pray boldly and stay up to date on what’s happening at the IMB and around the world.
