March 21 2017
Taran* serves as a church planter in Southern
Asia. His ministry includes evangelism, doing baptisms, planting churches, and leading
discipleship training. By God’s grace, Taran has planted five churches and made
four disciples (new leaders). Taran is learning to be an effective trainer
using the Train & Multiply curriculum.
The distances between ministry locations where
Taran serves in Southern Asia are far apart, so he must either walk long
distances or use public transport, which takes a lot of time, money, and
energy. Most days, he is unable to visit every location that he needs to in
order to lead in those towns.
“If Lord helps me to get a motorcycle for
ministry, (this is one he rented) I will be highly encouraged and able to be
much more effective in my work activities. I sometimes use rented motorbike, but
paying hourly is way too expensive for me.”
If you would like to donate toward the purchase
of a motorcycle for Taran, please click here.
* Name changed for security.
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southern asia, church planting, train & multiply, motorcycle, bikes for church workers.,
March 14 2017
LB,
age 26, lives and serves in South Asia. Since 2010, or since LB was just a
teenager, he has worked as an evangelist and church planter among unreached
people. LB has planted three churches and supervises six churches.
LB
shares, “In the past, my life was a living hell before I had accepted the Lord
Jesus Christ as my Savior. I used to steal things from the neighbor’s, from the
grocery shops, and anywhere I could steal things I wanted. The villagers knew I
had this bad habit, so they used to abuse me or mock me. My parents were also
ashamed, and we were never invited to any special occasions in my village. A
Christian pastor used to visit our home and others in the village. My mother shared
my bad habit of stealing with the pastor. The pastor spoke to me humbly and
shared the life of Jesus Christ with me. I am grateful to the Lord as I decided
to give my life over to Christ. At first, I was afraid people wouldn’t accept
me as a good person as they knew my bad habits.
“But
I give all praise to the Lord as he made my path easy, and now being his
servant, I am the happiest man on the earth. My parents are happy with me now,
and my life is full of peace. I want to continue to serve his kingdom, sharing
his Good News among the unreached so that their lives are also saved.”
LB
visits the churches he supervises, as well as explores new places and
opportunities for ministry using his bicycle. He spends many hours each day on
his bicycle in order to reach his desired destinations. LB’s supervisors say he
is an active and dynamic church planter, but could do so much more if he had a
motorcycle for the ministry and reaching his goals of planting churches,
baptizing believers, and forming many new disciples.
Would you be willing to give all or a portion of the cost of a motorcycle for LB? This is a gift that your ROI or return on investment for the kingdom would be multiplied over and over again.
Give here.
Tags:
bikes for church workers, south asia, motorcycle, church planting, evangelism,
March 7 2017
In Haiti
In
the mountainous area of Boukan Michel of Borgne in northern Haiti, trainers Job
and Janiel traveled three hours until the road deteriorated to a simple path
with a very steep valley on one side and a mountain on the other. Leaving their
motorcycles, they walked three more hours in the rain and mud and spent the
night at church planter Maxim’s home. Two couples studying the Train &
Multiply booklet “Baptism” with Maxim wanted to be married so they could be
baptized. One couple had been living together for 25 years, and the other for
20 years. Marriages are a strong witness to the community and bring maturity to
the church.
Once
a month, two of the eight church planters being trained leave their homes at
3:00 a.m. to arrive at the 9:00 a.m. training. They, in turn, train the other
six church planters, resulting in three generations of worshiping groups.
In South Asia
Lashar is a dynamic church planter in
South Asia. He supervises 10 churches, with more than 250 church members. He
has 20 disciples under his supervision. Every month, he visits these churches, leading
training and participating in baptisms, using his bicycle. Lashar often brings his
wife to visit the churches so that she can minister directly with the women.
Lashar is one of our church
planters that could exponentially increase his ministry if he had a motorcycle.
Churches must be nurtured with frequent accountability visits. To strengthen
the existing churches, to plant and multiply new churches, to baptize more
believers, and to train multiplying disciples, Lashar needs a motorcycle that will
save him time as he travels long distances. This year, he plans to plant six
new churches and reach many hundreds of unreached people with the Good News of
Jesus.
If you would like to donate to purchase a motorcycle or bicycle for a church worker around the world ... and KNOW that your investment is making an eternal difference, click here.
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evangelism, motorcycles, church planting, asia, haiti, church workers,
March 2 2017
Young serves as a church planter in Asia. He’s
involved in evangelism, baptisms, church planting, and discipleship training. Young
shares, “By God’s almighty grace, I have planted eight churches and trained
eight leaders. These 8 disciples are further planting 12 new cell groups.
Praise the Lord!”
Young uses the Train & Multiply curriculum,
which has helped transform people in his village. The distance from village to
village in my country are far apart. Usually, I either have to walk or use
public transportation, which takes a lot of time and energy. In a day, I am
unable to reach all of the places I need to, so evangelism, which takes much time,
cannot be completed in each location.
“If Lord helps me to get a motorcycle, then I will
be highly encouraged, and my work activities will increase in areas of
evangelism, doing baptisms, church planting, and discipleship training. Sometimes,
I rent a motorbike, paying for it by the hour, but this is much too expensive
for me to bear often,” said Young.
If you would like to invest in a greater cause,
would you consider donating today for OMS to purchase Young a motorbike? To
give, click here.
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every community for christ, asia, motorbikes, evangelism, church planting, t &m
