We just completed our 3rd Catalyst Community in Skopje, Macedonia. We had teams from Macedonia and Montenegro participating, and two of our good friends from Albania joined us to help lead the conference. According to www.OperationWorld.org statistics: Macedonia is 0.2% Evangelical Christian, Montenegro is 0.0% Evangelical Christian, Albania is 0.5% Evangelical Christian.
It always fascinates me to realize the history of some of the places in which Taking New Ground has the opportunity to do ministry. Ancient tradition holds that the Apostle Paul introduced Christianity into Albania on his 3rd missionary journey. In Romans 15:19 Paul wrote: “So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.” Part of the heartland of Illyricum is modern day Albania.
“Networks are the backbone of movement, and relationships are the backbone of networks!” Jon Ferguson My team has been to the Dominican Republic 3 times over the previous 2 years. I’m continually amazed at how God uses what we are […]
Rolly is one of our key partners and leaders from the Philippines. Rolly and I have become pretty close over the past year. We met in February, when my partner Joe brought a few of our leaders from the Philippines to the US for the Exponential church planting conference. Since then we’ve worked together in Thailand and again in the Philippines. My goal has been to reproduce myself in Rolly.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:31). I was recently in Thailand to work with 150 leaders from a restricted access nation in that broader region of the world.
Russia is 1.2% Evangelical Christian. Mongolia is 1.6%. It is a humbling and powerful opportunity to be able to help shape, encourage, and grow the Church in hard to reach parts of the world like Siberia.
In their own words Earlier this year we did Catalyst Community #2 in Macedonia. Here’s a quick video where several of the leaders we work with shared what the conference meant to them. In Case You Missed it Here are […]
We just completed Catalyst Community #2 in Kihihi, Uganda. Members of my team did Catalyst Community #1 there a year ago, and since then, we have seen 26 new churches started by the teams we are working with!
We just completed our first Catalyst Community in Delhi, India with leaders from 6 countries in South Asia in attendance: Afghanistan (99.85% Muslim), Bangladesh (0.4% Evangelical Christian, 89% Muslim), Bhutan (1.8% Evangelical Christian, 75% Buddhist), India (2.2% Evangelical Christian, 74% Hindu), Myanmar (5% Evangelical Christian, 80% Buddhist), Nepal (2.9% Evangelical Christian, 75% Hindu), Sri Lanka (1.2% Evangelical Christian, 70% Buddhist).
I wanted to send out a quick update on what’s next for Taking New Ground! So far Taking New Ground has worked in Albania, Macedonia, and the Dominican Republic. In these countries we’ve also worked with leaders from Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Kosovo.
