February Newsletter - India Recap

We were especially excited to get to spend 6 days with an anointed movement leader. He has spearheaded two movements which now have 28,000 churches over the last 18 years. He was humble and teachable. He and the top ten leaders of his newest, six year-old ministry responded well to our training. We were surprised that God gave us words which were helpful to such sharp leaders. They were already doing many of the things we focus on in our Harvest Like Jesus training, and we were able to give them a more solid scriptural basis for what the Spirit is doing in their midst.  

We were able to provide two full days of training with the top leaders in one of the regions and one other group of 25 leaders from another region. It was exhilarating. After many last minute changes because of persecution and some sickness, we were still able to train and meet with 6 different church networks that make up tens of thousands of churches with over 400,000 members across India.

Another answer to prayer was that we honed in on our “Harvest like Jesus” training materials and now have multiple updated versions for teaching in situations from over 1 hour to 2 days. The network above is planning to build it into their normal training for the entire network and will translate it into many of the languages used in their churches.

God is doing a mighty work in India, and we are overjoyed that we got to play a part, thanks to Mark Jappe for the invitation to go to India, and for an Indian pastor named Bala who facilitated the first half of our trip. Also thank you for your giving and your prayer support.

Upcoming Trips
We are now both preparing for a 3-day conference for 50+ pastors and church planters in Mongolia. This is another key church network that we hope to encourage and help with the “Harvest like Jesus” principles from scripture.

Also in the spring we are sending a team to the Kansas City area to help Stephen’s church with a new plant.  This team will be doing discovery evangelism.  

Next, we will be sending an international Harvest Trip to Taiwan with a young adult team from Compass Church in San Diego led by David Worcester.

Prayer Requests

• For the many church leaders we met with in India: Pray that God will use His truth to accelerate Kingdom growth across the country, that disciples would be made and new churches started and helped as a result of our time there.
• Pray for the church network incorporating our principles into their training.
• Pray for future trip preparations, recruiting the right people, and the many details involved.

John & Diane with older sons:  David (R) with his twin Paul (L) who stopped by to visit after having the honor of speaking at California Baptist University Chapel. He taught students about: “Praying for Bob”

B=Burden for the lost

O=Opportunities to share Christ

B=Boldness

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