God is at work and has a vital role for you. How do we join him?

You probably remember hearing about how Muslims from difficult-to-access countries like Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Iran suddenly became accessible as they landed in other lands to seek asylum. Not only were they accessible, they came hungry for peace.

But this movement of God is not only among refugees in Europe. People in places like North Africa and the Middle East are having dreams and visions of Jesus and looking for answers. And we want to be there when they come looking. These are the opportunities God has created with people in what we call the “MedRim.”

• 42% of the world’s population are unreached with the Gospel of Christ (less than 3% Christian and no effective outreach strategy present).

• 50% of the unreached people groups live in countries around the Bay of Bengal.

• Of all the unreached people in the world, 40% live in India.

• Hinduism and Buddhism are the major cultural influences in these regions.

Protestant Christian missions has historically given less attention to the Hindu/Buddhist realms than to other “more receptive” areas of the world. Currently, the regions around the Bay of Bengal are the most distant culturally from the Christian West. Very little success has been witnessed in modern mission efforts of the past century. Most countries around this region remain less than 3% Christian.

However, God has been moving among these peoples recently. Many are expressing a growing dissatisfaction with the traditional forms of religion. Hinduism and Buddhism are no longer meeting people’s felt needs. Because of this, national and religious leaders have turned to radicalism in order to keep the allegiance of the masses. Yet, rather than drawing people back, it is having the opposite effect. Having been disenchanted with the intolerant rhetoric and violence toward other religions encouraged by radical leaders, people that have been Hindu or Buddhist for centuries are now turning to Christ.

God is preparing the soil for the Kingdom to come to this area. Disciple making movements have begun in India and Thailand. National and foreign workers need to be mobilized to share the Good News in this disenchanted environment in order to give hope. MRN is poised to collaborate in mobilizing partners from the United States in this area to share Jesus with these unreached people. Will you join us?

Over the last century, the power of the global church has shifted from Europe and North America to the Global South and East. Today, 70% of Christians now live outside western, formerly-Christendom countries. This mission reality calls for the American churches to adapt our approach of partnering with the local church leaders in these regions of the world where Christianity is growing. MRN has been blessed to have friendships with strong local and regional leaders around the globe.  We are regularly asked by these leaders to help them address their need for leadership development for the future of the church in their regions. The Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI) is our response to this urgent request. 

Through the ELI, we are coming alongside visionary servant leaders to co-create powerful models of leadership development. We are developing international partners to form emerging leaders who will in turn create fresh models of faith rooted in ancient truths and practices appropriate for the future of Christianity in each culture and region. MRN is in a unique position to provide resources to empower national leaders to create biblically based, principle-centered, culturally relevant, and experiential leadership training environments.  

The ELI is designed to equip leaders in strategic locations around the globe positioned to multiply servant leaders to the third and fourth generations. The future of the church worldwide is dependent upon Christ shaping spiritual leaders for his people.

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