CREATIVE TEACHING

 

God is at work in Central Asia. Just ask Pastor Pat Thompson.

“My burden to serve the persecuted church has grown with each trip,” he writes.

Pat has made four trips to an undisclosed location (for security purposes) and plans to return in October. While there he teaches courses like Ecclesiology, Christology and Eschatology. His last class had thirty-three students with twelve of them graduating in June from a one-year program. A second-year course of study began at the same time with thirty-one students enrolled.

While the first-year studies focus on ten major doctrines, the second-year focus will be on leadership. Many of the students already serve house churches throughout the region. Some of them plan to return to home countries which will be dangerous for them. But God has given them a Spirit of faith and not of fear.

Please pray for the persecuted church. When we visited Turkey recently, we heard similar stories of God at work in Central Asia. Visiting with Pat Thompson makes those accounts very real. He counts it a great privilege to share in the biblical training of those who are willing to risk their very lives to spread the gospel.

God is at work in Central Asia. Will you join in that work through the ministry of prayer?