Sharing what it is all about

Much of our work is advance-preparation.  We travel the roads, the byways, and even sometimes the hedges, to find the areas where the Gospel has not penetrated the darkness.  We rejoice when we find the Light shining brightly in cities, towns, villages, communities through the lives of His people scattered throughout the lands.  And we grieve in those areas where darkness still holds men bound in lostness without hope.  It's true that many of those areas have "churches" but most offer a false doctrine that doesn't present the message of Salvation by faith alone in Jesus Christ.  It is here where we gather as much research as much as we can.

As we add our research into the database of the International Mission Board, it is with understanding that the future missionaries are being commissioned to areas with a less than 2% evangelical witness.  Most areas in Central America are considered 2% or above.  But is Central America evangelical?  No, not by any means. But if it is to be totally evangelized it must be reached by the national believers.  So it is with great joy that we are able to share our research with national churches in order for them to catch the vision of global outreach.

As with many of our churches in the states, churches here in Central America have become complacent.
Their thoughts include:

• Someone else will reach the lost.
• I don't have the training.
• I don't know the language.
• I don't have the funds.
• The missionaries are there to do the work.

As their thoughts have turned inward to themselves and to what the missionaries or mission teams can bring/give them, they have a tendency to shrink, developing a consumer mentality...just like in the states.  God did not intend for us to focus on ourselves but to continue the work throughout the world until ALL have heard and responded to the Gospel!

Last year as we shared our research from the Ch'orti', Pastor Victoriano and our church caught the vision and have begun working there with the goal by the end of this year to have a church planter from our church living among the Ch'orti' presenting the claims of Christ to those walking in darkness, longing to know the Truth.

As we have shared our goal of what we do in our research with Pastor Nahum here in Copán Ruinas, he has asked David to share with two different congregations this Sunday.  David will share the areas we have discovered where the Light of the Gospel is non existent or dimmed with the goal that his people will catch the vision of going, sharing, and living wherever God calls.  Everyone is sent! 

Pray for David as He prepares - it takes much time to prepare to share your heart and God's vision in another language.
Pray for Pastor Nahum as He hears the call.
Pray for the people as they are challenged to walk in obedience.
Pray for those will be called to serve in areas that are foreign to them that the path will be illuminated as they go.