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A comprehensive resource on principles and practices of Christian missions from an Asian perspective; real-life experiences & testimonies of Asian missionaries preaching the gospel in the restricted access nations of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambo
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The Wonder of the Gospel (Part 1)
This week we begin a series of articles written by Jim Chew. Jim has been actively involved in missions in the Asia-Pacific region for several decades. His articles will be posted each Thursday A meditation on the Gospel from Romans 1:1-4 The “G...
A lost bag for a lost soul
Indeed God works in marvelous ways. Sometimes God uses unfavorable circumstances in order to fulfill His will. A few weeks ago, my wife and I were at the bus travelling going back to our place after a couple of days ministering and visiting one of ou...
Evangelistic camping saves youth by the hundreds (2)
We experimented with the concept of holding camps for unsaved youths in Panay, Philippines. We started in Jan 2009, holding a camp a month. Each camp averaged about 100 youths and lasted 3-4 days. The Wilds Camp of N Carolina, USA, helped train our c...
Evangelistic camping saves youth by the hundreds (1)
We experimented with the concept of holding camps for unsaved youths in Panay, Philippines. We started in Jan 2009, holding a camp a month. Each camp averaged about 100 youths and lasted 3-4 days. The Wilds Camp of N Carolina, USA, helped train our c...
Church-planting in hostile cultures in Asia (4)
This entry is Part 4 of 4 in the series Church Planting In Hostile Cultures It is obvious that we cannot enter into an anti-Christian culture in Asia and share the Gospel without receiving a violent reaction. In conservative Muslim cultures, evangel...
Church-planting in hostile cultures in Asia (3)
This entry is Part 3 of 4 in the series Church Planting In Hostile Cultures A Christian entering a hostile culture in Asia should expect a hostile reaction. A Christian that tries to propagate his faith in such a culture should expect a violent resp...
Church-planting in hostile cultures in Asia (2)
This entry is Part 2 of 2 in the series Church Planting In Hostile Cultures Real missions faces real opposition. The Book of Acts, which is God’s “manual on missions,” teaches us that opposition is normal. However, most missions courses in Chr...
Church-planting in hostile cultures in Asia (1)
This entry is Part 1 of 2 in the series Church Planting In Hostile Cultures Church-planting in hostile countries in Asia proceeds at a snail’s pace. In fact, most missionaries completely avoid even attempting to plant churches in these countries b...
Evangelistic camping – an exciting new way to reach Asia’s youth (2)
Our experience in Evangelistic camping: In July 2008 we experimented with our first Evangelistic camp in Panay, Philippines. We called it an E-camp. The results of that first E-camp was very encouraging. So we planned a series of regular monthly E-ca...
Evangelistic camping – an exciting new way to reach Asia’s youth (1)
Introduction: Christian camping is usually associated with church groups. Historically evangelism is not a major focus of Christian camping. This is even more so in Asia where most Christian camping is for church members to enjoy some “rest, recrea...
Prepared for the good news (2)
Many of us feel that we needed to be thoroughly trained, memorise several dozen verses and be an eloquent, experienced evangelist like Pastor Mike Redick to be able to witness effectively. And so, we let the ‘trained’ ones go to the Phili...
Prepared for the good news (1)
I have visited the Philippines at least once, sometimes twice a year in the last 10 years since 1999. The Filipinos I had met are generally open, and willing to hear the gospel as well as to make a decision for the Lord. We do not generally find such...
Mission trips – a common mistake made by first-timers
This entry is Part 6 of 7 in the series Common Misconceptions We who come from more affluent countries often commit a common mistake when we go on our first mission trip – namely, that we tend to bring our “affluent standards” along with us. F...
Evangelism Campaign (3rd Week)
This entry is Part 3 of 3 in the series Room To Room Evangelism The team moved to Cebu for the third week of the evangelistic campaign in the colleges. The last two weeks had seen much rejoicing for over 24 thousand souls who heard, and 17,437 made ...
Answered prayers
Our heart’s desire has been to have room to room evangelism here for several years, but in the past Bohol has proven to be one of the more difficult islands, and we have never been granted permission by the school authorities. This year we began se...
Sabah, Malaysia – fact sheet for missionaries
Introduction: Sabah is on the island of Borneo, one of the largest islands in the world. Sabah is the 2nd largest state in Malaysia (after Sarawak) and is the poorest state in Malaysia. This is an anomaly because Sabah is rich in natural resources. S...
Christmas in June
Pasko sa hunyo (Christmas in June) Children’s day June 6 2009 had been our children’s big day; which we had more than 400 children: but as those children are enjoying the day; there were not less than 10 children in a certain village who were...
Church planting in Kuala Lumpur…
The heart of Kuala Lumpur is like a mini-Asia melting-pot. It is a missionary’s dream place in Asia. It is as if God brought thousands from difficult-to-reach nations to this little patch of concrete to know God’s love. Besides the thousands of ...
