IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH–with ETERNAL Ramifications!
Posted by nathan on 05 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: New Hope stuff., my life., thoughts on god., thoughts on life.
My church, New Hope, has spent the last nine years investing in an unreached peoples group, The Berani, in Indonesia. To the best of our knowledge, this tribe has NEVER had a single Christian among them. They were a 100% Muslim tribe.
Within the past year, we have seen a lot of movement in Indonesia. We finally have multiple (native Indonesian) teams in place and building relationships. One guy is a soccer ’star’ and all the kids admire his soccer abilities–He has even organized inter-village soccer games. He is a celebrity! How cool!
We just received word yesterday that “Tana” has converted to Christianity! That’s right, this 100% Muslim tribe is now 99.9% Muslim! Woohoo! Our previously unreached peoples group has been penetrated, and there are NO signs of slowing down.
This is a really, really incredible thing! We are making an eternal difference!
If you or your church would be interested in learning more about how you can support the effort to reach the Berani, or if you are interested in participating in a short-term trip to The Berani the spring of 2008, let me know, and I’ll get you in touch with the people you need to talk to.
FYI, for security, neither Berani nor Tana are real names. They have been made up to protect our field workers living with The Berani and also Tana. Please continue to pray for our teams, Tana, Tana’s family and The Berani.
We are getting there! God is faithful!
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on 17 Oct 2007 at 12:58 pm 1.place of nathan. » This Week at New Hope said …
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