The Mongolia Mega City Campaign is having an impact!

This past Christmas, many Mongolians heard an enhanced Christmas story and celebrated Christmas for the first time, knowing that the birth of Jesus has brought light to their spiritual darkness.

The media campaign offered churches in Mongolia the opportunity to preach the Gospel effectively, as churches are small and outreach has been slow and laborious. Using traditional means in spreading the Gospel without the benefit of the media, it would have taken churches at best 50 years, and perhaps even longer, to reach this generation. But now, with the help of the media, churches have been able to reach their countrymen, blanketing their nation with the message of the Gospel. Thousands have responded to the invitation, making personal decisions of faith, and are now connected to a church.

The Mongolian media campaign leadership, together with the Mongolian Evangelical Alliance, organized a great evangelistic event for people in Ulaanbaatar who had requested and received the campaign book. It was a wonderful surprise to have access to a venue that could seat over 3,000 people at the Ulaanbaatar Palace. Bookstore vendors distributed the books and invitations. The guest speaker for the joint venture was Pastor Tsogtbayar, a “hero” from the campaign book who had experienced the life-changing power of God.

Mongolian Media Campaign is exceeding expectations!

The nationwide evangelistic campaign launched in October in Ulaanbaatar has far surpassed our imaginations and expectations. We can say this after seeing similar GCMM events in over 100 cities on four continents, partnering with literally thousands of indigenous churches.

The media campaign held many great breakthrough moments and surprises. Many Mongolians heard the gospel message and accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour!

Celebration service

The evangelism celebration service organized and held on December 9th at the Ulaanbaatar Palace venue was without a doubt the highlight of the campaign. Before this celebration, we were informed Christians had not been permitted to use the venue for events. This was the first.

Juri Ananiev, assistant director of our mission was at the celebration and videoed a short clip of the unexpected and wonderful events of that day. There were more than 3,500 people in attendance, of which only about 200 were from local churches as they had wanted to make room for those who had not yet come to faith. They had organized separate celebrations for believers on the same day.The majority of the 3,300 people at the palace venue, had come by the campaign office for their invitations to attend the service.

Tens of thousands of Mongolians have been reached with the gospel message at special events. Additionally, hand-picked Mongolian believers, “heroes,” shared their high impact testimonies on primetime secular television and radio shows throughout the campaign. Hundreds of thousands followed the campaign on social media. Already, we hear of reports of new churches planted – and the campaign is not over!

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A visit with a Buddhist high priest

Buddhism is traditionally the dominant religion in Mongolia. The local campaign team arranged a visit with the highest spiritual leader in the country. The high priest happened to own a significant number of the buses in the city’s transport department.

Campaign ads had been successfully placed on the buses with QR codes. By activating the QR code, passengers would see campaign videos with life-changing stories on their phones. With many passengers spending several hours a day on buses to and from work in the mornings and evenings, we had a captive audience.

While visiting the high priest, we were offered tea as we were chatting. (No recording was allowed.)

What is the purpose of the campaign?

Without warning, the high priest suddenly turned to Hannu and asked him as the only foreigner of the group: “What is the ultimate goal of this campaign?” Tension momentarily filled the air. A wrong answer could significantly damage our intended mission.

Hannu quickly prayed to God for wisdom, for the right words and immediately had the words to speak.

“In the Holy Book, the Bible, Doctor Luke in his Gospel tells the parable about the lost sheep and the lost silver coin. A shepherd had 100 sheep and one of them went astray in open country. He of course leaves the 99 and goes after the lost sheep until he finds it. And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and invites his friends and neighbours on his return saying: Rejoice with me! I found my sheep which was lost. Jesus said this is the same way it is in heaven. There will be more rejoicing when the lost sheep is found than over the 99 who weren’t lost.

In another parable a woman had 10 silver coins and loses one. So she lights her lamp, sweeps the floor and searches carefully until she finds it. And when she finds it, she too calls her friends and neighbours together and says: Rejoice with me! I found my lost coin. The same way, angels of God rejoice over one who has been lost and is found.”

“There are thousands and thousands of Mongolians, who have lost their way and don’t know how or have the strength to return to the normalcy of life. Alcohol, drugs and crises in life have led them astray. Many have lost their desire to live, and with no hope, contemplate suicide. The campaign message invites them to return to the fullness of life that is worth living. This is the goal of this media mission.”

The Buddhist high priest had been listening intently without interruption and finally replied: “But this is exactly what our nation needs!” and moments later added: “We will continue your soon-expiring bus advertising contract into December!” The Holy Spirit was present and had spoken to the high priest. The media campaign was given an important extension and additional visibility in the capital city bus transit system.

The message of Christmas was also brought to prisons while the campaign was taking place. An angel brought the good news (Matt 1:21) about the soon-to-be-born baby Jesus, who would “save His people from their sins.” The prisoners visited already knew the meaning of sin and its destructive power in their own lives.

God however, has good will toward men (Luke 2:14). This applied to the Mongolian prisoners as well. John wrote: “And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16).

180 prisoners (as seen above) made their decision to follow Christ known publicly. Their “thirsty hearts” tasted God’s amazing grace that poured out from His heart into theirs!

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