Original article posted November 23rd, 2023
The mega city campaign in Mongolia is producing wonderful fruit. Thousands of Mongolians have already reached out to hear more about life change through Christ, and for many, this has led to personal decisions of faith and welcoming follow-up and discipleship. As a result of the increasing momentum, a decision was made to continue the campaign to the end of December!
A new church was established during the media campaign. Pastor Myagmardorj (in green) and his team, set up a ‘campaign booth’ on a very busy street in the middle of the city.
The campaign booth generated a lot of interest and crowds gathered in close to see what was happening. 185 campaign books were distributed to interested passers-by.
The following week many new faces appeared at the pastor’s small group meeting, so much so that the pastor decided to plant a new church. The name for the church was drawn from a bag after each person wrote their preferred name on a piece of paper. The winning entry was written by one of the new believers. Consequently, the new church was named “Light”, and now meets every Sunday.
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One of the most actively participating churches in the Mongolia campaign organized an event at the village well where people came to draw their water. The event was held in an area located at the edge of the yurt settlement. Members of the church offered cups of coffee and tea.
The campaign books were distributed to everyone arriving at the well, who wanted one, in exchange for their contact information. During the two-day well event, 147 people in the yurt settlement area received the campaign book with stories of life change. The church organized a follow-up event a couple of weeks later, to which everyone had been invited. 40 adults and 15 teenagers responded to the invitation.
Two of the “heroes” in the book had been invited to share their stories live, in person. One of the guest speakers, Tsogtbayar now a pastor, had spent 12 years in prison. The other, Dugerma, was a scientist who had found God while seeking the truth, and led the meeting. At the end of the service, Pastor Tsogtbayar made an invitation to all who wanted to accept Jesus as Lord. All 55 newcomers raised their hands, with a desire for Jesus to be their Lord and Saviour.
Three boys, sitting behind campaign manager Boloroo, had stood out from the rest of the audience because of their rather unusual appearance with piercings and rings on their noses.The boys went to Pastor Tsogtbayar afterwards, to share their story. They were orphans. The orphanage allowed them only to stay until the age of 18. They were then forced to relocate to other accommodations and earn money for their food. At 22, they aged out of the system and had to leave and provide for themselves on their own.
Two of the boys had been grievously depressed about their lives and decided to end it all. They drank poison and lost consciousness, waking up in a hospital. Fortunately for the boys, their nurse happened to be a Christian woman and upon seeing their condition sent out a campaign book for them.
They read Pastor Tsogtbayar’s testimony and were profoundly touched by the man’s story who had spent time behind bars. And regardless of even much harder circumstances, survived and experienced freedom and healing in both his spirit and soul. The boys were moved to tears. They realized that their suffering could not even be compared to what the pastor had gone through.
The boys desperately wanted to meet Pastor Tsogtbayar and by the grace of God, they were provided with that opportunity! The boys shared their story with him, and the pastor prayed for them and encouraged them with the word of God. They accepted Jesus into their lives and said that they did not want to leave the church because of the love and peace that they had received.
At a recent meeting of the campaign leadership team, a decision was made for a celebration to be held at the “Ulaanbaatar Palace” in the capital city of Mongolia, on December 9th for thousands of those who had requested their copy of the campaign book.
The message in the campaign book saved the lives of two orphan boys. These are just a couple of the exciting stories of how God is working in Mongolia!
Your invested gift has made this campaign possible. Many have already come to know the Lord. The words that Jesus spoke: “Lift up your eyes and look upon the fields and see how they are ripe unto harvest”, remain true to this day.
When we plant abundantly, we shall also reap abundantly. The campaign has been extended in response to the requests of the churches in Mongolia.
We thank you for your continued prayers and for your help to finish well in Mongolia.
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