The Council unanimously adopted the plan and then the Board of General Superintendents approved that the Alabaster funds be used exclusively for buildings and properties in cross-cultural ministries.Since the first Alabaster offering was taken in 1949, Nazarenes across the world have given $100 million to bless their brothers and sisters assisting them with the purchase of land and construction of churches, schools, medical facilities and homes for missionaries and national workers. Alabaster Resources are Here.
In This Issue
Leadership - 7 Ways To Help Your Organization Stand Out.
Nazarene News from Around the Globe.
Regional Praise Reports and Prayer Requests!
Nazarene.org Has a Brand New Look!...Check It Out!
New Vocational Skills Training Center Coming to Philippine Nazarene College!
Korea Sends First Medical Mission Team to Myanmar.
Metro Manila District Holds NMI and SDMI Orientations.
Invitation to All NMI Leaders - Welcome To The Team!
Mission Drift - by David A. Busic
New Team Member Welcomed to Philippines.
Freedom Sunday - Churches Stand United!
Ministry Partners Are Needed - Please Answer The Call!
7 Ways To Help Your Organization Stand Out
Your community is filled with companies and churches. So how do you keep your organization's profile on the top shelf-or even on the ceiling? Based on my experiences with corporations, non-profits, churches and organizations worldwide, I think there are at least 7 steps you can take.
1. STAY ON TRACK. More than likely you have taken time to construct a statement of mission-documenting the "What's," the "Whys," and the "Wherefores" of your organization. Your next important task will be to keep your organization and it products or services on that "purpose track."
2. DON'T ADVERTISE SOMETHING YOU CAN'TDELIVER. The integrity of many organizations has been tarnished by 100-dollar ads for 10-dollar programs! If you can't deliver the "Best," "Biggest," or "Most Spectacular" output on the face of the earth then don't promise it.
3. TREAT STAFF WITH RESPECT. As someone once said, "You're not only known by the company you keep, you're also known by how you keep your company." Your encouragement, compassion, training, and support for your staff will soon be well known in your community.
4. BE OPEN ABOUT PLANS AND PROGRAMS. Many leaders act like they're conducting an undercover operation. A lack of publicity about organizational programs or plans is a sure-fire integrity killer. Keep everyone in the loop-from staff members to stakeholders to onlookers.
5. COMMUNICATE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCES. Your constituents want to be informed when the cash "flows" and when the cash "ebbs." One of the most important documents that an organization can publish is its financial report.
6. PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORKERS. When that new hire walks through the door of your organization, you are responsible to provide for more than health benefits and payroll. You are responsible to provide a safe environment. Safety awareness includes more than passing out hard hats; it includes providing an environment where staff members . . .
Work without fear of all forms of harassment,
Feel accepted and appreciated, and
Feel free to contribute to the organization's mission with excellence.
7. FOCUS ON THE MAIN THING. Probably your greatest challenge will be to keep the organizational oars in the water, paddling in the direction of its mission. Along the way, you'll be tempted to take side trips or look for shortcuts. Your institution's integrity will also be known by its focus. Can it avoid expensive or pop mission add-ons? That's up to you. When all else fails, stay the course.
High profile organizations don't peak accidentally. They reach the top because their leaders plan for it.[Stan Toler]
Follow this link to Stan Toler's Leadership Website.
M15 Day Two emphasizes missional outreach, church renewal.
Churches to stand united against human trafficking on Freedom Sunday.
Churches invited to participate in World Evangelism Fund Easter Offering.
Final day at M15 includes sessions on missional strategy, leadership development.
Sierra Leone native chosen to replace mentor as DS.
Extreme Nazarene Missions holds second annual leadership summit
District Superintendent publishes Lenten devotional for churches.
Global praise reports and prayer requests.
GMC employment opportunities.
In Memoriam
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Prayer Requested for Father of Missionary in Papua New Guinea.
Multiple Prayer Requests from SE Asia Field
Pray for family of Nazarene pastor that passed away in traffic accident Feb 6
Praise - Lisa Lehman, team member in Thailand, recovering after hospitalization in Bangkok for flu.
Pray for Work and Witness Teams on Region!
Pray for the ministry team across Southeast Asia!
Persecuted Church prayer request
Global Ministry Center
The new Nazarene.org is just what was needed to allow Nazarene pastors and members from around the world to access information on their handheld devices.
The fresh new look is pleasing to the eye with easy to find links to make navigation of the site more intuitive.
The World Mission Communications Asia-Pacific Team was able to be a significant partner in this new look.
Check it out by clicking here!
Then tell your friends about it!
New Vocational Skills Training Center Coming to Philippine Nazarene College
La Trinidad, Philippines
Click here for the complete story, more pictures, and opportunities for you to be part of transforming a community in need!
NEW VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING CENTER COMING TO PHILIPPINE NAZARENE COLLEGE!
New Vocational Skills Training Center Coming to Philippine Nazarene College
La Trinidad, Philippines
A 40' ocean container holding the materials for two steel buildings is arriving on the campus of Philippine Nazarene College thanks to a partnership with Victoria First Church of the Nazarene in Canada.
The two structures will house a technology and vocational skills training center, and will help to make an impact on the surrounding community and in the lives of the students and pastors. Click here for the complete story, more pictures, and opportunities for you to be part of transforming a community in need!
NEW VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING CENTER COMING TO PHILIPPINE NAZARENE COLLEGE!
La Trinidad, Philippines: There is much excitement on the campus of Philippine Nazarene College (PNC) as ground is being broken for the building of a new Technology and Vocational Skills Training Center.
Container arrives in La Trinidad.
Thanks to a partnership with Victoria First Church of the Nazarene (Canada), a 40′ ocean container was shipped, has cleared customs, and is arriving on location in La Trinidad at PNC, containing two steel buildings.
Thanks to a partnership with Victoria First Church of the Nazarene (Canada), a 40′ ocean container was shipped, has cleared customs, and is arriving on location in La Trinidad at PNC, containing two steel buildings.
The container will be followed up by a Work and Witness team from the church, which will be arriving in March.
Stephen Gualberto and Engineer inspect the preparations of the footings for the new center.
Stephen Gulaberto, who serves as president of Philippine Nazarene College, in addition to serving as Philippine Micronesia Field Strategy Coordinator, shared the impact of the school on the community.
Stephen Gulaberto, who serves as president of Philippine Nazarene College, in addition to serving as Philippine Micronesia Field Strategy Coordinator, shared the impact of the school on the community.
Footings are being poured.
“This area of the Philippines is known for some of the highest levels of abuse and neglect. The problem arises out of deeply rooted cultural issues and geographic isolation.
PNC is addressing this problem through an holistic approach that starts in kindergarten and continues throughout college. We currently have a student body of 526 students. There are 101 attending the college, and 425 who are part of our preschool through 12th grade program.
“This area of the Philippines is known for some of the highest levels of abuse and neglect. The problem arises out of deeply rooted cultural issues and geographic isolation.
PNC is addressing this problem through an holistic approach that starts in kindergarten and continues throughout college. We currently have a student body of 526 students. There are 101 attending the college, and 425 who are part of our preschool through 12th grade program.
The new technology and vocational skills training center will bring us into compliance with the new government curriculum standards, and allow us to begin providing skills training (2016) not only for our high school students, but for our pastors as well.
Students at PNC
If I were to summarize our impact, PNC is reaching into the community, serving to train young men and women to be effective pastors and teachers – to serve the Lord by serving others, and to impact the world for Christ.”
PNC was established in 1952 and in addition to the K-12 program, offers Bachelor programs in Theology, Religious Education, Elementary Education (major in Special Education), andSecondary Education.
If you would like more information on how you or someone you know canapply to PNC, click on this link.
If you would like more information on how your church or Work and Witness team could make an impact in this community, click on this link.
Korea Sends First Medical Mission Team to Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia Field
This past January, more than 400 lives were touched as a team of 13 from South Korea answered God's call to minister in Myanmar.
When you realize that the doors to this country have only truly been open since 2012, you realize what an incredible thing God is doing! Consider how you might be part of the ministry in Myanmar!
Click here to read the Korean Pastor's response.
KOREA SENDS FIRST MEDICAL MISSION TEAM TO MYANMAR
Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia Field: The South Korea Nazarene church has had a true heart for reaching out to nations around Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim.
On January 26-30th, a group of 13 individuals from the Mokjang Church of the Nazarene, Choenan City, South Korea, traveled to Yangon for a medical mission.
If I were to summarize our impact, PNC is reaching into the community, serving to train young men and women to be effective pastors and teachers – to serve the Lord by serving others, and to impact the world for Christ.”
PNC was established in 1952 and in addition to the K-12 program, offers Bachelor programs in Theology, Religious Education, Elementary Education (major in Special Education), andSecondary Education.
If you would like more information on how you or someone you know canapply to PNC, click on this link.
If you would like more information on how your church or Work and Witness team could make an impact in this community, click on this link.
Korea Sends First Medical Mission Team to Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia Field
When you realize that the doors to this country have only truly been open since 2012, you realize what an incredible thing God is doing! Consider how you might be part of the ministry in Myanmar!
Click here to read the Korean Pastor's response.
KOREA SENDS FIRST MEDICAL MISSION TEAM TO MYANMAR
Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia Field: The South Korea Nazarene church has had a true heart for reaching out to nations around Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim.
On January 26-30th, a group of 13 individuals from the Mokjang Church of the Nazarene, Choenan City, South Korea, traveled to Yangon for a medical mission.
More than 400 lives were touched as the team held clinics at three different Nazarene churches and the Southeast Asia Nazarene Bible College (SEANBC).
The country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) has only been truly open since 2012, to sharing of the Gospel through these types of teams.
On January 28th, the team worshipped together with the SEANBC students, Nazarene pastors, and church members. Reverend Seongryong Seo, pastor of the Mokjang Church had this to say about the experience:
“I never imagined Nazarene churches in Myanmar. I will go back to Korea and share my experience with the Nazarene churches in Korea, asking for their prayers for Nazarenes in this country.”
The country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) has only been truly open since 2012, to sharing of the Gospel through these types of teams.
On January 28th, the team worshipped together with the SEANBC students, Nazarene pastors, and church members. Reverend Seongryong Seo, pastor of the Mokjang Church had this to say about the experience:
“I never imagined Nazarene churches in Myanmar. I will go back to Korea and share my experience with the Nazarene churches in Korea, asking for their prayers for Nazarenes in this country.”
God is truly moving throughout the country of Myanmar. Country Coordinator Dr. Bill Kwon is asking for continued prayer for the country of Myanmar, for the work of the Holy Spirit, growthof the church, and for more teams to be led by God to minister in Myanmar.
If you are in the United States and would like a first-hand opportunity to hear of the exciting ways in which God is working in this Southeast Asia nation, please contact us below to schedule Dr. Kwon for a visit with your church or ministry group.
Dr. Kwon will be in the United States from June 15th to July 30th, 2015.
Metro Manila District Holds NMI and SDMI Orientations!
Manila, Philippines
On February 7th, the Metro Manila District NMI and SDMI leaders gathered on the campus of APNTS for a special orientation.
The Orientation served to encourage new NMI and SMDI presidents and their councils through panel discussions, presentations, and prayer. More than just a better understanding of their roles, the orientation also provided tools and initiatives to help these leaders in empowering their churches towards mission and discipleship.
Click here to see more information and photos from the training.METRO MANILA DISTRICT HOLDS NMI AND SDMI ORIENTATIONS!
Focus on ways to engage the churches in the global monthly mission priorities.
A panel discussion on the functions and purposes of NMI and SDMI in the local church.
Special prayer time for requests from across the district.
Streamlining of the LINKS (Loving Interested Nazarenes Knowing and Sharing) program wherein the district and local churches will actively participate in encouraging and partnering with pastors and church planters that have been sent abroad by the Metro Manila District.
Focus on personal and corporate prayer for the growth of the church in mission and discipleship, starting with the leaders.
Emphasis on the importance of prayer and fasting.
Invitation to All NMI Leaders - Welcome To The Team!
Manila, Philippines
This will be a resource for sharing ideas and experiences, as well as a place for mentoring new leaders. Don't miss out!
Click here to join the team - Team NMI
Mission Drift - by David A. Busic
Board of General Superintendents
"We must maintain a laser-focused intentionality regarding our purpose if we are to avoid mission drift," states Dr. David Busic.
Check out this insightful article on the dangers of drifting away from our mission, along with some thoughts about how to keep our focus on the target.
Click here for the complete article.MISSION DRIFT – BY DAVID A. BUSIC
Harvard is a respected university, but it no longer maintains its foundational calling to be a thoroughly Christian school. Though its diplomascontinue to read Christo et Ecclesiae and Veritas (or “Truth for Christ and the Church”), the school no longer resembles a Christ-centered institution. Yale University was founded in 1701 by Cotton Mather, a New England pastor, along with a Christian businessman named Elihu Yale, as a reaction to their concerns over the secularization of Harvard. They determined to establish a place of higher learning that would not relinquish its Christian values in the name of education. Their motto was Lux et Veritas (“Light and Truth”). Their passion to walk in the light of God was resolute and firm. Yet today, while Yale excels in many other areas, spiritual formation is not one of them.
“… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”- Hebrews 12:1, NIV
What happened to these revered institutions? The same thing that happens to any college, denomination, or local church that forgets its intentional focus of why it exists. This is the beginning of mission drift.
Greer and Horst state, “Mission drift unfolds slowly. Like a current, it carries organizations away from their core purpose and identity” (18). In physics, this is known as the second law of thermodynamics. That is, in the natural order of the universe, things degenerate rather than come together. Even the hottest fires, if left untended, eventually go out.
We must maintain a laser-focused intentionality regarding our purpose if we are to avoid mission drift.- Dr. David Busic
Why does the Church of the Nazarene exist? To make Christlike disciples in the nations. That is our mission. Why does your local church exist? To make Christlike disciples in your community. We must maintain a laser-focused intentionality regarding our purpose if we are to avoid mission drift.
I am convicted by these words: “Here’s the reality: Mission drift is the natural course of organizations, and it takes focused attention to safeguard against it. Once an organization ignores its source of heat, drift is only a matter of time” (20).
Mission drift is not inevitable. Those charged with spiritual leadership face diversions from many directions. To pay careful, humble, and relentless attention to the heart of our mission is an essential part of faithful leadership. But we must stay close to the “source of our heat” or drift is only a matter of time.
Mission Drift, Greer and Horst, Bethany House Publishers: Bloomington, MN 2014 — Via: Pursuing…The Way of Holiness
New Team Member Welcomed to Philippines.
Manila, Philippines
The Philippine and Micronesia Field office welcomes a new team member, Virgil Albertson, as the interim Field Treasurer.
Virgil is no stranger to the Philippines as he volunteered in the disaster zone after Typhoon Yolanda struck a year ago.
Read more of his story here.NEW TEAM MEMBER WELCOMED TO PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Philippines: The Asia-Pacific Region and the Philippine Micronesia Field, are very excited to welcome our newest member to the team.
Virgil Albertson, arrived to the Philippines on February 11th. Originally from Florida, he has come to the Region to serve as the interim Field Treasurer for the Philippine and Micronesia Field.
Overseas missions are not new to Virgil. He has been involved in several mission trips through Calvary Chapel, including short-term assignments in Ecuador and Guatemala.
While working as an insurance agent, Virgil continued to feel the call in his heart to missions. A friend introduced him to the Church of the Nazarene two and a half years ago. After this, he began to research the church and its missions programs. His call to serve would result in his volunteering with the relief efforts following Super Typhoon Yolanda that struck the Central Philippines in November of 2013. During that time, he spent 3 weeksworking alongside the local church as part of the Nazarene Disaster Response.
Virgil returned to his home in Idaho with a renewed commitment to serve the Lord wherever He called. This commitment led him to sell his home and many of his belongings in order to be ready and available to be used by God. It would be just a short three months later that Virgil would be answering the call to once again return to the Philippines.
“I can’t wait to get started and do my part in the great work of our Lord here in the Philippines and Micronesia,” stated Albertson.
If you would like information on how to partner with Virgil in his ministry,please follow this link.
Churches to Stand United Against Human Trafficking on Freedom Sunday!
Nazarene congregations around the world are invited to participate
February 22 in Freedom Sunday, a day set aside for the Church to stand united against modern slavery, also known as human trafficking.
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?[Isaiah 58:6]
Please follow the below link to see how your church can participate in standing united against modern slavery!
Only two weeks away...get involved...today!
Opportunity for Partners to Become Involved!
Asia-Pacific Region
In a Region that has more than 7,105 spoken languages and 40% of the world's population, sharing the Gospel beyond political borders and across geographical and language barriers, can seem nearly impossible.
In partnership with JESUS Film Harvest Partners, and thanks to new technology, we have the opportunity, today...to take the Gospel beyond Borders and Barriers, but we need your help.
Papyrus Solar powered audio players allow us to share the Bible in some of the most difficult languages on earth!
Taking the gospel message and pastoral courses to those who have never learned to read.
In one location, young believers are taking these units, with the New Testament in the local language, into large housing complexes and loaning them out to elderly who have no access to audio versions of the Scripture.
We currently have need for more than 30 of these units, to be deployed in strategic locations across the Region.
The cost per unit is $75.00, but more than finances, we need prayer partners who will pray for the transformation of lives that are introduced to the Word!
"So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."[Isaiah 55:11 (NIV)]
Please Click this link to PARTNER now!
This newsletter is a ministry of your Asia-Pacific Regional Communications Office. Please submit questions or comments to: Regional Communications Coordinator
Connie Aebischer - Editor - Around the Region News
World Mission Communications Asia-Pacific
Ortigas Avenue Extension
Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Around the Region is released each week on Saturday. If you have news to share, please forward to our office by Friday at noon (PHT).
Strategic Partners Ltd
If you are in the United States and would like a first-hand opportunity to hear of the exciting ways in which God is working in this Southeast Asia nation, please contact us below to schedule Dr. Kwon for a visit with your church or ministry group.
Dr. Kwon will be in the United States from June 15th to July 30th, 2015.
Metro Manila District Holds NMI and SDMI Orientations!
Manila, Philippines
The Orientation served to encourage new NMI and SMDI presidents and their councils through panel discussions, presentations, and prayer. More than just a better understanding of their roles, the orientation also provided tools and initiatives to help these leaders in empowering their churches towards mission and discipleship.
Click here to see more information and photos from the training.METRO MANILA DISTRICT HOLDS NMI AND SDMI ORIENTATIONS!
Leaders from across the district met for the orientation.
Manila, Philippines: On Saturday, February 7th, local Nazarene Missions International (NMI) presidents, council members, and leaders from across the Metro Manila District met at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary for a day of Missions and Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) orientation.
Panel discussions were a great benefit to the orientation.
The orientation day began with a time of worship and prayer, followed by sessions that included:Focus on ways to engage the churches in the global monthly mission priorities.
A panel discussion on the functions and purposes of NMI and SDMI in the local church.
Special prayer time for requests from across the district.
Streamlining of the LINKS (Loving Interested Nazarenes Knowing and Sharing) program wherein the district and local churches will actively participate in encouraging and partnering with pastors and church planters that have been sent abroad by the Metro Manila District.
Focus on personal and corporate prayer for the growth of the church in mission and discipleship, starting with the leaders.
Emphasis on the importance of prayer and fasting.
Intercessory prayer was a key focus of the event.
“This was a tremendous opportunity to come together for the purpose of unification and identification of key priorities in our ministries,” shared Connie Lou Aebischer, Regional Nazarene Missions International Coordinator.
Connie Lou Aebischer and Metro Manila District NMI President, Mila Hallig
Stay tuned to the Around the Region Newsletter and the Asia-Pacific Regional Website, as updated information, resources, and ministry opportunities will be forthcoming.Invitation to All NMI Leaders - Welcome To The Team!
Manila, Philippines
Communication and cooperation is vital in growing the church.
The Regional NMI Coordinator is inviting all NMI presidents and council members from across the Asia-Pacific Region to join her in a private Facebook group. This will be a resource for sharing ideas and experiences, as well as a place for mentoring new leaders. Don't miss out!
Click here to join the team - Team NMI
Mission Drift - by David A. Busic
Board of General Superintendents
Check out this insightful article on the dangers of drifting away from our mission, along with some thoughts about how to keep our focus on the target.
Click here for the complete article.MISSION DRIFT – BY DAVID A. BUSIC
David A. Busic
General Superintendent
Board of General Superintendents: In their book, Mission Drift: The Unspoken Crisis Facing Leaders, Charities, and Churches, Peter Greer and Chris Horst make the case that missional drift in organizations is, in most cases, unintended. A loss of focus for any God-given mission is often unchosen, unreflective accommodation.Harvard is a respected university, but it no longer maintains its foundational calling to be a thoroughly Christian school. Though its diplomascontinue to read Christo et Ecclesiae and Veritas (or “Truth for Christ and the Church”), the school no longer resembles a Christ-centered institution. Yale University was founded in 1701 by Cotton Mather, a New England pastor, along with a Christian businessman named Elihu Yale, as a reaction to their concerns over the secularization of Harvard. They determined to establish a place of higher learning that would not relinquish its Christian values in the name of education. Their motto was Lux et Veritas (“Light and Truth”). Their passion to walk in the light of God was resolute and firm. Yet today, while Yale excels in many other areas, spiritual formation is not one of them.
“… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”- Hebrews 12:1, NIV
What happened to these revered institutions? The same thing that happens to any college, denomination, or local church that forgets its intentional focus of why it exists. This is the beginning of mission drift.
Greer and Horst state, “Mission drift unfolds slowly. Like a current, it carries organizations away from their core purpose and identity” (18). In physics, this is known as the second law of thermodynamics. That is, in the natural order of the universe, things degenerate rather than come together. Even the hottest fires, if left untended, eventually go out.
We must maintain a laser-focused intentionality regarding our purpose if we are to avoid mission drift.- Dr. David Busic
Why does the Church of the Nazarene exist? To make Christlike disciples in the nations. That is our mission. Why does your local church exist? To make Christlike disciples in your community. We must maintain a laser-focused intentionality regarding our purpose if we are to avoid mission drift.
I am convicted by these words: “Here’s the reality: Mission drift is the natural course of organizations, and it takes focused attention to safeguard against it. Once an organization ignores its source of heat, drift is only a matter of time” (20).
Mission drift is not inevitable. Those charged with spiritual leadership face diversions from many directions. To pay careful, humble, and relentless attention to the heart of our mission is an essential part of faithful leadership. But we must stay close to the “source of our heat” or drift is only a matter of time.
Mission Drift, Greer and Horst, Bethany House Publishers: Bloomington, MN 2014 — Via: Pursuing…The Way of Holiness
New Team Member Welcomed to Philippines.
Manila, Philippines
Virgil is no stranger to the Philippines as he volunteered in the disaster zone after Typhoon Yolanda struck a year ago.
Read more of his story here.NEW TEAM MEMBER WELCOMED TO PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Philippines: The Asia-Pacific Region and the Philippine Micronesia Field, are very excited to welcome our newest member to the team.
Virgil Albertson, arrived to the Philippines on February 11th. Originally from Florida, he has come to the Region to serve as the interim Field Treasurer for the Philippine and Micronesia Field.
Overseas missions are not new to Virgil. He has been involved in several mission trips through Calvary Chapel, including short-term assignments in Ecuador and Guatemala.
While working as an insurance agent, Virgil continued to feel the call in his heart to missions. A friend introduced him to the Church of the Nazarene two and a half years ago. After this, he began to research the church and its missions programs. His call to serve would result in his volunteering with the relief efforts following Super Typhoon Yolanda that struck the Central Philippines in November of 2013. During that time, he spent 3 weeksworking alongside the local church as part of the Nazarene Disaster Response.
Virgil returned to his home in Idaho with a renewed commitment to serve the Lord wherever He called. This commitment led him to sell his home and many of his belongings in order to be ready and available to be used by God. It would be just a short three months later that Virgil would be answering the call to once again return to the Philippines.
“I can’t wait to get started and do my part in the great work of our Lord here in the Philippines and Micronesia,” stated Albertson.
If you would like information on how to partner with Virgil in his ministry,please follow this link.
Churches to Stand United Against Human Trafficking on Freedom Sunday!
Global
February 22 in Freedom Sunday, a day set aside for the Church to stand united against modern slavery, also known as human trafficking.
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?[Isaiah 58:6]
Please follow the below link to see how your church can participate in standing united against modern slavery!
Only two weeks away...get involved...today!
Opportunity for Partners to Become Involved!
Asia-Pacific Region
Papyrus Solar powered audio players allow us to share the Bible in some of the most difficult languages on earth!
Taking the gospel message and pastoral courses to those who have never learned to read.
In one location, young believers are taking these units, with the New Testament in the local language, into large housing complexes and loaning them out to elderly who have no access to audio versions of the Scripture.
We currently have need for more than 30 of these units, to be deployed in strategic locations across the Region.
The cost per unit is $75.00, but more than finances, we need prayer partners who will pray for the transformation of lives that are introduced to the Word!
"So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."[Isaiah 55:11 (NIV)]
Please Click this link to PARTNER now!
This newsletter is a ministry of your Asia-Pacific Regional Communications Office. Please submit questions or comments to: Regional Communications Coordinator
Connie Aebischer - Editor - Around the Region News
World Mission Communications Asia-Pacific
Ortigas Avenue Extension
Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Around the Region is released each week on Saturday. If you have news to share, please forward to our office by Friday at noon (PHT).
Strategic Partners Ltd
Ortigas Avenue Extension, Kaytikling
Taytay, Rizal
Manila 1920 Philippines
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