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Every Nation is passionate about taking the Good News of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth. Learn more about our ministry and be encouraged by our missionaries’ triumphs and stories in our News section.

The Gospel changes lives in China

16 May
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The Every Nation churches in China are doing great things in the name of Jesus, and lives are changing for the better in this highly restricted nation. We receive several encouraging stories, and are excited to share two with you now.

A college junior in one Chinese university accepted Jesus a few months after regularly attending our missionary team’s English classes. Touched by the warmth and authenticity of the spiritual family, she is now following Jesus and being discipled by one of our China missionaries. This girl, who has never read the Bible before, is hungry to know more about Christ.

Four students from another Chinese University heard about having a purpose for the first time during the LIFE seminar held by our missionaries and a Ten Days team last month. These students are eager to understand and learn more by reading the Bible and attending small group gatherings. This resulted in the birthing of a new small group in the university.

2013 Pearl Delta Discipleship Convergence

12 Apr
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Last March 23, 2013, around 120 pastors and small group leaders from the Every Nation churches in Macau, Hong Kong, and three other cities in Mainland China converged in Macau for the first-ever Pearl Delta Discipleship Convergence.

Several leaders from Every Nation Ministries spoke at the whole-day event. World Missions Director, Pastor Jun Escosar reminded the leaders about God’s Call to Biblical Discipleship. World Missions Executive Director, Pastor Michael Paderes discussed the importance of discipleship focus, while Pastor Ariel Marquez, senior pastor of Victory Alabang, an Every Nation church in the Philippines, discussed the role of discipleship in the local church.

Pastors Michael and Ariel then tag-teamed on a discussion on the Four E’s, after which an emotional time of vision-casting took place. To cap off the conference, it was announced that the Pearl Delta Discipleship Convergence, originally envisioned as a locality-based gathering, would now become a yearly event involving churches from the entire region!

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Church planting team now connecting in Israel

21 Mar
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Since their arrival in November 2012, our Every Nation church planting team in Israel has devoted most of its time connecting with individuals who can take part in the future church. By God’s grace, its efforts are bearing fruit.

“God has been opening a lot of doors for us to connect with the right people,” said one of the long-term church workers. “In fact, we were privileged to meet a government official who introduced us to forty-three Filipino groups here in Israel.”

Aside from the Filipino community, God has opened doors for our team to reach out to all nationalities, including several postgraduate students from the country’s top universities. Recently, they met with various international groups from Fiji, the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands.

“With the growing number of people we were connecting with, we were concerned about where we would meet,” our long-term church worker says. “But God provided!  A nearby church has agreed to give us space for our prayer meetings.”

As they work on building relationships, the team members are not shy about acknowledging God’s hand in their efforts.

“We are grateful for God’s grace, and how He has used our ministry partners to support us,” he adds. “It’s amazing and humbling to see how God gave us an opportunity to be part of what He’s doing in Israel.”

Pray with us for the church plant in Israel:

  1. Ask God for divine favor and a smooth processing of the visas of our long-term church workers and their families.

  2. Intercede for divine provision, wisdom, and guidance for the current long-term church workers, as they continuously strategize for the church plant.

  3. Pray for more long-term workers to answer God’s call to help build the church.

  4. Believe God for countless doors of opportunity for the Good News to be preached in the universities, communities, and institutions in Israel.

Introducing the 2020 Initiative

26 Feb
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The 2020 Initiative is an eight-year plan that schedules the missions focus on the remaining twenty-four countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa that are yet to have an Every Nation church.

Missions work has started for the three countries that are this year’s focus. Scouting trips to Israel and Sri Lanka were conducted in 2012, and Pakistan is scheduled to be explored this year. Ten Days teams are being sent out to Israel, and these short-term missioners have contributed much in the ongoing church plant there. Three students from the next batch of the School of World Missions are Sri Lankans.

God has been faithful in bringing forth the breakthroughs and yet, this is just the start of the 2020 Initiative! Here are the 24 nations included in the 2020 Initiative:

Stand with us in prayer for these twenty-four nations:

  • Pray for more long-term and short-term workers who will answer the call to go to these harvest fields.
  • Ask God for numerous open doors to share His Word to people from all walks of life in every sphere of society.
  • Intercede for favor and divine strategy as church planting work begins in each nation.
  • Believe God for wisdom and anointing for the Asia Leadership Team as they lead this initiative.

“Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” – Psalm 2:8

Saudi Arabia church gains ground

26 Feb
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In the last quarter of 2011, a church planting team arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After bathing the mission in prayer and preparation, the members of the team started work by connecting with and gathering Christians who are currently working in the nation as overseas workers. Prayer services began to formally take place after the prayer and fasting week in 2012.

As more contacts got connected with the church planting team, the growing congregation met regularly in an upper room of a small building. Currently, around 20 people attended the weekly services. This does not include the individuals who are unable to attend regularly due to shifting work schedules.

The team is praying for more families to be connected for they are helpful in reaching out to single men and women in a country where gender segregation is strictly enforced. The team is believing for their own venue. Currently, the church is holding their weekly prayer meetings and worship services in a sanctuary that is being lent to them by another church. Victory groups are also being held at different times of the week. The church is praying for more to be added and established.

Prayer Points

  • Believe with the church for a big venue with parking space, as well as a ministry vehicle for their worship services.
  • Pray for more Victory groups to be established in the men’s and ladies’ dorms.
  • Ask God for more families and couples to be connected to the church.
  • Intercede for wisdom and guidance for the leadership team as they lead the congregation.
  • Believe God for favor and provision, that He will meet their every need.