Church of the Nations

Vision

Church of the Nations exists to be a base for reaching out to unsaved souls in Thailand and surrounding countries. "I will make you a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth." (Isaiah 49.6) 

Upcoming Events

1) Church of the nations will be restructured as house-church system to provide an admostphere of love and care for the spiritual equiping of each member, and a "house of prayer" in which each member’s needs can be met by the faithfullness of God through a "praying and answering" system. Once the church becomes a "house of prayer" for the church members it then becomes a "house of prayer for many nations" (Isa. 56.7). Thus, their neighbours’ needs, physically and spiritually, are met. Through the emphasis on prayer we believe to see the manifestation of God’s power, a convincing power, among our church members and their neighbours.

2) We plan to start house-churches in two or three other districts of Chiangmai begining with San Kampaeng and possibly Hang Dong districts in January 1998. As for other districts like Chiangdao, Mae Taeng, and Chomtong, where we already have started some kind of ministries, by God’s grace we want to stengthen these little groups of believers and seek ways to help them be established as local churches.

3) Through our connection in Burma, we have found that people there are in great spiritual needs. Some Wa believers in Wa State, Burma (locating at the Burmese-Chinese border) have contacted us for help, e.g. leadership seminar, financial support for evangelists to reach out to their own people. (There are approximately one million Wa’s in this area). As the living expenses in this part of the world are not so expensive, we plan to raise fund locally from within our church and some other spritual partners to help them in any way we can. A rough plan for leadership seminar is projected in early March 1998. And by God’s grace, we plan to start at least three churches in Wa State within 1998.

4) The "Ministry for the nations training centre" organized 1997 will be continue as a training base for new workers before they go out to bless the nations with the good news of salvation. If the Lord permits, we want to train 20 more workers for the 2nd intake in 1998. (9 people are in the course of training in 1997).

5) One of our present students who will graduated in November 1997 was from Shan State, Burma. He and his family plan to go back there as our missionaries to reach their own people in the later part of 1998. Besides the spiritual support, we hope to be able to help them with some basic financial support.

6) Many rural churches along the border of Thailand are in needs for revival. One of our fulltime workers who is a Karen feels burdened to minister the word of God to Karen churches in these areas as an itinerant minister. We want to support his vision and see the calling in his life being fulfilled.

Jesus said, "Behold I say to you lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest." (John 4.35)

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