Baptisms in Central Asia
Our partners in Central Asia are introducing the hope of Christ to the unreached, but the story doesn’t end there. Faithful leaders are crucial in discipling new believers in overlooked places.
One of our partners, A*, is a woman living outside the main country of our focus and disciples believers who have fled. Here is a recent story she shared with us:
“In the last days of April, I met three sisters who were believers. They had received the gospel in their home country, but were unable to be baptized. So on May 4 we gathered together at their request, and in the bathtub I baptized them in the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
“One of the sisters is E*. E got married 14 years ago and had five children. While she was a mother and a woman at home, she earned a degree in psychology. Her life was going well, but one day she heard the news of her husband’s death, killed because of a family feud. After his death, she began a difficult life with her children.
“Days and months passed until one day, a brother who believed in Jesus Christ shared gospel with E. She was only able to join the meeting of believers twice before the government collapsed.”
E and her children escaped the country and moved near our Field Partner. When our partner met E and her sisters, they quickly bonded and our partner brought up the idea of baptism.
“On May 4, we gathered together in the house of Sister E and they were baptized in the bathtub with the help of the Holy God Jesus Christ. After the baptism, they were very happy, and they felt that they were being lightened and that they had been lifted from their burdens.”
Our partner was able to baptize the three believers. And when E’s eldest daughter heard her mother describe her experience, she chose to be baptized as well.
“When I asked her daughter how she felt. She said, ‘I am no longer anxious as I had been before, and now I feel at ease.’ We didn’t know each other before but God gave me this opportunity to know them and they asked me for baptism.”
We are honored to stand alongside bold disciple-makers like A and brave women like E and her sisters! Please continue to pray for the growth of this small community, that their impact be mighty.
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