New Believers in Central Asia

In Central Asia, our Field Partners have to think creatively in order to find opportunities to share the gospel with their communities. Across the country our Partners are launching underground schools, employment training, farms, and other initiatives to not only meet the needs of their neighbors, but also find ways to deepen relationships and start conversations about faith.

One of the ways our Field Partners are introducing people to the hope of the gospel is through a local gym. Regular gatherings at the gym are a safe space for young men to gather and develop relationships, and our Field Partners are seeing a lot of fruit from this new community.

In the past few months, three gym members became believers and two of them are hoping to be baptized soon. And just six months after one student became a believer, he is sharing the gospel with others and helping organize a new house church.

Community is the greatest need for the church in Central Asia. Many new believers are suspicious of others because of the very real danger for Christians in their country. But attending prayer meetings and developing personal relationships with other believers emboldens their faith. Many of our Partners are trying to facilitate more in-person meetings, because the new believers love the community they’ve found.

F*, who helped launch the gym, has since become a refugee in a bordering country. He has started new exercise initiatives among the refugee community and works with a lot of young adults. Through these programs, he’s starting to share Christ and disciple the men and women. His hope is to introduce the believers into a bigger community.