Dear Friend,
Please take a minute to pray for us today.
This evening I will be attending a meeting of the Evangelical Free Church regional committee for Church Planting. 3 of the 4 projects I am working with with be represented. Please pray for clarity and or a clear definition and mutual understanding of what my role is in each of these projects as well as in the regional committee itself. Pray that people would be encouraged and that God would use this meeting to bring each of these church plants a step further along.
Please also be praying for us this next week as the video team comes to Cologne to begin work on the church planting motivational seminar. Pray for strength and joy in an intense week. Pray that the interviews will go well and that we don’t encounter too many technical problems. Pray for creativity and good ideas as we begin discussing and deciding on some of the creative aspects of video and PowerPoint elements of the seminar.
Please pray for us as we counsel with some close German friends who are going through a marriage crisis. Pray that God would give us wisdom and the right words to say. Pray that He will work in their hearts and that they would turn to Him at this hurtful and difficult time.
Thank you for standing with us in prayer.
Blessings,
Jason and Sue
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Jason and Sue met at a Bible School in Germany in 1977 and were married in 1980. They pursued further training at Grace University in Omaha and Denver Seminary. Having gained valuable experience in the pastorate in Colorado and Indiana, they arrived in Germany in 1992. Since then they have successfully started 3 churches in the Cologne region. In addition to working on a regional and national basis to help foster a church planting movement through training and mentoring German church planters, they are currently leading the CologneProject, a liturgical church plant featuring jazz music.
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Germany is a mission field. This surprises many people. They have never thought of Europe as a place that needs missionaries, let alone Germany, the very heart of the Reformation. Many people consider Europe a Christian continent.
However, consider this:
· In Germany, evangelical Christians comprise only 3 percent of the population.
· The churches in Africa and Asia - continents traditionally associated with missionaries - are growing rapidly while Europe is the only continent where the church is declining.
In spite of this, God is at work in Germany. Most Germans have given up on the traditional church, but are still open to God. Young people are looking for answers to their questions about the meaning of life. They are concerned about terrorism, globalisation and injustice in the world. It is an exciting time to be engaging modern Germans with the Gospel.
We believe that one of the most effective ways to reach people is through the starting of dynamic, modern and reproducing churches. The goal of the new churches that we are starting is to contextualize the Gospel in a way that draws people who don‘t regularly attend church. Our desire is to help these people find the forgiveness, hope, and new life we have found in Jesus Christ.
However, consider this:
· In Germany, evangelical Christians comprise only 3 percent of the population.
· The churches in Africa and Asia - continents traditionally associated with missionaries - are growing rapidly while Europe is the only continent where the church is declining.
In spite of this, God is at work in Germany. Most Germans have given up on the traditional church, but are still open to God. Young people are looking for answers to their questions about the meaning of life. They are concerned about terrorism, globalisation and injustice in the world. It is an exciting time to be engaging modern Germans with the Gospel.
We believe that one of the most effective ways to reach people is through the starting of dynamic, modern and reproducing churches. The goal of the new churches that we are starting is to contextualize the Gospel in a way that draws people who don‘t regularly attend church. Our desire is to help these people find the forgiveness, hope, and new life we have found in Jesus Christ.