Every Home Journal — Fall 2018

EVERY HOME

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How the Gospel is bringing true joy to an entire people group

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NAMIBIA

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C R E AT I V E A C C E S S

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THE PHILIPPINES

Welcome Home.

We are messengers of hope to a broken world.

Our tongues speak the languages of a thousand homelands. Our skin is black, white and every

shade in between. Our feet walk deserts, climb mountains and cross tundra — all to reach one place. It’s the place at the heart of every

people and nation, the place where people laugh and cry and spend their days. In a word, home.

We believe that the Great Commission is for all

of us. We believe that prayer changes everything.

We lose sleep over the lost and celebrate with

the one who returns. Some of us influence leaders, while others are beaten and thrown in prison.

Together, whether we live or die, we look to the coming day when a thunderous crowd from every tribe, tongue, people and nation will worship Jesus.

We won’t stop until every home is reached and

every ear has heard His wonderful name — because Jesus is worthy.

CONTENTS

International President | DICK EASTMAN Executive Director | TIM MIDDLEBROOK

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Editor | ISAAC REICHENBACH Writers | JAMES HOLT, JOSHUA SKAGGS Contributing Writers | TANNER PEAKE, NATHAN WOOD Copy Editor | EVELYN EVANS Designers | DAVE BATES, DREW EMMERT Photographer | DANIELLE SCHMIDT

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The Every Home quarterly journal is published to share what God is doing on the front lines of global

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missions through Every Home for Christ. We aim to communicate stories and testimonies with honesty and integrity. It is an honor to be messengers of this good news, and we pray this publication is an encouragement. Thank you for your partnership in the Great Commission.

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EVERY HOME FOR CHRIST PO Box 64000 Colorado Springs, CO 80962 1-800-423-5054 ehc.org | info@ehc.org social: @everyhomeintl

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WHAT WE DO: Currently active in more than 150 nations around the world, we mobilize and equip indigenous missionaries to systematically share the Gospel with every family in every home in every nation. Connect with us online at ehc.org

Scripture taken from the New King James VersionŽ. Copyright Š 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.

All rights reserved.

FROM THE PRESIDENT

“This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth.”

— Keith Green

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COUNTRY FOCU S :

Namibia

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T H E H I M B A P E O P L E H AV E A D A P T E D TO L I F E I N T H E N A M I B D E S E R T, C O AT I N G T H E I R S K I N W I T H A M I X T U R E O F O C H R E A N D B U T T E R FAT T O P R O T E C T I T F R O M M O S Q U I TO E S A N D T H E D R Y H E AT O F T H E D E S E R T. H I M B A W O M E N B R A I D T H E I R H A I R I N VA R I O U S S T Y L E S T H AT C O R R E S P O N D T O D I F F E R E N T S TA G E S O F L I F E .

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REGION FOCUS :

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Creative Access

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WHAT DOES CREATIVE ACCESS MEAN? 23

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Prayer Focus Q&A

World Watch List can be found at www.opendoorsusa.org.

WORLD WATCH LIST 1 North Korea

11 India*

2 Afghanistan

12 Saudi Arabia

3 Somalia

13 Maldives

4 Sudan

14 Nigeria*

5 Pakistan*

15 Syria

6 Eritrea

16 Uzbekistan

7 Libya

17 Egypt

8 Iraq

18 Vietnam

9 Yemen

19 Turkmenistan

10 Iran

20 Laos

Extreme Persecution Very High Persecution

*A Top Ten Most-Populated Country

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C O U NT R Y F O C U S :

The Philippines

LEFT: THE YOUNG COUPLE, EMER AND SAM, TOGETHER IN SAUDI ARABIA. RIGHT: EMER R I S K S B E I N G I L L E G A L LY WAT E R BA P T I Z E D A S A P R O F E S S I O N O F H E R FA I T H .

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SAM AND EMER

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*Cornelio, Jayeel. “How the Philippines Became Catholic.” Christianity Today. March 9, 2018.

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MEALTIME CONNECT

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Arroz Caldo INGREDIENTS: SE R V E S

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S AY T H E W O R D “ E VA N G E L I S M ” A N D WAT C H P E O P L E S C AT T E R .

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85% OF EVANGELICAL BELIEVERS STRUGGLE TO SHARE THEIR FAITH.

1. DON’T WANT TO BE PUSHY Great. Take “pushy” out of the equation. Telling someone a story about something good you’ve experienced is quite natural and easy. We do this with our sports teams all the time, or with new car purchases, or a new birth in the family. Everyone likes to hear good news. Tell people that there is new life in Jesus, and it’s really good. It’s what we were made for.

2. DON’T FEEL QUALIFIED Let love drive you to care about people. There is no fear in love. Don’t worry about feeling qualified. Jesus qualified you to love others when He set His love upon you.

3. DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY There’s a lot to say about creation, the fall and Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. Sometimes the issue isn’t that we don’t have anything to say; it’s that we don’t know where to start. Tell your story. Tell others about what God did in your life. If the Gospel is anything, it’s personable. Jesus is personable.

WE WILL REACH THIS HOME.

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