FALL 2020
Reaching the least-reached, 'til the whole world knows
Global Disciples
Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours. All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. Psalm 86:8-10
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True Worship Transforms Jaya and Amoli live in the same community in India. Both women were dedicated worshipers of the many Hindu gods and goddesses, turning to them to find help and hope. Yet each woman felt unfulfilled and troubled in spirit and mind. At a Hindu festival, Jaya came under the influence of an evil spirit. It drained her strength; she could barely walk or move around. Her parents consulted priests at the temples, and doctors too, but found no help. Jaya’s condition isolated her and her family from friends and relatives. Finally, her parents gave up hope and prepared to admit Jaya to a mental hospital.
Jaya shouted at the disciple-makers as they entered her home; they answered with songs of deliverance. For half an hour, they worshipped, prayed, and sang over her. Jaya started laughing then suddenly lost consciousness. They took her to a local hospital where she woke an hour later feeling very weak, but at peace. Once home, she ate and slept for the first time in many days. Jaya was free from the evil spirit! The next day, she and her family gave their lives to Jesus.
Amoli was also drawn to the worship she heard. But when the disciple-makers offered to pray for her, she laughed. How could that help her? Yet, as they sang about a God who loved her just as she As they sang about a was, the songs and God’s God who loved her just Word touched her heart brought peace. Soon as she was, the songs and and she placed her faith in Jesus.
Amoli was troubled too. Worshipping the gods and goddesses did nothing for the fear and worry that crippled her thoughts. Instead, she lashed out at God’s Word touched her those around her, picking For Amoli, Christ’s transfights and treating people heart and brought peace. forming work was so badly. And with this reputavisible that many who tion, no one was willing to marry her. Pain and didn’t know Jesus were willing to listen as she rejection added to her fears of being unwanted, shared God’s Word with them. She now leads unloved. She couldn’t even accept her parents’ worship in a newly-planted cell group and shares love. One day, Amoli tried to hang herself but her the Gospel in a nearby community—where father rescued her. She had no peace, no hope. people are giving their hearts to Christ, and God is doing miracles! Some disciple-makers from a Global Disciples program visited the neighborhood where Jaya As a disciple of Jesus, Jaya is eager to tell everyand Amoli lived. They came singing praises to the one how He freed her from spiritual bondage. Lord and talking about Jesus who loves, heals, She is active in a new local fellowship and is and saves people from their sins. committed to reaching prostitutes with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Jaya’s parents heard the disciple-makers, and asked the leader, “Can your Jesus heal our daughter?” He Knowing and worshipping the True and Living said, “Yes, by faith she will be healed.” God can transform a troubled life, as Jaya and Amoli happily tell everyone they meet.
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Becoming a Global Disciple “I thought being a believer in Jesus was enough, but during the discipleship training, the Holy Spirit showed me that I have to join in God’s ministry,” Bahadur said. Bahadur is a young man in Nepal, and like many Christ-followers, he has discovered that believing in Jesus is the first step in becoming a disciple and living with a mission to fulfill. His perspective changed thanks to his local discipleship-mission training provided by Global Disciples.
“God heard my prayer,” Kul said. “Last year, one family came to faith in Jesus. Now we have a small fellowship among this tribe!” An ocean away in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bunani also participated in a local Global Disciples training. He was deeply moved to hear that more than two billion people in our world still need to hear about Jesus. With another training participant, he decided to act and set off for a remote, unreached village.
From the mountains of Asia to the heart of Africa, There Bunani saw God answer his prayers for a God is raising up global-minded disciples—men crippled boy—healing in a miraculous way. and women with a vision to share the Good This led to reconciliation among the boy’s News of Jesus with those fractured family, and the who don’t know Him. As visible transformation in "During the discipleship Global Disciples, our training their lives opened the way simply makes room for God training, the Holy Spirit for Bunani to share Jesus to change and shape hearts with the whole community. showed me that I have and empower His people to Now this once unreached fulfill the mission of making to join in God’s ministry." village has a church of 52 disciples among the nations. believers and continues to grow as Bunani and others Today, Bahadur pastors a village church planted spread the Good News. among a least-reached people through the efforts of his local discipleship-mission program. The heart of God is for all people to be saved, and sharing this Good News is the great commisKul is another Christ-follower whose heart was sion Christ has given to each of us. stirred through discipleship-mission training. “I realized my calling from God,” he said. “My heart As Global Disciples, and with your help, Christwas filled with compassion for the ES-- people, followers like Kul, Bunani, Bahadur, and many one of the unreached tribes here in Nepal.” In others are becoming global disciples on a fasting and prayer, Kul went out to share the mission to reach least-reached people with the Gospel with this least-reached community. Good News.
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Last year, over 17,650 disciple-makers used their Global Disciples training to share the Gospel in over 60 countries. They also planted 3,507 churches, mostly among leastreached people and communities.
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Worship: Our Ultimate Goal
Our ultimate goal: men and women, young and old, from every race, tribe, ethnic group and language worshiping the Lamb of God.
Worship has not been a common theme in my In worship, we are fulfilling the prayer for the writing. That, as I think about it, has been a Kingdom to come here on earth as it is in heaven. serious oversight. From the beginning, worship Worship is the language of heaven. Consider has been an essential part Revelation 7:9-12, where a of our Global Disciples’ great multitude which no one “Missions is not the DNA. Just ask anyone who's could count from every tribe, ultimate goal… attended an Annual people, and language gathers Equipping Event or one of before the throne and the Worship is. Missions our international staff gathLamb in whole-hearted, exists because erings. We love to worship! full-voice worship!
worship doesn't.”
In light of who God is and the finished work of Christ on the cross, worship and adoration are the normal, appropriate responses. Worship prepares our hearts to be attentive to the voice of the Holy Spirit and to receive the Word of God that refreshes and challenges us. Thanks to our Annual Sponsors 6 Global Disciples
As Global Disciples we want to see every person have an —John Piper opportunity to choose and follow Jesus. Only then can our ultimate goal be realized: men and women, young and old, from every race, tribe, ethnic group and language worshiping the Lamb of God. In the words of
John Piper, “Missions is not the ultimate goal… Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.”
intercessory teams, we envision preparing Regional Worship Leaders to equip local worship leaders.
Meaningful worship, in its many different expressions, is important in the discipleship of new believers around the world. Appropriate expressions of genuine worship are foundational for fellowships as they grow and multiply.
With Tim’s leadership, we also anticipate an opportunity for us to share in this global worship. We invite you to join us for Nations Worship, a virtual gathering coming up in November. You’ll have the privilege of participating with worship leaders, artists, and musicians, and hear stories from around the world, as we share the Galen Burkholder, language of heaven and President/CEO focus on our ultimate goal. Global Disciples
We are so grateful the Lord has led Tim Bentch to our Global Disciples team. His role is to work with gifted worship leaders around the world to equip and multiply others to lead new disciples of Christ into deeper, authentic expressions of local worship. Just as our Regional Prayer Leaders build up local
New Staff Tim Bentch joined Global Disciples in July as Worship Specialist and regional coordinator with Partner Relations. Tim is passionate about calling the Body of Christ to enter into God’s presence with gifts of music and creativity in worship. He holds degrees in music and theology from the Curtis Institute of Music and Princeton Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Lorri, served as missionaries in Hungary for 12 years, ministering among artists and musicians while also church planting. Since then he has pastored in several churches in the US. Tim and Lorri have three young adult daughters, and a son-in-law.
Sarah Kelley joined Global Disciples as Alliance Administrative Assistant. She graduated from the University of Alabama in 2019, with a Bachelor’s in International Studies and a Master’s in Public Administration. She met her husband, Hudson, at Alabama and the two share a passion for proclaiming the Good News of Jesus to the least-reached. Previously, Sarah worked with DC127, developing a model justification for their family preservation program, and at HOPE International, in support of strategic planning and development of the Mission True workbook.
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