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China Church Planting Training

Continuing Discipleship in the Church of China

"By experiencing so many difficult times in the past, the churches in China are becoming mature in the spiritual ways and have already started to take the responsibility of preaching the gospel and also to the minority groups. The vision is even clearer to join world missions. In fact some…

World Compassion StaffMay 27, 2016

China Church Planting Training

Mission Training Despite Persecution

The nation of China is still a difficult place to share the gospel, and yet despite the ongoing persecution, the church is continuing to flourish. Living under the radar of government monitoring and having weekly services in cramped apartments, the Chinese church is growing at an extremely fast pace, but…

World Compassion StaffMay 27, 2016

Burma Training

ABC Growth in Myanmar

We had the chance while in Myanmar to visit a house church during their weekly ABC class. ABC Bible Curriculum is a 2-year program that we use to train believers, making them strong in their faith and preparing them to share the Word of God with others. Like the parable…

World Compassion StaffApril 14, 2016

Burma Church Planting Training

The Dawn of a New Era

On May 2nd of 2008, the beautiful nation of Myanmar (also called Burma) was hit by the deadly Cyclone Nargis. More than 138,000 people were killed and 2 million were left homeless. The task of rebuilding the nation was daunting. We did not know exactly what God had in store…

World Compassion StaffMarch 31, 2016

China Church Planting Training

Winning the Struggle

The winters can be cold and dreary in China. Every year about this time we shuttle in and out of communities throughout the country, under cloudy and rainy conditions, meeting pastors and believers in homes, offices, hotels and coffee shops. We huddle together with our Chinese team planning the expansion…

World Compassion StaffFebruary 9, 2016

Burma Church Planting Spiritual Development Training

Burma Update

EQUIPPING LEADERS… This spring we celebrated the first graduating class of 40 students from the new World Compassion Ministry Training Center (MTC) in southern Burma (Myanmar). Our mission is to help train and equip the local church in the nations where we work, and this new training program…

World Compassion StaffJuly 16, 2015

China Church Planting Training

How do you train 15,000 new believers a day?

Our team just returned from an impactful week of ministry, training over 200 Chinese pastors at our two leadership conferences in China last week. As you know, our conferences were cut short by police raids last year, so we are incredibly grateful we were able to return again and host…

Jason LawMay 28, 2015

China Church Planting Training

Incredible Growth – What’s the Problem?

The Chinese church is experiencing growth on such an incredible scale, it is hard to comprehend. Experts estimate the Christian church in China will grow by 55 million new believers by 2025 – that’s 15,000 new converts every single day! But the Church in China is already crippled by a…

World Compassion StaffMay 11, 2015

China Church Planting Training

50 Million Converts – Who Will Lead Them?

Training Christian leaders in China has never been more important. Severe persecution and strict regulations from the Communist government have forced the Chinese church underground. The attempts of the regime over the last five decades to snuff out the flame for Christ in China has instead caused the underground house…

World Compassion StaffOctober 22, 2014

Burma Church Planting Training

Culture Shock

As I stood with around 100 church planters in Burma just a few weeks ago, it hit me hard that we were “playing from behind.” These men looked tired with ragged, old clothes on their worn bodies, but there was a hunger that I had not seen. As we visited,…

World Compassion StaffJuly 14, 2014