Can a healthy multi-ethnic church planting movement actually exist among migrants?
This is the question Encompass Directors pondered this week during meetings held at The Chateau (the Castle) of St. Albain in France. Why? Because at most times on this planet, 1 in 20 people are living as refugees, migrants, and other categories of the diaspora (geographical movement of people).
Barb Wooler in front of Encompass’ ministry center in France, the Chateau of St. Albain
Our guest speakers were church planters Theo & Rene Visser, whose ministry among migrants in the Netherlands has resulted in a healthy church planting movement involving 30 churches in Rotterdam. Since refugee ministry impacts each of the five networks in some way, including, or even especially the Encompass’ Crisis Response Network, the stories and truths shared by the Vissers resonated deeply with each director.
PRAY for Encompass directors as they return to incorporate the important ideas and resolutions they have learned. Why? Because God wants the nations to sing for joy and be glad, lifting up praise to their God, yet “how can they believe in the one in whom they have not heard?” (Romans 10:14)
Pray for the Lord of the harvest to provide many more people He will mobilize to pray, to give, and to go to reach the many nations represented in the diaspora.
