The WITNESS Project has been a bold adventure. It equips local church leaders with all the tools they need to take God’s Word across every ethnic, lingual, and political boundary. Our goal when we started the WITNESS Project was to train 100,000 men and women-indigenous believers such as pastors, evangelists, missionaries and church planters who have taken up the call of the Great Commission to share Christ with millions of hard-to-reach people around the world. Moreover, because soul winning lays the foundation for lasting church growth, these National Christians will leave behind a culturally relevant church in every community they touch.
The WITNESS Project Nine Year Report:
National pastors trained and equipped: 30,781
Countries/Languages working in: 47
International Field Offices: 8
Reported Results:Number of Soul Winners they have trained: 1,665,507
Number of souls that have been won: 19,986,106
Number of churches planted: 2,763From India (PastorThomas Maher, India Director):
….”We had 1,113 national pastors and leaders trained and equipped. They committed to train 52,321 soul winners in the next two years and to plant 4,542 churches. We have great expectations in the next 18 to 24 months. With the planting of churches and this tremendous number of soul winners in place all over several cities in India, there is potential for over 1 million to come to Christ during this time. Praise the Lord!”
From Myanmar (Paul Syn, Myanmar Director):
“Our recent campaign in Myanmar was a great success! Over 1,200 delegates were in attendance with many traveling for days by bicycle. Our meeting hall was packed out; preachers happily sat on benches shoulder-to-shoulder with no complaints. When the complete Operation Go program was distributed to each pastor, many were overcome with emotion and gratitude. They could hardly wait to get back to their towns and villages to implement this new strategy. They will use Operation Go to grow their existing churches and plant new ones for the glory of God.”
From Cuba (Rick Montes, South America Director):
“This was our second time to Cuba in the last two years. First we returned to strengthen and encourage the pastors we had trained last time and to hear the wonderful reports of how God is using Operation Go in this impoverished country, to give many a new life in Christ. Then we went to conduct a Soul Winning Directors Institute, with 82 delegates in attendance. After the third day of the Institute the delegates were sent out to knock on doors; they later returned rejoicing and praising God for seeing 86 souls won to Christ! This is what it’s all about! Praise Him!”
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NOTE: CIC monthly supports one National Pastor in India. Thanks, CIC members!
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