Overview

• New areas opened: 12
• New DM groups formed: 21
• Total weekly DM groups: 60
• Number of pastors trained weekly: 380
• Discipleship group graduates: 32

Big Wins for God’s Kingdom

The last three months have seen the impact of Take The Challenge ministry continue to grow. Even though I have not been able to travel, we have been able to send out national pastors to pioneer new areas. I am in awe of all God is doing through His faithful servants.

1. Expansion across East Africa

The disciple-maker groups birthed following my August 2023 trip to East Africa have come of age. Fifteen of those who have been trained a

re now stepping up to train others, resulting in twenty new disciple-makers groups, training over 100 new pastors.

2. Training pastors in Himalaya villages

Pastor Samuel has opened a disciple-maker group for five mountain pastors.

They each pastor in remote areas in the Himalayan mountains and have received little training. They are not able to attend online meetings due network challenges, so they each travel six to ten hours once a month for the training. After two meetings, they began taking the discipleship material, which has been translated into Nepali[1], and training their own leaders. As of last month, there are eleven leaders and future pastors being trained to go into the world and make disciples.

3. Sending forth more laborers

In the last three months, our three core leaders in Kenya have

 personally heeded the call to “Go into all the world and make disciples.” Hellen held a DM vision-casting seminar in the border town of Busia. Pastor James traveled four hours to launched new g

roups in Makindu, and Pastor Hillary traveled eight hours by bus to launch a new group in Arusha, Tanzania. One of six new locations he opened during 1Q 2024.

Story Testimony – The Ministry of Reconciliation

The twenty-six pastors and leaders at the Makindu DM seminar came from three different pastors’ fellowships. After they learned the difference between believers and disciples, they all humbly confessed they had been living as believers, not as disciples. Although the pastors had not met together for the past three years due to differences and offenses, they shook hands and vowed to work together to raise disciple-makers across their region. Pastor Steve, who was trained by one of Pastor James’ disciples, has begun leading fifteen of the pastors in two different disciple-makers groups. As the meeting closed, they laid hands on Rev. James and asked God to expand the influence of Take The Challenge in Makueni County and across the nation of Kenya.

A Word of Thanks

Thank you for your prayers and gifts that have enabled us to equip these national pastors to raise disciple-makers across their nations. We are expecting God to continue to go before us to impact nations in the months and years to come.

[1] Over 50% of Nepalis have never heard the good news of salvation through Christ. Because the need is so great, many who receive the Lord become evangelists, yet have little to no Biblical training.