Kimmo Sarajärvi shares: For the past half-year, I have become acquainted with GNN’s ministry. It has been great to see how diverse the work is. A part of this is the domestic mission, Vantaa International Christian Fellowhsip. The congregation celebrated its 15th year of ministry on Sunday 14.1.24. People from ‘every nation’ gathered together. People […]
Throughout the year, we plan to visit churches to share about the unreached peoples ministry. In March 2024, at VICF’s Easter Encounter, we will host our partners from Uganda’s radio ministry, Bp. John Magaba along with his wife Nasta and their evangelist son, Jordan. At the end of May, the 39th annual course will graduate […]
GNN Finland org. had its 15th anniversary in June 2023. When beginning this mission association, we could not imagine how extensively the work would be blessed. Without supporters and intercessors, this would not have been possible. Vantaa International Christian Fellowship (VICF) is our domestic mission. Last year, two teaching series were arranged: 40 Days of […]
UGANDA Along with Pr. Aki Miettinen, at the ’Joint Forces’ event, we held seminars for the Christian army and police officers in the outskirts of Kampala. Many of them had been in peacekeeping forces in Somalia and Western Africa. During free time, they shared the Gospel with unreached Muslim villages nearby. From Kampala, we headed […]
Dear Friend and Intercessor, In these times as the world prepares for war and we face all kinds of challenges, it’s good to remember Paul’s message while imprisoned in Rome: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! (Phil. 4:13) In my morning prayers, I remind myself that the Heavenly Father still sits […]
Dear friend and intercessor, We are approaching Christmas time with gratitude! We will share about our recent mission trip to three different nations in Southeast Asia. This was to have been done in 2019 but the pandemic prevented the trip. Now 4 years later, in the Autumn of 2023, the journey was finally made. The […]
VIETNAM Pr. Kimmo Sarajärvi, our new CEO, shares We were expecting pastors and evangelists to the training week in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), but a group of about 40 people, mostly young evangelists, were waiting there. Many of them seemed to be still searching for their calling. Thus, it was a suitable place where […]
In the August Newsletter, I shared how the Lord had spoken to me in 1984 about Southeast Asia. This is why GNN has had long-term plans focusing on the unreached people groups there. The calling has awaited its time and it does not progress with human strength! Now, it is time! The only way To […]
Next September I’ll fly to Singapore with Kimmo. There we will join Pr. Shierley Siwi, our Asia coordinator, and Dr. Paul Ng, our Mission Advisor from Singapore. Dr. Paul has organized a seminar to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. During that week, 50 representatives from the local partner’s 240 churches will participate. The following weekend, we […]
Southeast Asia (10 ASEAN countries) has over 700 million people residents. The numbers cover 1,748 ethnic groups, 665 of them still unreached (44% of the population). In 1984, I was searching for direction for my life. I fasted and prayed for 10 days. At the end, Southeast Asia appeared before my soul’s eyes, shrouded in […]