Brief Look into Asia 2025
Indonesia (April-May)
First, a team building week in Jakarta for 19 UPG pioneers who have been working in their areas for years.
After Sunday services, we moved to the familiar Sumatra Bible School. Days begin there at 4 a.m. with prayer time. After morning activities, classes begin at 7 a.m. During the day, there are lectures for the 1st and 2nd year students. Afterwards there is an evening service.
Over the course of two weeks, Pr. Kimmo and I each had 20 sessions. The disciplined training has later been seen to our advantage in field conditions.
From the May graduation ceremony, 26 pioneers were sent to plant churches in ‘dark’ communities and 13 others among the UPG tribes. GNN has been sending regular so-called ‘start-up’ support for 1-2 years to pioneers (840€/year).
Most supporters pay 70€/month. Over 80% of those who leave succeed in their destinations!
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East Malaysia and Vietnam (October)
Our two-week mission first focused on the island of Borneo, which is larger than Finland, in East Malaysia. There, 25 young employees participated in a training week.
We continued to Vietnam, where 25 pastors and evangelists participated in the training in HCM City (Saigon), the furthest coming from 1,000 km north.
The purpose of the trainings is to awaken local churches and workers to the responsibility of evangelising their unread people groups (UPG).There are 700 of such groups in south-east Asia!
Arto Sädeaho
