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1 +166 + 39,000 = 4700 Miracles

1 year + 166 new churches + 39,000 on-going spiritual conversations = 4700 lives transformed by Amazing Grace. This is what a move of God looks like.

One Prayer India Update - ROCK FORT from Gene Ort on Vimeo.

What Does An Unstoppable Movement Look Like?

What does an unstoppable movement look like?  Watch this.  A Tale of Two Kingdoms Part 3

A Tale of Two Kingdoms Part 3 An Eternal Kingdom from Gene Ort on Vimeo.

Saved Souls and Saved Wholes

Two of our team members, Jack Magruder and Gene Ort, recently returned from field visits to the One Prayer Church Planting movement in Cambodia and India.   Our team was there to observe the One Prayer church planters in action and to assess the physical needs of the communities these new churches are planted within.

These baby churches are growing at an astounding pace. Reminiscent of the early church in the book of Acts, new people are coming to faith every day.

As we celebrate the new souls saved, simultaneously our hearts break over the poverty which oppresses these communities.

Jesus is not just for saved souls, but saved wholes: mind, body, and soul.

This year One Prayer is expanding beyond church planting into holistic community development initiatives in these villages, bringing “up there” down here.

Watch for more video updates about this grass roots revolution. This first intallment will introduce you to the sights and sounds of Cambodia and India.

One Prayer Update Episode 1 from Gene Ort on Vimeo.

What Do These Two Have In Common?

Last night before I went to bed, my friends who are currently in Cambodia, sent me a One Prayer update video.  This morning my favorite person shared a another video with me. The similarity and alchemy between the two diverse videos made me literally laugh and cry with joy. 

I hope you have the same experience.

What do these two videos have in common?  It will take about 7 minutes to find out.  Let me know what you discover.

BAPTISM IN CAMBODIA QUICK OVERVIEW from Gene Ort on Vimeo.

$448,576.32

We are extremely excited to announce for the first time publically to the One Prayer Network, that together, we have raised a total of $448,576.32 for the One Prayer movement! 

That is almost half of a million dollars used specifically to plant churches in limited access countries, to disciple new believers and to radically change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.  We are truly honored by the sacrifice of the One Prayer churches during this difficult financial season for many. 

Already since the first run of One Prayer two years ago…over (wait for it)…1800 NEW CHURCHES HAVE BEEN PLANTED in China, Sudan, Cambodia, and India!

If you’ve been reading these One Prayer updates and thinking, “I wish I could meet some of these amazing men and woman of God firsthand. I wish I could experience what God is doing on the frontline of the Great Commission.”

I have great news. You can.  We have put together opportunities for you to travel to each of the One Prayer sites.  Please see the information below on how to participate on one of the trips:

India

• Dates: March 5-14, 2010
• Cost: $3000 *Includes travel to and from India (from Chicago, IL) as well as your Indian visa. Also includes meals, lodging, travel insurance and all other expenses while in India. We will be taking care of all arrangements as well as preparing you for what you will experience in India.
• What will I be doing? Visiting church planters and churches that have been formed through the One Prayer network, and also be able to take notes on training processes and success of the overall implementation.
• Why should I go? To experience first-hand what God is doing through the network of churches in India and to witness the impact that you and your church have had...as well as to communicate that impact to your church body, once you return.
• Immunizations/Vaccinations: The list below are recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although we are listing the recommendations, we encourage you to check with your physician prior to making any final decisions regarding immunizations, asthese are only "suggestions."
• Hepatitis A & B,  Typhoid, Anti-malaria meds,  Tetanus immunization within last 5 years, Japanese encephalitis, Rabies, and Adult Polio
• Passport/Visa Information: Passport Required: YES/* At the time of the trip your passport must be valid for at least 6 months prior to its expiration. Visa Required: YES/*More details will be provided once your application is submitted.
• To Apply (Go to the following link):http://app.formassembly.com/forms/view/121053
• Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
• For More Information: Contact Jeanna Tripp at jtripp@gccwired.com or 574.243.3500, ext. 318.

China

• Dates: April 15 - 23, 2010
• Cost: $3400 *Includes travel to and from China (from Chicago, IL) as well as your Chinese visa. Also includes meals, lodging, travel insurance and all other expenses while in China. We will be taking care of all arrangements as well as preparing you for what you will experience in China.
• What will I be doing? Visiting church planters and churches that have been formed through the One Prayer network, and also be able to take notes on training processes and success of the overall implementation.
• Why should I go? To experience first-hand what God is doing through the network of churches in China and to witness the impact that you and your church has had...as well as to communicate that impact to your church body, once you return.
• Immunizations/Vaccinations: The list below are recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although we are listing the recommendations, we encourage you to check with your physician prior to making any final decisions regarding immunizations, asthese are only "suggestions."
• Hepatitis A & B,  Typhoid, Anti-malaria meds,  Tetanus immunization within last 5 years, Japanese encephalitis, & Rabies            
• Passport/Visa Information: Passport Required: YES/* At the time of the trip your passport must be valid for at least 6 months prior to its expiration.  Visa Required: YES/*More details will be provided once your application is submitted.
• To Apply: http://app.formassembly.com/forms/view/121054
• Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
• For More Information: Contact Jeanna Tripp at jtripp@gccwired.com or 574.243.3500, ext. 318.

Sudan

• Dates: May 22 - 28, 2010
• Cost: $3400 *Includes travel to and from Sudan (from Chicago, IL) as well as your Sudanese visa. Also includes meals, lodging, travel insurance and all other expenses while in Sudan. We will be taking care of all arrangements as well as preparing you for what you will experience in Sudan.
• What will I be doing? Visiting church planters and churches that have been formed through the One Prayer network, and also be able to take notes on training processes and success of the overall implementation.
• Why should I go? To experience first-hand what God is doing through the network of churches in Cambodia and to witness the impact that you and your church have had...as well as to communicate that impact to your church body, once you return.
• Immunizations/Vaccinations: The list below are recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although we are listing the recommendations, we encourage you to check with your physician prior to making any final decisions regarding immunizations, asthese are only "suggestions."
• Hepatitis A & B, Typhoid, Anti-malaria meds, Tetanus immunization within last 5 years, Rabies, Yellow Fever, Meningococcal (meningitis), & Adult Polio   
• Passport/Visa Information:  Passport Required: YES/* At the time of the trip your passport must be valid for at least 6 months prior to its expiration. Visa Required: YES/*More details will be provided once your application is submitted.
• To Apply (Go to the following link):http://app.formassembly.com/forms/view/121055
• Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
• For More Information: Contact Jeanna Tripp at jtripp@gccwired.com or 574.243.3500, ext. 318.

One Prayer Sudan Update: After 25 years of Civil War...

Check out this report from the frontline of the One Prayer church planting movement in Sudan.

Sudan OnePrayer Report April 2009 from Gene Ort on Vimeo.

One Prayer Update: Slam Dunk

ONE Prayer ‘09/’10 is just around the corner.  At this point, over 1100 churches are committed!  Over the last year, we've been tracking the progress of the One Prayer church planting movement started during last year's One Prayer campaign.   

The team at Lifechurch.tv asked the EnterMission team to connect the hands of the churches in One Prayer with potential church planters in four countries: Sudan, China, Cambodia, and India.   The dream?  Plant 500 churches in 18 months.

We're pleased to announce that the dream is reality.   With six months still left in the this cycle, take a look at these figures:

Cumulative ONE Prayer Figures YTD 2009:

Pastors Enrolled:  609

Evangelistic Contacts:  65,563

Bible Study Participants:  44,618

Baptisms:  7,112

Churches Planted:  667

That's what you call a slam dunk!   The Kingdom is forcefully advancing through the loving service of these men and woman planting churches on the frontline of the Great Commission.   I can't wait to see where we end up!

Here's an breakdown on the individual countries:

Phase III Detail per Focus Area

Sudan

· Pastors Enrolled:  245

· Evangelistic Contacts:  26,466

· Bible Study Participants:  18,938

· Baptisms:  3,544

· Churches Planted:  82

India

· Pastors Enrolled:  240

· Evangelistic Contacts:  11,737

· Bible Study Participants:  6,886

· Baptisms:  3,558

· Churches Planted:  150

Cambodia

· Pastors Enrolled:  64

· Evangelistic Contacts:  8,479

· Bible Study Participants:  5,667

· Baptisms: 10

· Churches Planted:  295

China

· Pastors Enrolled:  60

· Evangelistic Contacts:  18,611

· Bible Study Participants:  13,127

· Baptisms:  0*

· Churches Planted:  140

EnterMission? Who Was that Masked Organization?

Thanks to the brilliance of Daryl McMullen, the official EnterMission web site is live! 

We've been operating for years without official business cards, letterheads, or a web site.  Kind of weird, eh?   For most organizations, these are the first tools they produce because they make you "legit."

This stuff has been way down on the priority list for us.  Let me explain why.

Our MO is grassroots, behind the scenes, low profile, bottom up transformation. 

You can get a lot done if you don't feel the need to get the credit. 

Hopefully, when EnterMission is working in a community, you'll never see an "EnterMission" sign, an "EnterMIssion" office, an "EnterMission" t-shirt or anything else that gives us away.  Hopefully, what you will see is the people of that community equipped to bring "up there" down here through their OWN talent, leadership, dreams, and resources. 

When that community is transformed through the power of the Gospel, people will look and say, "Who was that masked organization?" as we ride away.

Why? 

The goal of any EnterMission initiative is for us to no longer be needed.  Success is sustainability and reproducibility from within the community. Success is when the transformation is owned and sustained by that people of that community, be it in Monroe Circle, India, China, Cambodia, Sudan, or anywhere else Jesus invites us to join Him. 

With that said, a few weeks ago, our friends at Lifechurch.tv  said, "We dig that. But, with the size and scale of the  One Prayer project you are leading for this movement, we need you guys to get a web site already!  Churches need to know you are a real organization."

So, once again, hats off to Daryl, who pulled out all the stops and got this up and running.  We're not all the way done yet.  We'd love to hear your feedback.  So, please spin by the new site and drop a comment here with your feedback.

Thanks!

One Prayer Update Sudan: Danger Mines!

An update from the One Prayer Church Planting movement in Sudan

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My name is Brad McElya. I've done medical missions in a variety of capacities and now live in India with my wife, who works for a Christian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). I was approached by my friends at EnterMission to survey the work going on in Sudan through the ONE Prayer movement. So, on March 15, 2009, I traveled to Uganda and then on to Southern Sudan for ONE Prayer. I praise and thank God for the amazing opportunity I had to travel there and gain a larger vision of the Universal Church! Our brothers and sisters in Sudan welcomed and embraced me with the love of Jesus Christ, blessing me abundantly.

I spent only four days in Sudan, but those four days will forever impact my life. Conditions in Sudan are unlike any that I have seen before, due to the previous war and extreme poverty. We traveled down war-torn, dirt roads that were jagged, and some made for a very rough ride. During one journey, we were forced to carefully drive on a carved path because of the danger of land-mines. These hazards, along with no electricity, no running water, malaria, malnutrition, and even death due to lack of healthcare are common perils that the Southern Sudanese people face daily.

Over the four days that I was there, though, I wrapped myself in the lives of the Sudanese people and witnessed that in spite of the conditions there, our brothers and sisters had a true joy. Alongside them in my time there, I experienced this joy, laughter, true worship, reverent prayer, brokenness for the lost, heartache for the oppressed, and thankfulness. You see, the Southern Sudanese people are rejoicing in the midst of suffering, because they are experiencing God through church planting and ministry. All the harsh conditions do not prohibit the Grace of God from being poured out on them. Yes, God is moving in Sudan! Please pray that He continues to breathe life and pour out His grace upon the Sudanese people!

One Prayer Cambodia Update: Young Monks

An update from the One Prayer church planting movement in Cambodia

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He will bless those who fear the Lord, both great and lowly. ¹⁴ May the Lord richly bless both you and your children.¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalms 115:13-15 (NLT)

Those who go out to share the good news of Christ leave a trail of blessing in the families they reach, especially among Cambodia’s youth and children, who make up 50% of the population. You can clearly see God’s blessing in the life of “Ben” and his family.

Ben is a typical 14 year old Cambodian youth. Like 85% of Cambodians, he lives in a rural village with his family and works on the farm. He is required to go to school, but is not highly motivated, so he finds himself “walking around” a lot, as he describes it. Although he is growing up in a deeply religious Buddhist culture (95% of Cambodians are Buddhist) and dutifully attends rituals at the pagoda with his mother, he describes the experience like this, “I follow my mother to the pagoda but I do not really understand much. I am not really interested. It seems to have no meaning to me. Other religions do not really interest me either.”

Then one day a man named “Peng” came into his village. Ben says, “He came to our village and shared about God and about the good news of Jesus Christ. At first, I didn’t want to hear about Jesus, but every time Peng came to our village he would take time to visit me and my family. For six months I learned about God from the word of God as Peng shared it with us. Now I pray to God and learn word of God at home with my mother. After I understood clearly about God’s love for my life, I decided to believe Jesus Christ to be my Lord and Savior. Since I trusted in Jesus Christ, my life has been changing from day to day. I have happiness, true peace, hope and joy in my heart. I stopped just walking around and wasting time. I now obey my mother and help her do to housework. In my schoolwork, even my grades have improved!”

Ben has also learned of God’s special blessing in answer to his prayers. He relates this story, “One day my neighbor lost one of her earrings. I and other people tried to find it, but we couldn’t, so I had an idea, I prayed to God and suddenly I saw the earring, I picked it up and I gave it to her. I know that it was because I have God leading my life and He will help me when I need Him. I thank God that He has forgotten all my sins and is helping me be freed from the sins of my past and lets me know Him and His love for me.”