Look To The Nations And Watch Dave Manfred

January 21, 2018

MISSIONS SUNDAY

Cambodia• In Southeast Asia • About half the size of

California

• 16,000,000 People

Cambodia• Age 24 and under: 51% • Literacy: 77% • GDP Per Capita: $1,270 (Note: $57,467 in the US) • Life Expectancy: 64.5 years • Infant Mortality: 4.87% • Theravada Buddhist: 85%

Sources: Joshua Project, CIA World Factbook, & World Bank

Cambodia Alliance International Workers

The Cambodian Alliance Church (called the Khmer Evangelical Church – KEC)

Located in every province in Cambodia

More than 200 churches

Worship in 8 different languages

Jesus’ Call“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20

“all nations”

Countries 238*

* According to www.joshuaproject.net

The Regions Beyond“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations (Greek -- “panta ta ethne”), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20

“all nations”

Countries 238*

People Groups (Greek: Panta ta ethne) 16,962*

* According to www.joshuaproject.net

VIETNAMESE

What is an Unreached People Group?

An unreached or least-reached people is a people group among which there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this people group.

The original Joshua Project editorial committee selected the criteria less than 2% Evangelical Christian and less than 5% Christian Adherents.

http://www.joshuaproject.net/definitions.php

VIETNAMESE

Look at the Nations and Watch

Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5 (NIV)

Countries Most Responsive to Evangelism 2010

Country Score1. Mongolia 2672. Cambodia 2513. Liberia 2094. Nepal 2055. Mali 2056.Algeria 1587. Afghanistan 1528. Burkina Faso 1509. Niger 14410. North Korea 142

Atlas of Global Christianity, Edinburgh University Press, 2010, p. 321

Christianity Today June 2017

Cambodians Usher in a Miraculous Moment for Christianity How the Southeast Asian country went from an underground church to a church-planting boom.

The Number of Believers in Cambodia

1923

1950

250,000

200,000

150,000

100.000

50,000

0 1970

1975

2017

1979

1995

1,00010,000

2,00020,000

250,000

250,000 believers is amazing progress, but…

Look at the Nations and Watch

Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5 (NIV)

Look at Cambodia and Watch

Look at Cambodia and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5 (DMV)

A review of some of what the Lord Is doing in Cambodia

Story 1 The Dedication of the Bunong New Testament, May 28, 2016

Mondolkiri

Story 2 The Kraol

The Kraol People

Check out www.joshuaproject.net and do a word search for “Kraol”

August 2015

Story 3 Poipet

Poipet in 2003

• Main border crossing with Thailand

• 90,000 people • No Hospital • No Ambulance • No Churches

The Bridge

“Hell”

Poipet in 2003

• 90,000 people

• No Hospital

• No Ambulance

• No Churches

In 2003

• Alliance International Workers began working in Poipet

Soeuth and Syna Lao

Dr. Kent and Chris Copeland

Poipet in 2003

• 90,000 people

• No Hospital

• No Ambulance

• No Churches

• Poipet in 2016 • Has a full EMS System with 2

ambulances in Poipet and 6 additional ambulances in outlying areas

• Has a Hospital • Has 8 Alliance churches in and

around Poipet

June 2016

Story 4 Anlong Veng

• From April 1975 to January 1979, Cambodia experienced the “Killing Fields” orchestrated by the Khmer Rouge communist regime

• The Khmer Rouge particularly targeted educated people

• 1.7 million Cambodians died (20% of the population)

• 80% of Cambodian Christians died during the Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge

Pol Pot • Leader of the Khmer Rouge • The “Hitler” of Southeast Asia • His final holdout was in Anlong

Veng • Died in Anlong Veng on April

15, 1998

Anlong Veng

Soeuth and Syna Lao

20032017

Story 5 Urban Ministry Training Center

Phnom Penh

Reaching Phnom Penh for Christ

Growth in Phnom Penh Year 1990 2000 2010 2017

Phnom Penh Population 650,000 900,000 1,400,000 2,000,000

80,000 new people EVERY YEAR are moving into Phnom Penh

Almost all of the people moving into Phnom Penh are under 25 years old.

Almost none of them know Christ

The Urban Ministry Training Center (UMTC)

Starting a discipleship movement of urban young adults in Phnom Penh that plants multiplying house churches in Phnom Penh and beyond.

The Urban Ministry Training Center Started in September 2017

Look at the Nations and Watch

Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5 (NIV)

Look at Cambodia and Watch

Look at Cambodia and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

Habakkuk 1:5 (DMV)