Second day of InterMission Asia. Today's theme was "Developing Local Leaders". Here we were hearing (and seeing) more about how Indonesia is developing leaders across the nation. A big part of their mission is working with and through the local churches. In fact, they have national partnership agreement to support this.
I also find it interesting that there has been a protestant church in Indonesia since the 1600's. The Bible has been available in Bahasa Indonesian for about as long as our English King James Version has been around. However, this one country has more than 10% of the world's 7000+ languages within its boarders. Of the 700+ languages, about 400 are still in need of scripture. Thankfully there are hundreds of people (mostly locals) working toward this goal. More importantly, they are partnering with local churches so that there are communities involved to support on-going "scripture engagement". Translating in a void doesn't always end with the most sustainable results.
It is very encouraging to know that local leaders are being sought after and that training them up is a priority at all levels in the organization. It is beautiful to see God transforming lives and carrying on His mission around Asia.
~ Bonnie
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