God at Work
June 2023: ACCTS Asia Ministry
ACCTS Asia Ministry is focused on the following areas: 
1. East Asia– Japan; Central Asia (5 nations); Mongolia; China; North Korea; and Taiwan
2. South Asia [Collaborating with MMI] Priority countries are Nepal; Bhutan; and India 
3. Southeast Asia – Priority Countries are Vietnam; Indonesia; & Thailand. [Collaborating with MSO fon Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar). Focus of in SEA is supporting cadet/young officer/soldier ministry in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. 
4. Pacific - East Timor 
 
On recent trips throughout Asia over the last 6 months, ACCTS staff encouraged numerous military contacts across the region to become more active in their military Christian fellowships (MCFs), to be faithful ambassadors of Christ to their comrades-in-arms, and to be in communication with the three AMCF Vice-Presidents in the region.  They also served as instructors for an East Asia Interaction hosted by the Korean MCF and provided two weeks of in-person English language training to members of the Mongolian military.

Other ministry activities in the region included: 
·      Leading a 2-day Leadership seminar for the MCF in Nepal in collaboration with a leader from the MCF in India
·      Coordinating a Pan-India retreat in collaboration with the MMI regional team leader; Distributing several hundred digital Bibles in local languages provided by Digital Bibles for the World, a partner in Ministry 
·      Participating in the annual MCF Bangladesh Conference, and helping them plan a South Asia Regional Conference later this year
·      Helping regional AMCF vice-presidents fine suitable replacements
·      Visiting the new AMCF president in the Philippines to offer encouragement
·      Linking a Filipino officer posted to Thailand with other Christian officers there
·      Visiting the Royall Thai Military Academy to encourage and facilitate a cadet Bible study
·      Encouraging a new believer to be bold in the faith
·      Helping the Indonesian MCF to register as a non-profit with their government
·      Encouraging the MCFs in Vietnam in selecting new leadership and organizing an initiative to provide discipleship training for new recruits
·      Collaborated with OCF for NCR Fall Fellowship 
·      Opened discussions with ACCTS Ethics Ministry on offering ethics training to Asian MCFs
·      Maintained contact with military Christians in numerous other nations

The reader may have detected some recurring themes throughout this multi-faceted ministry; collaboration, cooperation, coordination, and communication (C4) The four Cs are characteristic of ACCTS’ ministry to the uniformed services of the world.  No ministry has been blessed with the resources to meet all the needs we encounter, or to take advantage of emerging opportunities, but by working in concert with our co-workers for Christ and partners in the Gospel, we can achieve more for God’s glory than we could ever do alone.
Prayers For June
  • Gracious Lord, continue to bless and protect members of the Asia Ministry as they serve you in that vast region. Guide and guard them as they go about your work across the continent.

  • El Shaddai, our God Almighty, we give you thanks for the many seeds you have planted across Asia, and we humbly ask that you would continue to allow us to nourish and water them, that your name might be glorified among the uniformed services of the region.

  • Jehovah Jireh, our God who provides, we praise your name for enabling the Asia Ministry through your abundant provision for ACCTS and our regional partners. Help us to establish MCFs that are bold in the spirit, self-supporting, and reaching out to their neighbors.