Global Missions

'Brothers, Never ever ever has the Lord let the cause of world missions in a local church hurt that church. It doesn’t happen. Go for broke when it comes to the unreached peoples of the world. I don’t care how bad it is in your church. Lift up your sights towards the unreached peoples of the world.'

Piper sermon on John G. Paton

The Missionary Church

"No church is anything more than a pathetic pietistic backwater unless it is first and fundamentally and all the time a world missionary church."

- James Stewart, Heralds of God

(HT: Ray Van Neste, via Anthony Mathenia)

Nigeria

Although our experience is merely three months removed, to me it seems ages ago that the GC Vision Team was in Nigeria. The burden in our hearts for Christ to be exalted throughout the country remains, though the task seems overwhelming.

Pray with us that our hearts would be discerning to know how GC can most please the Lord in Nigeria long-term, and exactly where to go from here!

Nigeria

Grace is praying for the Lord's guidance to engage in long-term ministry in Nigeria. Though the region of the country we visited in April felt especially safe, our prayers for long-term influence may be fulfilled at great cost.

The abduction has heightened a foreign hostage crisis in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria's main oil producing region, where about 200 foreigners have been seized since the start of 2006.

200 since 2006? Let's join the many in praying for three-year-old Margaret Hill's safe release.

Pray for PTI

Nathan and I will be leaving shortly for Ethiopia.

• Nathan has been given the wonderful task of teaching the Doctrine of Christ
• I have been given the joy of teaching Christ-Centered Theology of the Bible

We covet your prayers!

We already miss our families, and our church family. We are praying for you all!

The Faithfulness of God

The pastors of Grace have been praying for $2k to come in for the PTI Ethiopia students. As of yesterday afternoon, $2,046 has come in!

** This $ will be used for nearly 80 students to eat, lodge, travel, and have materials during the two weeks of training. (roughly $25/man).

If you are interested in learning more about how to support this worthy ministry, you may do so by clicking here.

Ethiopia: Unwrapping The Wrap Up

Below, is Kurt Strassner's blog post that summarized his trip to teach the same PTI students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that Nathan Sawyer and I will have privilege of teaching during the next two weeks. Please pray for us, and for the students!

Ethiopia - A Wrap

Here is a write-up I did for folks who were relatively unfamiliar with what Anthony is doing in Ethiopia...and why Scott and I went. Most of it is probably familiar to all of you...but maybe it will be something you can print up and use to remind yourself to pray over the next two years (and more!

Over the last two weeks of April, a fellow pastor (Scott Duley) and I traveled to Ethiopia to assist missionary Anthony Mathenia in the training of 80 church-planting pastor trainees. In this country whose landmass is approximately twice that of Texas, there are over 80 million people in 80-plus different tribes. Official statistics show that roughly half the population is Ethiopian Orthodox and about a third Muslim. Actual on-the-ground estimates say that the number of Muslims is closer to 40% and growing.

In the midst of this largely unbelieving populous sits the evangelical community. The believers we worked among are strong in many respects. There seems to be an absolute certainty about the exclusive claims of Jesus. The singing in our worship times was always done with great enthusiasm. There was a servant spirit evident everywhere. The men were eager to learn and usually on the edge of their seats to drink in the teaching of the Word. And (how encouraging!) the director of education (Alem, pictured below) for the Addis Kidan Baptist Church (the denomination with whom we worked) said to us on the second day: “You are reformed theologians! I like reformed theology!”

Amid these encouraging signs, there are definite areas for concern and prayer among the evangelicals in Ethiopia. The residue of several false ideologies still clings to a significant number of believers. The Orthodox background of many of the believers has left behind (in only a few of the men, it seemed) a false dichotomy between Old and New Testaments…almost as though God changed His personality between the two. The surrounding pagan culture has also left behind a whole host of tangled knots in the area of sexual ethics—particularly in the more rural communities. Western culture has bred an unhealthy emphasis on theological education in English—and this in a country where only 36% of the people are literate in their own language (Amharic)! In addition, there is a great need to strengthen many of the pastors in the areas of ecclesiology, robust hymnody, expositional preaching, and the doctrine of sin.

All these facts point to one great need—sound, careful, reformed theological training in the Amharic tongue. Enter Anthony Mathenia. Anthony has been traveling to Ethiopia for the last seven years. Two years ago, he and his family made the capital city, Addis Ababa, their permanent home. His pursuit? Amharic-based theological training for local pastors and trainees. This past winter, the Addis Kidan Baptist Church approached him with an offer. “We have 70-plus men who have committed, if we can provide them theological training, to plant churches, two-by-two all over unreached Ethiopia. Would you design and head up the training program?”

Would he ever! The result of that initial meeting has been Pastor’s Training Institute. PTI will consist of eight 2-week training modules over a two-year span. The trainees are housed and fed through a local church in Addis Ababa, and attend Institute classes for six hours a day, five days a week. The curriculum is arranged systematically, beginning with the doctrine of God and moving forward the way any systematic theology text-book would. Interspersed are practical seminars and sermons as well. For this first two-year round of PTI, the training will be mostly done by English speakers and translated into Amharic by able men.

Scott and I traveled from the US in April to be the inaugural teachers at PTI. Scott taught the Doctrine of God, while I taught the Sermon on the Mount (taken out of the systematic order because I also taught it as a Christian Ethics class in the English-based Baptist Bible School). The hope is that Scott’s class began the men on a sound, God-centered footing heading into the rest of the systematics courses. The Sermon on the Mount, we hope, served a dual purpose: as a solid course in Christian ethics; and as a practical example of the fruitfulness and process of expositional preaching. The men seemed to listen eagerly, intently, and with teachable hearts. Many of their questions were incredibly perceptive. The Spirit was surely at work on behalf of Christ’s church in Ethiopia.

Eventually, Anthony would like for PTI to transition completely into the Amharic language. This will require his own mastery of the language, as well as selecting and training of a group of Ethiopian men who will become the instructors in a long-term Amharic PTI. Would you pray with us about all that the Lord is so graciously doing in Ethiopia? A few requests…

1. Successful long-term progression to an all-Amharic based PTI.
2. The next PTI module happens the last week of May and first week of June (Jordan Thomas and Nathan Sawyer of Memphis, TN teaching).
3. Lasting fruit through the eventual planting of up to 40 Christ-centered churches in the unreached corners of Ethiopia!
4. Hosting logistics, travel, finances, and other nuts and bolts the Mathenia’s will be dealing with as they organize round after round of PTI.

Thank you for your interest and prayers. I may stick an audio version of all of this (and more) on the blog sometime in the next few days...

Nigeria Prayer Help - #2

During our Vision Trip in Nigeria, we were bombarded with the plain awareness of persecution toward Christians in Northern Nigeria.

The same day we departed the country to return home, also marked the day that the new Nigerian President was elected, Muslim Umaru Musa Yar’Adu. The election of Yar'Adu to office was of concern to Christians for a number of reasons...not the least of which is their freedom to worship Jesus Christ!

Yar'Adu was formerly the Governor of Katsina State, a place we visited on our first day of visioning. Katsina is just below the Sahara Desert in the extreme North of Nigeria, and is only a fraction of a percentage point away from being an exclusively Muslim region. But Christ, as He promised, has sheep of that fold who must (Indeed, some already have!) come to Him (John 10:16)!

As Pat Nave shared on Sunday at the Grace Lunch Fellowship, talking about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria is not simply anecdotal.

Below is a well-written article that sheds even more light for our praying about our future involvement as a church in Nigeria. Perhaps Katsina will be our target location?


Maybe it was because visiting Katsina (top-center of the map of Nigeria) was our initial Nigerian experience, but more likely because of the tug of the Holy Spirit, I've not been able to get Rev. Aliyu Auta's face out of mind. Auta is the pastor of an ECWA church in Katsina. This is a godly brother. He is faithfully pastoring his flock, and preaching the truth of Christ crucified, buried, and raised for our salvation!

Rev. Auta is mentioned in the quote below. I encourage you to read the entire article. Most of all, pray!

Our minister here, the Rev. Aliyu Auta, went to see Gov. Yar’Adua on this issue (i.e.; being permitted to complete the construction of our church building), and [Governor Yar'Adu] promised he would do something about it, but we are now at the end of his tenure as governor and nothing has been done.”

A House of Prayer for All the Nations

In an attempt to move toward being a church with a vision for Christ's global glory, Grace prays for a different country/people-group during each Sunday's service. This year, we are focusing our prayer support for the believers in the 52 most Christian-persecuted peoples/places in the world. For those of you who were at GC on Sunday, you may remember that we prayed for Gaza/West Bank.

Now, I don't want to confuse "American" with "Christian," but I think the following prayer (From the lips of Sheik Ahmad Bahr; Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council) for Allah to effect the total anahilation of all Jews and Americans is reason enough to continue to pray fervently to the only true God for our Christian brothers and sisters who are living and ministering in Palestine.

Oh Allah, vanquish the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them all, down to the very last one. Oh Allah, show them a day of darkness. Oh Allah, who sent down His Book, the mover of the clouds, who defeated the enemies of the Prophet defeat the Jews and the Americans, and bring us victory over them.

Read the short article here.

(HT: Drudge)

Nigeria Prayer Help

As Grace Church continues to prayerfully consider how the Lord intends to use us for the glory of Christ in Nigeria, the following short supplement from SIM will helpfully inform our praying:

At least 120 unreached people groups exist in Nigeria. The rapid growth rate of many of the churches indicates that people are receptive. However, areas of strong resistance remain among Muslims in the north. Indications point to some Muslim groups, such as the Fulani and certain Hausa sub-groups, becoming more receptive to the message of Jesus.

Read the entire article here...

(HT: Pat Nave)

Worship Prep, Lunch Fellowship, & Nigeria Pictures

This Sunday at Grace, we will begin worshiping through Galatians. As you have opportunity to prepare your heart to corporately seek the Lord, the following suggestions might be profitable for you:

1. Read Galatians in one sitting -- noting the major divisions of the book (ch. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6).
2. Pray through the first ten verses (which will be Sunday's sermon text).
3. Pray for those who will attend the service, including yourself.
4. Invite someone to attend Grace with you.

This Sunday also marks our monthly Grace Lunch Fellowship. During the lunch, the Nigeria Vision Team is looking forward to sharing the following things with you:

1. The Impact the Nigerian Christians Had On My Life - Paul Nave
2. Christian Education--A Strategic Ministry For the Glory of God in Nigeria - Kelly Rodgers
3. No Retreat: The Leaders God is Using in North Central Nigeria - Chris Morris
   
4. Christian Persecution in Nigeria: Active and Passive - Pat Nave
5. Church-Planting in Nigeria: Where Does Grace Go From Here? - Jordan Thomas

In an attempt to "take you there," we will also share a short video during lunch of our experience in Nigeria in the hope that all of Grace Church will be involved in the visionary process with us.

Rev. Anthony (President, Evangelical Christians of West Africa)

For Time Will Fail Me: Nigeria April, 2007 - #1

After ten days, thousands of miles, and the privilege to interact with a multitude of brothers and sisters in Christ of whom this world is not worthy, the six-person Vision Team from Grace has returned home. Thank you for praying for us.

Throughout the trip, phrases from Hebrews 11:32-40 dominated our hearts. Along with the writer of Hebrews, we also concede, "And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of [insert dozens of Nigerian Christian's names here]...of whom this world is not worthy." Though Nigerian Christians are persecuted in every imaginable way, our brothers and sisters there remain faithful in trusting God to fulfill all of His promises to them, and to work powerfully for His glory through them. Even though there is pain in the grasp, they are clinging tightly to Jesus.

The realization that we had much more to learn from these brothers and sisters than we could possibly contribute to them took no time at all. They are shining examples of what a true Christian ought to be. May each of our lives echo what one Nigerian brother said to the Islamic government in his state for withholding basic human rights from Christian families (which he could have been killed for saying); because the government in his area silently persecutes Christians in some of the most painful ways, he told the governor to his face; "You can keep your things, all we want is Jesus." Amen, and amen!

Although daily life for Christians in most parts of Northern Nigeria is more difficult than our words can express, rest assured, they are hoping in Christ and are not pitying themselves. On more than one occasion we heard, "When someone here claims to be a Christian, they are a Christian." And while dragging his thumb across his neck like a knife-blade, another brother added, "You can be killed in this place for saying you're a Christian."

Because we've all experienced the evil-hearted televangelist-type ploys for money, we were greatly encouraged that we didn't pick up so much as a shred of non-Christlike sales pitches for money. There was not even a hint of the manipulative exaggeration of certain difficulties as a means of coercing support. On the contrary, both the suffering that is being endured, and the need for much (much, much) support from fellow believers like you and I, could be enticed without my inquiry. No sales pitches for stuff. No pleas for money. No requests for personnel. Simply, "Pray for us." Repetitively, from city to city, we heard, "We are trusting the Lord. Just pray for us."

And as one pastor in one of the most difficult locations (Katsina, in the extreme North, which is in the southern part of the Sahara desert) put it, "Our Lord is in control. God has not made a mistake in placing us here. If we leave this place, who is going to tell these people about Jesus?" And most poignantly of all, he continued, "The primary purpose for which the Lord has placed us here is for the propagation of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ." So yes, time after time, we sat in jaw-dropping worship under the realization that we were not worthy to be in the presence of these believers, and no doubt, we have much more to learn from them than we could ever offer.

Even though we are doubly exhausted from our air and ground travels, our purpose of being exposed to the Lord's work among the Hausa in hopes of discerning Grace's future involvement in the gospel among them could not have been better accommodated. Through our trip, we saw two major things that will help us discern the how the Lord intends to use us there long-term: (A) Exposure to the presence of Christianity in N. Nigeria, and (B) the massive need for education, pastoral training, and church planting throughout N. Nigeria. By my dear friend's (Rev. John Hassan) kind arrangement, we were privileged to visit with Christian leaders and laborers in the regions of Zaria, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Jos, and Abuja. In all, by my calculations, we rode in a van somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty-three hours. But, as I said to the Zaria district leaders of ECWA (Evangelical Christians of West Africa), I would have driven ten days per conversation just to have the privilege of sitting in the presence of these Christians and learning from them what it means to love Jesus when it costs everything!

Poverty is not a sufficient way to describe the condition of the country. Even the developed areas are underdeveloped, not to mention the rural areas, which encompass the vast majority of the land. Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa. Millions upon millions of people. There are people everywhere (literally). During our team's debriefing meeting at the end of our second day, we realized that there were no more than two minutes of the nine hours we had driven (up to that point) when we could not see people out of the window of our van. Of the 28 million Hausa people (which dominate the areas we visited) more than 99% of them are Muslim. So, to put it together, of all of the people we saw (I would guess upwards of 1 million?), a very very small percentage of them are the Lord's. Not many more of them have even heard a clear gospel message. The need is great!

In addition to Christian persecution at every level, hostility is a problem nationwide. I would guess that we passed through more than two dozen military road-barricades. These barricades were installed to lessen the likelihood of militant attacks related to the elections for governor (the day we flew in), and for President (the day we flew out). Unfortunately, they could not preempt all of the uprising. In one episode, more than twenty people were killed in Kano (the same day we were there). The attacker? A twelve year old boy. Our time in Kano, however, was full of joy in the Lord. An ECWA church there has been burned by Muslims six times...and rebuilt seven times by Christians. After the fourth time, the pastor was martyred. Not too long ago, the President of ECWA preached the dedication service for the seventh building for that congregation. When we met with him, he told us that during the dedication sermon he quoted, "The gates of hell will not prevail against Christ's church!"

More to come...

Nigeria

Lord willing, just 55 hours from now the six-person Nigeria Vision Team from Grace Church will be arriving at Memphis International Airport to catch our flight to Abuja, Nigeria. May the Lamb Who was slain receive the reward if His sufferings!

Here is a copy of our daily itinerary. Please use it as a prayer guide. On behalf of our team, "Thank you!"

Friday April 13th
Depart Memphis at 7:30 PM via KLM/NWA flight 6058

Saturday April 14th
Arrive Amsterdam at 11:10 AM. Depart for Abuja at 2:05 PM on KLM flight 577. Arrive Abuja, Nigeria at 7:35 PM. John Hassan, our local pastor host, will pick us up at the airport.

On arrival, we will spend one night in Abuja at the Sheraton.

Sunday April 15th
We shall be leaving Abuja at 6:00 A.M for Zaria. Jordan will be preaching in a combined service at the church John Hassan pastors, ECWA Church Wusasa Zaria (Evangelical Christian West Africa). It is going to be a congregation of about 1200 people. John told Jordan to feel free to preach what the Lord lays to his heart. The Church has a theme this year; i.e "Preach the Word..." 2 Tim 4:2. We hope to arrive Zaria from Abuja by 9:00 A.M for the service. John says the service will have lots of “celebrations.”

Monday April 16th
On Monday, we shall be going to Katsina, far in the North. It is about four hours drive. We will come back to Zaria the same day. We shall be having supper with John’s District Executive members with their wives by 6-8 P.M local time.

Tuesday April 17th
On Tuesday, we will travel to Kano, one of the biggest cities in Northern Nigeria. It is about three and half hours drive. From there we will proceed to Bauchi, another three hours drive. We will spend one night at Bauchi. At Bauchi, we shall be visiting with one of the biggest game reserves before we continue for Jos.

Wednesday April 18th
On Wednesday, we will continue to Jos, the seat of the National Headquarters of ECWA We will have the privilege of meeting with John’s national leaders. On our way, we will stop at Jos ECWA Theological Seminary one of the biggest Seminaries in the country, where John received his Bachelor’s Degree before he came to Mid-America Seminary in Memphis. From there, we will stop again at one other seminary where he taught for a year before his relocation to Zaria. We will also stop at Kaduna the capital city of John’s birth before we finally come back to Zaria on Thursday.

Thursday April 19th
We will return to Zaria and have dinner with John’s Church Elders and their Wives.

Friday April 20th
On Friday, we will receive a welcome from John’s “Babby” School. It is a school the church and he started a few years ago. Since then they have seen many children around the community gave their little hearts to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. John said “It will be my joy to see you in the midst of this little ones, who are the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” This will happen at about 10:00 -11:00 A.M.

The remaining time during the day we will be getting ready for departure on Saturday by 2:00 P.M to Abuja.

Saturday April 21st
Leave for Abuja by 2PM and depart Abuja at 9:10 PM on KLM flight 577 for Amsterdam via stopover in Kano, Nigeria.

Sunday April 22nd
Arrive in Amsterdam at 6:10 AM. Depart at 2:20 PM on KLM/NWA flight 6057 to Memphis. Arrive in Memphis at 5:05 PM.

TEAM MEMBERS

• Chris M.
• Pat N.
• Paul N.
• Kelly R.
• Nathan S.
• Jordan T.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray that God will...

• Smooth our paths as we prepare and travel
• Prepare the hearts and minds of the people to whom we will witness
• Help us proclaim the gospel with power
• Bring a harvest of believers among the Hausa people
• Give us wisdom to discern future missions & church planting opportunities among the Hausa people.

PTI, A Worthy Ministry To Support

Lord willing from May 23-June 6 Nathan and I will be in Ethiopia teaching theology to a team of God-called, church-identified, elder-qualified, church-planting Ethiopian pastors who are hungry for biblical training. Oh yeah, and these pastors are exclusively planting churches among unreached Ethiopians.

During our trip, I'm scheduled to teach two courses each day; Doctrine of Church, and Doctrine of Sin. Nathan will be teaching the Doctrine of Christ (he beat me to the sign-up schedule).

From April 16-26 (While Grace's Vision Team is in Nigeria), our friends Kurt and Scott from OH will be teaching the same group of men (Doctrine of God, History of Christianity, Christian Ethics). As of now, enough funding for 2 of the 72 pastors has come in. They are praying for the financial provision for the other 70 men to come in THIS WEEK. But that's no big deal. Actually it is not much more than skipping a few Big-Macs.

(Read more here)

Bingham Academy

Our friend Anthony highlights a teaching opportunity in Ethiopia.

God's Global Glory

I was radically embarrassed each time I "played" this "game." I suppose if I prayed more faithfully for the peoples of God's world I'd know my geography much better!

My first score was a measly 42%?!!?

Update From India

The following update is from a Mid-South pastor who is currently on a mission endeavor in India. Please pray for Brent and his team. Rejoice with them!

Hello everyone. i'll be more lengthy at a different time but right now i wanted to give you a few spec...

we are safe. God has given us much traveling mercy. this is the most i have ever traveled on a mission trip. david and i have a cold and our throats are raw (germs, preaching 9 times each, exhausted)...please pray.

pastor raju is a godly man, no doubt. God is using him in a great way to draw the hindu people out of bondage.

you will not believe all the pictures when you see them. this has been very surreal. the culture, the respect they have shown us, how tirelessly they have listened to the word of God. there is a tremendous hunger for the truth.

one thing we had to make clear to them is that it isn't Jesus AND but Jesus ONLY. This is huge over here. they don't mind adding Jesus to a myriad of other "gods". We have labored to show them that this is not saving faith...this is not true repentance.

also baptism is a big indicator of authentic faith. in other words, if they are willing to be baptized, they are very likely the real deal...because to publicly profess Christ and to renounce all the other "gods" by public baptism, well this means that persecution is sure to come.

we had 77 people say that they were willing to renounce all gods but Jesus Christ! But only 46 were willing to be baptized at this time. but still, these 46 were precious and you could see the light of Christ in their eyes. The pastors are following up with these and the other 31 people who are afraid of the persecution.

Pastor Raju asked if David and I would assist him in the baptisms. What an honor. All 3 of us laid hands on these new believers and immersed them. we have great pictures of this!

So many more stories to tell you...like the 24 pastors in this area who assist Pastor Raju. men of whom the world is not worthy. of the 25, 5 rise to the top of even these choice men of the great God. Spurgeon, David, VJ, Augustine, and George Mason. These men touched our lives in ways we'll never forget.

May God forgive us for being so lazy about our seeking the face of Christ. May God patiently and mercifully draw us into a more disciplined prayer life, memorizing/meditating on the word of God, and being a bold witness for the sake of souls and the glory of Christ, our King!


Amy, Eli, Sydney, and Peanut(s): I love you all and miss you greatly. Lord willing, I'll see you guys Friday night. But please don't stop praying...we have about 9,500 miles between us and you.

Brent

Worship Preparation - February 4

Whichever body of Christ you worship corporately with this weekend, resolve by God's grace to do so with a prepared heart. But believer, unless providentially hindered, do worship Christ corporately.

For those who are planning to worship with Grace, these are only suggestions to aid you as you prepare your soul. Note: be freed from all legalism. If you can't read the sermon, for example, praise the Lord! If you can, praise the Lord!

Suggested Helps:

1. Meditate (pray) through 2 Corinthians 4-5
2. Pray for me :)
   
3. Pray for all who will gather
   
4. Try make find time to read prayerfully through John Flavel's sermon, Christ The Desire of All Nations.
5. Pray for God to make you a full-time missionary everywhere you are
6. Pray for God to provide opportunities for you to engage intentionally in going and/or sending the gospel to those who have never heard.
   

Excerpt from Flavel's sermon:

“...So here, the “desire of all nations,” is Christ, the object of the desires of God’s elect in all nations of the world. He is a Saviour infinitely desirable in himself, and actually desired by all the people of God, dispersed among all races, tongues, and nations of the world. Therefore note,

Doctrine: That the desires of God’s elect in all kingdoms, and among all people of the earth, are, and shall be drawn out after and fixed upon, the Lord Jesus Christ.

God's Global Glory and the Joy of the Nations

Thanks Bryan for the excellent sermon today! God carried you my brother!

** We are hoping all of the sermon audio will be available at Grace's website in the next few weeks. www.gracechurchmemphis.com.

Worship Preparation

1. Pray for Bryan
2. Meditate (Pray) through Psalm 67
3. Try to listen to Doing Missions When Dying is Gain
4. Pray for people to be willing to take the gospel to those in "Restricted Nations" such as:
   
• Morrocco
• Tunisia
• Algeria
• Nauritania
• Nigeria
• Libya
• Egypt
• Sudan
• Somalia
• Syria
• Saudi Arabia
• Iraq
• Iran
• Yemen
• Oman
• U.A.E.
• Kuwait
• Qatar
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Tajikistan
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• China
• Bhutan
• Bangladesh
• Myanmar (Burma)
• Laos
• Vietnam
• Malaysia
• Brunei
• Cuba

For God's global glory and the joy of the nations,
Jt