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10/21/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚

“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑡. 𝑆𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ.”
– 2 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑦 4:17 (𝐶𝑆𝐵)

In one leading city in Central Asia, police are on the lookout for Christian influence. Pastors have been called away from sermon preparation to counsel church members facing persecution. Muslims riot at the possibility of a church gathering. In the face of such hostility, how can the Word of God flow powerfully through the churches? Certainly we know the answer: by the Spirit of God empowering the people of God. And the Spirit empowers God’s people through means of grace. For the pastors who attend our workshops, those means of grace come in the form of God’s Word, Christian fellowship, and brotherly encouragement...

Read more:
https://wordpartners.org/resources/means-of-grace-for-the-persecuted-church-in-central-asia/

10/19/2026

10/14/2026

𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞

Hear Pastor Vijay tell how God used WordPartners’ training in Christ-centered, expositional preaching to save his life and transform his ministry:

𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠/𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬/𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲-𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞-𝐨𝐟-𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞/

10/07/2026

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚

𝐴𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠.

Across Central Asia, Christians are conscious of actions that could draw government scrutiny. Scrutiny leads to questions. Questions can result in regulatory pressure on the church. Central Asians know this kind of oppression through regulation all too well.1

Pastors have explained that a book in hand draws government suspicion, and travelers are searched. So the joy of Bibles recently printed in local languages is mixed with fear.

In order to avoid unwanted investigation of their churches, pastors often limit themselves to studying the Scriptures through the scrolling light of their phones. Swiping through pages of the Bible creates significant barriers to study, especially when pastors are trying to understand the overarching message of a book or passage.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬
Educational challenges further complicate the task for these pastors. A number of the men we have trained had little education when they came to faith. They entered their first WordPartners workshop without previous training. As Pastor Mehmet* explained, “I wanted to preach [narratives] accurately. I didn’t have any formal training. My parents didn’t have money to send me to school . . . When I received Jesus at twelve, that’s when I learned to read and write. I always wanted to preach. But I had a hard time; I had less words.”

Anxiety over when and where to open a printed Bible, coupled with a lack of training, creates a state of spiritual hunger for pastors and their churches. Another pastor, Ivan*, described the practical result: “We used to preach with a lot of empty words.” Despite loving God’s Word deeply, Mehmet and Ivan struggled to know how to preach it. That was before they attended their first workshops...

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://wordpartners.org/resources/finding-words-in-the-word/

10/01/2026

Let’s pray that the Lord would give his church in Asia a great delight in the unsearchable riches of Christ as they make known the manifold wisdom of God to their neighbors and to the nations:

>A Creative Access Country (CAC) has been cracking down on house churches. A number of their leaders have been arrested. Pray for their release, for their steadfast faith; and pray for the families during this time of separation.

>Pray for the open doors into Northern Thailand as more people from CAC are relocating there; for a new October 24-27 workshop of pastors and leaders.

>Rejoice in the four ongoing Core Training groups in Northern Thailand.

>Pray for our new Nepal CORE Training launched in early October.

>Rejoice in ongoing virtual Advanced Training in India in 2026, as the training multiplies through our trainers; pray for in-person training in 2027.

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫:
https://wordpartners.org/partner-in-prayer-signup/

09/23/2026

In just fourteen square miles of Villa El Salvador, nearly half a million people live, work, and raise their families. The spiritual need in a community this dense is immense.

Pastors and leaders from across Lima are gathering there with a shared desire to handle God’s Word faithfully with greater clarity and confidence. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

In a community this large, the impact of even a few well-trained pastors can extend far beyond a single congregation. As these leaders study together, they are not only growing in confidence and clarity, they are also preparing to invest in others. The hope is that from this very group, new trainers will emerge who can carry the same faithful approach to handling the Word into other neighborhoods of Lima and, in time, across Peru.

“𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠… 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦.”

Hear directly from Pastor José Cárdenas in this short video as he describes WordPartners’ work across Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru:
https://wordpartners.org/resources/from-villa-el-salvador-to-all-of-peru/

09/12/2026

WordPartners president David Sunday training young preachers at the Advancing The Church : Equip Conference with Church in Hard Places and Practical Shepherding.