Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from WME

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at World Missions and Evangelism.

2013 has been a great year for World Missions and Evangelism, and we have much for which to give thanks to God.  We called this year The Year of Simple Obedience, New Fields, and Open Doors in our first blog of the year on January 2, and it really has been that.  

New Missionaries have affiliated with WME, Missionaries have been deployed to new fields, Many people have been trained as indigenous church planters and disciple makers, At least 196 locations in at least 4 nations have seen the birthing of new Discovery Bible Studies this year....and 96 of those are already at local church status, 462 groups and churches in 6 nations discipling close to 5,000 people is the total current impact of the CPM/DMM projects, Many have received Jesus as Lord and been baptized, and a Disciple Making Movement is moving forward in Latin America.  We think more people have been trained in the church planting movement strategy  from last December to now, than in the previous 5 years of the project....COMBINED!

Your prayers and financial support have been critical for this work.  If you have not joined the prayer team, please go to our website at www.worldmissionsevangelism.com and leave us a message, or you can send me an email at dparish9@cs.com.
In your message tell me you would like to be a part of the WME prayer team and leave us your email address.  Each week we will send you specific prayer requests for the work in in Latin America and also from other fields.  

If you would like to support the work of WME financially you can go to the website at www.worldmissionsevangelism.com and click on the Give button.  You can also send a fully tax deductible gift by check to: World Missions and Evangelism
                          P. O. Box 790
                          Benton, KY 42025
Remember, if you want your gift to be deductible for your 2013 tax records, the gift must be made before the end of December 31.....mailed gifts must be postmarked by December 31.  

Thank you all for your prayers and support.  Together as we continue to obey God through making disciples and meeting key needs, we will see the hand of the Lord continue to do wonderful things in advancing His Kingdom.


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