The End of a Great Year

The year of 2015 has been an amazing year for World Missions and Evangelism.  Not only has the work on the field been blessed in amazing ways, this has been a year of new heights for the Ministry as a whole.  God has opened new doors (that we will be going through in the New Year) and we are excited about all that He has done!

There has been amazing increase in the INSTAR project this year.  When we ended last year, I wrote the following in our blog:
An increasing Harvest of souls in the INSTAR (Latin American Church Planting Movement) Project.  In the Last 12 months 432 new Groups and Churches have been multiplied!  Total 859 Groups and Churches!  8,163 people are a part of these Groups and Churches.  In the last year, 1,423 have accepted Christ and 1,839 have been baptized. 
Those statistics were up through the 3rd quarter of 2014.

 Now we are just putting the finishing touches on the 3rd quarter report for 2015....what has happened in just 1 year?  The level of multiplication is amazing...Look What The Lord Has Done!

In the 12 months following that previous report in the INSTAR project there has been an amazing harvest.  We are currently counting a net increase of    1,528   new Groups and Churches.  In all there are   2,387   Discovery Bible Study Groups and New Churches!    16,156        people are a part of these Groups and Churches.  In the last year,      6,040  have accepted Christ and   4,860      have been baptized.  These statistics are current through the 3rd quarter of 2015!

Now as we give Thanks for this wonderful report, we turn our eyes forward to the fields that are white to Harvest.  We are looking forward to 2016, and to all that God has planned for this coming year.

I want to thank you, the financial supporters and prayer team of WME and the INSTAR Project for your faithful service which is seeing amazing harvest and which, I believe will continue and become exponential in the months and years ahead.  Please continue to work together with us to see the fulfillment of the Great Commission in Greater Latin America.

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