6 Months of Exponential Multiplication!

The first 6 months of 2016 have been months of Exponential Multiplication of Groups and Churches in the INSTAR Project.  INSTAR is the name of the WME project that is Catalyzing Disciple Making Movements in Latin America.  This project which began in 2008 is touching Honduras (the Launching Pad for the whole thing), Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, and Argentina!  

The Statistics for the first Quarter of 2016 are fully in.  Here is the breakdown:


Grand Totals for the Whole Project thru March, 2016
Total Groups and Churches: 3,426
Total People in Attendance: 20,239
Total Professions of Faith: 12,623
Total Baptisms: 10, 002
Total number of Generations of Groups: 12
In the first Quarter (Jan-March, 2016)
New Groups and Churches: 616
New Attendees: 1,349
New Professions: 1, 278
New Baptisms: 671
Totals of Groups/Churches in each generation.
1st Gen 650
2nd Gen 350
3rd Gen 408
4th Gen 376
5th Gen 320
6th Gen 275
7th Gen 234
8th Gen 255
9th Gen 191
10th Gen 195
11th Gen 144
12th Gen 30
Praise God! 


WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE RAW REPORTS FOR THE 2nd QUARTER OF 2016.  THIS COVERS THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE.  IT TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO PROCESS THEM ALL, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE NOW WELL OVER :
3,800 GROUPS AND CHURCHES
AND WE HAVE SEEN MULTIPLICATION TO THE 13th GENERATION!!!

So that means that Over 1,000 new groups and churches have been birthed: IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 2016!
MORE ADVANCE HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS THAN IN THE FIRST 6 YEARS OF THE WORK IN LATIN AMERICA.  
THANKS BE TO GOD, THE LORD OF THE HARVEST!

We appreciate all of you, the faithful supporters in finance and prayer.  Please continue to lift up this mighty harvest in prayer.  Please pray for WME, all of our Missionaries, and all the Latin American Leadership that is sacrificing each day to make disciples for the Kingdom of God.


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