{"id":3192,"date":"2025-11-27T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionsreport.se\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T08:44:42","slug":"asian-summit-2025-a-moment-of-spiritual-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionsreport.se\/en\/asian-summit-2025-a-moment-of-spiritual-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Asians for Asia \u2014 A New Missions Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text: Pham Tuan Nhuong<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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For more than twenty years, Word of Life has carried a deep love and calling for Vietnam and the nations of Southeast Asia. When our church in Vietnam was first planted, we did not fully know how God would lead us or how wide the impact could grow. But we prayed, we worked, we trained leaders, and we kept our hearts open for whatever God wanted to do. Today, when I look back, I can only say: God has been faithful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we are more than 200 churches all around Vietnam, reaching thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning we believed that Asia is not only a mission field\u2014Asia is a missions force. God is raising up Asian believers, pastors, and young people who love Jesus passionately and are ready to go wherever He sends them. And now, after these two decades of ministry, I, as the senior pastor, feel more convinced than ever: this is Asia\u2019s time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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That conviction became even stronger during the recent Word of Life Asian Summit in Thailand. More than 250 delegates from 21 different nations gathered under one roof\u2014pastors, leaders, missionaries, Bible school students, and families, all carrying the same heartbeat for the Gospel. When I walked into the hall and saw nations standing together\u2014India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and so many more\u2014I felt something powerful in my spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what we have prayed for. This is what we have worked for. This is the future of missions: Asians reaching Asia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout the Summit, the unity among the leaders was almost overwhelming. One of our guest speakers told me, \u201cI have never seen such unity between the main leaders before. This is something very special.\u201d And he was right. I have been in many conferences and leadership gatherings, but what we experienced in Thailand was different. There was a sense that God Himself was bringing us together\u2014different cultures, different languages, different backgrounds\u2014but the same Holy Spirit calling us into the harvest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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As Word of Life, our mission has always been clear: to reach Southeast Asia with more churches, more Bible schools, more leaders, and more workers. But now I feel that this is no longer just a Vietnamese vision or even a single-nation effort. It is a shared calling. A movement-wide responsibility. A family vision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastors from across Asia told me the same thing: \u201cWe want to see a change in Asia. We want to focus on Asia. We want to send missionaries, plant churches, and build God\u2019s Kingdom together.\u201d Hearing this again and again filled my heart with joy. For years we have prayed for the nations. Now the nations are standing up and saying, \u201cHere we are. Send us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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