Encouragement from the Mission Field

Swedish Pioneers Incite A Movement
Mongolia
In 1993, a young YWAM couple from Sweden, Magnus and Maria, moved to Erdenet, Mongolia. There was not a single known believer in that city, and the country as a whole was lost in darkness. The couple found early positive response among teenage girls and soon had a group to disciple in basic Christian principles. The YWAM church planting team grew, and so did the nascent church of Erdenet, with 120 baptized believers after one year. By 1996 - in just three short years - the spiritual breakthrough was so powerful and widespread that the expatriate YWAM team turned the church over to Mongolian leaders and left the country. But the miracle was not yet complete.

The church in Erdenet delved farther into God's word and discovered new truths and new responsibilities, reaching out in practical ways to the poor of their community and continuing to grow at an unprecedented pace. Missionaries were trained and sent out from Erdenet, eventually establishing new churches in every people group of Mongolia.

Today, of YWAM's 330 church-planting teams worldwide, 10% are made up of long-term, full-time Mongolian workers.