Andrew West, first-year trainee, provides an update on the EU’s desire to see the gospel spread to less-resourced and less-reached people and places.
The students of the EU and the EU Grads Fund staff have been praying for a number of years that students might one day serve God in ‘less-resources, less reached’ places (LRLR).Our desire is to see students take up the challenge to live and work in an area less well-off than Sydney for the sake of the gospel. Under God, EU’s Annual Conference (AnCon) is a key moment for putting this challenge forward.
One way this happens is through Mission Gangs. Students were invited to commit to praying and being open to moving to one of twenty-seven diverse under-resourced areas and unreached people across the world. These Gangs will meet to pray for their area and discuss what it might look like to go there.
Dan joined a Mission Gang for East Asia at AnCon in 2010. The group is still meeting. Dan visited AnCon this year to share his plans to move to East Asia with his wife Mel to serve unreached people groups. Dan says ‘I received so much in the EU that will be useful in East Asia. Whether it’s dealing with pernicious cult groups, entrenched traditional beliefs, or loneliness, it’s been knowing that Jesus Christ is Lord that has got us through.’
Another former EU student who has answered the LRLR call, Tom Swanton recently moved to serve at Canterbury Community Church after being convinced as a student to be intentional about where he lives. ‘One of the main things that got me thinking about making the move was being challenged at AnCon a few years ago to consider just how many mission fields there are within our city.’
Please join us in praying for the ministry of Dan, Mel and Tom in LRLR locations, and ask God to raise up mission-minded people through Mission Gangs.
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