80% of the world’s evangelical Christians live in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Over the last 50 years, God’s church has grown exponentially in these areas.

These regions have tremendous mission sending potential to help bring the gospel to unreached peoples, but they currently send only 20% of the world’s cross-cultural missionaries!

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Via Catalyzes Church Planting Partnerships in Myanmar

How God Is Reaching the Unreached in a Country Closed to the World

In the heart of Myanmar, God is working.
Among the Dawnu, a Buddhist tribe of 115,000 people who had never heard the gospel, a story of revival is continuing. Just one year ago, fewer than 50 individuals from this tribe had any relationship with Jesus. But today, over 60 have come to faith, and the number is growing. This is the power of the gospel carried by local missionaries, fueled by prayer, and made possible by a church that said &ldquo;yes&rdquo; when the door seemed closed.

A Nation in Crisis. A People Still Waiting.

Myanmar is home to over 150 ethnic people groups, but more than 50 remain unreached with the gospel. Three years ago, access became even more limited. When the military took control of the government in 2021, it sparked widespread violence. Foreign missionaries were forced to flee. The country was closed off, and the unreached were seemingly cut off from hearing the name of Jesus. But God's mission never stopped.

One Church&rsquo;s Obedience. One Tribe&rsquo;s Awakening.

Faith Bible Church (FBC) in Edmond, Oklahoma, began praying and fasting for an unreached people group to adopt. They didn&rsquo;t know where, or how&mdash;but they were ready. In 2022, during their children&rsquo;s Vacation Bible School, the kids raised $20,000 for Bible translation, setting the stage for what was to come. Tonya, FBC&rsquo;s missions director, began searching for ways to serve in Myanmar. But few were working there. Through a series of divine connections, she met Paul Elliot, who introduced her to Pastor T, a bold Burmese leader with a vision for training missionaries in-country. Together, they launched a Missions Conference and trained five local missionaries to go to the Dawnu people. Bible translation began. Churches began forming. And lives began changing.

These five missionaries have spent the past year visiting Dawnu villages&mdash;sitting in homes, telling stories from Scripture, and praying over families. Today, 60 Dawnu men and women have chosen to follow Christ. They meet in simple house churches. They worship in their own language. They are being discipled by people from their own region. This isn&rsquo;t just a mission&mdash;it&rsquo;s multiplication.

What&rsquo;s happening in Myanmar is nothing short of miraculous. In a country closed to most outsiders, God is raising up a mission movement from within. He is transforming unreached tribes into mission-training hubs, sending out workers to reach the next tribe, and the next.
 From a $20,000 VBS offering to a roomful of believers praying in a remote village, God orchestrated each step. This is His project, and He invites us to be part of it.

You Can Join the Story

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<li>PRAY for the Dawnu people and the missionaries serving them.</li>
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<li>GIVE to accelerate Bible translation and church-planting efforts.</li>
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<li>GO by supporting national missionaries through your church or small group.</li>
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 &ldquo;Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.&rdquo; &ndash; Matthew 9:38
 Let&rsquo;s reach the nations&mdash;through the nations. &nbsp;➡️ Learn more: <a href="https://www.vianations.org" rel="follow">vianations.org/myanmar</a> &nbsp;➡️ Watch the story: <a href="https://youtu.be/KqyjbHK6NqM?feature=shared" rel="follow">YouTube &ndash; Myanmar Mission Update</a> &nbsp;➡️ Give: <a href="https://www.vianations.org/give" rel="follow">vianations.org/give</a>

Via Catalyzes Church Planting Partnerships in Myanmar

A Church Sent, A Tribe Reached, A New Story Beginning