Journal
Church Planter Profile: Somchai & Aun
Phanatnikhom, Thailand Somchai was born in a broken family. He first met his mom when he was 15 years old. In his early years of life, he lived with his grandmother, then grew up in a Buddhist temple. He was involved in a gang and had to run away from home. He met...
Church Planter Profile: Karom & Cat
Huatanon Ministry, Thailand Karom is 43 years old. He came from a family that did not have faith in Jesus. When he was 15 years old, his mom and dad separated, and he moved to Bangkok. Five years later, he was hired by a construction company in Singapore and worked...
Continued Education Need
We believe in continued education as a vital piece of equipping our indigenous church planters. As many pastors know, one of the best resources for preaching and teaching the good news is a solid theological library. Unfortunately, for many of our church planters...
Guitar Lesson Outreach
One of the great joys of our ministry is getting to support our church planters' specific gifts and dreams for outreach ministry. In Thailand, and a couple of our church plants in Brazil as well, this has included free music lessons as a form of outreach. Not only do...
Church Plants Planting Churches!
There is nothing we love more than seeing church plants thrive and plant churches of their own. A recent example of this is taking place in Thailand at The Promise Church, led by LBM Thailand board member SomChai. SomChai has been discipling a man named Karom, who...
Church Building Need
Our comprehensive approach to church planting among the global poor works best when our church plants have a building to gather in rather than homes. Most of the people we minister with live in housing that is constructed from scrap materials and is very small. Often...