MONGOLIA: CHRISTIANITY EXPANDING INSPITE OF OPPOSITION

Bibles for Mongolian Christians need to be imported because there is no suitable printing presses available in Mongolia. The “communist party” has never impeded Christianity, but whenever other parties get in, there have been very serious problems. Whilst there is as yet no State religion in Mongolia, there is some talk of making Buddhism the State religion. Mongolia, a country of 2.6 million people is steeped in atheism, Buddhism and shamanism. In spite of that, today there are more than 40,000 Christians and 400 churches in the country.  

Wind FM Director Bat Tuvshintsengel said this creates an obvious challenge.“The church has been strong in evangelism, but lacking in terms of discipleship and leadership” he explained. “That’s why the churches have a goal to make 10% of our population disciples of Jesus Christ by the year 2020.” Wind FM plans to be on the air in all 21 provinces in Mongolia. But the vision doesn’t end there. We have 6 million Mongolians living in China who have no chance of exposure to the gospel,” Tuvshintsengel said. “We also want to reach out to these people via shortwave.”

Source: Intercessors Network