Resources
Mekong Indigenous Missional Initiative (MIMI)
This is a new initiative that began in 2019, offering both online and onsite missiological training programs, which are accredited in collaboration with the Union University of California (UUC). This initiative is focused on churches in the Mekong Region.
Designed to transform the missional paradigms and mission practices of churches in the region, it will accelerate indigenous missions and cross-cultural church-planting by local churches.
In 2019, we took a step of faith in initially allocating US$17,000 for this new thrust, in order to support an annual missions conference for key pastors and leaders (that was held in the first quarter of 2019 with nearly 100 participants), six missional training modules, and networking with local churches. This initiative has expanded from its beginnings. MIMI has the following components:
Missions conferences to inspire and teach key pastors and leaders for indigenous cross-cultural missions.
A training program that consists of 6 modules for cross-cultural church planters.
Support of local initiatives.
South Asia Christian Youth Network (SACYN)
SACYN is a network of young leaders from South Asia with a mission to build connections. It is all about inspiring, preparing and strengthening young Christian adults to cross bridges to encounter and share their faith, and lives with those who are from different circumstances, languages, cultures, ethnicity, nationality, lifestyles, faiths, backgrounds etc.
SACYN has had trainings and meetings in various countries in South Asia, which has helped to build bridges and nurture strong personal relations between the future leadership of the Church in South Asia. It has also been a useful vessel to train and equip young people in Asia on issues and challenges that are relevant to the Church and Christianity in Asia today.
Over the past 13 years, SACYN has provided a forum for young leaders in South Asia to meet together annually. The mission of SACYN is to facilitate young people in churches to be personally challenged in their commitment to follow Jesus Christ and for each to find his or her role in being a part of God’s mission.
SACYN seeks to strengthen and renew regional churches in their faith and their commitment to make Christ known in their engagement in practical mission for the Kingdom of God
SACYN is committed to help a generation to fully live the kingdom experience and enable them to transcend all possible boundaries that separate people from people. The vision is to encourage, motivate and enable South Asian young people from the region’s churches to link up, overcome barriers and work together for the Gospel and Kingdom of God A Vision for a future South Asia that is different.