Streams in the Desert is the name given to a networking of churches in Russia and the UK to assist Mongol church planters working mainly, but not exclusively, in the Gobi Desert.
Relational church-planting networks have been key to Paul's involvement involvement in this. The project was conceived in September 2005 as the jeep carrying Paul, a Russian Baptist leader, and a senior Mongolian church planter, bumped across the desert. Streams forms part of a vision to help sapling Mongol churches to reach out to their neighbourhoods and far beyond.
First up was the need to resource the rapid church growth in the Gobi Desert with Bibles and gers (Mongol tent dwellings) for use as homes for the church planters and meeting places for their churches.
In the first year of Streams, funds from the UK and Russia funded accommodation for 6 new churches and their leaders. Paul has been privileged to witness first hand the dynamic growth of the Mongol churches, and is deeply humbled by the experience.
23 desert churches (up from 4 just three years ago) are now participating in the Radstdock network. Current activities involve widening the network of churches co-operating for mission in Mongolia, as well as helping Mongolian churches to see how they can reach out on the world scene.
Small business training modules have also been developed to help the churches become locally sustainable, and the first training of Gobi church planters in these was carried out in May 2008.
For more information on this work, visit the Mongolia page on the Radstock website. Click here to see the Mongolia Zone.
Relational church-planting networks have been key to Paul's involvement involvement in this. The project was conceived in September 2005 as the jeep carrying Paul, a Russian Baptist leader, and a senior Mongolian church planter, bumped across the desert. Streams forms part of a vision to help sapling Mongol churches to reach out to their neighbourhoods and far beyond.
First up was the need to resource the rapid church growth in the Gobi Desert with Bibles and gers (Mongol tent dwellings) for use as homes for the church planters and meeting places for their churches.
In the first year of Streams, funds from the UK and Russia funded accommodation for 6 new churches and their leaders. Paul has been privileged to witness first hand the dynamic growth of the Mongol churches, and is deeply humbled by the experience.
23 desert churches (up from 4 just three years ago) are now participating in the Radstdock network. Current activities involve widening the network of churches co-operating for mission in Mongolia, as well as helping Mongolian churches to see how they can reach out on the world scene.
Small business training modules have also been developed to help the churches become locally sustainable, and the first training of Gobi church planters in these was carried out in May 2008.
For more information on this work, visit the Mongolia page on the Radstock website. Click here to see the Mongolia Zone.
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