Looking Beyond 2009
Next Level International (NLI) has been built on a solid foundation of partnership. In the past eighteen years we have seen over 7000 leaders trained, over 130 churches planted directly and hundreds more indirectly, and thousands of individuals mobilized into frontline evangelism. Europe is an ever-changing landscape, particularly evident in this last decade. We have seen the European Union (EU) continue to stretch its borders, as they include more post communist nations. The often volatile Balkan region is now being welcomed into the EU family and the first Muslim nation is being considered for candidacy.
For NLI, what this all means is that we need to change and challenge our thinking and actions. In a post-Christian Europe where many countries number the evangelical witness at less than 1% there is much more to be done. We know that the post-communist hunger that existed for many years is waning, but we continue to see the deep spiritual need for the power of the Gospel. We are called to see the creation of movements. Addition will not get the job done . It will take exponential multiplication.
With this in mind, and a strong desire to build on the past, NLI has developed a regional focus. We are currently training leaders in 5 of the 6 regions of Europe. As well there are church planting and short term mission initiatives in 4 of the 6 regions. Our aim is to expand our ministry initiatives in every region over the next two years while adapting our training/projects/teams more specifically to each culture. We believe this will enable us to move closer to the goal of a ministry relationship in every nation of Europe by 2020. The nations currently being targeted for new ministry initiatives include France, Italy, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Hungary and Albania. (Doug Watson: Nov 2009)
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November 17, 2009 11:39 am
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