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Paul, as in the parable of the sower, planted the seed, “Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” (1 Corinthians 3.6-7) Please pray that God will bring Mongolians through to true conversion. God alone can do that. Only he is glorified in it.

Anyone can profess a faith in Christ. Jesus though said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14.26-27 Please PRAY God causes people in Mongolia to multiply who comply with this.

Conversion involves complete turning from all forms of paganism. There can be no hanging on to any form of it, and no mingling of it with the Bible. The nature of God is nothing like any concept of paganism. Yet various Mongolians talk of ‘syncretism’ or ‘pantheism’ in Christianity. The Bible bans any mix with paganism. Please pray for clear proclamation of the nature of God which is radically distinct.

A Mongolian man correctly said people have no awareness of sin and believe that this life is all there is. They struggle to survive, and to get as much pleasure as possible. A Canadian man found Mongolians are nearly completely materialist with no interest in God. The Gospel goes out, but barely no interest is shown. We toil and toil but no human ability can make even one person repent. We go on in obedience and do not lose heart. PRAY that God will work in people.

Very many in Mongolia have yet to hear a clear presentation of the Gospel. Please pray for the ministry of Bible videos which are popular and seen by many thousands of Mongolians. The vast majority are not church attendees. Each video addresses a topic Mongolians have an interest in, yet presents clear Bible truth. Please pray for this ministry.

Numbers of Mongolians now talk of polytheism in Mongolian society and in the churches. This is at last being brought out after 30 years. Please PRAY. There is schism in Mongolia, a mainly Buddhist country. Some call God ‘Lord of the Universe’ using no pagan terms for Christianity. There is no Bible training available for people who reject pagan terms for the Bible. On the other side missionaries and nationals promote Bibles which use Buddhist terminology for prayer and other key terms in the Bible. They call God ‘Burhan’, which since at least the ninth century and even more so today, is the word referring to Buddha or any image of Buddha. These people have Bible training and are in the majority. So far mission agencies have not told their supporters they support Buddhist terminology. They have different Bibles with names of the books, place and people all different.

Wonsan 1903, Pyongyang 1907 - 1910, both now in N. Korea saw the open confess of sin, first by missionaries, then church elders, then others. Vast numbers of Koreans professed faith in Christ. Then similar in Manchuria under Jonathan Goforth 1911 - 1927 and in China under Marie Monsen 1927 - 1937. Never did Mongolia, Siberia or Tibet have such in 2000 years. PRAY God will move in Mongolia, especially as many thousands watch evangelistic videos by Bible Society of Mongolia on YouTube. In Mongolia many felt Christendom brought them little, so now it is hard to evangelise and seriously interested people, scarce.