Mongolia: Following Jesus to be polite?
OMF International UK
Anna* still remembers the missions event in her hometown in Hungary where she won an MP3 player – and started wondering what global mission might look like in her own life.
Growing up in Hungary, global mission was not a common direction that Christians took – local mission took priority. But as a child, Anna loved to read missionary stories. As I chatted to her, she shared how she went from never having been on a plane, to leaving Hungary at 23 years old, volunteering at a Christian retreat centre in the UK, and eventually moving to Mongolia with OMF and her husband Mark*.
Reaching the ‘unreachable’ – movement in Mongolia
The gospel is spreading in Mongolia as believers in the capital are partnering with mission agencies to reach the rest of the country.
Mongolia! The very name suggests a mixture of fascination and fear. Once a great world empire under the powerful Genghis Khan, it is now an almost forgotten land squeezed between Russia to the north and China to the south. Although officially a secular state, a large proportion of Mongolians adhere to a form of Buddhism, while many others are caught up in Shamanism and superstitious folk religion. Christian witness was virtually non-existent until about 30 years ago, when through the labours of faithful missionaries from other countries gospel seeds took root and began to grow.