Luke and I want to share some exciting news with all of you. As you probably have seen from reading this blog, we both have a heart for interfaith evangelism. We desire to share with those caught in false gospels, some that seem on the surface to be Christianity, but when you examine you quickly find out how drastically the gospel of Christ is distorted. We desperately want them to know the truth of who Christ is and what he has done for us. Connected with our heart for this type of ministry, we’ve also been desiring to become full time missionaries, although we honestly had no idea what that would look like for us or how it would actually come about. Well in the last few weeks, God has been doing amazing things.
It started when we got an unexpected phone call from someone that Luke new from a few years ago, when he first came to start seminary. Luke had some conversations with this person in the past where he had shared his heart for reaching those in cults and false religions with the true gospel of Jesus Christ, and Luke had also told of his heart for and desire to eventually minister in Utah, where biblical Christianity is virtually unknown in most areas, and the Mormon religion is predominant. Apparently this had stuck with our friend, as this was the subject of the call. Our friend has founded an organization with the mission of starting churches and home Bible studies throughout Utah and wanted to talk with us, saying that God had brought Luke and their past conversations to mind. We met last week and we’ve been asked to come on staff and be a part of this organization and its mission. We’ve been asked to move to Utah and to be evangelists for this ministry. We were very surprised, to say the least. We had been thinking about the possibility of this before the meeting and we had decided, after praying and thinking about what God had been laying on our hearts in recent months, that if we were asked, there was no biblical reason to say no to such an opportunity. Personally, I’ve been thinking about how God has grown me and how he has been preparing me for this, through my work at the mission and the times we’ve spent speaking with others of different faiths in our home. If someone had told me we’d be taking this step a year ago, I don’t know that I would have reacted so positively, but God really has been changing my heart. I know he will sustain me through it all and more than anything, I want to be used of him for this large group of people, I want those in Utah to know the truth of the gospel!
And so it seems we move onto a new chapter in our life and ministry. One where “Contending earnestly for the faith” will be central in brand new ways! Please keep us in your prayers, and stay tuned for updates as we move forward in this new path God has given us
Ashley
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