Looking Ahead

by Richard Haney, Executive Director

2018 promises to be another exciting year for the Frontier Fellowship family. We believe God is calling us to offer frontier mission resources in new ways and to new communities.

We continually ask ourselves three questions in our work. Who are we seeking to engage in frontier mission? Where is God leading us to find partners and projects? How best can we mobilize the American Church for involvement with ministries serving unreached peoples?

Our years as Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship naturally focused our attention on helping Presbyterian congregations. In this new era as Frontier Fellowship, we’re following God’s call to mobilize more widely, beyond denominational boundaries. We feel particularly drawn toward working alongside younger generations. We’re in the early stages of building an internship program to offer mentoring and discipleship to recent college graduates and young adults who want to explore frontier mission.

This past year we sensed God leading us to Southeast Asia, where Buddhists as well as Muslims still wait to hear the message of Jesus and His Kingdom. In 2018, we hope to explore opportunities in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mongolia and China. Followers of Jesus in these nations are in the minority but represent dynamic expressions of Christian faith. In some cases, they may also be the vanguard of a new mission force: Chinese diaspora believers are found all over the world, and Mongolians can enter several key countries without needing visas.

As we mobilize individuals and churches, we encourage people to pray for and against certain forces. We pray for unreached people groups to gain access to the Gospel. And we pray against injustice, repression and persecution. We seek to help people grow deeper in their understanding of frontier mission, connecting Western churches with our indigenous partners and their ministries.

Join us this year as we pray for more people to encounter the Good News of Jesus. Invite us to visit, encourage and serve your church as you deepen your engagement among least-reached people and places. Explore our website and follow us on social media for regular stories, recommended resources, videos, photos and other tools to help you better understand and care about God’s world. Consider traveling with our staff this year and see firsthand what He’s doing at the frontier. Come with us on the journey as together we seek God’s Kingdom for all peoples.