Gateway Newsletter from E. at our Eastern Base
December 05, 2008
From Turkey, with the love that Christ taught, peace to each one of you who are in the family of the Kingdom of the Messiah.
“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:14-15)
Through the peace that is given to us by our Lord and by you taking our burderns by your physcial giving and spiritual strength we are continuing on the path we were appointed too and the responsiblity that has been given to us, which is brought to light by these above verses.
Those who have heard the truth in lands which we are ministering in is truly a small number. This situtation sometimes is a reason for a “lack” of encouragement within us. (or the cause of our discouragement.) However, with your help and prayers you complete what is lacking in us (literally: “you complete our lack of encouragement”). I wanted to share with you all that it makes us very happy to see the young generation of believers growing in the faith. I would like to see more consious, academic, knowledgable believers in these lands.
I do not want people to just believe and go to church on Sundays then live their lives as normal. I want our youth, those older who have newly placed their faith in Christ and those who have been a believer for along time that have the desire to learn the Bible and those who also wish to do ministry to be educated in these subjects.
This type of education is possible, it is possible with the many books and educational materials that we posses today. However, academic theological books in the Turkish language are not available and or there are very few. In English there are thousands, but every Turkish person doesn’t know English.
Theology is a very difficult subject and to gain a strong basic education in this field it is necessary for the Turks to do this in their mother tongue. Because of this it is necessary for many of the books that are available in the English language to be translated into Turkish. My request is for you to help to translate these materials and help educate and disciple the Christian Turkish people.
The television stations in this country have programs that host Muslim Theologians that continually attack and slander Christianity, the Gospel and Workers. Because of this the people have been effected and believe them. And why? Because in this country there are just a few people who can defend the faith on an academic level.
The reason there are so few Christian Apologists is because of the fact that they do not posses academic materials and have not had the education needed for this. For years in this country there have been books that have been published and translated to explain the Gospel. Some have been very good others not so good. Millions of dollars have been spent on these efforts however, giving the new Turkish Christians a strong solid foundation in Christian education was not a focus.
There are tons of evangelistic books that were published and we are still seeing that the number of Christians in the country has not really increased. For those that are believers they are learning the same things over and over and their faith is based off of what they have heard but not really what they have studied. The Turkish people have the right to learn the the depths of the book they believe, the doctrines of God, glorious Christian History and about the martyrs in their own langauge. For this reason I am requesting your support so that these materials can be translated and published for your Turkish brothers and sisters. I along with many others during this time in our history are suffering without these materials however, I do not want the next generations to be lacking in these as we are.
Please do not forget that your prayers are our weapons. Praise God for your prayers and your support. May the Lord that Provides bless you all! May you have warmness and peace from Him.
E. of G.E.S.
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