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A vision for multiplication, which started in the US, expanded to Nepal via North India. Read on to hear of the life transformation of N., his village and many more in the mountains of Nepal. The Seeds of Multiplication From 2008-2014, Shepherding the Nations (STN) consistently hosted Bible training institutes in North India. During this time, the STN leadership from the US and India traveled thousands of miles to instruct faithful…
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2022 was a great year and 2023 is off to a great start!
by Paul S. Brown, President, Shepherding the Nations 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 (NASB95) “Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave…
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Odisha finds a place on the world map of Christian missions!
STN’s Strivings in the State India is a challenging country to reach with the gospel due to its diversity of languages. It’s 1.3 billion people have 16 major languages and 1600 dialects. Bible translators such as William Carey served the Lord with many sacrifices and translated the Bible into several of those languages, but not all. Even the areas that have a Bible do not yet have very many other…
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Latin America is Opening Up Again!
by STN President, Dr. Paul S. Brown STN began its work in Latin America in 2016 under the direction of Pastor Eddie Bueno (Hispanic senior pastor at The Bridge Bible Fellowship – Iglesia Cristiana Puente de Vida). At one time we had a total of six training institutes in four countries offering BTCP courses. Several groups completed the 10-volume curriculum, we held some graduation ceremonies, and we were ready to offer…
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Concern for the Local Churches
by STN International Director, Ryder Kumar (SE Asia) “There is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.” 2 Corinthians 11:28. Most of the International board members are either pastors or elders and their wives. Others on the board are significantly involved in the ministries of the local church. I delight in talking about these facts as the Lord has put on our hearts to focus on…
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Sacrificial giving is an answer to twenty years of prayers!
by STN International Director, Ryder Kumar We praise God that he is raising up faithful prayer partners who also give sacrificially. This includes US local churches and individual believers that support the ministry of Shepherding the Nations. I know of a dear lady from the church where I pastored for 15 years. She has been retired for many years but is so committed to giving that even with her limited…
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Four cities, two countries, and lots of news about STN in Latin America.
Latin America Trip, May 2022 One of The Bridge Bible Fellowship Pastors, Eddie Bueno, along with his son, Sammy, was finally free to travel to Latin America to meet in person with our STN trainers. The purpose of this long-awaited trip was two-fold: to discuss and reestablish the priorities of STN in the Bolivian cities where we had started this ministry; to encourage the trainers to make sure that…
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“… men of whom the world was not worthy…”
It has been my privilege over the past 44 years of ministry to work with amazing men and women who love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and are committed to seeing the Gospel reach every nation. They truly are people of whom the world is not worthy. Two of them stand out in my mind right now: Duane Ulrich and Ralph Evans. Duane and Ralph…
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Lockdown Gives Opportunities to Unlock Hearts and Display Love in Action!
As the world is in the grip of crises, India is no exemption. We have no choice but to confront it! Our STN staff has encountered with new challenges! Before this crisis cropped up, our faculty and regional directors were well equipped with the knowledge of His Word not to stand still but be still before Him to know how to address this horrible CRY of His servants. Launching out…
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Sr. Pastor and Evangelist A.K. is in the Presence of the Lord
2 Corinthians 5:8 “absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord”. I have never seen him without a smile on his face. As I passed thru the roads of the area where he ministered to thousands, what echoes my heart is Pastor K. stepping into dirtiest of dirty waters. There was no option. That was the only water available to baptize whom he brought to the…
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COVID-19 Creates Crisis in India
Romans 8:37 “But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us”. Cry for the Word: A Pastor called me little while ago from North India where several hundreds gather for the church services saying, many in the surrounding villages being in the lock-up, are calling him to say how much they are starving for the Word as they are illiterate and cant read. Cry to God:…
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Multiplying in Obedience to the Mandate of the LORD
by Ryder Kumar, International Director STN. In accordance with the Scriptural mandate given in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The main focus of STN has been…
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The Word of God is Spreading
The Apostle Paul was a man devoted to equipping (training) people to go out and impact their world for Jesus Christ (see verse above and 2 Timothy 2:2). Paul would go to an area for a period of time, train up the people, commission them to train more people in their area, and then he would move on to another region. It is that model that STN is striving to emulate with our Bible Training Centre for Pastors (BTCP) institutes. For 5 ½ years we sent teams to India twice each year to train about 100 men in 5-day training conferences (50 in northern India and 50 in southern India). About 80 of those men graduated in 2014, and some of them became STN’s trainers. Because they are able to meet weekly in areas close to where the students live, and teach without needing a translator, they are now able to complete the BTCP training in about 2 1/2 years. What joy we experienced in October when about 240 people graduated from the BTCP training.
