Gospel Tracts Reaching Thousands

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Tomorrow is Easter Sunday...Resurrection Day.  After Christ's resurrection, the apostle Matthew recorded in Chapter 28 that Christ gave "The Great Commission."  He said, starting in verse 18, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."   

It is time for another Gospel for Asia blog and this month's topic is literature.  Gospel for Asia publishes more than 30 million pieces of Gospel literature a year.  This literature, which is produced specifically for the cultures and languages of Asia, is distributed by missionaries, Bible college students and believers.  Thousands have chosen to follow Christ after coming face-to-face with the Gospel message in these tracts.
Alhad (left), a Gospel for Asia-supported pastor, shares with Sajan, a man who came to know Christ by reading a Gospel tract he found on the side of the road.
Sajan called Pastor Alhad after finding and reading a Gospel tract.
Sajan started coming to Alhad's church.
Pastor Alhad stamps his contact information into the Gospel tracts before he distributes them.
Alhad's wife Jasum joins him as he visits neighbors
It costs less than a penny to give someone the opportunity to hear about Jesus through a Gospel tract.  GFA estimates that in Asia, one tract can literally reach dozens of people, as they are read and then passed on to others. You can learn how to support their efforts by clicking here.
"Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him." Proverbs 30:5

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105
GFA-sponsored missionaries came together to distribute 20,000 tracts.
Distributing tracts at a medical clinic.
Witnessing at an annual festival

In addition to passing out tracts, pastors put on a skit.

"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." John 17:17
Pastor Ajoy, below, started his ministry by distributing Gospel tracts in an unreached village. Soon, he became the pastor of 50 new believers. The congregation recently received a permanent place of worship.

"But the word of God continued to increase and spread." Acts 12:24



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