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Our invitation to be the surprise

Please surprise more Chinese people.

Bao (a pseudonym) was surprised by what he learned in our online Bible institute. He’s the leader of a small house church in China. Boa wrote: How eager I am to share what I have learned…. Thank you for the years of teaching I have received from the pastors of your Bible institute. Because of them I can always serve God and needy brothers and sister with joy and gratitude.

You have brought the surprise of grace to thousands of our students. Your prayers and your gifts have transformed Christian leaders like Bao. Then they transformed the people that those leaders shepherd.

You have given that surprise. And now that surprise continues to be given to thousands more.

Here’s even more exciting news! The opportunities for you to surprise more Chinese people with God’s grace are growing. 316NOW is poised to train greater numbers of house church leaders who will train members to reach more souls. Those leaders are both in China and in countries around the world.

The Spirit is opening more doors to surprise the people of China with the gospel for you, for thousands of other Jesus-loving supporters like you, and for 316NOW.

Of course, as this ministry expands, the need for resources to capture those opportunities also expands. We’ll need additional volunteer professors and support staff. We’ll need growing prayer support. And we’ll need additional financial support.

Within the next three years, by God’s grace, the Surprise campaign will empower us to:

  • Call, train, and equip two full-time Chinese pastors to serve as liaisons in Mainland China.

  • Call, train, and equip a full-time Chinese pastor to serve as liaison to expatriate Chinese living all over the world.

  • Expand the use of technology and the number of online classes to train leaders, including deaconesses, in our Grace Bible Institute.

  • Support this increase in ministry with staff for mission advancement, volunteer coordination, and administrative leadership.

The additional cost for these advances in this ministry will total $650,000.

Would you partner with us to bring the surprise of Jesus-won heaven to more of the Chinese people? Your gifts have enabled 316NOW to proclaim grace across China. Now your above-and-beyond gifts will bring that eternal surprise to even more people through people like Bao and their churches.

Generous believers have already given or pledged $100,000 to this effort. Your pledge to partner with us will bring us closer to that goal.

Please do three things:

  • Read over the short description of the Give a Jesus-Shaped Surprise campaign that I’ve included. There is even more information on our website: https://www.316now.org/surprise-info/

  • Ask our Father to lead you toward determining how you will bring the surprise of his grace to more Chinese people.

  • Finally, surprise us by letting us know the decision our Father has brought you to about your above-and-beyond Surprise gift. The deadline is October 31.

Thank you for considering ways you will partner with us to share the surprise of grace. I look forward to hearing from you.

Christ’s love compels us!

Mark Wagner