Ministry Spotlight: "SOW"
Over the last few months, I've been spotlighting a different ministry of the MTW Sydney missionary team. The last of these is "Student Outreach to the World," or "SOW." The university ministry was actually the first ministry started by Sydney team leader, Jim Jung, back in 2007.
 The goal of SOW is to raise up disciples of Jesus Christ who are transformed by the gospel, and who spread that transformation to the world, both in Australia and beyond.
SOW currently has "uni ministries" at four different major universities in Sydney. Each of them has a campus pastor and a core group of student leaders. There are small group Bible studies on each campus. Large group worship, however, is together on one campus in downtown Sydney. In many ways, SOW is very similar to Reformed University Fellowship (RUF), for those of you familiar with that.
 In addition to Bible studies and worship times, SOW has many activities for fellowship and to draw students to the ministry, such as "SOWlympics" competition between universities, beach events, retreats, etc.
SOW also sends teams of students each year to several different Asian countries where they serve with and learn from MTW missionaries. A group of ten students visited me in Osaka back in 2015, helping us hand out flyers on city streets for an upcoming Christmas musical at my church. A primary  goal of the SOW ministry is to encourage and equip university students to be missionaries (or senders of their friends) into Asia-Pacific. Most of the students themselves are first or second-generation Asia-Australians, so as missionaries to Asia, they are able to spark different conversations, "why are you -- an Asian -- a Christian?" Please pray for the SOW ministry and our students, that many will find hope through the grace of God, and also that many will hear and heed the call to go into all parts of the world to spread that hope of the gospel.
 Support Raising Update
Praise God that he has brought in 89% of my needed support! I am still in need of an additional $1,000 in monthly pledges to be fully funded for the next four years.
If joining my support team is something you've been thinking about, I would welcome your partnership in the gospel. Missionaries cannot go abroad and serve full-time without financial partners who give, or without those who will pray. Any amount helps. Monthly pledges are most helpful as they provide stable longevity. One-time gifts are distributed over 48 months, lessening the amount of pledges needed.
Those wishing to make a pledge can do so via one of the following methods:
If you have any questions, please email me. If you would like a hardcopy of my prayer card sent to you, please let me know. (You can tear off the bottom half of it to mail to MTW with a contribution and/or pledge as well.)
Thank you for your prayerful consideration!
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