The Evangelical Movement of Wales (EMW) is rejoicing after new lockdown opportunities for Welsh language outreach.
EMW’s ministries coordinator Steffan Job writes: ‘This has come about despite the bleak outlook when the plug was pulled on camps and conferences. A bilingual website and other online forums have encouraged participants and leaders alike.
Opening doors
‘Church doors may have closed, but the church was open through ask-wales.org, a bilingual website designed to help churches evangelise. More opportunities to reach out to Welsh-language communities have arisen in past months. Direct contact with people was stifled, so EMW concentrated on supporting churches to reach people through this site. This will be followed up by a new evangelistic magazine due to be launched in the Autumn.
‘EMW received hundreds of messages from Christians through lockdown, and hundreds more engaged with the CampsLite programme. EMW’s core aim is to serve Christians and churches, and through finding new ways to do this, many new contacts and interactions with people have happened.
‘“Team-talk” and “Brawd”, weekly meetings (in English and Welsh respectively) which bring Christian leaders together to share, pray and encourage each other, saw many people from different backgrounds and theological convictions, all united on the central truths of the gospel and their love for Christ.
‘Working in God’s kingdom has been thrilling. The real blessing has been to experience Christ as Saviour and friend reaching out and leading day by day. Nothing, not even Covid-19, can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. Please pray that many more people will experience this wonderful love, sins forgiven, and a lasting relationship with Christ – in Wales, in the UK, and throughout the whole world!’
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