The Young C&MA of Mongolia and their Challenges to Preach the Gospel

Mongolia is a large country in East Asia, located between Russia and China. Almost 30% of the population is nomadic or semi-nomadic and the majority are young (30 years old or younger), Buddhist or identifying as non-religious. All these factors challenge evangelism. But the C&MA Church of Mongolia has been faithful to the call to preach the gospel.

The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Mongolia is a young church. The first C&MA missionary arrived in Mongolia in 1997 and the first C&MA church was planted in 1998. Since then, it has grown into 12 organized churches and eight house churches. The majority of the church members and leaders are first-generation believers. All churches are served by part-time workers involved in tent making ministries. There are 13 half- and full-time licensed or ordained workers.

The national church has been running Financial Freedom Seminars, Family Counseling, Celebration Recovery Ministry, a Children’s Day Care Center, a Character Development Course and a Prison Ministry. Also, they are planning to start a new ministry for elders by taking care of them to let them know more about Jesus Christ.

Even though they have a lot of ministries and work, the most critical need the Mongolian church is facing is to train and build up national leaders who can nurture young Mongolian generations by teaching them how to evangelize and disciple their communities. People 30 years old and younger compose the majority of the country’s population – 55.2% in 2017 – and 37.7 % of the population is under 19 years of age.

Mongolia is a large country. It has 21 provinces and there are 329 soums (villages/counties) in the provinces. Some provinces don’t have churches. The church needs more workers to send out to all parts of Mongolia, as well as the whole world.

Rev. Lhawgasuren Munkhuu, president of the C&MA of Mongolia, asks us to pray for all the ministries and work of our Alliance family in Mongolia, so that they can reach more children, elders and families with the gospel.