Laos · Persecuted Church

40 to 60 pastors. One week. Eternity at stake.

They come across the border into Thailand to be trained, fed, encouraged, and sent home. This is the heart of our trip.

Biblical Training

Worship, doctrine, and discipleship for Lao pastors carrying the gospel into hard places.

Medical Training

Practical care training for pastors and their families, where access to medicine is limited.

Legal Training

An attorney from Laos teaches the pastors about their rights - especially as Christians in a persecuted region.

Business Training

Classes designed to help pastors and their wives sustain their ministries through small enterprise.

Agricultural Training

Our agricultural team equips pastors with local farming best practices so they can provide for themselves and pass the learning along to their church and community — opening the door to build trust and share Jesus.

Micro-Grants

$600 micro-grants awarded each year to the pastors with the strongest, most viable business ideas.

Women's Ministry

A dedicated track of worship, biblical teaching, fellowship, and a shopping day that we cover.

The week, in moments

Two chairs. No chairs.

Worship and teaching by day. Conversations on the floor at night. Pharmacy bagging in between.

Circle of Laotian pastors kneeling in prayer at the front of the sanctuary

On their knees. Sending them out.

Laos

Large outdoor group photo with Laotian pastors, students, and the team
Everyone. One photo. One family.
Team member leading a story circle with children
Story circle.
Team member carrying a child on his shoulders
A better view from up here.
Team member watching a video with a group of boys
Crowd of one hundred. Audience of one.

We worship together. We share meals together. The men go to dinner. The women go shopping. We laugh, we pray, and we send them back into a place that costs them everything.