"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."  Proverbs 16:3

Our Plans

We're currently living in Phnom Penh (the capital) and meeting  with a small group of Christians and several "seekers" in our home. Now we're spending most of our time studying the Khmer language to enable us to speak the message of the Savior in the heart language of the Khmer, but after  our language training, we hope to expand our ministry and begin an outreach program that focuses on the city's large young adult population.

Our Objective

Our goal is to help build up an indigenous body of believers in Cambodia who fulfill God’s plan for their lives in the Church. Indigenous churches have three major qualities (see McGavaran's Missions, pp182ff for further reading):

1. Self-governing We will endeavor to build churches that are mature enough to make their own decisions.

2. Self-supporting We will endeavor to build churches that can support themselves without becoming dependent on American funds.

3. Self-spreading We hope to train native Christians to assume the responsibility of reaching out to those without Christ. We hope to encourage them to develop their own vision and plan for reaching out to the lost around them. Our aim here is to “work ourselves out of a job.”

We will also want to train Cambodian Christians to worship and conduct themselves first, in harmony with God’s will, and second, in a manner that fits into their culture. We don't want to import American problems or traditions (things perhaps seen as "expedients" in our culture but which fail to fit into theirs), but we will encourage complete submission to the Lord and His unchanging Word as it applies in the context of the Cambodian lifestyle.