The Nuri* People

The Nuri people live in the mountainous regions of a small Central Asian country. For generations they’ve lived in spiritual oppression and isolation without access to the good news of Jesus. Our team has been there for just over a decade. It’s a tough place: hard to reach, resistant to relationship. Yet God is opening doors and people are finding faith in Christ.

These men and women, once intimidated and isolated, are now sharing the Gospel courageously. They too share God’s vision to build up the body of Christ. Christ’s love is driving them to see their own people reached. (2 Cor. 5:14)

This partnership model is working! Our team has already seen fruit. We have re-roofed clinics and schools, protecting people from the snow, wind, and rain. We have introduced new stoves, efficient and cost effective, ensuring warmth as the temperature plummets in the winter. Through projects like these, Nuri disciples have opportunities to reach into spiritually and geographically isolated communities and share the Gospel.

These opportunities are significantly propelled forward as local believers and expat missionaries lovingly serve the people. And because this model is working in the area, there is a great need for this process to repeat again and again, by sending more Canadian workers to partner with the relatively new believers among the Nuri.

Discipleship + local partnership + platform projects = Gospel sharing opportunities. What is missing in this equation is more expat workers. More workers who are willing to step out of the familiar in obedience to God’s call on their lives. More workers to disciple Nuri believers and facilitate projects in new areas where, unless someone takes the Gospel to these remote, even harder to access areas, the people there will never hear of God’s great love for them.