Ministry > October 2024
October 2024 Update

Henryk Król Co-Founder, President DeoLink

Dear Friends,

I’m sending you fresh greetings from Poland!

September was quite busy for us, but it is nothing new… We see positive results of the rebranding and simplifying of our ministry structure. The numbers of connections are climbing at this moment, on the discipleship platforms managed from our office, we have over 171 thousand people (!) and 192 thousand subscribing to one of our regular mailings… But it is not the numbers that are most important, rather it is the impact that God’s Word has on people’s lives! Many stories, testimonials that we received from our various projects: digital disciple-making, The Chosen, Outback Poland, daily devotions… we are talking about hundreds of received messages. Some of them are published at the end of this email.

Our Outback volunteers at the 7th event in this year (in East of Poland)

Still, we like to be looking forward – there are so many opportunities opening. We want to prayerfully evaluate them, remembering that „when your visibility exceeds your ability, you lose your credibility”. Yes, we want to deliver, to be implementers, not just dreamers…
In September we were also traveling a lot. Oliver went to a major „The Chosen Con” in Orlando, Filip and me – first to the „Global Strategy Forum” in Bangkok, Thailand, then to Lausanne 4 Congress in Seoul, South Korea. Both of those conferences were good – the first-one with some 60 participants from 12 countries, the second – over 5200 participants from 202 countries. A real spiritual feast! The reason we are traveling so much is that we believe that we have something to share with the global Christian community: our methodology and software platform for reaching non-believers to become disciples of Jesus. Cooperation is a must if we consider making a difference on a global scale!

Oliver attended The Chosen Con in Orlando

Global Strategy Forum in Bangkok

Twelve countries were represented, with some strategic discussions and plans

Many personal meetings in Bangkok, this one with Reyong Kittipol

Over 5,200 participants attended this Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization, representing 202 countries

This was also 50th anniversary of original Lausanne Congress. A joyful celebration!

The Lausanne 4 gathering was very special. My parents with brother Adam attended the first Lausanne Congress in 1974, then I was at the Manila 2nd event, later Amsterdam gathering and now – Seoul. The great news is – the theology of the global evangelical movement has not changed, it is based on the Bible, sin is a sin, marriages are between man and woman and should last whole life, etc.

Poland was represented by 12 leaders

Some stimulating discussions how to improve cooperation between Polish churches and parachurch organisations

The conference center and the surroundings were very impressive

Some highlights:

· We had some 200 personal meetings with people interested in our online evangelism model and software platform,
· Korean volunteers were outstanding, all was well organized and smooth,
We’ve made many new friends from all around the world,
· The number of stories shared from the persecuted world – how real God is in dire circumstances,
· For me the most moving was a prayer time – 5200 people united in asking God to lead us into growth of His Kingdom,
· The history of the Korean revival was amazing – starting in just 1907 with one Welsh couple of missionaries, now reaching 26% of evangelicals in population of 57 million.
Together with it came a prosperity of the country – God’s rules work! And when Europe and the States are turning back from God, it comes with all the negative implications, even in economy.
· I was shocked to see the new town of Sangu, where our venue was located, that was built only in 2009, modeled on Manhattan, even with „Central Park” and artificial lake, surrounded by hundreds of 40 stories buildings. Impressive!
· See below the two brochures that were produced for those trips.

Many direct meetings, this one with Stan Jantz, president of Come and See foundation

Very warm involvement of Korean volounteries, what was deeply moving

 

Another trip, planned for attending the GACX (Global Alliance for Church Multiplication) conference in Asheville, NC, US was cancelled, due to the hurricane Helene that hit that area.
Last weekend we had our DeoLink ministry conference in Wisla, Poland. It was wonderful, but more about it in the next update.

Yes, Friends, we would be very thankful if you joined us in prayer for all those matters. We treasure your friendship!

God bless you!

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Prayer Praise & Requests

September answered prayers:

  • By God’s grace, we were able to complete this year’s season of 7 Outback Poland weekends for families and singles, with some 400 attending. Majority have taken some serious decisions for living with the Lord.
  •  „The Chosen” viewer numbers are climbing up all the time, exceeding 18-million-episode views.
  •  Every day people continue to come to our digital discipleship courses and are served by an army of coaches. Meaningful decisions are taken!
  • Great trips, opening number of new contacts and potential users of our GrowPoint online app
  •  Additional staff added to our growing operations – 2 new team members

 

Friends, please pray

October prayer requests:

  • Strength for all our staff and volunteers, finding a balance for personal lives.
  •  Following on discussions on developing cooperation with new partners around the globe.
  •  New courses that are in the pipeline for our e-learning platforms.
  •  Wisdom in choosing new ministry opportunities, as there are so many possible paths to take, we pray about starting a new digital track: „Succession of values in families”, massive engagement in Madagascar, etc.
  •  Opening hearts of donors and foundations to help us expand the ministry, also in the context of Ukraine, as the work grows but donations have decreased. We pray for a substantial funding to allow us to maintain, grow and accelerate this work
  • Physical strength from the Lord for dear friends – Mike MacIntosh, Peter Bye, Rob Sieval – who have been so much part of our ministry over many years
Current Numbers

September 2024 in numbers:

From SzukajacBoga.pl (PL), GrowYourLife.net (EN), DrugiKrok.pl (PL), Nadiya.in.ua (UA)

3,833

people starting their journey to Jesus

1,234

people growing in their faith

3,591

conversations with E-coaches

Recent Testimonies

What were your take-aways from our annual volunteer 'CROSSFIT’ conference?

„Pause, turn to God, listen, and obey. God knows best what I need.”

„To learn how to rest with God. To respond quickly to the Holy Spirit.”

„Nobody wants a tired leader!”

„Taking care of rest. A new, practical understanding of Psalm 23. Meeting in person with people from the online ministry.”

„Refreshment and encouragement.”

„A greater commitment to training new coaches.”