We Base Our Reporting on Biblical Criteria

Figures are from Project Oromia, month 15.

1.  Nearly 360,000 have heard the Gospel preached!

• First command of the Great Commission according to Mark 16:15 is Proclamation:

“Go into all the world and preach the good news.”

2.  53,406 have been saved.

• Second Command of the Great Commission according to Mark 16:16 is Conversion:

“Whoever believes will be saved.”

3.  18,929 have been baptized.

• Third command of the Great commission according to Mark 16:15 is Discipleship:

“Whoever believes and is baptized.”  And Matthew 28:19-20 says, “Go and make disciples…baptizing them… teaching them to obey.”

4.  483 churches have been planted.

• Fourth, as Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, it is through the local church proclaiming the Gospel and making disciples that the world will be won—and transformed:

“I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18