Taking the Life-Giving Gospel into the Land of the Killing Fields…

2022

Our native coordinator wrote the following encouragement…“We would like to show our gratitude for MTM and our wonderful guest speakers for your coming with your own resources, time and energy to make the pastoral leadership conference happened. Through the training, we feel so encouraged about forgiveness, the calling as pastors or leaders and how to humbly lead God’s people by following the example of Jesus leadership. Furthermore, according to evaluation result, most churches are eagerly looking forward to participating and learning more again”

MTM Pastoral Leadership Conference @ Jagannathpur Village, Odisha, India

2022

After 14 years of serving the Lord with IGo & MTM Raymond & Naomi Burkholder moved their MTM base from Thailand to Akron, PA in August of 2022. Their role with MTM is changing from Director to Founder & Elder Ministry teacher. Raymond & Naomi will continue to lead teaching teams in Discipleship Making among the Nations in continuing to Spiritual Nurture the many established relationships with Pastors & Elders Among the Nations.
We are very grateful to each of our dear faithful Supporters who made the past 14 years of missionary pastoral service possible. May the Lord richly reward each of you supporters for your faithful service unto the Lord & MTM. THANK YOU!
In keeping on with the Lords continued calling upon our Lives we departed November 10th for a 6-week MTM ministry marathon which would include three pastoral training conferences in two different countries (Nepal & India) as well as a two-week Bible school in India.

“Cry of Ishmael Conference” at Ratanpur Village, Nepal

2022

I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Jn. 6:35

Dear MTM prayer partners, We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am Pastor Anand Sinha and I am ministering among the Muslims in Nepal. There are about 7% Muslims in Nepal and we are focusing on reaching out to the children of Ishmael (Muslims) who are lost without our Savior Jesus Christ. November 13-15, 2022, we were in Ratanpur village for a MTM conference and we had guest teacher Pastor Raymond Burkholder from the USA. We have known Pastor Raymond since 2010 and our dear God gave us the wonderful privilege to work together to build the kingdom of God in Nepal through teaching conferences and 3 weeks Bible School. It is a blessing to team up with him after a long interval.

Himalayan MTM Highlights

2022

I was honored to be able to participate in a MTM Leadership Seminar in Sikkim, India. Sikkim, a Northeast state of India, is located in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan. It took almost 24 hours of traveling from Thailand to reach Gangtok the town where the conference was hosted. Because Sikkim is a restricted state of India, we had to get a special registered license to enter. The theme of the conference was “Leadership Priorities”. It was well attended by 78 different church leaders. The delegates were church pastors, youth leaders, and Sunday school teachers, who came from remote areas of Sikkim. Some of the delegates took almost as much time traveling as we did, with one group coming by bus the whole way from eastern Nepal. Most of the pastors attending were rural pastors who never had an opportunity to go to Bible school or to receive any other bible teaching.

Sweet Visitations of the Lord

2022

MTM hosted a Godly Marriage and Family Life Conference at Pokhara, Nepal June 13-16, 2022. Although the rainy season had begun, and the weather was quite warm and humid, the spiritual blessings far outweighed all the discomforts. The Conference was a four-day event conducted at Pastor Man’s church house at Pokhara, Nepal. Brother Raymond Burkholder taught on Godly marriage and Family Life while Earl Peachy spoke from I Thessalonians with an emphasis on Church Planting. Both Bible teachers taught two teaching sessions each day.

Finally MTM is Back on the Discipleship Trail

2022

Proverbs 16:9 “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” The Nepal Asian Bible School was planned to be held in 2020 but was canceled indefinitely because of covid. God finally opened the doors for the Bible School to be conducted February 21 thru March 4, 2022. This MTM hosted Bible School was a two-week pastoral equipping event for emerging leaders & pastors. NABS was conducted in the regions of far western Nepal at Nepalgunj. There were 22 students registered and all qualified for graduation at the first Nepal Asia Bible School.

Raymond & Naomi Burkholder, MTM Director

From the MTM Directors Desk

2021

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Several years ago, the director of the Himchal Bible College & Seminary sat me down and instructed me using this scriptural verse.
Here is what he said to me; “MTM and its practical wisdom of teaching the scriptures. Using experienced Bible teachers whose faith & practice first live the truth of the Scriptures and then teaches from their practical lives. This experiential type preaching & teaching is very needed in the regions of North India.” (north India has the highest concentration of unreached people groups in the world).

Seeking, Teaching & Sending

2021

2 Timothy 2:2-3 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

In this Biblical text the apostle Paul, as a Spiritual fatherly figure, is exhorting his young spiritual son in how to do effectual Spiritual missionary ministry. Find a faithful man and teach him the same spiritual truths you have heard of me (Paul) and empower him by teaching him the ALL things of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20) then & only then will this man be able to teach others, of his own people also.

This principle has been the heartbeat principle of MTM from the very beginning more than 12 years ago. Teaching native men from all nations the ALL things of Jesus Christ in empowering, facilitating & equipping them to REACH their own UNREACHED peoples. It has been a great joy to my fatherly heart of MTM to see (during this COVID times while international borders are mostly closed) the many sons of MTM rise up to the challenge (in the absence of MTM) and minister both physically & Spiritually to their own unreached peoples of their nations. Blessed be God alone!!!

MTM (M…lim To Messiah) 2.0

2021

There has been a long silence in regards to MTM updates. Reason being, as we most all are aware of is the global pandemic. Most all International borders remain closed in the countries where MTM ministers. This includes India, Nepal & Myanmar. Please be assured that all MTM staff are well and healthy & patiently waiting for borders to fully open (this means no quarantines). In the mean time we are all (MTM staff) actively involved in Kingdom building work wherever God has called us.

MTM (M…lim To Messiah) In Chios, Greece Refugee Ministry

2021

For quite a number of years already i58 refugee ministry in Greece was asking Naomi & I to bring MTM to Greece. Finally, after my (Raymond’s) bilateral knee surgery had fully healed and his mobility was restored, the timing seemed right we could answer that i58 call to minister to the refugees there in Greece. The countries in Asia that MTM normally ministers in are all still closed due to Covid-19.