{"id":35645,"date":"2020-02-26T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.local\/?p=35645"},"modified":"2020-02-25T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:05:47","slug":"answering-lifes-questions-for-mongolians-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2020\/02\/26\/answering-lifes-questions-for-mongolians-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Answering life\u2019s questions for Mongolians in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><strong>DENVER \u2014<\/strong> Thousands of people move to North America every year, many coming from nations and regions that have historically been difficult to reach with the gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Mojic Baldandorj, a 2020 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Week of Prayer missionary, immigrated to the United States specifically to revive Maranatha Mongolian Church in Denver and reach out to the large community of Mongolian immigrants who live there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cAmerica is a big mission field,\u201d Baldandorj said. \u201cWe can see so many ethnic groups living together in one town, in one place, in one city. We have to open our eyes, our strategy and our hearts to reach out to the ethnic groups living among us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Mongolia has traditionally been a Buddhist nation, and Baldandorj has observed that Mongolian immigrants tend to closely identify with Buddhism as a way of maintaining their cultural heritage upon leaving their home nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Only an estimated 2.2 percent of Mongolians are Christian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">As a college student in Mongolia, the first time Baldandorj heard about Jesus, he thought that the faith was simply an American or Western religion. This cultural perception initially prevented him from taking Christianity seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">He laughed at and mocked Christians before God began working on his heart after receiving an invitation to a Bible study during college.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">As he read the pages of the Bible in his native language in the early 1990s, he decided to follow Jesus because the Bible\u2019s message answered so many of his questions about life. Now, he shares those answers as a missionary to his fellow Mongolians who live in Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cI committed my life to Jesus, and to commit my life to Jesus,\u201d Baldandorj recalled of God\u2019s leading him to the mission field, \u201cI thought there\u2019s no other meaningful life than taking the gospel to other people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">In Mongolia, Baldandorj deepened in his faith and became a part of a church planting movement until his family moved to Denver in 2014 to restart a Mongolian congregation that had dwindled to around five to seven believers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cIn our ministry the last couple of years, I\u2019ve seen many people come to Christ,\u201d Baldandorj said. \u201cThat\u2019s our joy, and we totally believe that we are in the right place in God\u2019s good timing to reach out to people with the gospel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">A key point of outreach for Baldandorj and his church, however, has been through a popular American game\u2014basketball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cYoung people love, in Mongolia and outside Mongolia, they love to play basketball,\u201d said Baldandorj. \u201cThey like to watch the NBA, and I see our basketball ministry as a great opportunity for us to reach out to our young people in Denver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">They have built many relationships through their basketball ministry, and their ultimate goal has been to share the gospel with those who attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">Maranatha Church, like many ethnic congregations in North America, is small. That\u2019s why the financial support Baldandorj and his family receives through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is crucial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cPrayer is good support. Ministry and financial support will be one of the most important ways to recruit ethnic church planters,\u201d Baldandorj said. \u201cSo, I\u2019m so grateful and thankful for the support that makes it possible to settle down in America and reach out to the Mongolian community in Denver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provides half of NAMB\u2019s annual budget. 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