Now hear The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus on Audible and many other platforms. Every listen has 100% of proceeds going to making disciples in the hardest places.
Now hear The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus on Audible and many other platforms. Every listen has 100% of proceeds going to making disciples in the hardest places.
In the heart of Intha Lake, where homes rise on stilts above the water, lives are being changed. Until recently, the Intha were listed as an unreached people group by the Joshua Project. Today, the Gospel has begun to spread among them.
To serve this community, GCM has established one field station and two others in neighboring areas, meeting both physical and spiritual needs by providing rice, clean water filters, tarps for shelter, and the message of Christ. Two local disciple leaders are now shepherding 30 new believers in the area. DBS groups are multiplying, especially among young people who now see faith in Jesus not as a “western invention” but as something deeply personal and accessible.
The Silver Palong (Palaung) are tea-growing hill people with distinct dress and culture, previously unreached. New doors are opening for DBS groups, paving the way for futurechurch planting. We’re witnessing a revival in this area. Four generations of disciples have been made in just a few months. People are being delivered from alcoholism, and up to 2 generations of baptisms have happened in this short time. It’s only the Lord who can heal and move the hearts of people like this.
“A great multitude… from every nation, tribe, people and language.” —Revelation 7:9
When the earthquake hit Myanmar, it took more than buildings. Families were torn apart, entire neighborhoods leveled, and people were left with nothing but dust and grief. Days later, airstrikes landed in some of the same shattered regions. Imagine burying loved ones after a natural disaster, then sprinting for cover from your own government while you’re still digging neighbors out of the rubble.This is what our teams have been walking through. And right there, in the middle of loss and fear, the Gospel is advancing.
As soon as the ground stopped shaking, our leaders began moving supplies through three secure field stations in the hard-hit zones. From there, they’ve been getting clean water filters, tarps for shelter, and rice into the hands of families who lost everything. These hubs do more than hand out aid. They’ve become places of prayer, encouragement, and leadership development in the middle of civil war.
Many of our leaders are hungry themselves, some surviving on a single bowl of rice a day, and still, they share what they have with neighbors. It looks simple—because it is. And it’s changing lives.
Since 2021, 150+ indigenous Disciple-Makers have been martyred, including 32 in a single moment last year going to a baptism. Two more were lost this year. And since the earthquake, 48 are still missing and unaccounted for.
These aren’t statistics. They’re our friends, parents, sons and daughters who decided Jesus was worth everything.
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” —Luke 9:23
This project was birthed by indigenous leaders who wanted something their people could truly relate to. One of our young local Disciple-Makers, also an artist, created Gospel comic books in a traditional Burmese style, taking the stories we use in our discovery process and drawing them the way people in Myanmar see the world.
So far, 1,000 complete sets have gone out across 13 regions, with another 250 high-quality sets printed for leaders to use in trainings and follow-up. Families read them together. Neighbors pass them along. Monks in Buddhist monasteries are reading them too. Nepali Burmese refugees in Thailand have read them and have already seen baptisms. Leaders hold the sets to guide follow-up trainings, so the momentum doesn’t fade.
• 100+ baptisms in the first two months of circulation
• Two national trainings to equip leaders in using comics for DBS
• Four generations of disciple-makers in as little as four months
• The planting of new house churches as leaders use the comics to guide DBS groups
• Breakthrough among unreached people groups
• Aid being distributed through very hard situations
• Creativity inspiring generations to know a very real Jesus
These comic books have even reached Buddhist monasteries, where monks are reading and discussing the life of Jesus, something once unimaginable. In addition, they are being used among Nepali Burmese refugees in Thailand, where several baptisms have already taken place.
As the books continue to circulate, we project they will touch the lives of 100,000+ people over time.
• Translation continues so more languages and dialects can engage in Scripture
• Volumes 3-9 are in circulation now, completing the full nine-volume set
• Two frontline leaders are preparing for advanced training in Thailand to strengthen and sustain the work
• New DBS groups are popping up in the Delta and southern districts of Yangon
“We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” —2 Corinthians 4:7
“I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” —Matthew 16:18
“…for the joy set before him he endured the cross.” —Hebrews 12:2
We can’t share many of the most remarkable stories; doing so could expose identities and put people at risk. But make no mistake, big things are happening. Entire unreached groups are hearing about Jesus. Generations of new disciple-makers are emerging. In places still reeling from an earthquake, shaken by bombs, civil war and massive trauma, the church is growing. GCM needs support at every level to keep going — through prayer, advocacy, and resources that provide rice, tarps, and clean water to homes, while fueling the ongoing move of God.
Pray. Give. Share. If you’ve read this far, you’re already part of the story. This isn’t about an organization; it’s about Jesus and His kingdom breaking into very dark places through very ordinary people. And that’s something all of us can say yes to.
