Tag: Laos

• When Instant Success Takes a Few Decades

  

  I reflect on how movements can take years to develop, sharing some of my journey in Asia with my friend Steve Addison. We talked about perseverance, faith, and how the Great Commission isn’t always fast—but it’s always worth it. The heart of the message? It’s still all about Jesus and obedience, with a heavy dose…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  April 10, 2025

  Asian Faith, Missional Living, Strategy & Church, Toby’s Story

  Asia, church multiplication movement, Discipleship, Gospel, jesus, Laos, Missional, Missions, movements, podcast, Thailand, Unreached People Groups

• Unsilenced: Voices from Laos’ Church Movement

  

  In the heart of rural Laos, a young girl from the So tribe discovers the power of worship, a woman is set free from demonic oppression, and a church planter lives out the Kingdom parables of Jesus. Hear true stories from local practitioners behind one of Laos’ fastest and largest current church planting movement. Years…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  August 16, 2022

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

  4 Fields, Christianity, church planting movement, Disciple Making Movements, documentary, God’s glory, Gospel, Laos, Mekong Kingdom Movement, Missional, Missions, UPG, UUPG

• 6 Movement Principles from Original Gangstas

  

  On the streets of many inner cities in America, Original Gangsta’s (OG’s) are people of respect. OG’s are often founders and pioneers of street or prison gangs. They are natural leaders filled with vision and are willing to take risks. They have put in the hard work of paving the way for others to follow. They…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  January 24, 2017

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  Apostle Paul, China, church planting movement, Disciple Making Movements, disicpleship, gangsta, India, Jesus follower, Kingdom of God, Laos, movement pioneers, OG, prayer, Scripture, Southeast Asia, T4T, Vision Casting

• Reblog: Over the Mountain & Into the Valley

  

  I just couldn’t resist reblogging this! Here is a post from a friend where she poetically summarizes the 5 highlights of her most epic journey to pray for the unreached in Laos. You can visit her blog here: The Afterglow The highlight of March was going on a prayer journey to The So People.  It all…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  March 31, 2014

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  adventure travel, Animism, Asian food, boldness, bombs, Cambodia, challenge, Christian, church, clean water, courage, evil spirits, Faith, faithfulness, food, God, God’s glory, God’s presence, Gospel, Healing, jesus, Jordan River, Joshua, Laos, love, Mekong Kingdom Movement, Miracles, Missions, Motorbike, mountains, mustard seed, papaya salad, paralyzed, pho, poverty, praise, pray, prayer journey, prayer walking, Risk, Sacrifice, sea, Southeast Asia, spicy, Spirits, team, Thailand, The So People, tranformation, Truth, valleys, Villages, visa run

• The Motivation for Mission

  

  There are many honorable and noble reasons to engage the lost in a cross-cultural setting but there is only one that will truly sustain you for the long haul. Missions is not about alleviating poverty, eradicating world hunger, stopping human trafficking, and listen carefully…it’s not even about saving souls. Missions is about spreading the fame…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  February 11, 2014

  Missional Living

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• Jungle Asian – This Is Who We Are

  

  Let’s admit it folks, Americans can be some of the most myopic and culturally inept people on the planet. We live in one of the most diverse countries in the world yet many know nothing about the rich cultures of the people on our doorsteps. Take the famous Texan, Hank Hill, for example. He’s known…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  October 15, 2013

  Asian Faith

  Americans, asian, Asian-American, beer, Cambodia, cartoon, Chinese, cultural distinctive, culture, diversity, East Asia, ethnocentric, fermented fish, gangs, Hank Hill, Hmong, Hollywood, identity, incompetency, Japanese, jungle, Korean, Laos, myopic, smart asian, Southeast Asia, Stereotypes, stinky tofu, U.S.A., unawareness, Vietnam