Think about how many times a day you read something: Texts, social media posts, emails, books, news articles, billboards, nutritional labels, directional signs on the street. We are reading constantly without giving it a thought. Imagine what your life would be like if you did not know how to read. Pastor Babar addresses the graduating class. RTN members participate via the internet. A few years ago Reach the Nations became aware of the statistics for literacy in Pakistan. Th

Khairpur Reach the Nations has had a church established in Khairpur for a number of years now. The leased building there serves as a central point for teaching and preaching. Going out from this center, Shakeel and Rustam reach into the villages around Khairpur, and the Gospel is reaching more and more people. Shakeel and Rustam speak of challenges in these areas including forced conversion to the majority religion and arranged marriages with very young girls. Shakeel has ask

Shahzaib and his wife, Anita, have started a Sunday School in the church they have established in Sanghar. As you can see, the children are participating enthusiastically. Anita is shown above as she teaches the older children in their Sunday School class. They also have a prayer ministry in the area surrounding Shanghar, usually meeting in homes as you see here. The pictures below show both Shahzaib and Anita praying for specific requests for those who are in attendance. Ple

In our last post, we told you about Covenant Leadership Training Institute and Reach the Nations' partnership with CLTI in training Pakistani men for ministry in their country. Gary Finkbeiner, president of RTN, is a regular teacher at CLTI, and you read about that in his post last week. The picture above shows the most recent graduating class from CLTI's Karachi campus. Seated on the left is Shakeel, a RTN pastor, evangelist, and leader. He is in this photo not as a student,

We received a great report from Mehboob and his team this week. They are reaching into new areas sharing the Good News of the gospel to those who have never heard or understood what it means to know and follow Jesus. And they are continuing the work in the churches where they preach the Word, worship God, and encourage people to grow in their faith. Here is the report in Mehboob's own words: "Praise the Lord! We visited the Proppi Nagra area for evangelism. We went door to d