Evangelism Campaign Wakes Up the Nation of Mongolia

GCMM’s nationwide evangelistic Mega City Campaign in Mongolia launched in Ulaanbaatar in October 2023 has far surpassed our imaginations and expectations. We can say this after seeing similar GCMM events in over 100 cities on four continents and partnering with literally thousands of indigenous churches.

The Evangelical Alliance of Mongolia reports they have not seen a similar high-impact proclamation of the gospel message in the history of Mongolia.

Church leaders have attested: “This evangelism campaign has significantly accelerated the fulfillment of the Great Commission command to Mongolia. We are taking the Gospel of Jesus to our nation which has been hard to reach by conventional means.” Without media, it would have taken churches, at best, 50 years or more to reach this generation.

Over the past year, the campaign has rapidly spread from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar to the outermost corners of Mongolia and continues to produce wonderful fruit across the country. Thousands of Mongolians have already reached out to hear more about life change through Christ, and for many, this has led to personal decisions of faith and welcoming follow-up and discipleship. New churches are being planted. The very important campaign follow-up continues.

Campaign team members in Mongolia strategize outreach efforts using Power to Change resources. These collaborative planning sessions played a vital role in reaching unreached people groups across the nation.

Team members planning outreach during the Mongolia media campaign.

At the Beginning of the Campaign

During the first month alone, the call center received over 300,000 responses from Mongolians who wanted to know more about God’s power and the profound life change of Mongolian believers, prominently presented in the media citywide.

For a nation with a population of 3.3 million people, the hearts of one in ten Mongolians had already been stirred. For every person who responded, it represented a multitude of people who were impacted but did not pick up a phone or go to a computer. For many, the work of the Holy Spirit is still in process.

Thousands of calls and SMS messages have come into the campaign call center with requests for a copy of the Power to Change campaign book. The campaign book is the primary tool for the churches as they reach out one-on-one and follow up with those responding to the campaign message.

The campaign call center had received a call from a young woman. She represented an affluent side of society and had called a few days earlier wanting to come by to pick up her copy of the campaign book personally. Upon receiving it, she touched her forehead with the book and held it close to her chest. One of the stories of a changed life in the campaign book had touched her deeply, and she wanted to read more of the stories.

The Mega City Media Campaign became impossible to ignore—billboards and outdoor ads across the city caught residents’ attention while the Power To Change stories spread through television, apartment-block displays, public transportation, radio, and wide-reaching social media. At a busy campaign booth, crowds gathered to see what was happening, and 185 campaign books were given to interested passers-by. The impact continued into the next week when so many new faces arrived at a pastor’s small group that a new church was planted; after everyone suggested a name and one was drawn from a bag—written by a new believer—the group became “Light,” and it still meets weekly.

Revival at the Yurt Village Well

The campaign books were distributed to everyone arriving at the well, who wanted one, in exchange for their contact information. During the two-day well event, 147 people in the yurt settlement area received the campaign book with stories of life change. The church organized a follow-up event a couple of weeks later, to which everyone had been invited. 40 adults and 15 teenagers responded to the invitation.

Young men and a child gather in a Mongolian ger after a gospel outreach event. Many are hearing the Good News for the first time.

Campaign Book “Heroes”

Two of the “heroes” in the book had been invited to share at the village well follow-up event in person. One of the guest speakers, Tsogtbayar now a pastor, had spent 12 years in prison. The other, Dugerma, was a scientist who had found God while seeking the truth and led the meeting. At the end of the service, Pastor Tsogtbayar made an invitation to all who wanted to accept Jesus as Lord. All 55 newcomers raised their hands, with a desire for Jesus to be their Lord and Savior.

Three boys sitting behind campaign manager Boloroo, had stood out from the rest of the audience because of their rather unusual appearance with piercings and rings on their noses. The boys went to Pastor Tsogtbayar afterwards, to share their story. They were orphans who had aged out of the system and two of them had been grievously depressed about their lives and decided to end it all. They drank poison and lost consciousness, waking up in a hospital.

Fortunately for the boys, their nurse happened to be a Christian woman and upon seeing their condition sent out a campaign book for them. They read Pastor Tsogtbayar’s testimony and were profoundly touched by the man’s story who had spent time behind bars survived and experienced freedom and healing in both his spirit and soul. The boys were moved to tears. They realized that their suffering could not even be compared to what the pastor had gone through.

The pastor prayed for them and encouraged them with the word of God. They accepted Jesus into their lives and said that they did not want to leave the church because of the love and peace that they had received.

The message in the campaign book saved the lives of two orphan boys!

180 Prisoners Receive Jesus Christ as Lord

The gospel message was taken to the prisons as well during the campaign. The prisoners knew the meaning of sin and its destructive power in their lives. 180 prisoners made public decisions for Christ and experienced God’s amazing grace flowing from His heart. Churches in Mongolia are small, and reaching their generation was slow and difficult. With the help of the media campaign, the gospel message has reached those unreachable by conventional means.

Evangelism Campaign Wakes Up the Nation of Mongolia