International (MNN) — Gaza and Ukraine aren’t the only areas of active conflict today.
Wars and rumors of war persist on every continent except Antarctica. According to one conflict tracker, political violence rose 22 percent globally in the last five years.
Ongoing incursions are directly affecting Gospel work. “We have studios in Southeast Asia and the Middle East that have been closed down because of the conflicts in the area,” Darrell Templeton with MegaVoice says.
“We’re way behind on recordings; people can’t move around. They can’t safely come and go.”
In Southeast Asia, “a lot of the churches have been destroyed, and the government just looks the other way. Curfews are in place, and people don’t feel safe moving around,” Templeton says.
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“When this (conflict) started, we thought [it would] blow over maybe in a couple of months, and it just hasn’t. Equipment is better to be used and not just to sit,” he continues.
“Pray for our teams that are working on other things. They would rather be working on getting recordings done.”
Portable studios provide a temporary workaround, allowing teams to create Scripture engagement tools.
“When you add local testimonies and local-style praise and worship music, it resonates in that culture to the people. We have found that those two things are the best catalysts for Scripture engagement,” Templeton says.
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“Pray for the peace in the region, that we’ll be able to either bring the people out and/or things will calm down enough so we can get their studios back up and running and get the recordings completed,” Templeton says.
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