Asia for JESUS is a vision

We had a vision to see all of Asia on fire for Jesus; therefore, we established Asia for JESUS as a nonprofit organization. At first, God put this vision in the hearts of youth pastors from different churches. He moved five of them, including Pastor Philip Mantofa from Mawar Sharon Church in Indonesia; Pastor Jaeson Ma from America, founder of Campus Church Networks (campuschurch.net); Pastors Ewen Chow, Jonathan Chow, and Timothy Yen from Bread of Life church in Taipei. When these five brothers made a pact together, Pastor Nathanael Chow, the senior pastor of Taipei Bread of Life, became their spiritual mentor and he asked these five brothers, “What dreams do you have?” They answered in one accord, saying that “We want to see Asia for Jesus!” They believe that God will stir up a prayer movement in the young people, that campuses will experience outbreaks of revival, and that God will raise up from the young people an missionary army. A great plan that is birthed out of heaven will come to fruition as the youth of this generation devote themselves to this calling.

The mission of Asia for JESUS is to win young people in Asia for Christ.

「The mission of Asia for JESUS is built on Bread of Life’s youth outreach ministry. Under the vision of seeing Asia becomes a continent that is for Jesus and the youth in Asia are empowered to be people of impact; Asia for JESUS integrated Vision Production House and Hebron Talent Agency under its umbrella. This newly formed organization is responsible for revival conferences, Creative Gospel Ministry, books, music production, and developing artistic talent. For example, the National Talent and Character Gospel Camp is one of the fruits of Asia for Jesus' creative evangelism. Through these youth camps, Asia for JESUS instills proper values in order to win these young people. Since 2003, Asia for JESUS has held the National Talent and Character Gospel Camp seven times. On average, 3000 to 5000 people have attended every year. Of the attendees, 50% were non-Christian, of whom 95% accepted Christ. Many students have attended the youth camps repeatedly, and some of the formerly non-Christian participants have became small group leaders -- some have even served as hosts (MCs) at youth camp events. When camp attendees come to know Christ, the small group leaders are overjoyed and forget any weariness they might have had. A parent of one of camp attendees, the managing director of Timberland (Taiwan), said, "It is right and fitting to let the National Talent and Character Gospel Camp instill values that parents are unable to teach."


The Work of Asia for JESUS

●Regularly-Held Revival Conferences -- To raise up a missionary army for God: Revival and Harvest Conference, Campus Missionary Training, Festival of God’s Power Conference, OneThing Conference in Taiwan with International House of Prayer, Joshua Band Praise and Worship Tour.
●Creative Gospel Ministries -- To deliver the gospel to all of Taiwan in a creative way: National Talent and Character Gospel Camp, Taipei Christmas Festival, Taiwan Young Club Training Project.
●Multimedia Ministry -- To radiate heavenly values: Asia for JESUS magazine and blog, Kingdom Revival Newspaper Youth Page, A-Su Blog (seeker-friendly blog), Read Paper magazine and blog.
●Production -- To reach more people in order to further God’s kingdom through gospel books and albums .
●Performing Talent Development -- To win young people and impact the entertainment industry through Christian drama and gospel music.

Festival of God’s Power: Everyone can do miracles

Festival of God’s Power, a conference, has been held twice since 2008. It was first held in 2008 at the stadium of National Taiwan University and in 2009 the conference was moved to Taipei Arena, a much bigger venue, where more than seven thousand people attended the last night of the conference. Pastor Philip Mantofa told those who attended that people must be saved by people from their own country, not outside evangelists, and that everyone who relies on the Holy Spirit can do miracles. As a result, even before the conference started, many miracles occurred. In order to train Christians to live in the supernatural, Asia for JESUS invited Heidi Baker, founder of Iris Ministries and orphanage director; Bill Johnson, pastor of Bethel Church, and a leader of Jesus Culture; and Philip Mantofa, of Leaders Transforming Cities and Healing Miracle, for the 2009 conference. We expect miracles and revivals to break out from within the Body of Christ and spread outward. Since 2007, we have held the Asia for JESUS Revival and Harvest Conference in Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia. And Joshua Band has toured in 13 cities in Taiwan and has performed in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, and Indonesia every year. We found that every time we praised and worshipped, the presence of God will descend in a mighty way upon these cities and churches.

Asia for JESUS distributes twenty thousand copies of Read Paper magazine at universities to encourage students to express themselves and evangelize creatively. The magazine's articles on relationships attract many non-Christians' attention. We also circulate Asia for JESUS magazine in 800 churches to enlighten young people. We've received positive responses from medium- and small-sized churches that use the magazine as teaching and discipleship material.


Asia for JESUS' Mission: OneThing to let youth love Jesus first.

According to Pastor Jonathan Chow, one common mission of every activity held by Asia for Jesus is to see the fire of revival in this and to see this fire move across and unite two, or even three generations. For example, by holding the OneThing Conference in Taiwan with International House of Prayer in these two years, we have seen young people inspired to be passionate about Jesus. By simply letting young people love Jesus first and keeping their passion for God burning, we can accomplish the mission and bring the gospel back to Jerusalem.