Buddhism
Troy and Lisa have spent more than three decades living and working in one of the strongest Buddhist cultures in the world. The radically different worldview presented by Buddhism creates a real challenge for global workers to communicate the gospel in a clear way. In the same way a missionary must learn the language of the people to be clearly understood and effective, a missionary needs to learn and understand their worldview to be clearly understood and effective. This is even more important when working with people who hold such a radically different worldview like Buddhism.
The Need
- Approximately 1.4 billion Buddhists worldwide
- Only about 200 AGWM missionaries (less than 10% of all AGWM missionaries) work in Buddhist countries
Progress
Troy has been teaching on understanding Buddhism and ministering in a Buddhist culture around the world at:
- The University of Valley Forge
- The Romanian Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
- Trinity Bible College and Graduate School
- The Center for the Study of World Religions
- The Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
- The Asia-Pacific Theological Seminary
- Global University
- The Oral Learners Bible Institute
Troy serves on the board of Change the Map, an Assemblies of God World Missions initiative to raise up prayer support and new global workers to reach the Buddhist world.
Troy serves on the advisory board for the Summer Institute of Buddhist Studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.
The Vision
- To help recruit 100,000 prayer intercessors for the Buddhist world during the next 4 years
- To recruit 100 new global workers for the Buddhist world during the next 4 years
- Help establish a masters degree program through the Center for the Study of World Religions and the Asia-Pacific Theological Seminary focusing on ministry in a Buddhist context
