The vast majority of Christian mission has always been focussed on helping those who already know the gospel to grow in Christ.  To use a farming metaphor – planting in well tilled soil.  God has called us a church to direct our energy to ploughing new fields - to prioritise mission to those who haven’t heard the good news before.  Breaking new ground means going where people haven’t ever had the chance to hear that Jesus changes lives. 

Gateway is breaking new ground by organising mission to the least-reached people of South East Asia with Daron & Janet Himstedt (OMF) in the Mekong region and Rob & Liz Lumkes (YWAM) with the Shan in Northern Thailand and Myanmar.

 In Tanzania, through Mark & Caroline Ossola (Wycliffe) we are helping to translate the Bible into local Bantu languages so that people there can read God’s word in their “heart language”.  Locally, we have volunteers who share about Jesus with sailors from many nations who come to the port of Brisbane.

Gateway is also breaking new ground in the Middle East and South Asia, in countries that are so closed to the message of Jesus that we can’t print the names or locations of those involved.