Tim Mills in Bangkok: When God Calls an Artist to Urban Church Planting (VIDEO)
Tim Mills studied ceramics in college. He was working as a graphic designer in Atlanta when he and his wife, Rhianna, a teacher, decided to go on a mission trip with Intown Community Church to Bangkok, Thailand. In Bangkok, they saw MTW’s urban church planting ministry, met Thai Christians, and saw how God was using local and international believers to build His Church. They were drawn to that.
How do an artist and an educator help with the planting of churches? How are they part of an urban church planting team?
What they realized was that people from all different backgrounds can be involved in the work God does through His Church. Though Tim’s work in ceramics and visual arts took a backseat when he first moved to Thailand, pottery eventually became a part of his life again, allowing him to build relationships with other artists and teach new ones. Over the seasons, Rhianna and Tim have filled different roles: teaching English, helping to lead worship, teaching Sunday school classes, and teaching students how to use a potter’s wheel. Tim and Rhianna never expected that first trip would lead to all this, but God’s call unfolded step by step.
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SEE MOREGive thanks that God still calls workers into His harvest! Pray today for Chris Claburn, as he serves on a church-planting team in Bangkok, Thailand.
Pray for a new parish-style church in Bangkok, Thailand, where the missionaries and church members are able to live in close proximity to one another and more easily minister to the community around them.
Pray that God would draw college students to serve on internships this summer.
Pray for young believers growing in their faith in Bangkok, Thailand, and that many would be drawn into the church.
Pray for Tim Mills (Thailand), Abi Lowther & Roger Lowther (Japan), Joe Congdon (Japan), and Shannon Hinkle (Australia) as they all use their artistic gifts to support the Church in gospel outreach, mercy ministry, and community building.
As the Thai people grieve the loss of their king, pray that many would seek out the true King. Pray for MTW churches as they reach out in love to the Thai people.
Pray for those in Thailand who are resistant to the gospel because "to be Thai is to be Buddhist." Pray they'll see that they can embrace the gospel and still retain their culture.
Pray for women forced by poverty into sex work. Pray for MTW ministries around the globe seeking to rescue and minister to these women.
New believers are getting baptized! Pray for the growth of new Christians at Grace City in Bangkok, Thailand, and for those coming to faith and getting baptized.
Pray for a widower and pastor in Thailand trying to raise his young daughter, manage his air conditioning business, and pastor a church. Pray also for other national pastors who often struggle financially.
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