Dr. Delron & Peggy Shirley
Teach All Nations Mission (TAN) is a global evangelical educational ministry birthed from the teaching ministries of Delron and Peggy Shirley. The name Teach All Nations Mission was chosen to carefully indicate exactly what the heart of Delron and Peggy’s mission is.
TAN’s commitment is to establish a solid foundation in the national pastors and leaders so that they can help enrich the people. The vision is Christian teaching materials (in English and the local languages) in printed form and on audio and video, providing scholarships to Christian colleges and Bible schools for promising students, assisting in establishing and building of Bible schools, and broadcasting via the internet, radio, and television.
When the world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic in 2020, Teach All Nations had to cancel all our plans for the year, including a scheduled pastors’ conference in the nation of Myanmar – where we have had a strong presence for over three decades. Once COVID travel restrictions were lifted, another turn of events prohibited us from rescheduling – a military coupe which took over the nation and the ensuing civil war that has taken over ninety thousand lives during the four years it has ravaged the country. Although hostilities have not officially ended, the resistance forces have essentially surrendered the major cities, and fighting is currently confined to the rural areas of the country – giving a sense of normalcy in much of the country. A recent election – though carefully controlled by the military junta – did tend to give the people of Myanmar and the international community some hope that the country may be on the verge of a turnaround. Since travel permits are now being issued for citizens who have legitimate invitation letters from foreign organizations inviting them for work, education, or conferences, Teach All Nations realized that we could finally renew our ministry to the pastors and leaders of Myanmar by inviting them to a training conference in neighboring Thailand. With fairly reasonable airfare between the countries, we offered to cover the delegates lodging, meals, and conference cost if they could purchase their tickets to Thailand. The response was that sixty delegates, including some pastors who had relocated in Thailand, were registered while others had to be turned away due to limited space in the conference venue. One exciting aspect of the response was that over half of the delegates were ladies – a direct result of Peggy’s ministry to the women in the country where, previous to her encouragement, women were given no voice in the leadership of the churches.
Since everything that Paul did was an outward manifestation of the internal mission that was birthed in him on the road to Damascus, our journey through the apostle’s life has helped us isolate a number of the things that caused his life to be one of maximum impact:
1. Picking strategic cities for his ministry
2. Exercising of spiritual weapons to confront the forces of evil head-on and free the minds of men to hear and understand the gospel
3. Ministering the gospel to people in positions of authority as a way of bringing its influence into a community from the top down
4. Preaching to the Jews first as a way of starting with the religious community that already has some awareness of the scripture
5. Being willing to put his own life on the line for the gospel
6. Demonstrating the gospel with healings and signs and wonders
7. Praising in the midst of trouble as the way to open doors of deliverance
8. Obeying the civil authorities
9. Caring for the churches
Since everything that Paul did was an outward manifestation of the internal mission that was birthed in him on the road to Damascus, our journey through the apostle’s life has helped us isolate a number of the things that caused his life to be one of maximum impact:...
When the world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic in 2020, Teach All Nations had to cancel all our plans for the year, including a scheduled pastors’ conference in the nation of Myanmar – where we have had a strong presence for over three decades. Once...
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