Bangladesh (MNN) — We’ve been talking about God’s Kingdom expansion in Bangladesh. Today we’ll continue that discussion to learn about how the Living Water Center will impact student outreach on college campuses.

Peter Mazumder grew up in a Christian home but accepted Christ later in life. He soon began working for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

He says when he arrived to do ministry in Bangladesh in 1986, there were nine chapters of InterVarsity on campuses in Bangladesh. He spent many days of the month traveling to different cities where universities were located.

He says, “By the grace of God now, 76 chapters are functioning, with 1500 students are having regular weekly Bible Studies.”

Kingdom Expansion: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Sharing the Gospel looks a bit different than it does in the United States. Nobody has been able to see that better than Mazumder. A3 is partnering with InterVarsity to fulfill a need that has burdened his heart.

Mazumder explains, “As a Christian organization, we are not able to sit in the University Campuses, but we call this ‘friendship evangelism.'”

This is a different way of engaging the student population, by having discussions about Jesus with friends and peers rather than having a presence as an organization on campus.

“Through that dialogue we share the Gospel, and it’s really going well. We reach them one-by-one like students reaching the students through friendship evangelism,” Mazumder says.

The Living Water Center will serve many purposes (read more here). One of these will be to provide a place for leadership or ministry training for students and a place for them to hold InterVarsity meetings.

Mazumder continues, “This Living Water Center will be for the students’ training and all different kinds of conferences for InterVarsity. At the same time, it will be available for different churches.”

Churches will also be able to meet here for Bible school and discipleship training.

You can give to A3, who is partnering with InterVarsity, to help this project to completion.

Pray that the Living Water Center would be a great resource to expand God’s Kingdom in Bangladesh.

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• Originally published on Mission Network News
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• Photo credits: 1) Cover photo: Screenshot taken from BSFB.org; 2) Other photo courtesy InterVarsity.
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