Millions of Families Touched, Blessed, and Served in Asia, Europe, and North America so Far in 2024
July 2024, Dallas Texas ― As we reach the midpoint of 2024, the Fellowship of Fathers Foundation and its international partner Family First Global celebrate our FFG Nations’ remarkable achievements thus far this year. Each FFG Nation has made significant strides in their mission to help large numbers of families grow stronger, happier, and more successful despite the significant challenges each of our FFG Nations faces.
The Honorable Gregory Slayton, Global Chairman of Family First Global, reflected on the organization’s progress:
“So far this year, we’ve served millions of families across Asia, and we’ve strengthened our efforts in Europe through our partnership with Tato.net, which is the largest faith-based pro-family/pro-marriage charity in Poland and Ukraine. We salute all of our FFG national leaders in each FFG nation for the amazing work they are doing for families in their nations. We also thank all our partners worldwide, and we specifically thank our Heavenly Father for His many blessings…so that we might bless so many families worldwide. Our dedication is unwavering; we’re committed to positively impacting families worldwide.”
Here are some of the highlights from different FFG Nations through the first half of 2024:
Family First Indonesia continues to expand its influence, opening new doors for online ministry and supporting parents in the marketplace. They recently launched the Family as a Team Devotional Part 1 in Bahasa Indonesia on the YouVersion Bible App, which has 13 million Indonesian users.
Their collaboration with Indonesia’s Association of Christian Schools helped educators and parents’ families through a webinar series from January to July 2024. They have also conducted webinars on Christian Singleness and Teens’ Mental Health and are currently developing pre-marital and post-marital guidance.
For Family First Japan, the focus remains on young families through premarital counseling. Their counseling is open to engaged couples regardless of religious affiliations. They also offer robust online and in-person platforms for dads, empowering fathers to be more present. Their Dad’s Network allows Japanese fathers to share their fears, feelings, and failures, a rarity in the country’s culture.
Family First Japan is also organizing the 2024 Tokyo Leadership Summit 360 on November 7, 2024. This event will be modeled after the successful LS360s held in 2019 and 2022 in Singapore, which were both sold out and highly impactful. Patrick Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, will be the Keynote Speaker. He will be joined by senior Japanese business, government, and community leaders. For more information, please email: info@familyfirstjapan.org.
Japan continues to need spiritual support, especially during these challenging times. To address this, we’ve launched Pray for Asia to unite people of faith globally to pray fervently for one nation at a time, beginning with Japan. Known as a “Missionary Graveyard” for 400 years, Japan now faces a crisis of rapid demographic decline, a huge militarily aggressive neighbor, and a growing sense of uncertainty among its young adults. Join us and believers worldwide in 40 days of prayer and fasting to uplift Japan from September 29th to November 7th. Sign up with your church or Christian group at www.prayforasia.org and stand with us in prayer.
Family First Myanmar supports besieged communities, helping villages devastated by the civil war. It continues to help couples develop stronger marriages while offering trauma survival services. They also share resources and provide basic assistance in areas that have been badly hurt by the junta’s military attacks, which have included carpet bombing of defenseless Christian villages.
For the team at Families for Pakistan, the Misali Gharana (Exemplary Family) TV show has become a beacon of hope, now reaching around 5 million Urdu-speaking families weekly through Isaac TV. Thanks to its profound impact, Isaac TV has generously expanded the show to three key timeslots: 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM on Sundays, and 3:00 AM every Monday. With these new timeslots, we have the incredible opportunity to touch the lives of many more millions of Urdu-speaking households across Isaac TV’s global broadcast network and other platforms such as YouTube, their website, and other social media channels.
In addition, the Families for Pakistan team conducts marriage and parenting seminars and workshops at large churches throughout Pakistan nearly every weekend. Amidst ongoing challenges, including overt persecution, the Christian community in Pakistan deeply values your prayers and support.
In the Philippines, Pamilya Muna Pilipinas (Family First Philippines) continues its impactful kingdom-building efforts. Their Family Welfare and Transformational Work Course has become mandatory training for the 205,000-strong local police force, profoundly affecting their lives and the lives of their families. Similar programs are also underway for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and its branches: Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.
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PMP’s Shepherd’s Family Care Program, which began five years ago to offer mentorship, prayer, and fellowship for pastors from small, rural, independent churches, now supports over 8,000 pastors. This program provides vital mentorship, accountability, and a supportive peer and prayer community.
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Our newest global partner is Poland’s largest faith-based pro-family charity, Tato.net. Tato.net is now effectively Family First Poland and FFG is honored to be partnering with them. Tato.net already reaches large numbers of Polish families and is also serving families from war torn Ukraine. We will be co-hosting a large Fatherhood Conference with Tato.net this November. Over 1,000 Polish and Ukrainian fathers will be joining in person, with many more online.
Mr. Glenn Yu, Family First Asia Chairman, praised the commitment and effectiveness of FFG’s National leaders worldwide:
“Despite intense challenges and difficulties, including war and the overt persecution of Christian families in some areas, our national chapters persist. We owe much to our hardworking FFG leaders worldwide and the unwavering support of our partners. Together, we are making significant progress in strengthening families globally.”
Hon. Gregory Slayton closed with a heartfelt appeal:
“We are thankful for the huge Kingdom Building Projects God has given us all over the world and the unwavering commitment of our local leaders in executing them. We also deeply appreciate the strong and ongoing support from our partners. We encourage everyone to continue supporting our mission through prayer and encouragement. Your support is vital as we progress towards our long-held vision of blessing 100,000,000 families worldwide by 2040.”