Hello friend. God often does his deepest work through things the world hardly notices—small beginnings, unseen faithfulness, obedience that holds steady when there’s no applause.

He moves quietly through whispered conversations, through families teaching children to trust him, through believers who keep going in places where following Jesus is costly.

Nothing about his work is rushed or frantic.

It is always steady, always sure, always enough—carrying his goodness from one ordinary moment to the next, from one generation to the next, until hope takes root in places where it once seemed impossible.

In today’s edition:

🇺🇿 The courage of ordinary believers opens new doors for the gospel.

🚸 The next generation needs families and the Church to work together.

🇹🇳 The steady work of a few helps the gospel take root.

The Gospel Always Finds a Way Forward 🇺🇿

Christianity has been in Uzbekistan for more than a thousand years, but today believers are still a tiny minority. 

Only around 1% of Uzbeks identify as Christian, and following Jesus can feel lonely—especially for ethnic Uzbek converts who often face pressure from family or local authorities for choosing a different path.

The government has loosened a few restrictions in recent years, but sharing your faith without permission or gathering in an unregistered church can still bring fines or unwanted attention. For many believers, wisdom and courage have to walk hand in hand.

Even here, the gospel keeps finding its way forward.

In one unreached village, an Uzbek brother and his family are starting a small agricultural business—a simple, everyday kind of work that gives them a natural way to serve their neighbors, build trust, and begin sharing about Jesus. Radical is walking with them—and others like them—to plant churches in places where the soil is still hard and the gospel is still new for many.

Even under pressure, these quiet acts of faith are planting seeds that God will grow in his time.

How to Pray:

🙏🏼 Pray for believers starting businesses or community projects that create new spaces for relationships, discipleship, and church planting.

🙏🏼 Pray for pastors and leaders across Uzbekistan to receive the biblical training they long for.

🙏🏼 Pray that the light of Jesus would break through fear and cultural barriers so the gospel reaches villages that have never heard his name.

Our collective responsibility for the coming generation 🚸

God’s Word makes clear that you and I have a shared responsibility to make Jesus known not just among all nations, but also among the next generation. 

In the words of Psalm 78:4…

We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

Nevertheless, there is often confusion about the role of the family and the church in making “the glorious deeds of the Lord” known to “the coming generation.”

Some families think it’s the church’s responsibility to do this work. They look for churches with the best programs for children and students, and they drop them off there on Sundays or other times of the week, expecting other people to be the primary disciple-makers for their kids.

Other families think it’s their sole responsibility to do this work. They say, “We don’t need programs or ministries in the church to teach our kids to follow Jesus.” As a result, they minimize the need for ministries to children or students.

But what if God has a plan for both the family and the church in bringing children to know, love, and follow Jesus? 

Without question, parents are the primary influences in a child’s life, and they possess unique responsibility before God for praying and working for their children’s good in Christ. In this way, the family has a significant role in the Great Commission. 

But it’s actually the Church (the body of Christ) that has the ultimate responsibility for the Great Commission. 

When eleven men stood on a mountainside in Matthew 18, and heard Jesus say, “Go and make disciples of all the nations,” they were representing the Church, not their individual families.

All of this means that, as parents, we have unique accountability before God for children in their homes. For example, I’m accountable for the care of my six children in a way that is different from my accountability for the care of countless other children. 

It also meant that, as a part of the church—the body of Christ, collectively with other brothers and sisters in Christ (i.e., my church family!)—, we have a shared responsibility to lead the next generation among us and around us to “not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments” (Psalm 78:7). 

In fact, every part of the body of Christ (including parents and individuals or couples with no children) shares this responsibility together. And as a parent, I praise God for the men and women who are coming alongside my wife and me to help my kids know Jesus.

All of that leads me to two specific questions I would ask you today when it comes to the next generation:

1️⃣ If you have children in your family, how are you intentionally making Jesus known to them?

2️⃣ As a part of your church family, how are you intentionally contributing to making Jesus known in the next generation?

I’m convinced every parent needs a clear and specific answer to both of these questions, and every Christian needs a clear and specific answer to the second of them.

Let’s answer these questions with action in our lives so that the next generation in all nations might “set their hope in God” (Psalm 78:7).

—David Platt

Where Almost No One Meets a Christian 🇹🇳

Tunisia sits on the northern edge of Africa—a beautiful place with deep history, known to many as the starting place of the Arab Spring. 

Beneath its landscapes and landmarks is a spiritual reality most never talk about: the vast majority of Tunisians will live and die without ever meeting a follower of Jesus. 

Churches are few, believers are scattered, and Christian witness can be hard to find. But God is still at work here.

With Radical’s support, a small team of Christian workers has helped establish a translation center—an unassuming space where Scripture resources are being created in local languages, and where workers are discipled and equipped to share Jesus in everyday conversations. 

It’s simple, faithful ministry. But in a country with so little access to the gospel, that simple faithfulness shines like a beacon.

What happens in and around that center may seem small, but it is planting seeds of truth and hope across North Africa.

How to Pray:

🙏🏼 Pray for Tunisian believers and Christian workers to be strengthened as they share Christ where churches are scarce and the gospel is often misunderstood.

🙏🏼 Pray that the translation center would bear lasting fruit—producing clear resources and equipping workers who can disciple others.

🙏🏼 Pray for hearts across Tunisia and North Africa to be opened to Jesus through relationships, community, and the faithful witness of God’s people.

📍 Attention Worthy

🌏 The world is chasing joy and security in things that never satisfy. Their longing is an open door for evangelism.

🗞️ We have to preach the bad news too. True gospel preaching needs to pierce before it heals.

👣 Before missionaries ever set foot on the field, they need deep roots in sound doctrine—because shallow preparation won’t withstand real spiritual storms.