The Lord's work in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste began in 2013 with a sister from Indonesia visiting Dili. Since then, the number of saints has grown from 1 family to over 40 saints currently. Meetings were held in homes until 2023 when a new meeting hall was completed in Dili. Literature is being translated into local languages and outreach has expanded to neighboring areas. The saints are praying to actively participate in meetings and gospel work through practicing God-ordained ways of preaching and shepherding.

1. Lord's Move in Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Oct. 2023

2. Geography
● Located on the Timor Island
in Southeast Asia.
● It borders Indonesia in the
west and Australia across
the sea in the southeast.
● The territory is mountainous,
with high temperatures
throughout the year and
distinct dry and wet seasons.
Reference website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

3. Administrative Divisions
● Capital and largest
city: Dili
● Divided into 14
municipalities
● It is currently known
that most of the
saints are in Dili,
and a small number
of saints are in
Liquica.
Reference website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

4. Brief Introduction (1)
● Portuguese Timor (1769–1975)
● Indonesian occupation (1975–1999)
● On 20 May 2002, Timor-Leste was recognised as
independent by the UN.
● Official languages
○ Portuguese
○ Tetum
● Working languages
○ English
○ Indonesian
Reference website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

5. Brief Introduction (2)
● Population (2021 estimate)
○ 1.34 million
● Total area
○ 14,874 km2
● Religion (2015 census)
○ 97.57% Catholicism
○ 1.96% Protestantism
○ 0.24% Islam
○ 0.23% other
Reference website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor

6. The Lord’s Recovery in Timor-Leste
2013 2015 2019 2022
Beginning
A sister from Surabaya,
Indonesia, came to Dili.
Church Life
The saints from Surabaya
contacted a family and a
brother, bringing them into
the Lord's recovery.
Feeding
An overseas Timorese saint
returned to Dili to shepherd the
saints.
Gospel
Two families came to Dili
to serve.
Building
New
meeting hall
2023

7. Churches & Numbers
ITEM 2021 2022 2023
Jan-Jun
2023
Jul-Sep
Number of churches 0 0 1 1
Number of baptism
(October 2022-September 2023)
0 0 2 4
Number of saints 24 21 34 43

8. Statistics
ITEM
2021
AVG
2022
AVG
2023
Jan
2023
Fed
2023
Mar
2023
Apr
2023
May
2023
Jun
2023
Jul
2023
Aug
2023
Sep
Number of saints who go
out every week for gospel
- 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 4* 4*
Number of saints who visit
the new ones every week
- - 4 4 5 5 6 5 6 8 6
Number of saints who
participate in small groups
6 11 7.5 10 14.5 10 12 13 11 20 24
Number of saints in the
Lord’s table meeting
8 10 18 16* 18 18 18 19 18 24 24
percentage of saints
prophesying in the meeting
- 80% 80% 90% 80% 70% 70% 60% 70% 55% 55%

9. The Way We Contact People

10. ● In June this year, construction
of the new meeting hall in Dili
was completed.
● This provides saints with
different languages ​​to blend
together better.

11. ● Also in June, a group
of co-workers came
to Dili to support the
saints.
● The saints received
the burden of the
gospel, and some
new ones began to
be baptized.

12. ● Through the prayers of
the saints, six new ones
have been baptized this
year.

13. ● Starting from August this
year, we have Gospel Love
Feasts every month. We
contacted many local
people through this.
Ita Haan Lai !

14. Future Plan
● We are expected
to visit the
neighbouring
city, Baucao.

15. 1. Translation of The mystery of human life
2. Shepherding Materials: Series 1 is currently
being translated.
3. Bible: Collecting different Bible translations for
comparison.
Literature work in Dili

17. 1. Pray for the active participation of saints in
Dili in weekly prayer meeting.
2. Pray for the saints to practice the God-
ordained way to preach the gospel and
shepherd people every week.
Prayer Items/goal