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                      Our region has international partnerships with six countries of the world.  Upstate South Carolina's partnership is with Argentina and Central Asia.  In these partnerships, the students and staff of the Upstate are committed to praying, giving, and going.  We do these things so that a self-sustaining ministry might be built in Argentina and East Asia.  As we send students and staff to Lebanon, our priorities are to love God and the team that you go with, launch new ministries, and to learn a new culture.  For more information about this strategy, visit our regional partnership website.  For more information about praying, giving, or going, contact us.

                      Argentina

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                      Almost 900,000 students are in the city of Buenos Aires…that’s about as many students in our whole MidSouth region! As a very strategic place for influencing leaders of South America, we are excited about how God may choose to use us in Argentina! Our partnership is helping to build a strong national ministry in Argentina on the university campuses there that will hopefully send Argentine students throughout their own country around the world.

                      The university students of Argentina are extremely relational. Much time is spent cultivating relationships and building friendships to open doors to the gospel. 92% of all students are raised Catholic, but very few are practicing. As a result many students "believe" in God, they know of Him, but most have not heard about a relationship with Him

                      On a Summer Project or STINT team, you will be a part of reaching these students.

                      Central Asia

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                      This partnership is one of the most exciting we have to offer.  Central Asia is full of countries in the midst of transition. Formerly part of the Soviet Union, there is a unique combination of new governments, Muslim religion, Russian culture and economic possibility. Though Central Asian countries are no longer part of the Soviet Union, independence has not brought freedom and economic prosperity.

                      There is a real mix of ethnic groups with most indigenous peoples having a long history of being Muslim. Statistically, less than .1% of the population are followers of Christ which makes this country one of  the most unreached countries in the world yet also one of the most strategic. Imagine if college students in this country came to Christ, were built up in their faith, and then sent out not only to reach their own country, but also the other unreached countries surrounding it that we cannot get into.  Not only is this partnership strategic, but it's also a great place to live and minister. 




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