Why Hungarian?

According to Wikipedia, there are approximately 13 million native speakers of Hungarian.  That makes it 73rd on the list of top languages by population.  That may seem pretty far down the list since English is number 3, but Hungarian is spoken by more people than Greek or Czech or Finnish.  But still, 13 million is only 0.19 percent of the world's population, so why would it be important to provide INSTE in Hungarian to make disciples of Christ and train church leaders? Some Hungarians speak English.  Why not disciple them in English?

For one thing, 13 million people is a lot of people no matter how you look at it. For another, it may be possible to learn a subject in a language that is not your mother tongue, but it is not easy.  Besides that, spiritual matters are matters of the heart, not just the mind.  When we pray and when we talk about spiritual things, we connect better if we use our native language.  INSTE is a wonderful way to train followers of Christ and church leaders right in the local church.  Our goal is to provide INSTE to as many people as possible, including the awesome Hungarians.  We thank God for giving us this opportunity and for the many disciples that have already been made in Hungary.