Say Among the Heathen the Lord Reigns: Evidences in Southeast Asia
From 1992–2006, Rev. Jason Kortering and his wife, Jean, were called to missionary labors in Singapore, India, and Myanmar. Say Among the Heathen the Lord Reigns is Jean’s account of those years. The author originally wrote this collection of stories to her grandchildren to tell about the Lord’s work of calling His children out of darkness into His marvelous light in several Asian countries. Say Among the Heathen is not a full, year by year narrative of the decade when the Korterings lived in Singapore. But it is a collection of stories from 1992-2002 as well as several years after that when they returned during retirement. The recollections and stories in this book will direct your heart to the Son of God who gathers, defends, and preserves to himself an elect church out of all nations, kindreds, peoples, and tongues.
“Our living in Singapore and other foreign countries for 10+ years was a great blessing for the whole family. Though children and grandchildren gave up their parents and grandparents for the Lord’s work, and we were separated from each other for a while, God remained our constant. He reigns. He reigns over the whole earth and we rejoice. He reigns over the multitude of isles and they are glad (Ps. 97). He rules in America and he rules across the globe. We were separated by many, many miles but we were so close because we worshiped and served the same God. He is supremely sovereign and yet gentle and caring in his love for his people. It was our privilege many years ago to share that truth in a heathen culture.”
What others are saying about this book:
"In 1992, after serving as a pastor for thirty-two years in Protestant Reformed churches throughout America, Rev. Jason Kortering and his wife Jean moved around the world to Singapore and served God throughout Asia for the next ten years. Imagine. You are in your 50s, healthy, living in the comfortable community where you grew up. Then the Lord calls you to serve Him in a faraway land, to leave your family behind, to sacrifice the precious moments you so looked forward to with your grandchildren. That is what the Lord called them to do. I commend the RFPA for publishing this book of mission memoirs. I recommend it to all. May reading it inform and inspire lay believers and ordained ministers alike regarding the urgency of missions and our calling to go into all the world and “say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth” (Ps. 96:10)." -Daniel Holstege
Read reviews by Ellen Kamps and Daniel Holstege (the Standard Bearer).
Jean Kortering and her husband Jason Kortering (1936–2020), a minister in the Protestant Reformed Churches, were called to missionary labors in Singapore, India, and Myanmar from 1992-2002. Say Among the Heathen is Jean's account of those years, and her first book.
- 368 pages
- paperback
- ISBN 978-1-7368154-41
- Release date: 2022
eBook version available