1987 - Renamed "People International"

Pioneer evangelism

In 1987 the mission’s name was changed to People International, and a new focus was added to the work. Not only was the mission committed to educating the Western church about Islam and Central Asian Muslims, but more efforts in evangelism and church planting began to take place.

With this new thrust, short-term teams were sent into "closed" areas of Central Asia, and where possible we started to place long-term teams.

Additionally, evangelistic work began among Central Asian Muslims residing in Western Europe and North America—particularly among those people coming from countries basically closed to Western missionaries. The work began to grow and the number of missionaries grew as well.