For almost a year, we’ve been working with Safak, a Kurdish man whose father is a muslim cleric, and our Turkish partners “TACO” to organize a large stage truck tour of Turkey. We were planning at least 10 major concerts reaching thousands of people in a country that is 99.9% Muslim.

Our local Ukrainian promoter Valery stepped out of the church and headed towards the train station, but something was strange. Instead of a busy street everything was quiet. No one was walking around except for riot police and soldiers.

Everyone said this would not work. The time for public preaching of the Gospel in Russia is over. Even more absurd is the idea that an “American” western band could do this. We were the “enemy”.

The 2015 No Longer Music tour got off to a very rough start… The morning of our first concert in Liberec, Czech Republic, the vehicle that pulls our stage trailer broke down. The next few hours were spent frantically trying to solve the problem.

In 1991, just after the fall of the Soviet Union, we did a 32-concert "Moscow to Mongolia" No Longer Music tour, where we had the opportunity to be the first Western band to play in Uzbekistan and Mongolia.

The war in Eastern Ukraine has caused a lot of suffering, fear and insecurity. The people there desperately need hope!
We know that Jesus is the only hope for our broken world!

Despite it's natural beauty, New Zealand ranks as one of the most secular countries on the planet with some of the highest rates of domestic abuse, gang violence, and teen suicide.

"I think I'm ready. What time is your church prayer, mass, meeting or whatever you call it?" This was the message, Alex, one of our Steiger Brasil team members received from a well known São Paulo rock musician.

Misha grew up in a poor family in a small town in Belarus (between Russia and Poland) called Bobruisk. His father was an alcoholic and he spent his time on the streets as a bully. He was constantly in fights and in trouble with the police.

Despite it’s stunning beauty, New Zealand has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world and cutting (self harm) is now epidemic among young people there. Our Steiger New Zealand team recently ran a photographic exhibition called “Diaries of Despair” in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Artem is a 22 year old, award winning break dance champion from Zaporozhzhye, Ukraine. He wanted to use his ability for something more meaningful. So this summer he came to the Steiger Missions School in Germany to learn how to use his God-given talent as a tool for sharing the Gospel.

This summer, 55 students from all over the world (Spain, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Brazil, Portugal and USA) attended our Steiger Missions School (SMS) in Krögis, Germany. The school is designed to train and equip people to reach the secularized global youth culture for Jesus.

Busra, a 20 year old muslim girl, was mesmerized by the No Longer Music show she saw in her city of Manavgat, Turkey. She was the first to raise her hand when I asked who wanted to know more about following Jesus.

With the current geopolitical situation, the No Longer Music tour to Ukraine was never certain. The increased difficulty in crossing borders and obtaining permissions meant potentially all the effort and expense of heading there could be for nothing.

Dear Friends,

God has been moving powerfully through the No Longer Music tour. Thank you so much for your prayers! Last month we had a stretch of 10 concerts in 11 days in Poland.  During this time, thousands heard the Gospel message and hundreds responded by praying to receive Jesus.

Dear Friends

Paige Slighter (lead actress in the NLM team) talked to a girl called Monica after a No Longer Music concert in Jastrzbie Zdroj, Poland last month. Early in the conversation Monica said she did not believe in God and looked very angry.

Dear Friends

Last month, my band "No Longer Music" performed a concert at Sterling College - a university in Kansas (USA). After the show, many young university students came forward and surrendered their lives to Jesus!

Dear Friends

I first met Cocke in 2005 while we were on tour in Santiago, Chile. He was in a secular Chilean metal band. After one of our meetings, Cocke fell on his knees and gave his life to Jesus because he saw that Jesus was not just a bunch of words, but that he was powerful! Since then his life has been totally transformed.

Dear Friends

Ukraine is in a historic time of revolution.
A few days ago Jodi and I were talking to Denis and Angela Tkachenko, the leaders of the Steiger work in Ukraine. They told us that the politicians that were in power in their country are criminals and completely corrupt.

Dear Friends

I just received the following report from David Wilson who is the director of Turkish Asian Creative Outreach and Steiger's Middle East Advisor.