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Praying—Loving
the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula … Sheep
without a shepherd: Youth of the world need
Jesus
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online—Last
Frontier: The people of Fushun, China …
Updates three times a week … 40 million
in darkness
Lottie
Moon Christmas Offering—Looking
ahead to this fall … Calling all playwrights
South
Asia—India’s Christians
hopeful after Hindu nationalists lose elections
News—Mexico
missionary professor Tony Rengifo dies
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| A craftsman in Saudi Arabia makes and
sells traditional knives. |
Praying
Loving
the peoples
of the Arabian Peninsula
It’s time to put the finishing touches on plans
for the Day of Prayer and Fasting for World Evangelization
May 30. Even if your church isn’t participating, you can use
prayer
requests and other helps available on the Web to pray
for these Muslim peoples.
Sheep
without a shepherd:
Youth of the world need Jesus
• More than a fourth of the world’s 6.3 billion
people were between the ages of 10 and 24 when the 21st century
began.
•
86 percent of those young people live in less-developed countries.
•
They are the “healthiest, most educated and most urbanized”
of any generation in history, but hundreds of millions remain
in poverty.
•
About half of all people infected with the HIV/AIDS virus
are under age 25.
•
Up to two-thirds of all rape victims are age 15 or younger.
Physical
and economic progress is crucial for the world’s young people.
But it won’t count for much if they remain spiritually adrift.
Read how
your young people can pray for other young people around the
world May 29.
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| Leaders in Fushun put an emphasis on education
because they know students will play an important role
in the city’s future. |
theCOMMISSION
online
Last
Frontier:
The people of Fushun, China
One
of China’s 31 largest cities and the nation’s coal capital,
Fushun plays a significant role in China’s efforts to modernize
its major cities. You
are called to pray that the city’s people will have the
opportunity to feel God’s love.
Find
profiles of other unreached cities and people groups listed
to the right on the same page and in theCOMMISSION
online archives.
Updates
three times a week
Look
each Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a brief update on a
city or people group where the gospel is needed — or where
good things are happening because God is already moving there.
Check out Window
on the world. Great for sermon illustrations, church bulletins
and newsletters. Here’s a sample:
40
million in darkness
The
40 million Awadhi people live mainly in the states of Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in northern India. Eighty
percent of the Awadhi live in villages, and their main occupation
is agriculture. They are 90 percent Hindu, 9 percent Muslim
and less than 1 percent Christian. Most of the believers live
in the cities, and the majority of villages have not been
reached with the gospel.
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Lottie
Moon Christmas Offering
Looking
ahead to fall
Like
to plan ahead? We’re creating resources now for you to use
in promoting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and international
missions in your church this fall. But we can tell you some
basics that may help in planning.
Lottie
Moon Christmas Offering® National Goal is $150 million.
Week
of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2004,
will focus on praying for Muslim peoples and the peoples of
South Asia. Start learning about these two groups on these
Web sites:
International
Mission Study 2004 will focus on Mexico.
Learn about Mexico:
Calling
all playwrights
Drama
has proved a popular tool for promoting international missions
and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. If your church has
used a play on these topics that you would be willing to share
with other churches — or if you know someone who is skilled
at writing dramas for worship services, e-mail
us information on how to contact the playwright.
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South
Asia
India’s
Christians hopeful after Hindu nationalists lose elections
“Justice
has shined over the peoples in India,” a Christian leader
said after the stunning electoral defeat of the Hindu nationalist
coalition that had held power since 1998. Find
out why Christian leaders considered election results
an answer to prayer.
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News
Mexico
missionary professor Tony Rengifo dies
Tony
Rengifo, a Southern Baptist missionary to Mexico, died May
19, 2004, in Raytown, Mo., of complications resulting from
an ongoing illness. Read
more.
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