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Pray for six pastors who will be attending the Africa Baptist Theological Education Network (ABTEN) regional meeting this month. These men lead Theological Education by Extension groups in their home areas. Other church leaders from other parts of Tanzania will also be attending the meeting. This meeting will be a good opportunity for them all to learn from other African Baptists about key theological issues facing the African church. Also pray for their safety in travel to and from the meeting.
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Please pray for the four different volunteer groups reaching out to university students in the southwest region of South Korea from May through July. Two groups came in May, one came in June and is ministering through July, and the fourth group arrives this month. The groups are doing a variety of ministries, such as language exchange and evangelism. Please pray for the Korean students' hearts to be open to the gospel. Please pray for wisdom and guidance as the volunteers will also try to establish an English fellowship for young adult Christian believers. It is hoped that the fellowship will be a place of genuine spiritual growth and outreach. Please pray for protection, health, and unity among the volunteer teams, and that everything done will be for God's glory and expansion of His kingdom.
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School will soon be out, and students will be returning to their homes. Many people will be vacationing all around the Amber Sunset Region. Please ask the Father for wisdom concerning creative ways for believers to meet people and share the gospel with them. Lift up the many students who will be on break. Ask for them to have dreams and visions of Jesus as well as opportunities to learn more about Him. Please ask the Father to open doors to the good news!
Team Norway will host a team of high schoolers from Virginia on July 5-13, as well as children of Baptist representatives serving in Europe. The week will be focused on training in evangelism and discipleship, as well as being a part of outreach with several Baptist churches in the area. Pray that these young people will grow in their walk with the Lord. Ask that they will be alert, bold, and compassionate as they seek to engage with Norwegians. And pray that they will return home more excited than ever to share Jesus with those around them.
When Sara's son Said was arrested and put in jail, it just about destroyed her. As a Muslim-background believer, she had already walked through intense persecution and harassment from family and friends. Seeing her child accused of a crime he did not commit was almost too much to bear. Said had previously been asking questions about his mother's faith and occasionally attended the youth group at a local church. But he had also gotten involved with the wrong kind of people in his neighborhood, leading to his arrest. In prison, feeling alone, he found his way to the prison ministry's Bible classes and finally gave his heart to Jesus. Please pray for Said, as he recently received bail and will be out of prison soon. He cannot go home, as the gangsters he was involved with are waiting to kill him. Pray that Sara and Said will be able to find a place to stay far away from those violent people. Pray that Said will continue walking with the Lord and growing in Christ.
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(mah-LONG) - Another Basic Rural Enhancement and Agricultural Development (BREAD) training is beginning, and the Malong women are excited to learn skills that will help them bring food to their families. Every day, the BREAD students will hear the Word spoken from each resource trainer. Pray for clarity in these messages and for the Malong communities to see a difference in the lives of these women as they live out a new faith. Pray also for the resource trainers to have opportunities to share the gospel with other Malong families living in the areas where the BREAD training is taking place.
pray4APAC@imb.org
(sahn-tee-AH-go) - In recent years, getting visas for International Mission Board personnel to live in Chile has become more difficult. At this point, two new families are ready to come to Chile but are stuck in other countries as they wait for visa approval. Other families already in country are working to renew resident visas and identification documents. Would you pray for favor for each of these visa applications so that families can serve in Chile where God has called them?
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Missionaries write, "The Chinese students participating in the 'Green Path' program at the University of Toronto Scarborough arrived at the end of May and have been immersed in a new culture and way of life. As they adjust to living in North America, some students have shared that the experience has caused them to reflect on the freedoms they enjoy here -- not only political freedoms, but also the freedom to explore faith, ask questions, and learn about Jesus and His teachings. Each Thursday evening, our team spends time with a group of these students through games, conversations, and relationship-building opportunities. These gatherings provide natural opportunities for us to share our personal testimonies and present the gospel. Please pray that as these students explore life in Toronto, they will also encounter the truth of God's Word, come to understand the message of salvation, and place their faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Ask the Holy Spirit to open their hearts and minds to the gospel and draw them to Himself. Please also pray that our team will be faithful, loving, and bold as we share the greatest news that they will ever hear: the good news of Jesus Christ."
pray4APAC@imb.org
(tie) - "Praise God for the way that He works in hearts," writes a member of the Central Thai Team. "In 2020, during COVID-19 restrictions, Anna prayed to receive Christ. She was in the 11th grade. Her mother refused to let her get baptized. Anna honored her mother by waiting until she was an adult before she was baptized. Anna's mother actually came to the baptism because she had seen how God had changed Anna's life. Many years later, her mother prayed to receive Christ at a Bible study. She said that she saw the change in Anna's life and knew that God was real. Pray for Anna's mother, as she has recently left to take care of Anna's grandmother in another province where there are few (or possibly no) Christians to disciple her. Ask God to allow her to meet some strong believers. Anna asked that we pray that her mother's faith will grow stronger."
pray4APAC@imb.org
(bohj-POOR-ee) - Please pray for two young men who will go to four different locations in July to train believers in how to go to new places to share the gospel and use "milk" discipleship lessons to teach new believers. "Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation" (1 Peter 2:2 ESV). Pray that these believers will grow in their faith, share with their family and friends, and go out to new places and among new people to share the gospel. Pray that the pastors whom they're partnering with will be encouraged and spurred on in their ministries to the unreached and to discipling new believers well.
(ben-GAH-lee) - Recent changes are affecting many businesses that are not owned by Hindus. Many Muslims' slaughterhouses that sold beef or restaurants that served beef have had to close. This economic hardship and even religious suffering may make Muslims more open to the gospel. Pray that Pastor Timothy's network of churches made up of former Muslims will share the gospel with as many Muslims as possible, and pray for Irene, a local harvest worker, to equip many other fellowships to do the same. May these fellowships grow in giving and start to meet together regularly for the corporate reading of Scripture. Intercede for local churches to overcome the bitterness and helplessness caused by the changes and subsequent persecution to turn their eyes towards the field of Muslims that are "white for harvest" (John 4:35 ESV) and to rely on the Spirit's power to work within them. Pray for Muslims to turn their attention to Jesus, the King whose just and righteous reign never ends. Pray for "the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest" (Luke 10:2 ESV). The harvest is ready!
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