August 2023
Your Prayer Guide To Reach The World
Help Bring Gospel Transformation in South Asia
The mother of a Christian family suffering hostilities from neighbors involved in witchcraft became ill and was unable to walk, and when snakes began appearing in her home, she called a special prayer meeting that 20 people attended, including non-Christians.
Help Share Saving Grace in Iran
An elderly woman was in evident pain from an illness she had suffered for six years when native Christian workers visited her. After they had prayed for her for five minutes, she began to feel relief and got better as they continued praying. The workers shared the gospel with her and her adult son, and they accepted Christ’s grace.
Help Power Gospel Initiatives in China
Members of churches that had been shut down for various reasons are receiving visits from native Christian workers and are meeting in small groups, where the gospel is shared with visiting friends and neighbors. At the same time, one ministry’s new training center has helped it equip workers to bring the love of Christ to tribal peoples.
Provide Critical Aid in Peru
Alcoholism, drug abuse and poor nutrition devastate families among the Quechua and other tribal peoples, but native Christian workers recently helped them to survive with distributions of shoes, clothes and food.
Equip Workers to Lead People to God in Zambia
A witchdoctor who led people to worship demons, destroyed homes and provided trinkets attributed with metaphysical powers recently put his faith in Christ and has joined a native ministry’s discipleship group. “Glory to God, because after we preached to him, he gave his life to God and rejected the charms he was using,” the ministry leader said.
Help Bring Aid to the Needy in Burma
Leaders of native ministries request urgent prayer for aid and protection amid constant surges of people displaced by military conflict, and for workers risking their lives to help them. Recently fighting drove more than 40,000 people from 11 villages. “About 200 are under our care in our church compound,” a native ministry leader said.
Help Spread the Good News in Bangladesh
A woman with pain in her knees learned about a native Christian worker visiting her village and asked for help, as she had heard that the Lord Jesus granted the requests of Christians who prayed for healing. The worker prayed for her and left, and when he returned a week later, she told him the pain was gone.
Provide Relief for Refugees in Spain
The perception among some Spaniards that refugees only cause trouble has changed as the immigrants have become eager to glorify God after accepting Christ. “Entrepreneurs trust them and are giving them work, a great testimony,” the ministry leader said.
Help Send the Message of Eternal Life in North Africa
Multiple kinds of outreaches of one native ministry enabled workers to bring the gospel to more than 140,000 people over the course of six months, and to another 32,000 souls through media. “We thank the Lord for continuing to deliver the message of Jesus to needy people,” the native ministry leader said.
Help Bring Christ’s Love to the Lost in Lebanon
Children in a native ministry’s education program attend a daily chapel in which they sing, pray and hear a Bible story. The ministry reaches youth in multiple ways, including Bible clubs, youth camps and sports outreaches. Workers also reach out to the poor and marginalized. “As a result, many are coming to the Lord, especially the youth,” the ministry leader said.
Help Power Gospel Proclamation in Colombia
A 48-year-old man with a short temper was rude and aggressive to his wife and children until native Christian workers began sharing the gospel with him, and he received the Word of God and opened his heart to Christ. The kindness he showed to his family and others led to his wife and children also putting their faith in Christ.
Enable Gospel Outreach in China
In different areas every month, a native ministry trains 20 new missionaries to proclaim Christ to remote tribal peoples. At the same time, workers from nine ethnic groups have been reaching their own people in rural areas with the gospel.
Help Open Gospel Opportunities in Nigeria
Distributing more than 4,000 audio Bibles, workers followed up with many who indicated interest in the gospel and are leading them to Christ. “Two people who testified of how the Lord opened their eyes to understand his Word were so enthusiastic about knowing the Lord,” the ministry leader said.
Help Form Biblical Disciples in Pakistan
A native ministry that has seen lives transformed by its Bible correspondence courses also prints booklets on various culturally relevant topics, such as the role of prophets and the meaning of “the Son of God.” Sent by mail, the booklets are designed to clear up misconceptions that seekers and Pakistanis in general have about Christianity.
Help Spread the Gospel in Greece
Refugees have learned of Christ’s love for the first time from native Christian workers who provided them aid. Sharing the gospel with refugees in ministry offices, weekly Bible studies, home visits and online calls, workers have seen Muslims who might otherwise never have heard about Christ come to saving faith.
Equip Gospel Workers in Vietnam
Working among the Ha Nhi, an unreached people group in a remote district, native workers were recently encouraged when 21 of them put their faith in Christ. Among the Khang, another unreached group, 23 accepted Christ, while two members of the San Diu tribe were saved in another province.
Help Plant Fellowships in Sri Lanka
Besides offering instruction at a Bible school within its church, a native ministry trains young people for missionary outreach every Saturday. Ministry personnel share Christ in youth meetings among neighborhood children, in conversations with people in public places, in hospital visits and while distributing tracts to people at their homes.
Help Send Word of Eternal Life in Mali
Prison officials were deeply relieved to see native Christian workers bring inmates soap, bleach, disinfectants, medicines, mosquito nets, sleeping mats and drinks, and they immediately gathered the prisoners in the courtyard to hear the gospel. They listened intently, and soon hard faces began to soften, eyes reddened, and one inmate cried out, “I am guilty – this man is telling the truth, God help me.”
Help Plant Churches in Zimbabwe
A 40-year-old woman confined to a wheelchair since she was 4 years old had suffered sexual abuse as a child and lost her parents when she was 15. She was homeless when native workers met her and led her to Christ. “She could not believe that there are people who genuinely love her, minister to her and show her the right path,” the ministry leader said.
Help Transform Lives with the Gospel in South Asia
Native Christian workers visited a man who was a hard worker but was addicted to alcohol. He had no peace, but the workers counseled him, prayed with him and told him about God’s love, and he accepted Christ. Pray for him as pressure from relatives and others keeps him from attending worship services.
Help Send Christ’s Love to Refugees in Jordan
Refugees from Syria, Egypt and Iraq have experienced the love of Christ for the first time through native Christian workers. A Syrian refugee mother received help caring for her two disabled children and her newborn twins, and she was deeply touched when a worker visited her with treats for her children.
Provide Aid to Desperate Refugees in Europe
A refugee mother showed up at a European ministry’s offices needing medical help, and soon workers discovered that her husband was physically abusing her. They helped find shelter for her and her children and assisted her in obtaining legal services.
Help Workers Share Christ in Liberia
An addict spent literally all of his money on drugs and alcohol and beat his wife before native Christian workers shared the gospel with him and prayed for him for many days. “He totally surrendered his life to Christ,” the ministry leader said.
Help Send Salvation Message in Indonesia
A female church planter who led an impoverished mother to Christ began working alongside her in the fields so the work would get done earlier, creating time for Bible study and prayer. They prayed for the woman’s husband, who had long suffered mental illness, and he was healed and also received Christ.
Help Provide Bibles and the Gospel in Mexico
Translators of the Bible into 26 indigenous languages also produce and distribute various materials to help build the kingdom. Workers at one ministry who translated all four Gospels into an indigenous language provided 1,000 copies to tribal people.
Provide Gospel and Discipleship Training in South Asia
More ministry has resumed as COVID-19 restrictions have lifted, though more persecution has come. Workers recently trained 60 elders and evangelists to be better leaders, and many families received training and counseling to solidify their faith. The Lord delivered several people from diseases and unclean spirits, and they put their faith in Christ.
Help Support Workers in China
Native workers providing Bible training and seminars strengthened the faith of Christians and introduced the gospel to others. Mobilizing church members to pass out gospel tracts, workers continued years of kingdom advance.
Help Bring Compassionate Aid in the Philippines
A university student entered a native ministry’s church building to take a few photos to post on Instagram and spent nearly an hour asking questions about Christianity. She took home a New Testament, read Mark and Matthew, returned for the Sunday worship service and said she finally felt the peace and contentment she had sought. She put her faith in Christ in spite of opposition from her family.
Equip Workers to Proclaim Christ in Türkiye
A university student entered a native ministry’s church building to take a few photos to post on Instagram and spent nearly an hour asking questions about Christianity. She took home a New Testament, read Mark and Matthew, returned for the Sunday worship service and said she finally felt the peace and contentment she had sought. She put her faith in Christ in spite of opposition from her family.
Help Plant and Grow Gospel Seeds in Nepal
A woman from an ancient religious tradition showed up at a church after hospitals and traditional healers were unable to help her recover from pain she had suffered for years. “When she came to hear about Jesus, she came to our church,” the native ministry leader said. “Now she has received Jesus and healing.”
Help Find, Vet and Evaluate Workers
Many of the native ministries that you support are located in countries where foreign missionaries are forbidden. As Christian workers in their own countries, they have immediate access to the unreached as well as the cultural background to know best how to convey the gospel of grace.
