Global Prayer Requests

WORLDWIDE DAY OF PRAYER3 October 2017

MOBILIZE LABORERS: The fields are ripe for harvest!John 4:35

Always observed on the: Fourth Tuesday of April. First Tuesday of October.

Each staff member, volunteer and disciple--as well as every team--has some needs in common: So, we pray for one another’s faith, growth, fruitfulness, re-vitalized first love, walking in the Spirit, a heart that is God-attentive/God-dependent/God-responsive, refreshed vision, conviction of God’s calling, unfailing love, team unity, additional laborers, full funding, health, protection in travels and protection of families, along with our global goal of 10 million Christ-centered, multiplying disciples and 5 million new churches by the end of the year 2020.

Glossary3G A God-attentive, God-dependent and God-responsive way of life4G A God-attentive, God-dependent, God-responsive and God-expectant way of life3M Mold-Multiply-Mobilize: The elements of Pray2020.ACTS Africa Centre for Theological StudiesAE Agapé Europe (the Western Europe Area)AIA Athletes in Action (sometimes shown as AiA)ALT Area Leadership TeamATL Area Team LeaderBPMT Building Powerful Ministry Teams trainingCada Uno LAC all-Area staff conference held after the Solo Uno 2015 student conferenceCAM Capacity-Accelerated Movements, i.e., OperationsCCCI Campus Crusade for Christ InternationalCCVN A new staff training program including elements of NLTC (El Salvador)CE Christian EmbassyCFD Consolidated Fund Development CFM Campus Field Ministry of Cru CampusCLM Church-led Movements (more commonly known now as Global Church Movements)CLT Campus Leadership Team (local)CMD Christ-centered, Multiplying DisciplesCNEF The New Staff Training Center (same as GCTC) in DRC  CPMI Church Planting Movement InitiativeCrossRoads Youth at the CrossRoads trains teachers in Biblically based ethics and life skillsCru The umbrella name for all US-based CCCI ministries and Cru Singapore.Design The Design Movement: Cru Campus ministry to/through South Asian American studentsDestino Latino outreach of Cru CampusDomains Influential parts of society (usually seven), e.g. media or governmentDPMD Discipleship Ministry Partner Development training for missionary supportDS Digital Strategies (formerly known as Virtually-led Movements; see GDS)EAOrt The East Asia Orient AreaELI Emerging (or Emergent) Leaders Initiative

Epic The Epic Movement is the Asian American outreach of Cru Campus.FAT Faithful, Available, TeachableFLT FamilyLife Today radio programGAC The group of committed disciples on any campus in Francophone AfricaGACX Global Alliance for Church MultiplicationGAiN Global Aid Network expresses the love of Jesus Christ in the toughest places on earth

by relieving suffering and restoring dignityGCM Global Church Movements, one of our five Mission Critical Components (MCCs)GCM Great Commission Movement: Campus Crusade for Christ in the West Africa AreaGCML Great Commission Movement Leaders (students in West Africa)GCMT Great Commission Ministry Training (for church leaders in parts of Africa)GCTC Great Commission Training Center (usually a new staff training program)GFD Global Fund DevelopmentGDS Global Digital Strategies (DS); one of our five MCCsGMA   Global Measurement ApplicationHomeBuilders   Small groups meeting in informal surroundings, usually as follow-up to larger  

FamilyLife conferences and eventsIBS Institute of Biblical StudiesIGSL International Graduate School of Leadership (formerly ISOT-Asia) located in the

PhilippinesILF International Leadership Foundation primarily in Africa and recently Latin AmericaIndigitous The public face of GDSIR International Representative, i.e. an expat missionaryIR-ROS International Representative – Representative Office in SingaporeIMPACT The IMPACT Movement: Cru Campus outreach partner to African-American studentsKCCC Dual usage: A part of Cru Campus aka Korean Cru, or CCCI in South Korea  L21 A LAC short-term mission project designed to launch a spiritual movement in 21 daysLAC Latin America and the Caribbean AreaLD Leadership DevelopmentLDHR Leadership Development Human Resources (sometimes seen as LD/HR or LD-HR)LeaderImpact One of our five Mission Critical Components (MCCs), focused on reaching leaders in

seven domains of societyLTI Leadership Training InstituteMC2 Multiplying Churches and Communities (a GCM training program) (also used as MC2)

MCC Mission Critical Component, a major strategy such as SLM, GCM, etc.MD Multiplying disciple(s)MDE Spanish for SLM: Movimientos Dirigido por EstudiantesMIT Missions Impact TaiwanMPD Ministry Partner Development (raising and maintaining of prayer and financial support)MTL Movement Team Leader (Ministry Team Leader in some places) (Missional Team

Leader in the Cru Campus Field Ministries)ND National DirectorNLT National Leadership TeamNLTC New Life Training CenterNTL National Team LeaderPCS Prayer Care Share groups, as in South AsiaPIRT Pacific Islands Regional TeamSI Student Impact in East AsiaSLM Student-led Movements, one of our five Mission Critical Components (MCCs)Só1o Uno LAC all-Area student conference, July 29 - August 3, 2015SOFT Shaping Our Future Together, comprising five elements of CCCI culture changeSPC Student Population Center - may be a school or place of dense student housing

SPP Strategic Planning ProcessSTINT Division of Cru Campus that sends missionaries on one to two-year assignments (Short

Term INTernational originally); sometimes seen as “Stint”StoryRunners takes the gospel to oral people, with story groups becoming new churches.Student Venture is the name for middle school and/or high school ministry in some nations.TLGS The ILF’s Transforming Leadership and Governance SeminarTSW The Significant Woman training resource to minister to and mobilize for the Kingdom USCM United States Campus Ministry now known as Cru CampusVEM90 A LAC 90-day missions team to support national leaders and launch new movementsVP Vice President and/or the team they leadWBS Cru overall mission: Win, build, and send Christ-centered multiplying disciples who

launch spiritual movementsW-B-S Sometimes used as W/B/S. See WBS WSN Worldwide Student Network, the international sending division of Cru CampusWTR FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember eventXChange Cross-cultural training in East Asia

(* Indicates a Stage 3 Country, with self-sustaining resources for a movement of win, build and send.)

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP OFFICE

VP Team – Area Team Leaders Pray for the Area Team Leaders as they help keep national ministries following God's agenda. Lift up the Area Team Leaders in prayer as they help the national ministries be the best

stewards of the resources that God has given them. Intercede for the Area Team Leaders to be effective in developing the National Team Leaders.

VP Team – Global Advancement Fund Development Training for Local Ministry Teams: Pray for the many teams that have been

trained in 2017 to step out in faith and raise their team budgets from local partners. Pray that this will result in hundreds of new ministry partners who will become part of the vision of reaching their countries for Christ. More trainings are planned for 2018 - pray for curriculum development and trainers and coaches to deliver the training.

Global Advancement: Pray for our events team as they seek to find the best venue for the 2019 Global Briefing for ministry partners and a strategy to acquire new major donors. Pray for our Global Reps as they minister to ministry partners and fundraise throughout the year end.

VP Team: Pray for God to raise up leaders for our team. We have several positions that need to be filled. Pray that the Lord provides the best people for those roles on our VP team.

VP Team - Global Digital Strategies Please pray for our three Wildly Important Goals (by December 31, 2018): For Win-Build-

Send Innovation - pray for 2 million people known and moving through our spiritual multiplication pathways. For Digital Maturity - pray that 25 countries or MCC strategy teams are using an integrated digital content strategy to increase ministry impact. For Indigitous - pray for 20,000 engaged in digital missions worldwide.

Praise God for raising up 42 locations for Indigitous #HACK, which will take place October 20-22. Pray that God will use these hackathon locations as on-ramps to continuing Indigitous communities that are using their talents for God in the digital space to make disciples.

Pray that the Lord will provide the needed funding to close a $3 million funding gap, allowing us to use the full resources that are needed to lead the organization forward in digital maturity. 

Global Prayer Ask God to raise up additional qualified liaisons to facilitate communications with and

support for each Area Prayer Champion. Pray for the Area Prayer Champions as they seek to identify National Prayer Champions

who will accelerate their national plans by developing a culture of prayer. May Pray2020 develop as an encouragement for the body of Christ to partner in strategic,

persistent intercession for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

Women’s Resources Significance Project: We appreciate your prayers as a team designs, proofs and edits'

QUEST', the evangelistic life-coaching resource for men and 'Man of Impact', the discipleship life-coaching resource for men. A team of men did writing and editing, field tested, chose the names and design, etc. The field tests are being used extensively on two continents, so many are waiting for the final editions to translate and print.

Websites: Pray that we will understand and meet the needs of the members of our online communities - globalstaffwomen.com and prayerforprodigals.com .

Facebook: Praise God, after initially denying our name change, six weeks later FB has allowed us to change our name Global Staff Women to Global Women on Mission. Praise God, our fan base is steadily growing. Pray for wisdom as we experiment with content and types of post designed to increase our followers. Ask God to give us wisdom on our content

strategy, designed to encourage and equip our fans to walk more closely with God, so everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus! 

EAST ASIA ORIENT AREAArea Team Leaders:

Sung-Min Park (South Korea* NTL) Kok Hiang Lam (Singapore* NTL) Stephen Wang (Taiwan* NTL)

MOLD: Thank God for the August Fasting and Prayer Chain among the EAOrt countries. Pray that our spiritual appetite will increase as a result of using this month to seek Him wholeheartedly. “Like newborn babies, you must crave for pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment.” (1Peter 2:2 NLT)

MULTIPLY: Pray for all our staff members and disciples to be Christ-centered and truly follow Jesus. Pray for us to trust God to raise up more spiritual multipliers to fulfill God’s entrusted mission. “Take the things you heard me, say it in front of many other witnesses and pass them on to faithful people who are also capable of teaching others.” (2Timothy 2:2 CEB)

MOBILIZE: Pray that we will learn from Apostle Paul “Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ.” (1Corinthians 1:11 NIV). Our exemplary life can be the major element to mobilize others for God’s Kingdom.

East Asia School of Theology (EAST) MOLD: EAST gives thanks to God for the 25 years of His faithfulness and also for the

renewed vision to be a mission hub to the sending nations. Please pray that the EAST community will continue to reflect God’s mission heart in how we live.

MULTIPLY: Please pray that God blesses EAST as it equips servant leaders to build spiritual movements.

MOBILIZE: Pray that EAST (including alumni) will enjoy His favor mobilizing and raising more laborers to serve as His leaders, workers, church pastors and planters on the mission frontiers.

JAPAN CCC MOLD: Thank God for a blessed time of Global Fasting and Prayer in August, and for the

successful summer missions and summer camps. MULTIPLY: Thank God for the new Leadership Team (Atsushi, Seiji, Hohei, and Masayoshi)

who have served JCCC for the past six months. Thank God for opportunities for them to meet and encourage area team leaders from Aug 28-Sept 1. May all the administrative preparation be carried out smoothly for JCCC All-Staff Conference, Dec. 26-29.

MOBILIZE: Pray for God to use Milton and Angela as they share with the staff family about the 3G Lifestyle. Pray for God to renew our energy and strength in order to serve and to pray.

KOREA CCC*SLM:

Thank God for the successful completion of several summer projects (e.g., Team Strategy Meeting, GCTC 37th Field Training, National Leaders Retreat).

SLM HQ is recruiting new staff to join the team. Pray and ask the Lord to lead those who have a burden to plan and resource SLM staff members to join the team. Pray for God's protection over our staff members and also for good physical and spiritual health in the midst of a continuously busy schedule.

A new semester has started and new student leadership has started their ministry in every district and campuses. They made new direction, plan, and strategies. Pray for God’s leading and works according to His will, and pray for the new group leaders who have committed themselves to serve that they will be faithful in completing the leaders’ training.

Prayer Movement: Thank God for intercessors who served at the Summer Student Conference. Thank God for

His grace, which sustained us throughout the week. Pray for wisdom, publicity and strong network to share the 1.1.1. Prayer App to the whole

Christian community. Pray for a growth in prayer awareness and expansion of a prayer

movement as more download and use this. The 1.1.1. prayer movement is a prayer initiative to pause for ONE minute @ ONE o’clock to pray for ONE focus on praying for the nation and world mission.

Finance: Thank God for helping the team to complete the financial reports on time each month. Thank

God for the completion of the year-end financial report and closing of the financial accounts for the summer conference.

Continue to pray for wisdom and ways to improve the system so that we can serve our field staff more efficiently.

Pray for the team to be filled with the Holy Spirit and fulfill our tasks with a cheerful heart and with a spirit of excellence.

AIA: Thank God for His provision so that the team can go for Universiade Taipei 2017. Thank God

for the many connections we made with the athletes during our time in Taiwan. Pray for good follow-through with these contacts now that we are back in Korea.

The Religion Center for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic 2018 Games’ Village will be scaled down. This means there are less staff that can be present at the Center. Pray for the authorities to have open hearts to allow us to minister at the center.

MONGOLIA CCC MOLD: Thank God for Fasting & Prayer Chain in Aug - lots of testimonies and thanksgiving! MULTIPLY: Pray for our target of 4,500 MDs by 2020; currently we have more than 146 MDs.

Pray that we can complete the translation of GMA by the end October, so that we can get a more accurate measure on ministry progress and effectiveness from our monthly statistics.

MOBILIZE: We thank God for an increase in our manpower - 105 staff members which includes full- time, employed and associate staff. There are 11 new staff trainees in GCTC this year. May God give LDHR team members wisdom and strength (and more members), as they work Sept-Dec on the staff policy manual. Pray for us to connect with like-minded people seeking ways to reach the lost digitally.

PAKISTAN CCC MOLD: Pray for the Holy Spirit to work through SLM Multiplying Disciples Training. May God

use GCM staff conducting trainings and mission trips to our communities to build into church members’ lives; some are monthly and some offer free medical check-up camps. We are focusing on raising up prayer partners, including some messenger chat groups, solely for exchanging prayer requests.

MULTIPLY: Thank God that through SLM Multiplying Disciples Training, disciples are getting involved with staff in sharing the gospel and discipling others; during mission trips SLM has trained more than 100 students (Basic LTI and Short Films Training). GCM has made an associates team to share the gospel among unreached people groups, alongside staff members. During medical camps GCM has trained some local people to disciple others.

MOBILIZE: Thank God for raising up two disciples who joined our GCTC training during our mission trips; please pray for them – for God to affirm His calling, and for God’s provision of finances. Pray for our SLM and GCM chapels (MD training), that five disciples would be willing to serve as full-time staff after GCTC.

CRU SINGAPORE* MOLD: Pray for Cru leaders, staff and volunteers to grow in greater dependence on God as

we respond to Jesus’ invitation to “Walk with Me, work with Me” (Matthew 11:28-30).

MULTIPLY: Praise God for raising up three new staff members and six interns for a one-year program 2017-2018. May God continue to raise up Christ-centered Multiplying Disciples through our various ministry platforms (Student-Led Movement, Leader Impact, Missions Mobilization, Media Ministry as supported by our Operations & LDHR Teams).

MOBILIZE: Thank God for the launch of #OurFathers digital video series to celebrate #OurFathers and connect many to Father God in June! Thank God that more than 300,000 viewed the videos, which feature stories of four fathers. Pray for greater efforts to collaborate and partner with the body of Christ to mobilize laborers to help fulfill the Great Commission!

TAIWAN CCC* MOLD: Thank God for blessing the new additions of children among the staff couples. It was

really fun to have these young ones join us during the annual Staff Retreat. Please pray all our staff families will truly build their relationship on God's word and every child's heart will be molded by the Lord from their youth. Also, may God bless our staff families’ lives to truly reflect biblical values and be a light to impact other families in Taiwan.

MULTIPLY: Thank God that many churches in Taiwan have started to focus on the importance of building spiritual disciples, and for our good connections made with church leaders at GACX, Aug 28-29. Ask Him to maintain a culture of building multiplying disciples among churches in Taiwan, so that many more Christ-centered disciples will be raised up.

MOBILIZE: Thank God for our different activities to gather or train Christians during the past year. May He give us wisdom to follow through with those who attended meetings, and ask God for more opportunities for us to mobilize Christians through various ministries in Taiwan.

EASTERN EUROPE AREA

Area Team Leader: Marek and Ala Wyrzykowski

ALBANIA and KOSOVO Praise God for the amazing opportunities and results from last summer: 19 summer camps,

227 ministry partners joined, 837 participants served with the gospel, 115 accepted Christ. Pray for the opportunity we have this fall to join efforts as a movement in reaching more than

40,000 freshman through "yourstory" project that starts in the middle of October. Pray for LeaderImpact to expand and launch movements in another city of Albania, named

Elbasan, and in Prishtina, Kosovo.

BELARUS Praise God for excitement among churches for Significant Woman and StepUp Men's Groups. Pray for the Lord to open doors for preaching of the gospel and inspire churches for godliness

and planting of new house groups. Pray for wisdom to expand into all six regions of Belarus.

BOSNIA This year we want to grow in unity together as the entire staff of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We

want to be intentional about encouraging one another and building up one another. We have three different teams this year (two college campus and one high school). Pray that

each team will follow God's direction in the strategies they choose to reach students. Pray for our English Classes and EQ seminars, that there will be good attendance from

students and good follow-up from us.

BULGARIA Pray for God to teach all of us how to be good shepherds like Jesus was and to take care for

His sheep (disciples) with love and strength. SLM wants to organize a summer project "Speak Out" for the first time next year - pray for

preparation, good connection between the leaders and all involved groups, and God to bring the right students, both believers and non-believers.

We want to see God raise up more people as staff and volunteers in all ministries in our country - SLM, GCM, AIA, OPS, and LDHR.

CROATIA We praise God for opening the doors for us to act in the society through families and through

project with high school and university students, so our impact is recognized by the society. We pray for the future of our SLM - we need wisdom in restructuring the local teams. We praise God for our new staff guy with Athletes in Action, and we also pray for more new

staff in general as we face the need for new workers in each segment of our movement.

MACEDONIA Pray for the start-up of LeaderImpact in Macedonia, with a mid-October event and a very

special speaker. Pray that many Macedonian leaders will come to this event and we will have success in follow-up with them and bringing them to Christ.

Pray that we will have motivated and equipped student leaders who are going to make disciples and lead teams that multiply on their campuses. Pray that our staff will help the students to spiritually multiply and lead teams that multiply. Pray for the Albanian campus team that just moved to a new office located in the more Albanian part of town so that they will connect with a lot more students. Pray that we will connect with students in whose hearts the Lord is working and that this year we'll see the first Albanian students coming to Jesus!

Pray for the forming of the Cru National Leadership Team. Macedonia has just become a Stage 2 Country.

POLAND We praise God for 200 new disciples as the fruit of our ministry during this past school year. Please pray that by the end of June 2018, we will have 200+ new multiplying disciples. Ask God to touch the hearts of many business people in Warsaw, October 9-15, as we host

Momentum Europe Impact Tour. Pray many students will come to know Jesus in this ministry year in Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Krakow and through Catalytic ministry in other Polish cities.

ROMANIA We are very thankful for the nine high school students who placed their trust in Christ during

our Summer SpeakOut camp. God created a wonderful context in which they heard the gospel many times and were challenged to trust Christ.

We are very thankful that LeaderImpact will be expanding its work to a second city in the fall - Cluj. God has opened doors and prepared the way.

We are very happy about our National Conference - energizing and refreshing for all the staff.

RUSSIA Praise God for continued freedom to preach the gospel in Russia. Please pray for God to

move in the hearts of Russian people so they trust Christ when they hear the gospel (population of Russia is about 145 million and only a small percentage are believers). Pray for wisdom and faithfulness on the part of our staff of about 100) and our volunteers.

Please pray specifically for our teams of volunteers to be able to grow and multiply through their efforts in evangelism (and not only because they are recruiting other believers).

Please pray for MPD for our staff. About 1/3 of our staff currently have insufficient monthly support. Especially pray that our staff would be able to find ministry partners from within Russia (though we are very grateful for our brothers and sisters abroad who partner with Russia by supporting our staff financially and in prayer).

SERBIA Please pray for Zoran and Dada for their support and raising support in the U.S. We are very thankful for possibility of opening Family Center in Mirijevo (part of the Belgrade). Please pray that people would be willing to come to this Center and that Holy Spirit would work

deeply in their hearts so that many can get saved.

SLOVAKIA Praise God with us for student leaders He has raised up in Prešov, Košice, Banská Bystrica,

and Bratislava. Please pray for the 10 student volunteers we have, for their walk with Christ and successful follow-up as they are now following up students from our very successful SpeakOut camps. We desire to see new staff on the team.

Our prayer request is for the re-opening of the Bratislava movement - thank God for the help of a new STINT team (12 STINTers) - pray for the current open doors we have in high schools, and pray for open doors on the university campuses of Bratislava. May God cause a movement to be re-started there.

Praise God for GCM Slovakia. We have nine people in our team this year!!! Please pray that we will understand God´s will and serve according to it.

SLOVENIA Pray for unity among our student leaders - that they would have a shared vision for how God

can use them to change Slovenia. Pray that God would raise up more student leaders in Ljubljana, Maribor and Koper.

Pray that God would lead our team to meet more spiritually open students and that we would be bold to seize every opportunity to share the gospel.

UKRAINE SLM had their Speak Out (English camp): More than 1,000 people heard the gospel in one-on-

one conversations, a great strategy to reach the city for further work with local churches. Crossroads (movement among teachers): for the first time led an English camp for the teachers, which helps with their need for English and they learn how to answer challenges of the modern world, e.g., kids with special needs, homosexuals from a Christian perspective (as part of the old Communist system, they never had such an opportunity); that creates trust and builds closer relationships with them.

The threat of a mass-scale war has not faded and the current hybrid war on the east of our country continues. Daily both military and civilians are being killed in the frontline territories. Please pray for peace and restoration of our country and its territories.

Ukraine is ready to be a sending country, so this year we plan on helping three new countries: Belarus, Georgia and Poland. Pray for the expedition teams that will be sent to those nations: for wisdom, protection, and spiritual fruit.

NORTH AMERICA & OCEANIA AREAArea Team Leader: Steve and Christy Sellers

AUSTRALIA* (Power to Change)

This year we are celebrating 50 years of service to the Lord here in Australia. Praise God for a Melbourne event where we were able to celebrate and reconnect with those whose lives have been influenced through their involvement with Power to Change. Pray for the upcoming event in Sydney, 14 October, as we continue to celebrate all that God has done. Pray that many of those reconnecting with us will continue to engage in the ongoing mission here. May God go before us as we seek to fulfill the Great Commission in Australia and beyond!

With 2018 on the horizon, each of our teams is engaging in strategic planning for next year. Pray for the different strategies (campus, youth, church movements, families, global aid, core services) to have Spirit-led engagement as they plan, unity within teams, and that their 2018 goals will demonstrate bold faith, trusting God in building spiritual movements here in Australia.

We praise God for the new missionaries who have recently joined us, raised their support and reported to their ministry assignments. Pray for many in the process of raising support. Ask God to add to our labourers in the harvest, as there is much work still to be done.

CANADA* (Power to Change - P2C)

M  I  N  I  S  T  R  I  E  S:

AIA Canada SportAid initiatives in Paraguay: There are now 60 nutrition stations that are using soccer as

a way of engaging communities (part of a holistic strategy for churches to engage their community and to BE the gospel amongst their neighbors). The Lord is working in the lives of 2,500+ kids in 60 neighborhoods. Pray for development of strong leaders, volunteers and the next steps in developing long-term sustainability of these sport initiatives, combined with feeding kids, and serving the neighborhood. Pray for the local churches that are wonderfully impacting lives and communities in which they dwell.

Summer kid’s camps: Pray that seeds planted during sports camps would bear much fruit. Pray for kids and families who made decisions for Christ would get plugged into churches, and their hearts would be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

New director: Pray that God would be preparing him/her to lead us. Pray for wisdom, strength, and humility for this person as they step into this role and lead our ministry. Pray that our staff team would come alongside them and work together to have a spiritually multiplying disciple on every team across Canada. Pray for six interns joining us this year, serving on campuses across Canada. May they connect deeply with Christ and catch a vision for lifelong ministry, whether with AIA or in another field.

Christian Embassy of Canada Praise God for political and diplomatic leaders grappling with Truth, following our Leadership

and "Debate without Hate" presentations earlier this year. Pray that the Christian Embassy of Canada's focus on equipping Christian leaders would

cause Canadian parliamentary leaders as well as international leaders moving to new responsibilities to hold up the Light to colleagues and those they represent.

Pray that Canadian political and business leaders travelling to meet and interact with international leaders, Oct 4-14, 2017, at Hungary's first National Prayer Breakfast and subsequent meetings in Hungary and Serbia would be bold witnesses for Christ and find like-minded international leaders with whom to collaborate in the future.

Connecting Streams

Pray for a clear process and smooth transition for our Langley and Edmonton teams as City Leader changes take place.

Pray for Connecting Streams in Ottawa that God would provide a dynamic volunteer coordinator, another admin, a media/communications person, and good team leaders for the current ministries.

Pray that God would continue to bring workers for the harvest to assist in the upcoming growth of Connecting Streams.

DRIME Pray for the strengthening of all current DRIME teams, particularly for our teams in Thailand

and Kenya. Pray for four potential new DRIME teams that are currently in training: 1) Saenz Peña, Argentina; 2) Abomey-Bohicon, Benin; 3) Montreal, Canada; and 4) Entebbe, Uganda. Pray also for our new team in Luque, Paraguay, as they have now officially been launched.

Pray for meaningful follow-up for the hundreds of people who have made the decision to give their lives to Jesus this year through the DRIME ministry around the world. Pray also that the Holy Spirit would be working in the lives of the many others who have had meaningful, spiritual conversations with DRIMErs and are continuing to be followed up.

Pray for the preparation and fundraising for DRIME's three Regional Leadership Summits, coming up in February and March. These Summits happen every two years and are important weeks in the equipping and long-term development of our volunteer leaders.

FamilyLife Praise God for the addition of new staff and the growth in the number of trained Marriage

Mentors nationally and internationally. Pray for the fall 2017 launch of our parenting strategy: Articles, workshops and parent

mentoring resources; pray also for effective use of new Together for Good digital resources.Pray that help and hope for every marriage and family through a growing network of HomeBuilder couples intentional about taking action in their local churches and communities.

Breakforth One: Edmonton, January 26-28, 2018: Canada's largest church-equipping and renewal conference is being hosted by FamilyLife/Power to Change. Pray that God would use this conference to spark renewal in the lives of all who attend. Pray that the registration target would be met and even surpassed!

GAiN Canada Water For Life Initiative (Benin, Togo, Tanzania, and Ethiopia): Pray for our well drilling and

community development teams as they work in some very difficult areas and are away from their families for extended periods of time. They trust God for open doors, strength and wisdom to continue their work in demonstrating God’s love and compassion to people through the provision of clean water and ultimately the message of the Living Water in Christ Jesus. Pray for their safety and protection and that of the equipment as well, and that they would use every opportunity in the villages where they are working to bear witness for Jesus.

Syria relief work: The current conflict in Syria is now in its 7th year, and people continue to suffer with no hope for the future. Pray for our partnering work in supporting internally displaced families inside Syria through the Bags of Blessing project. This project is in its 4th year, and we are seeing many people being introduced to Jesus and being discipled. Pray for staff and volunteers in very difficult, traumatic conditions. May the Lord comfort their hearts and give them strength to go out each day and proclaim HIS love to hurting people in Syria.

JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS)(Benin, Tanzania, Togo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mexico and Paraguay)

Please pray for strength and wisdom for all our teams in the various countries that we are operating in. The work in Benin, Tanzania, Togo and Ethiopia is in conjunction with GAiN’s Water For Life Initiative, and the others are in partnership with local partners.

Praise God, we are seeing tremendous fruit in the areas of church planting and ongoing discipleship with many people making decisions for Christ and wanting to be discipled. Pray for the teams as they conduct discipleship training, pastors’ and lay leaders’ training, and provide resources and materials for ongoing discipleship.

In some countries, e.g. Ethiopia and Mexico, it is increasingly difficult for teams to operate because of ongoing conflicts or calamities. Pray these issues are resolved, and people feel a sense of security, enabling our JFCPS teams to operate in relative safety.

LeaderImpact Pray as the search continues for our National Executive Director - please pray that the right

person be led by God to lead our ministry. Praise God that we now have staff serving in Quebec and Groups possibly starting this fall in the Maritimes.

Pray for the many events happening across Canada this coming fall - pray also for each speaker that presents at each event.

Pray for God’s guidance as LeaderImpact Global Exchanges and Vision Trips are taking place this fall - Cartagena, Romania, Taipei, and East Asia.

The Life Project Ask God to bring more people to our websites to write in to mentors and trust Jesus more fully. Pray for our mentors to live out of the fullness of the Lord and in confidence of hearing His

voice and following His direction, including their writing in online mentoring. Pray for the Lord to direct our ministry involvement with possible partners so that we are

engaging only in what He wants, rather than being distracted by other “good ideas.”

P2C Students Pray for small group resources: We now have completed six that we are implementing

across Canada. Much prayer and though has gone into creating them. Pray that God will use them to help equip students to live for Him. Check them out at: p2c.sh/equipped

"What does it mean to be human?" We are prayerfully considering how we can be used by God to equip students to have meaningful conversations with their peers about "What does it mean to be human?". We want to help students have these conversations with both empathy and boldness in the gospel. We are doing this in partnership with other student ministries in Canada and are excited about the partnership opportunities in this.

Partnering with the Spirit: For more than a decade, we have noticed that students have struggled to understand and apply the Spirit Filled Life in its fullness. We are now beginning to implement a new model of teaching the Spirit Filled Life. We have spent much time, prayer, study and consultation and we are excited to start engaging students in how to partner with the Spirit. Pray that this focus in conversations about the Spirit would bring renewal and that He would use it to work powerfully in the lives of students.

WHEN (Women’s Heart-Engaging Network) Pray for our two new staff members who are in MPD now. Pray that God will lead them to the

partners He has for them. Pray for our WHEN event season beginning with our September 23 Cantonese event. Pray

that the women who attend will have open, ready hearts to hear and embrace the gospel. Pray for our volunteers who lead our Cantonese, Spanish, Filipino and Intercultural teams.

Pray that they will continue to reach out to their friends, family and colleagues - sharing the good news that Jesus has to offer.

H  Q     D  E  P  A  R  T  M  E  N  T  S:

Advancement

Praise God for exceptionally loyal and generous donors whose FY2017 gifts provided P2C with more revenue than any previous year.

Pray for upcoming Gift & Estate Planning workshops in October, that God would draw key partners to attend and more funds would be designated toward Kingdom work.

Pray that our 50th Year Celebration would grow our resource base and donor relationships for 50 more years of even greater impact!

Corporate Services Pray for continued protection of our building and wisdom as we work to keep it functioning well,

heating-cooling, the waste containment and shipping area and fountain/pond with vagrants frequenting the site.

Pray for continued protection of our staff - spiritually, mentally, and for good health, etc. Pray for continued team unity in serving each other and headquarters, reflecting Jesus to all

with humility and grace.

Information Technology Pray for our priorities to be the ones that will most effectively help Power to Change move

forward. Pray for clear minds as we troubleshoot problems and develop systems for the organization. Pray for stability and reliability for our websites and servers, for us to be able to serve well the

staff of Power to Change.

Finance Pray that the year-end audit will run smoothly and have favourable results. Pray that the

department will be able to complete on time and in the most efficient manner, the projects that we aim to accomplish in the next few months.

Pray that each member of the finance team is able to balance work and personal life especially during our busiest months ahead.

Pray the team will continue to be led by the Holy Spirit in the decisions that we make.

Human Resources Pray for the new staff members who were trained in September to have courage and

perseverance to live out their calling. Pray for all those new staff who are raising funds. Pray that the Lord would provide the funding they need to have a fruitful ministry.

Pray that the staff in HR would have wisdom in how they lead and coach the staff. Pray for insight and understanding in all that they do.

Pray that the Lord would continually reveal to the staff in HR how they are being used by God to advance His Kingdom.

Leadership Development Pray for the growth and development of your leader(s). Pray about your next steps in your growth and development. Pray for Doris Beck who is on a two-year waiting list for back surgery.

Marketing We praise God for holding us together and bringing in new staff members that continue to

greatly help us further our department goals of ministry satisfaction (dept WIG). We expect in the coming weeks to begin running on all cylinders, something we've wanted for a while.

Pray that God continues to maintain our team and each individual in it to walk faithfully. Pray we hold tight to the victory that is already His. May we enjoy Him every step of the way.

Partner Care

Pray for health for our team and families. Pray for wisdom as we interact with staff and donors on a daily basis, and about opportunities

to share God's love to those we communicate with. Pray for continued development of a clear, unified vision as a team.

P2C Films Praise God for sending Carlos to be part of our team, who currently volunteers one day a week

with us. Praise God for our summer intern Lorenz from Germany, who helped us immensely on two projects over the summer. Pray for Richard in his support raising.

Pray for our work on The Human Project, in partnership with Apologetics Canada, we pray for God’s wisdom and guidance for all involved. We believe it will be a very effective ministry tool.

President’s Office Pray for wisdom as we seek a new leader for Athletes in Action and LeaderImpact. Rod and

the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) would especially ask for wisdom as they work to discern who God is calling to lead these two ministries.

Pray for our upcoming Ministry Leaders’ Summit, November 6-9. We will be bringing approximately 50 of our organization's key leaders together, and are asking God to make it a real time of learning, team building, and renewal.

Pray for our Board of Directors and the ELT as they continue to serve. Please pray that they would hear and sense the leading of the Holy Spirit as they seek to lead the organization. 

Project Services Praise God for progress on the online application tool development. Pray for God to raise up a part-time additional staff person for January-June 2018. Pray for good health for both Susan and Alison.

Resource Centre Pray that the Resource Centre will be a catalyst in helping people tell others about Jesus. Praise the Lord that the Resource Centre is able to help The Mississauga Prayer Group where

it can. At the beginning of November, another 10,000 homes will receive the "Good News" in Fergus, Ontario, Canada and surrounding areas. They will receive a JESUS film DVD, a tract, as well as the opportunity to receive a Bible.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will prepare the hearts of hundreds of thousands who will receive the recent shipment of 384,000 JESUS DVDs. These DVDs will be used for outreach in Canada and also in Latin America for the Lord’s direction.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* (Cru)

US OperationsFinancial Services:

Please pray for our teams as they serve during audit season and provide financial reporting for the Board of Directors and Cru's annual plan.

Please pray that we would pursue a deeper relationship with Jesus individually and collectively. Our theme this year is "With Him."

Please pray that we would be successful as we pursue great partnerships with all operational areas within Cru. Working well together is key to being able to provide great communication, systems, and processes for staff and ministries.

US LDHR Services: May we seek and pray for oneness in our relationships, partnerships and teams as we take a

learning posture.

Pray that God would provide LDHR leaders and emergent leaders to expand our capacity to serve our staff well.

Ask God to cause us to be open and responsive to new partnerships - to give away our ideas, creativity and resources to advance the Kingdom.

Staff Services: Pray for the StaffCard/Reimbursements Team as they continue to train our staff on the

new StaffCard Reimbursement system. To date more than 6,400 new StaffCards have been issued.

Pray for the HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems) Team and the PeopleSoft PeopleTools update this fall. Pray that this system upgrade will run smoothly and efficiently.

W-2 season is right around the corner. Pray for the Payroll Team as they prepare for tax season and W-2 processing for all of our staff. Last year they created and issued almost 9,000 W-2's!

Athletes in ActionPresident’s Office:

Pray for the spiritual, emotional and relational health of our staff. Lift up in prayer movements to be launched and/or accelerated on the 225 college campuses,

46 professional sports teams in the U.S. and in 64 countries around the world. Pray that by June 1, 2018, the completion of the $14.4MM needed to begin construction of the

Wooden Family Fieldhouse will be raised ($7MM has currently been given or committed).Baseball:

Praise for the seven guys who prayed and received Christ this past summer. Praise the Lord for our eight youth teams this coming spring. Pray about our direction for AIA Baseball.

Track & Field: Ask the Lord of the Harvest for more full-time staff and interns for next year. May He open doors in Estonia. Also pray for open doors for starting a 2nd camp in Colorado, Oregon or Ohio. Lift up the

Captains Academy in June 2018. SCRC:

Praise for the Lord's gracious provision to allow the Sports Complex and Retreat Center to finish in the black for the third year in a row!

Offer prayers that the Lord would provide the SCRC with a year of transition, multiplication, direction, protection and provision.

Pray for us to have the Lord's clarity on the next steps for the funding, programming, recruiting and building of the Wooden Family Fieldhouse.

SportLinc: Pray for the 30 SportLinc campuses that AIA is resourcing around the country - that the

student-athletes who lead on each campus will be deeply rooted in Christ and growing in their faith to produce fruit of equipped and transformed lives.

Pray for the recruiting efforts toward five more new staff members to serve as regional directors (1 new staff member is in process and the other four have yet to be identified!).

Pray that as we experience growth in our department, we would stay unified while we enjoy going after the mission as a team together.

National Campus Department: Pray for Chuck and Marilyn Mailloux in their ongoing battle with brain cancer - for peace,

comfort, hope and healing. Ask God to raise up and call more people of color to join the National Campus Team. May more than 20%of our campus ministries engage globally and mobilize staff and athletes 

Basketball:

Pray that God will empower us to go after our part in the Great Commission by visiting 200 schools by this Dec. 31, including greater depth with new team building initiatives.

Pray for the coaches who are to be attending the International Basketball Coaches Academy, this Nov. 5-17, specifically for their visas to be approved, etc.

May we share a spirit of belief as we work diligently to seek funding for interns, staff support and the Wooden Family Fieldhouse.

Bridges International Praise God for the record number of international and American students who participated on

the Bridges summer missions’ projects. Thank God for all He did to strengthen their faith and give them vision for how He can use them back on their campuses and in their home nations. An example would be the project in Sydney, Australia, in which 20 students and staff from the U.S., Malaysia and East Asia initiated friendships with 400 students on two major universities, which led to more than 285 spiritual conversations. A Japanese man who lodged with them plus nine international students professed faith in Christ.

The VISION 2017 conference is slated to be the biggest to date as other international student ministries are also recruiting for this December 28 - January 1 event in Baltimore. The theme is “Known” since the essence of eternal life is to know God in relationship and we are intimately known by Him as well. Please pray for a record number of students to register by November 10 (after which the price will increase). Ask God for lives to be changed with many non-believing delegates to come to faith.

We are at work on an overall strategy called EveryInternational, to mobilize the body of Christ in reaching every international student. This includes a digital strategy, including website, that will equip believers in welcoming, engaging and ministering to the nations among us. Ask God to give great wisdom to those working on this and access to and/or creation of tools that will facilitate the fulfillment of this strategic goal. Since the re-organization of US Campus Ministry, this project has been kicked into high gear.

FamilyLife We are thanking God that David and Meg Robbins were called by God to lead FamilyLife. Praise God for His provision for our financial needs at FYE through donors to FamilyLife. Thank God for His favor upon creation of The Art of Parenting and our movie, Like Arrows.

Cru Inner City Pray as Cru Inner City expands our ministry through inner city church partners in the

USA...contact Glen.Kleinknecht@cru.org if you would like to see a ministry among the poor happen in your city. Let’s partner together on this!

Pray as we are trusting God to raise up 30 ethnic minority leaders to intern and/or come on staff with Cru Inner City. Pray for the nearly 2,000 urban partners we serve and partner with throughout the USA...80% are men and women of color.

Pray for our partnership in Barcelona, Spain.

JESUS Film ProjectPraise God for the 2016 statistics of JESUS film usage:

JESUS film has been shown in more than 1,500 languages in every nation in the world. To date it is responsible for 7.7 billion estimated viewings of the gospel and 530 million total estimated decisions for Christ!

Praise God for the JESUS Film Project partnership with Youth With a Mission. YWAM has been led to have 777 teams of five trained by JESUS Film Project to each record eight languages. The first team was trained in September 2017, and will travel to Papua New Guinea, where they will record the JESUS film script, leaving behind completed, edited copies to show publicly! Their target is to have all 1,776 languages recorded by end of 2020.

Pray that the Lord will use the 1,542 languages of JESUS film, the 163 languages of the children's version, 167 languages of Magdalena, 35 languages of Rivka, and 22 languages of the Walking with Jesus follow-up series to bring many to Himself all over the globe!

Pray for the Major Donor Briefing taking place in Lake Tahoe, Oct. 5-8, 2017. Ask the Lord to supply the funding needed for film teams, so they will be equipped with the films, equipment and training to reach people around the world for Jesus, allowing multiplying churches or faith communities to be planted.

There are 5 billion people who are currently living in darkness, separated from God's love. Pray that new translations of JESUS film will be made available to everyone everywhere so they will know how much Jesus loves them by hearing it in their own heart language.

Josh McDowell Ministry Josh’s book, Evidence that Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World,

debuts October 3. Pray that this revised volume will touch the lives of many people as they seek solid evidence for Christianity. Pray for the marketing and distribution of Evidence and its translation into many languages to reach people throughout the world.

Pray for wisdom and direction in best using our resources to help people realize the dangers of porn, how those addicted can have victory, and how they can reach others caught in this trap.

Pray for continued numbers of people being reached internationally with the truth through Josh’s books and digital resources. Pray for resulting transformed lives and for the safety of those who are distributing these resources.

Cru Military Pray for the 16 US Weekend to Remember events that Cru Military will be participating in this

fall. May God use them to significantly encourage military couples. Pray that we will identify volunteers and multiplying disciples among the attendees, who will join us in building spiritual movements in military communities.

Pray for fruitful ministry at the US Air Force and Naval Academies, as our staff and volunteers minister to future military leaders. We ask for continued access to these cadets and midshipmen, favor with chaplains there and spiritual multiplication. Pray for Cru Military ministry expansion opportunities to: Fort Sill (Oklahoma), Military Academy West Point (New York), Camp Lejeune (North Carolina), Groton Submarine Base (Connecticut), US Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown (Virginia), Fort Gordon (Georgia), Maxwell Air Force Base (Alabama), US Coast Guard Training Center Cape May (New Jersey), Carlisle Barracks (Pennsylvania), Coast Guard Academy (Connecticut), and Merchant Marines (New York).

Praise God for 400+ volunteers who faithfully serve at our seven US military basic training locations, military academies, and 25+ countries internationally! Pray build our new Volunteer Led Movement initiative, trusting the Lord for 2,500 volunteers to join us by 2020 to serve the US and international military community. Pray for God to increase African governmental stability so the gospel can by shared without challenging political environments. Pray specifically for our Cru Military Ministry leaders and volunteers in Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, and South Sudan.

New Life Resources (Cru Store) Pray that NLR, the publishing and materials distribution ministry of Cru, will effectively serve and

support the Cru ministries and its staff members - for the ministry to successfully distribute its resources for evangelism, discipleship, and spiritual multiplication to churches and individual believers with a heart for the Great Commission within the US and around the world.

To identify other Christians with a heart for ministry with whom we can cultivate long-term relationships and partnerships, so we can launch thriving spiritual movements in their own spheres of influence. To encourage those we serve to grow spiritually toward their maximum level of ministry involvement as

they make use of the resources we provide and that they look to Cru as the best place to find the materials they need to accomplish whatever form of ministry God has placed on their hearts.

For wisdom to organize the ministry for the future and continue to improve and refine the Cru Store websites (www.crustore.org and www.crustaffstore.org ) where more than 70% of the requests for ministry materials are received. We desire to make it easy for people to discover and acquire ministry tools that will enhance ministry and advance the Great Commission.

StoryRunners Pray for School of Storying trainers in Francophone Africa to have more opportunities to

increase their experience and skills in developing oral Bible stories for unreached language groups.

Pray for story movements (similar to church planting movements) to develop from completed oral Bible story sets, as they are used in a ministry of evangelism, discipleship and church planting in oral cultures.

Pray for new ministry leaders to emerge from School of Storying projects, where we develop oral Bible stories and provide training to use them in ministry.

SOUTH ASIA AREAArea Team Leader: Jose and Neena Sam

Area Leadership Team: Pray that all our teams, individual staff and disciples will be truly characterized by the qualities

of Earnest Prayer, Motivation, Passion for Holiness and Authentic Community. Throughout our area the ministry is undertaking a major paradigm shift. We are trusting the

Lord to see Disciple-led, integrated ministry in 300 cities with multi-MCC city leadership teams. Pray that Holy Spirit would empower our staff and disciples to make this a reality.

Pray that the Lord of the Harvest will raise up laborers (full- time staff, key volunteers, associates, marketplace missionaries, lay leaders, digital multipliers, etc.) from every place in South Asia. Pray for the 2020 vision of 100,000 multiplying disciples in South Asia.

Pray for a skilled tech team to help with technology needs of the ministry. Pray for the mobilization of 100% staff support and ministry funds.

Pray for revival in the Church in South Asia. Pray for greater unity among different denominations and strategic networking to reach the area for the Lord.

EAST INDIA Pray for the effective follow up of “i-Lead” Student Leaders' Conference that took place in

September. 'iLead' was a platform to Envision, Equip and Engage students to be multiplying disciples.

Pray for the Ministry-to-Movement Project to help Church Planters and the Lay Leaders to be intentional in their approach of building multiplying leaders for a multiplying movement of church planting.

NORTH INDIA Ask God to send streams of 75 warm hearted laborers, anointed by the Holy Spirit to move out

from their comfort zone and join full-time staff by 2020. Pray that we may see 1,250 Multiplying Disciples who will be passionate to lead spiritual

movements in their campuses by 2020. Pray that we may be able to train and empower the existing 76 kingdom leaders to initiate and

take responsibility to start the spiritual movements in other cities. Pray that we may be able to train and empower many lay leaders in different places of North India.

NORTHEAST INDIA May God bless Northeast India with 12 new staff members by next year. There are six teams,

so each team may develop 2 MDs to join our staff. Pray that each staff member becomes serious in Discipleship in Ministry Partners

Development, so that by next year 80% of the staff may reach their objective of 100% support. May God bless our staff with good heath throughout this year.

SOUTHEAST INDIA Pray for the initiative to reach 101 cities in our region - Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telungana

and Pondicherry, by mobilizing multiplying disciples and like-minded volunteers from them. Pray for us establish ministry presence in 3,000 campuses in our area by 2020. Presently we

are in 300 campuses. For 1,340 churches and house churches in our region to multiply in the next 3 years to 15,000.

SOUTHWEST INDIA Pray that God would help us to develop 5,800 Multiplying Disciples through SLM,

LeaderImpact, Digital, and GCM by June 2018. Pray that God would help us to raise about 1 Million rupees (US$15,000) as indigenous

funding of our ministry needs. Pray also that all our staff would raise 100% of their support by the end of 2017.

Pray for expansion: SLM ministry to 450 colleges, and LeaderImpact to 28 cities by June 2018.

SRI LANKA Pray for the success of all the events we have planned in connection with the 50th year

celebration of SLCCC. Pray that God will raise up more full-time staff and associate staff for SLCCC.

Pray that God will help us to align all our leaders in each MCC to the New City Vision Direction.

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA AREAArea Team Leader: Farai & Chipo Katsande

NAMIBIA Pray that God will produce faithful multiplying disciples through the training and discipleship

efforts of churches to contribute towards Namibia DEEPLIFE strategy. We trust God that we will get the Walking with Jesus Kwanyama DVD duplicated soon, as we

plan to launch and use it in before October 2017. Also pray for successful translation of the discussion guide to accompany the DVD, which is in progress at the moment.

Pray that seeds that have been sown during the four-day mission trip of GCM and SLM in the community of Walvis Bay and the International University of Management will bear lasting fruit. Pray that God will produce strong and FAT volunteers to help start the movement in Walvis Bay IUM Campus. We trust God for five students to join the annual new leaders training in November.

SOUTH AFRICA Thank God for the great success of the Ubuntu student conference and the students taking

ownership of the whole process, a great victory in the Kingdom. We are trusting the Lord for enough volunteers to run with, in each strategy and all the staff to

multiply spiritually with fourth generation disciples in all spheres of ministry. We have family as a value, so we pray that all staff and associates will experience a new level

of commitment towards each other on ministry levels and personal levels. May all our relationships be God-honouring.

UGANDA Pray for the fund development team to come up with effective and clear strategies for

generating self-sustaining local resources necessary for transitioning from ministry to movement building.

Pray for every staff member to develop five multiplying leaders in the market place, community or church.

May the staff be able to operate at 100% support.

ZAMBIA Praise God for successful training of 217 students at University of Zambia (UNZA) in Lusaka

and NORTEC in Ndola, in the New Life Training Curriculum (NLTC). Pray that 50 people who attended sports chaplaincy training will join as associates with the

Athletes in Action (AIA) ministry. Our prayer is to see a chaplain in every sport team. Pray for a successful dialogue with the Nsenga translators and the Bible Society, for the

completion of a Nsenga Jesus Film translation.

 

WESTERN EUROPE AREA (Agapé Europe)Area Team Leader: Javier and Gema Garcia

Area Leadership Team: In October the first of a series of City Workshops in Europe's main cities will start off with

London. With the focus on making Jesus known, Agape Europe will initiate a process to engage with the whole Church for greater visibility, credibility and adding value to the city. We very much realize that we need to co-work with all Christians in order to impact a city. Please pray for an inspiring start that will lead into multiplying movements.

SLM:

Please pray for good transition in the SLM role. John McNeill will be handing the reigns over to a younger man from the Netherlands named Maarten Gast.

Pray for the “Frozen North” where SLM has launched new student movements this year in three Scandinavian countries – Denmark (Copenhagen), Norway (Oslo) and Iceland (Reykjavik). Pray that these ministries take root!

AUSTRIA Give thanks to the Lord that He was with us in the leadership transition. Please pray with us

that the new team will grow in their relationship and take all the old and new responsibilities and that the Lord takes care of them and leads them through the Holy Spirit.

We want to implement MyFriends Ministry. In the fall the trainings will start. Pray with us that many churches will come on board. This training fits Austrian culture so well. May the Lord call people to become trained and share their faith at their workplaces and with friends in a very practical way.

Ask God to send new, young people on staff. In our youthminsitry (SHINE) there are a lot of young, gifted people. Pray the right ones hear God’s calling and are bold enough to follow. 

FINLAND* Praise God for a good and growing interest in our Luke 10 discipleship teaching that inspires

many Christians to find their own way to be witnesses for Christ in their everyday life. Pray for our training team taking L10T courses in local churches. Praise God for a weekly radio programme; pray it will inspire listeners and for good content for every programme. The Luke 10 course goes well with the THE FOUR concept (evangelistic tool).

Pray for our student and youth ministry teams – for wisdom how to use the resources we have. Pray for young people and students to find fellowship and their place in it. Praise God for all the teenagers who attended our four confirmation camps and heard the gospel, that they would grow in their faith.

CHRIST DAY: On December 2 there will be a second nationwide Christ Day in Finland in Turku. The first one was in 2008. Please pray the day would bring together Christians from all groups of our nation—and from all denominations and organizations—to give thanks to God for His grace on our nation on our 100th anniversary, and to pray for our nation and for revival. We pray that representatives from every municipality would be there, along with representatives from all people groups in the nation. Please pray for all the arrangements and logistics, for true unity and above all, God’s presence in the event and for a prayer movement to be strengthened for and through this event.

FRANCE Please pray for the various ways Agape France is involved with the 500 year anniversary of

the Reformation, including the exhibit that is showing in churches around France and the Paris city hall. Pray for a massive gathering of Protestant Christians in Strasbourg at the end of October - that these events would further open many eyes to the harvest in France and Europe and send out more laborers into the harvest field.

Praise the Lord for success of the "Bouge Ta France" (Move your France) national project in Le Havre (Normandy) - a joint venture which has mobilized churches and 15 Christian organizations to train 1,200 youth to become witnesses of Jesus. Agapé Campus was responsible to lead the outreach day and participate in the July 14 gathering of 8,000 believers to pray for revival in our country.

Pray that they continue to be zealous for Jesus where He has positioned them, and for 10 people joining the Agape France movement.

GERMANY*

In early June Germany was able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ministry. A week of action included encounters with the SHINE Electro-Pop-Festival and the Jubilee-Gala on 3 June as highlights. Our 50 gifts to the city of Giessen were gladly accepted and the local press reported it very positively. One could hardly walk through the city during those days without being pointed toward God - a very special atmosphere!

We have a strong focus on cities, and we want to strengthen ministries in different cities. Pray for good partnerships and a life changing influence in these cities.

A changing law for data privacy is having significant impact. We pray for wisdom and the right decision, so that it has no bad influence on the ministry.

GREECE Pray for the continuous MPD efforts of the Greek staff, even in the midst of difficult times for

the country and the ministry. Pray for the capacity of the Greek ministry, as the ministry opportunities that God opens up require more staff and volunteers in order to take advantage of each one of them; we want God to raise up people who are called to the ministry.

Pray for our Refugees Day Center in Thessaloniki, which hundreds of refugees visit every week to have a shower, wash and dry their cloths, and have coffee/tea and some finger food. Pray for opportunities to share our faith with them.

Pray for our increasing contacts with the Greek authorities and the leaders of the Greek Orthodox Church to continue to lead to open doors and ministry opportunities of high visibility, where we will be able to share our faith and who we are. Pray for the strong connections between the Greek ministry and the International Hebrew Community and the opportunities God gives us to share our faith and the love God gives us for them.

IRELAND Praise God with us for five new campus team members – three interns and two Stinters. Pray

that their involvement with us will draw in many more harvest labourers in the near future. Pray for new, higher level of involvement of volunteers in our ministry to reach leaders. They

will help in planning, finances and running events. Pray for new people to be ready to join our Board. We’re looking for people who have

benefitted from the Agapé ministry, a mix of men and women, and with a lower age profile.

ITALY Rome Global Contribution/Gospel in Action: Pray for the many refugees coming to faith in

Rome, that God would protect them and help them move forward in their lives and their faith. LDHR: Give thanks for the four Italians and seven International Staff raising support to join our

teams in Bologna, Florence and Rome. Pray for diligence, perseverance and God’s provision. Students (Rome): Pray for the Lord's wisdom and direction and our listening as we go after two

movements on La Sapienza Univ and Roma Tre Univ. (Bologna): Pray for our four student believers to become leaders this year and multiply their faith into other students.

LATVIA SLM: May God raise up 2-3 new student leaders with a heart to start a ministry of evangelism

at Latvia University. Pray for four student leaders at Riga Stradins University to have courage to initiate conversations about God with their friends and classmates. Pray that we would see students come to saving faith as Christian students and share their faith more on campus.

Crescendo: Pray for our former director as he moves into a new role as president of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, that he would have a great influence on the music culture and many personal evangelism opportunities. Pray for the leadership transition, that God would raise up a new generation of leaders to continue the Crescendo ministry in Latvia.

Media Strategies: Pray for the online project Mystory.me. Our goal is to have 50 MyStory.me stories in Latvian by the end of year 2017. Pray for 20 more stories to be put up.

NETHERLANDS A new generation is rising in the Netherlands who hardly have heard of or know anything about

Jesus and the Bible. Please pray for the different strategies to reach this younger generation, especially those of AiA and Streetlink (Inner City Ministry).

Agape Netherlands wants to help in networking in the cities so that churches, Christian businessmen and other influential people in the city will come together to pray and work together for growth in the cities. Pray for open doors and a blessing for this vision.

Pray for unity within Agape in a way that staff can become a powerful instrument in bringing together Christians, churches and other organizations so that the "world (Netherlands) can see that we are one" (John 17).

SWITZERLAND* We are looking for new staff in different areas. Please pray that the right persons hear of this

opportunity and boldly follow the way of God's plan. In just over two months we already will be at Explo 17 in Lucerne. We pray that the conference

will be a blessing for all participants and they will be motivated for active engagement. We expect 6,000 participants from all denominations.

October 8-13 we will have our staff conference. Please pray that we will be refreshed as one team. We are all working in different ministries but want to unite the vision of why we are doing this. Prayer is much on the heart of our leadership team. May this be a time where the vision of the leadership team can come to every staff member.

UNITED KINGDOM* Over the next 12 months, Agapé UK is trusting God for 26 new staff/interns, including an

LDHR Director. Pray that God would raise up these people and clearly hear the call to join us. Our different ministries working in the same cities seek to work better together. Pray for

wisdom as they bless each other, share ideas and make a bigger Kingdom impact together. Agapé Student Life is trying to develop ‘catalytic’ student ministries in the UK – movements on

campuses where there are no staff. Pray that resources we’re developing would prove fruitful and we’d see many catalytic movements begin over the coming academic year. Pray for the start of the new academic year at universities across the UK; may many students encounter Jesus through meeting our Student Life societies.