Pray for the World – Week 27
Praying for the world Week 27 Church-Planting Movements, Insider Movements, Discipleship Movements During the last 25 years, thousands of new followers of Christ have been born among peoples who were historically starved of the gospel. These mass turnings to Christ happen through ‘Church-Planting Movements’ (CPMs), ‘Insider Movements’ or ‘Discipleship Movements.’ They take many forms, and […]
Pray for the World – Week 25 – 2022
Praying for the world Week 25 Displaced people 68.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes worldwide: 40 million have fled somewhere else in their own country 25.4 million have left their country as refugees 3.1 million are seeking asylum and argue they can never return home. Of the 25 million who have […]
Pray for the World – Week 24
Praying for the world Week 24 Catholicism Half of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics live in the Americas; a quarter in Europe; the rest are evenly divided between Africa and Asia. Catholicism is the biggest Christian bloc but is slowly declining as a percentage of the world and of the Church. Some trends: Traditional Catholic […]
Pray for the World – Week 23
The Orthodox Church Various major challenges confront the global Orthodox Church. The need for renewal: after a long history of rigid traditionalism, over the last decades an increasing number of Orthodox theologians and priests have been advocating for internal renewal on various levels (worship, Scriptural engagement, missional activity etc). Renewal would address both nominalism and […]
World Prayer – Week 22
Praying for the world Week 22 Children at risk The world has taken strides in recent years to improve children’s lives. Far fewer are dying from the preventable diseases of childhood. Around 90% have access to primary school. However, millions of children are at risk of serious harm: Neglect: Risk is increased by poverty, alcohol […]
Brisbane Prays
National Day of Prayer and Fasting 2020 Saturday, February 22, 2020 Time: 10 am — 3 pm (day session) 6 pm — 9 pm (evening worship session) Where: Brisbane City Temple and King George Square Dear BPPC Friends, Tickets are now available for the National Day of Prayer, 2020. The event is free, but a […]
Lauren Crase – September, 2017
Bondia hotu hotu! What a month! I think this past month of September has been my busiest yet! As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter update, I spent the first week of September getting to know the wonderful nursing team of an NGO which works at the National hospital training nurses. I was able to […]
My Father’s Voice
A Voice from Africa A missionary with years of experience in Chad, Africa, writes, “During our years in Chad we received cassette tapes (that shows how old we are!) of services from our home church. One day I sat down to listen to a service which had been recorded several weeks before. As I listened […]
