Prayer
Points for
the Mande Peoples
- Pray for God’s spirit to move in mighty
ways among the Mande and prepare their hearts for the Gospel.
- Pray that God will call out Prayer Advocates
for each of the Mande People.
- Ask
the Lord to open doors among the unreached peoples of the Mande
for volunteers to come.
-
Ask the Lord to prepare and call out more volunteer to walk,
pray and/or work among those Mande who have never heard of Jesus.
More
global prayer requests on CompassionNet.
Spring
Break Mission Projects
Application
Deadline Extended to Jan. 15, 2005!
URGENT
NEED -
BASKETBALL
PLAYERS FOR BRAZIL IWC PROJECT (see
project info below)
| Sao
Paulo, Brazil
International World
Changers college project
March 12-19
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Reach university students of Sao Paulo by "hanging
out" with Brazilian students, building relationships on
their campuses and in their community through English conversation,
sports and music.
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team
|
Moscow,
Russia
International World Changers college project
March 5-12
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Reach university students of Moscow by "hanging
out" with Russian students, building relationships on their
campuses and in their community.
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team |
| Paris,
France
March 5 - 12
March 12 - 19
March 19 - 26
March 26 - April
2
Cost: $588 plus airfare
College students!
Share Christ with immigrants living in Paris and help Team
Paris plant a church. Men will visit in male dormitories,
giving out Jesus films and sharing your testimony along
with another story given to you. Women will visit in the
markets and on street corners. You will prayerwalk the areas
and distribute flyers offering free NTs and films.
Read
more . . .
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team |
Asia
April 18 - 25
Cost: $174 plus airfare
Help with a Church
Planting Movement among a large minority group in China
by backpacking in gospel materials.
Read
more . . .
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team |
Mission
Projects in Africa
| Family
IWC Project
Ambato,
Ecuador
7/ 2 - 7/9/05
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Reach out to the Quichua of Ecuador in family
teams through English classes, basketball clinics, drama,
school programs and servant evangelism.
Register
a family for this project
Register
a team of families for this project |
Africa
and the Middle East
English
Conversation Leader
Project
73147
Dates:
6/1 - 8/15/05
Cost:
$2000 plus airfare
As Islam continues to spread across North Africa and now
extending into mid-Africa, libraries and English classes
are a quiet and effective method ofsharing the Gospel. Teachers,
with an evangelistic heart, are needed to continue the work.
Read
more
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team for this project |
|
International
World Changers
Constanta, Romania
July 15-22
July 22-29
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Minister through creative arts, sports and
home visits as well as provide humanitarian aid to the community
through light construction and repair.
Register
a team for this project |
Niger
Agricultural
Exchange
Project
72275
Dates:
5/30 - 8/25/05
Cost:
$1120 plus airfare
The Tuareg people are in this region are sedentary farmers
planting millet, sorghum & vegetables. They also keep
a few sheep, goats or cattle. Poverty and poor nutrition
are a constant issue. Respect for tradition is very important
in this culture. As you build relationships, you may have
the chance to share your ideas about agriculture.
Read
more
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team for this project |
| International
World Changers
Ufa, Russia
July 23-30
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Distribute food, clothes and literature to
this community along with light construction, personal and
sports evangelism , creative arts, home visits, Scripture
distribution and ministry to orphans in order to serve the
people of Ufa, the peaceful Islamic capital of Russia.
Apply
as as individual participant
Register
a team for this project |
Malawi
Field
Evangelism
Project
72096
Dates:
5/1 - 5/15/05
Cost:
$940 plus airfare
The team will present the Gospel to a group of adults near
the home of a village leader. The presentation will be chronological
storying. New Christians from this group will be taught
for 4 days (what the Bible says about growing in relationship
to our Lord, baptism, Lord's Supper, the purpose of the
church.) The team will possibly baptize new Christians.
This will be repeated in a second village. Prayer walking
will be in the morning in the Muslim neighborhood of the
missionary.
Read
more
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team for this project |
| International
World Changers
Valencia, Venezuela
July 9-16 - urgent!
July 16-23
Cost: $495 plus airfare
Assignments: Serve the urban poor of Valencia by hosting
Bible clubs, prayerwalking, youth ministry, creative arts,
sports evangelism and light construction.
Register
a team for this project |
Paris,
France
Cross-Cultural
Evangelism
Project
73085
Dates:
5/15 - 7/30/05
Cost:
$1300 plus airfare
YOU CHOOSE - COME FOR 2 UP TO 10 WEEKS (preferably 10 weeks).
Camp in a local church, work with an international partner
and try to share Christ through the use of a fast track
Bible story and your personal testimony. This will be a
total French immersion experience. Some prayer walking and
literature distribution will also occur.
Read
more
Apply
as an individual participant
Register
a team for this project |
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DID
YOU KNOW?
 Burma
is second only to Cambodia in the world as far as the number of
land mines per square kilometer. The Burmese goverment uses ethnic
minority group people (like the Mon and Karen) to walk through
mine fields that have been created by the ethnic armies to protect
their territory. The Mon and Karen armies will not shoot their
own people, but must watch helplessly as their captured kinsmen
detonate the land mines.
More
Stories from the Field online at TCOnline.org.
| Getting
and Spending: a Ode to Holiday Shopping
By
Erich Bridges, IMB Staff Writer
Taunts
and curses. Police and security guards struggling to control
rowdy crowds. Hand-to-hand combat.
I'm
not talking about the violence at recent sporting events.
I'm talking about Christmas shopping.
If
you survived "Black Friday" - the big day-after-Thanksgiving
sales - you know what I mean. "Black Friday" refers to merchandisers'
hopes of moving out of the red and into the black, profit-wise,
on a single holiday weekend. But it carries an ominous tone
that chills the hearts of retail employees.
"I
am on a mission," guerrilla shopper Stacey Shore grimly
informed a Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter outside a local
Target store Nov. 26. She had been waiting outside since
4:10 a.m. Mission objective: a portable DVD player on sale.
It's
easy to make fun of guerrilla shoppers. Maybe you're one
of them. Listen, considering the cost of living these days,
I applaud anyone who can find a bargain. Nor is this another
Grinch-like attempt to make you feel guilty about shopping
for Christmas presents. It's a time for giving. If you like
buying nice gifts for friends and family, that's great.
Just remember
this: Children are watching you year-round - and learning.
You may not have kids of your own yet, but the habits you
create now are the habits you will pass on to your children
in the future. If you believe deep down that stuff equals
happiness, they will, too. If you load up your life with
things you "need" just because others have them, your children
will follow the same path. Read
the entire article. |
The
Journey (6:13)
Friendship blossomed after missionary Tom Thurman gave a
rickshaw ride and a Bible to Abdul, a young Muslim man in
South Asia. After accepting Christ, Abdul suffered severe
persecution, but God used him to bring phenomenal numbers
of Muslims to a saving faith in Jesus!
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Reigns!
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Interview
with Peter from the Newsboys. Hear his comments
on his experiences during missions trips.
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MPEG-1 (8.96 MB)
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(1:10)
Just imagine 5 and half billion people without the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ. With so many lost souls, how
can people across the globe hear the truth?
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Persecuted
Church: Southeast Asia
A
believer from an unreached people group in Southeast Asia was
shot three times in the chest after sharing his faith with friends.
This young man has endured much persecution in the past but has
always been faithful in his sharing. He is a leader among the
first believers from his people who have been historically resistant
to the gospel. Although still in great pain, this bold witness
is planning to return to his home in the heartland of his people
group to be a witness to them. He has a bullet lodged in his spinal
cord, and the doctors have declared that he will be paralyzed
from the waist down. However, some feeling is coming back to his
legs. Pray that he will be restored to full health as a testimony
to his people, if that will bring th most glory to God.
Also
ask the Father to meet all of the family's financial needs, to
the praise of His glory! This young man's father was a religious
leader who came to Christ when his son shared the gospel with
him. Several other members of their family have also believed.
This growing movement to Christ within the family has enraged
their persecutors. The mother in the family is not yet a believer
and has been the source of some of her son's persecution in the
past. Pray for her salvation.
The
few other believers among this unreached Muslim people groups
are fearing for their lives. Ask the Lord to comfort, strengthen
and protect the believers. Pray for them to remain faithful to
the Lord. Pray for wisdom, comfort and courage for the few new
believers and workers in the area. Pray that God's angels will
protect them from the enemy.
More
information about the Muslim world.
| Missionary
Bio Byte: Lottie Moon of China
 When
she set sail for China, Charlotte (Lottie) Moon of Virginia
was 32 years old. She had turned down a marriage proposal
and left her job, home and family to follow God's lead.
Her path wasn't typical for an educated woman from a wealthy
Southern family. But Lottie did not serve a typical God.
He had gripped her with the Chinese peoples' need for a
Savior. Read
more . . .
In 1861, Lottie Moon was one of the first women in the South
to:
A. Receive a master's degree.
B. Take classes for one semester in France.
C. Graduate with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
D. Transfer to Harvard University.
E. Have a book on the importance of overseas missions published.
Find the answers
and take more of Lottie's
Quiz |
Bible
Study: The Privilege and Potential
of Passionate Prayer
By
David Smithers
"And
when they had crucified Him. Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
and breathed His last. Then the veil of the temple was torn in
two from top to bottom" - Mark 15:24-38.
The
sacrifice of Christ has made it possible for all men to have a
passionate relationship with God. Jesus died on the cross so that
we might walk and talk with our God and Father . Jesus suffered
on the cross so that you can passionately pray! What a privilege
and yet so many of us fail to use it. When we neglect prayer,
we do far more than merely neglect some religious exercise, we
are neglecting the very presence and person of Jesus Christ Himself.
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more . . .
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