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Prayer is Vital to Global Missions…

Prayer for global missions changes our hearts as we learn more about the world and rejoice in lives changed by the gospel. Thank you for caring enough about prayer to reach this page! May you grow in faith and joy as you partner with us in praying for the nations.

Specific Ways to Pray

  • Join us in praying for our missionary families, new believers, and the work of planting new churches among unreached people groups.
  • Form a prayer group that meets regularly. Use the monthly prayer calendar as well as updates you receive from missionaries you know personally to form a prayer team that consistently and routinely blesses our ministry.
  • Take a different kind of mission trip and pray on-site at one of our field prayer conferences. Locations vary each year – contact us for details!
  • Pray for missionaries, specifically that God will continue to make us aware of the needs of the people we serve and how to most effectively reach them with the Good News.
  • Pray for the world—that God’s glory will be known among the unreached, the suffering, the poor, and the persecuted.

This Month

Middle East Conference

Pray for three of our US workers sharing at a Conference in the Middle East this month. They will spend a week teaching young Arabs about discipleship and leadership. Many of these young people endure cultural and familial hardships due to their beliefs. Pray for safety, accuracy of the interpreters, and that attendees will be encouraged, educated, and galvanized.

Missionaries Launched!

Praise the Lord for two families who have raised all of their support, completed all of their pre-field requirements, and launched to full-time ministry this past month! One is in the US working with refugees through the INN, and one is in Brazil. Pray for their language, cultural training, and spiritual stamina as they embark on this new adventure!

Appointees Raising Funds

We have two appointees hoping to leave for the Middle East this summer. Praise the Lord that they are both at 75% of their fundraising. Pray that they would meet 100% soon so that they can embark on pre-field training at the end of March.

Leadership Changes

Pray for two of our fields as they go through leadership changes. After many years of faithful service, previous Field Directors are stepping down, and others are stepping up. Pray for smooth transitions, good support, and minimal disruption in ministry and function. Praise the Lord that he continues to provide wise and competent leadership for our fields.

Relationships with Governments

Pray for two of our fields working to develop relationships with key government figures to enable them to continue to serve and minister and also be compliant with new laws and regulations. Pray that the Lord would give our Field Directors wisdom and creativity and that these new laws would not hinder the work being done.

Motorcycle Accident

Pray for one of our families in the Philippines. They are Filipinos who have been involved in church leadership for many years. They were recently in a motorcycle accident, and the wife has a severely broken leg that has left her incapacitated. It appears that the road to recovery will be quite long.

Upcoming Graduations

Though it is months away, we have many families preparing for transitions with their children graduating high school this year. College applications, working on scholarships, and making the most of their last few months all together in the country they serve. Pray for all the logistics and also for all the emotions that go with finishing this season well and preparing to send your child across an ocean.

Support Partners Needed

With the cost of living increasing, we have many missionaries who were once fully funded, finding themselves in need of more financial support. Pray that the Lord would bring individuals and groups alongside them to partner with them prayerfully and financially in the work of the gospel.

Discipleship in Spain

Pray for a discipleship program taking place through workers in Spain. When first announced, four people joined. The next week, nine came, and the next week, 18. The idea is to be discipled and then to disciple another person or share the gospel with them according to each one’s respective needs. Pray that the Lord will do great things for his glory in Spain.

Pure Motivations

Pray that in all things, our motivations would be pure and would be “for the sake of the gospel.” (I Cor 9:23)

Board Members

All three of our sending centers- US, Canada, and Australia are looking for board members. Pray that God would bring wise, missions-oriented individuals to each of these boards so that they might provide godly leadership and oversight.

Last Month

Christmas Follow up

Please continue to pray for the new connections made through evangelistic events over the Christmas season. The lights and festivities are gone, but the truth remains. Pray that our workers would develop relationships and have opportunities to continue to share the good news with those who may have been drawn in by the Christmas celebrations.

Resources

Praise God for the many donors, supporters, and prayer partners that enable us to take the gospel into the most unreached places. Pray that World Team will use its resources wisely and be good stewards of all God has given us.

Family in Brazil

Praise God for a young family who started their missionary journey in Brazil in January. Pray for housing, language & culture learning, young children adapting to a new world, and all the excitement and trepidation that comes with moving to a new culture.

RACE

Our candidate assessment program will take place in March. We have many applicants in the pipeline but are waiting for confirmations and registrations. Pray that God would lead each of these possible candidates to a place where they know if this is the best decision for them. Pray that God would give us a robust group that desires to reach the unreached.

Rest

Pray that our workers around the world would be graced with endurance, encouragement, creativity, rest, and sweet time in fellowship with our Lord.

Appointees

We start the New Year with six individuals or families gearing up to launch to their fields. Pray for that last bit of funding, training, and completion of final tasks. Pray for these workers and their families remaining behind as this starts to become a reality.

Family in Peru

Pray for a family recently sent by our Sending Center in Canada. They are now in Peru, planning to work among the Chinese population. Pray for good progress in their language learning and the challenge of being a part of two new cultures.

Conference

Pray for the many contacts made at a recent discipleship conference attended by a few thousand 20-somethings in the US. Pray that God would put missions on the hearts of some of these young people and that they would take steps to move in that direction. Pray that World Team would be a good resource for them and that we would be able to partner well with those God leads our way.

New Fields

Continue to pray for progress on five new fields in the next year- Chad, Belgium, South Asia, the Middle East, and Paraguay. Pray for workers, funds, visas and the myriad of logistical and legal details that go into such a large endeavor.

Bibles

We've been praying for those Esimbi Bibles for a while. Here's the latest update- "We got the news Tuesday (Jan 16) that the 2,000 copies of the Esimbi New Testament have finally been printed! PRAISE God from whom all blessings flow! The shipment, including about nine other New Testaments in Cameroonian languages, is estimated to depart South Korea on January 25 and arrive in Douala, Cameroon, on April 10. PRAY that the whole shipment arrives safely."

Marriages

Most people in most cultures desire to marry. In many cultures, a woman must marry to be taken care of. Many families want their children (esp. daughters) to be married to provide grandchildren and security. This becomes difficult as individuals become believers and then have no Christian options to marry. Some of our fields are dealing with challenging marriage situations involving abuse, ritualistic requirements for raising children, forced idol worship, fortune tellers, and witch doctors. Pray for those in difficult marriages- that they would stay strong in their beliefs. Pray for their spouses- that they would become believers. And pray for more Christian options among believers!

Paris Bike Project

Last month, we prayed for a new bike ministry in Paris (it's a bike with a large cart that carries coffee and yummies and provides an avenue for discussion about Christianity.) This month's report was "Bible Bike in Paris: it works and it's cool!" Praise God! Our worker asks that we pray for "God's protection when I am on the road." Pray also that this would lead to many connections and healthy discussions about Christ and what he has done for us.

Missionary Tour

Pray for a Missionary tour in Guadeloupe in February. This trip aims to recruit new candidates for World Team in order to meet the different needs on the ground. Pray for God's direction and protection during the trip.

School Building Project

Pray for workers in Papua who are in the process of building a school to serve the children in their town. Parents in the town have high hopes, but the project has been delayed for a variety of reasons. Just recently, the carpenters showed up and started building. Pray that work would continue and that our people in the area would be able to share the love of Christ with children and families while also providing a solid education.

Faithful Service

We recently honored four couples with 50 years each of missionary service with World Team. Praise our heavenly Father for these godly saints who have spent their lives evangelizing, discipling, and training others to the glory of God. Pray that those who come after them would be inspired by their stories and ready to carry on the torch. Pray also for each couple as they continue to mentor the younger generation of workers. And finally, pray God would give them health, rest, and wonderful times with their kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids.