Current prayer requests

Australia
Indigenous Ministries Australia, Bunbury, Port Hedland and Dareton

• Please pray specifically for our partners who have been admitted to hospital, fighting cancer or in recovery from cancer treatments.
• Melbourne Indigenous Church Fellowship welcomes Patrick Farrant, who serves the Wavemakers and facilitates Bible studies. Pray for more opportunities for the church to reach families in Melbourne. 
• Pastor Kim from Melbourne has been facilitating discipleship training in the remote Aboriginal community of Kununurra in Western Australia. Pray for continued spiritual growth in the participants and bless Pastor Kim.  

Bangladesh
Churches and community development in minority communities

• Because of ongoing conflict in the local area, many people are facing employment and financial instability. Some church activities and the salaries of pastors are currently on hold.
• People need God’s peace and protection to overcome their fear and insecurity within their current context.

India
Hosanna Ministries

• Pray for the use of the new office facility, to be utilised in many ways. 
• Pray for us as we provide some skills training to the blind community.
• Kindly pray that the parents of children would understand the importance of education and enrol their children in school.

Indonesia
Christian Church Theological School of Indonesia (CCTSI)

• Please pray that God will send all the resources we need to accomplish the dormitory project at the Christian Church Theological School of Indonesia.

Asia Pacific International (API)

• Significant flooding affected our church planters. Prayers for their recovery from the damages would be appreciated.
• A local ministry operates a food business requiring approval to receive halal labels for the food. This approval is essential for the sustainability of their business in a Muslim context.   
• We are continuing the Bible translation project for the Unde and Swawa tribes. Pray it will be completed well and will be a blessing to both tribes.

South Sudan
Christian Mercy International

• Four Bible College students we support recently helped to plant a new church of 70 people in Juba, South Sudan. Pray for the continued leadership of this church as the four students continue their theological studies in Uganda. 
• We want to pursue more church planting opportunities in South Sudan among the refugees on the border and people in remote places who believe in nature and animal worship. 

Thailand
Samut Songkhram Evangelism Center

• More than twelve people have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour! Pray for them as they learn to be disciples of Jesus. 
• We provide transport for migrant workers to attend church. Please pray that we can purchase a larger vehicle for this work!

Vanuatu
Churches of Christ Conference in Vanuatu

• In response to the earthquake, 31 leaders have received training in Healing the Trauma workshops. Please pray for the ongoing training that will focus on post-traumatic stress in children and for opportunities to conduct the training in schools.

Zimbabwe
Associated Churches of Christ Zimbabwe

• Keep the team of pastors in your prayers as they travel to different churches between Zvishavane, Bulawayo, Gweru, and now Murerezi. They will travel long distances on rough dirt roads. Pray for safety on the journey and the good upkeep and maintenance of their motorbikes.

Showers of Blessing Trust

• While the soil is retaining water, more rainfall is needed to help ripen some remaining crops that require one or two more downpours. More rain would secure the food source for most households that rely on subsistence farming alone as their only source of income.