Prayer Needs
We appreciate your time and interest in praying for Global Teams, our missionaries, and the work that God is doing all around the world. Without your prayer support, this work would not yield the kind of fruit we have been able to celebrate.
Please join us in thanking God for the abundant blessings He has poured out on us, the missionaries, the partners, and the people we have been working to reach.
Thank Him for the innumerable lives which have been saved and changed through the power of the Holy Spirit on His people around the world.
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INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
AFRICA
ASIA
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
KINGDOM VENTURES
- In the words of Orlando Otarola, GT's Latin America Director, the Lord has been calling us to, “Get ready! The wave is coming.” We believe God is preparing Global Teams for exponential growth and one of the ways we are preparing is to strengthen our foundational base. Please pray for wisdom and guidance as we develop policies and strategies that will help bring order and unity as we grow. Pray also that we grow wisely.
- As we grow, pray for abundant financial provision for the International Office, to each area (Asia, Africa, North America, and Latin America) and to each individual missionary. May the lack of finances never get in the way of the ministry the Lord has called each and every one of us to do.
- Pray for those who made promises in faith at the September fund development event, Passport to the World. Over $100,000 was committed and $10,000 has been received so far. Pray that the Lord will continue to financially bless those who made promises and pray those individuals will be faithful to send in their gifts.
- Pray for the foundations, organizations, & churches that will be receiving applications and fund request letters from GT in the coming months. Pray that the Lord will give them a vision and excitement to partner with what GT is doing throughout the world, and pray that the Lord will give them the provision to fund projects such as: new Bible translations, leadership development, launching new Kingdom Ventures, funding key support staff, disaster relief, building security measures to help protect our missionaries, and new missionary training. Pray also for discernment in what projects we should ask these foundations, organizations and churches to fund.
- Pray for our upcoming Capital Campaign. Proverbs 21:20 says, “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil.” Pray that the Lord will be gracious to allow Global Teams to meet our goal of raising $500,000 by May 3, 2011. Pray that the Lord will raise up a team of Partners to help our International Advancement Team with this campaign.
- For those who partner with GT to feel a connection with the missionaries and programs they support, and for them to know that they are a part of the GT "Team."
- For those who are yet unreached, that God will prepare their hearts to receive the Gospel Message.
- For those who work tirelessly in the field God has called them to, to be strengthened, encouraged, and to see amazing fruit for their labor.
- For those who support the mission effort from the Administration Team to be efficient in our work and to feel as much a part of the mission effort as those who are in the field
Rwanda
- for the work among the Batwa/Pygmies in Rwanda to provide healthcare and a church
Malawi
Request from GT missionary, Rev. Francis Matumba
- Our prayer request is for an effective ministry in the new fields we want to go to and reach out. We are asking for protection and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Kenya
Request from GT missionary, Bryson Samboja
Uganda
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Pray and thank God for the forthcoming HORIZON Teaching Conference and for the 15 women willing to support the Mission starting on November 28th and ending December 4th (pray for provision).
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Pray for George Fraser who is willing to donate his Trooper for the Turkana Mission team (or to convert the trooper to money and send it because the trooper's age is more than what the Kenyan Government would accept).
Request from GT missionaries, Travis & Leslie Hines and Aaron & Wendy Morrow
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Pray and thank God for the good foundation He has laid for the work He has called us to do.
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Pray that we will be like the 10 Virgins who were waiting diligently for the Bridegroom to come and with that to humble ourselves in the wait -- love and humility is our foundation.
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Pray for the work to come of raising up a generation of Ugandans to reach the world for Christ.
Security Sensitive Areas
Requests from GT missionary,
- Pray for our partnership with the other organizations in Malaysia to raise up leaders.
- Pray for the work in Vietnam to the unreached people there.
- Pray for the continued success for the school and business in Laos.
- Please help us pray for the $20,000 minimum that our six Security Sensitive Area Global Teams members need in order to form the Security Sensitive Area Mission as a non-profit limited company. Our goal is to teach income generation as well as “everything that Jesus taught.” In short, “Jesus Schools.” These schools will be in the most isolated areas in order to continue the spread of the Gospel to unreached areas.
- Pray for our new GT missionaries as they raise their financial support and prepare to move from the U.S. to this area in 2011. Pray that the Lord will work in the hearts of many to be their partners.
- Pray for Our brothers and their close friend who are preparing for missionary work their area. Our prayer is for a permanent outreach in this area.
- Pray for an open door for the Church of this area to reach a nearby area.
- Pray that the Lord will provide us with a van. The van will take us to our mobile teaching conferences in various parts and can also generate income, in between, by serving tourists.
- Pray for the nine students taking our theology course. They are currently engaged in a writing project involving theology. Please pray that these students will mature in their depth of understanding as they delve into the older hymns which came out of the persecuted church. Pray that this study will provide a solid base for the teaching we do in this area.
- Pray for our brother’s newly formed “Modern Christian Band” whose goal is to reach out with a musical Gospel to all parts of this area. They are praying for: more equipment, a place to practice that would enable them to also develop an outreach to youth, and bus fare to many isolated areas.
- Pray for a safe motor bike for our brother and his family. His particular call is to teach church planting.
- Pray for storage bins for our brother’s growing family of orphans.
- Pray for our brother’s congregation to find a bigger space for their growing church.
- Pray that our brother may be able to fulfill his vision of preaching in every unreached area of this country.
- Pray for our brother’s vision to plant a church in another district.
- Please pray for the mission team coming to our area in the spring.
Requests from GT missionaries in a secure area,
- I'd like prayer for both pastoral discernment and courage/boldness as we continue with our prayer development phase preparing for service in the Security Sensitive Area.
- That God would direct us to those He's prepared for partnership in the Security Sensitive Area and that are simply waiting for His invitation to join in.
- I'd also ask for prayer for God to reveal the "right" platforms for service in this area - ways for us (GT et.al.) to be a blessing for the long term.
- And I'd ask for perseverance and encouragement for our brothers and sisters that still await God's timing in reconciling the nation to Himself.
Requests from GT missionaries in a secure area,
- Progress/resolution in the logjam holding up our publication of the new Bible translation.
- God’s hand in a new partnership between us and “a friend,” a well-connected and influential leader, in processing his feedback on the Psalms and Story of David.
- Guidance for our partner in an opportunity to supervise a team of teachers in tutoring many children using (among other things) a “student’s edition” of our abridged translation of the first 5 books of the Bible.
- Guidance and timing in partnership with our brother’s translation team in pooling resources and sharing work on a full translation of the first 5 books of the Bible, the Psalms, and the Gospels.
- Help negotiating the role of a partner.
- Resolution of long-term communication problems with some brothers and blocked attempts to partner in a practical way.
- Help in marriage arrangements for our brother and sister—internal family conflicts have forced them to change the dates three times.
- Arrangements and provision during a missionary’s visit to a Security Sensitive Area in December, particularly blessed reunions with friends and a visit to the school where she may teach if our family returns to minister there in 2013.
- Blessing in the spiritual growth and family dynamics with our four children.
From the Team in our Security Sensitive Area
- Pray for the ongoing relief efforts. We praise God for providing us with the systems we have been using to help tens of thousands of disaster victims! Pray that the Lord will continue to keep our missionaries, local leaders, and disciples safe as they use the systems as a bridge to share the Living Water of the Gospel of Christ with the people. Hundreds have already come to faith as a result!!
Requests from GT Missionary in a secure area,
- Please pray for the clergy in this area and that our team will be in unity and that many may join in “Sowing the Truth and Cultivating Men of God (not only in Titles) who are Church Planters in all cultures in this area.
- Also pray for the Missionary Training & Christian School in this area.
- Pray for growth of the work in Panama, especially among the Ngoble
- Pray for the establishment of leadership for the work in Honduras.
- Pray for those affected by the mudslides in Costa Rica.
- Pray for God to continue to move mightily among the Cabecare Indian people of Costa Rica as missionaries work among them.
- Pray for the Kingdom Venture coffee business to grow and to be able to provide a platform for reaching the unreached and funding for the mission work in Latin America.
- Pray for the Leaders and missionaries in each country in Latin America to be strengthened in their work.
- Pray for more missionaries to be raised up to go out as God leads.
- Pray for those who can't "go" to be a part of the Great Commission in various other ways.
- Pray for work to be done among the unreached in North America.
- Pray for the Lord to bring key support staff to the North America office.
- Pray for the individuals who attended the fund development event at the Polasek museum in Florida. Pray that the Lord will burden their hearts for the lost and they will become strong partners in the work the Lord is doing through Global Teams.
- Pray for the upcoming Board of Directors meetings in Birmingham, AL. May this be a time of developing strong relationships with current and new financial partners in Birmingham.
- Pray for the North American volunteers who are reaching out to people of sensitive faiths and their communities. Pray for many to come to faith and for the Lord to raise up leaders who will bring the Gospel back to their home countries.
- Pray for the North American students, adults, and families that the lord is raising up to go into the mission field for long and short term projects.
- Pray that we will be able match them up with teams and projects that suit their calling. Pray that the Lord will prepare their hearts for the incredible journey they are about to take.
Business as Mission
- Please pray that God would enable GT to develop Kingdom Ventures globally in many places. Pray for leaders and business people, wisdom, and resources.
- Pray for our three developing KV projects: water purification, Mission Java (coffee), and tea. Pray that God grants supernatural wisdom to the teams working on developing the business and marketing plans. Pray for
volunteers and churches to come forward to help us.
- Pray that each Kingdom Venture will grow into a self-sustaining entity.
- Above all, pray that each of these Kingdom Ventures will open doors for missionaries to go into areas and reach people who have never before heard the Gospel message.
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