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NAMB Prayer Requests

James Duckworth

January 7, 2026 • Etowah, Tenn.

James Duckworth is a chaplain serving the McMinn County Rural Fire Department in Etowah, Tenn.
[email protected] • https://missionaries.namb.net/full/james-duckworth

Please remember me in prayer this Friday, January 9. I will be having a bilateral nerve ablation in my back from L-3 down to S-1. Thank you!

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Alejandro and Sarah Castro

January 7, 2026 • Cincinnati, Ohio

Alejandro Castro is the planter and pastor of Iglesia Bautista Renuevo in Cincinnati, Ohio. His sending church is Clough Pike Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
[email protected] • 

Pray for our family and ministry. Pray we would have wisdom and guidance when ministering to our folks. Pray for the spiritual growth in our church plant.

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Mike Yates

January 7, 2026 • Sherwood, Ark.

Michael is a healthcare chaplain serving Arkansas Hospice, Inc., in Sherwood, Ark.
[email protected] • https://missionaries.namb.net/full/mike-yates

Pray chaplains will be bold and courageous about sharing Christ.

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Martin and Brook Jobe

January 7, 2026 • Mountainburg, Ark.

Martin and Brook Jobe are planting Hillside Fellowship in Mountainburg, Ark. First Baptist Church Van Buren in Van Buren, Ark., is their sending church.
[email protected] • 

We praise the Lord that the community is accepting of Brook and me and that we have been able to engage the city well. Though our church is growing, our attenders tend to attend services only once a week. Pray our congregation will understand that they are missing out on all God has for them by not gathering more than once a week. Also, we are looking for a worship leader. Pray the Lord will send the person He has for His church in Mountainburg, Ark.

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Jason and Cinnamon Brooks

January 7, 2026 • Sunnyvale, Texas

Jason Brooks is a chaplain serving law enforcement and the fire department in Sunnyvale, Texas.
[email protected] • 

My full-time employment with my secular employer was abruptly terminated. Please be in prayer for Cinnamon and me as we navigate this unforeseen time of change, seeking God’s will in all things. I recently began working part-time at a local funeral home, and I am following God’s calling by attending Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary full-time in the spring semester to obtain a master’s degree more quickly. Pray for comfort in knowing that God will provide all we need, as Scripture tells us in Matthew 6:33.

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Gordon Harman

January 7, 2026 • Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Gordon Harman is a chaplain serving through Cross Community Church in Green Cove Springs, Fla.
[email protected] • https://missionaries.namb.net/full/robert-harman

Pray that God will grant me the energy and a lengthy attention span as I work through a 6-month Dallas Theological Seminary Old Testament program.

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Dennis Opolentisima

January 7, 2026 • Rochester, N.Y.

Dennis Opolentisima planted The Embassy Church in Rochester, N.Y. His sending church is Radiant Church in Syracuse, N.Y.
[email protected] • https://missionaries.namb.net/full/dennis-opolentisima

Pray for our church plant. Two Muslims are attending our church who are natives of Bangladesh and India. Several non-believers and young Christians are also attending. This has been our vision to reach non-Christians, and God has been bringing them to us. Pray God will touch their hearts with His love and that they will embrace the gospel message.

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