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Ames Boulevard Baptist Church was on the verge of closing, and our new church plant needed a building, so we combined our efforts and started a new work — Cross Community Church. We are now thriving, but we need your prayers. Pray that the members of Cross Community Church will embrace their changing church in humility and understanding. Pray the new believers we recently baptized will grow in their faith. Pray the gospel witness in our community will grow and that people will be drawn to it. Pray God will draw more unchurched families from the surrounding community to our church. Pray we will continue to faithfully represent Christ and His kingdom.
Casey and I started a residential recovery and discipleship program for those trapped in addiction and living on the streets of Richmond, Virginia. That grew into The Fix Chapel, a church plant that now ministers to those in recovery, their families, and the local community. Pray the students who are in The Fix’s recovery and discipleship program will grow and be steadfast as they walk with Christ. Pray that the members of The Fix Chapel will have more encounters on the streets of Richmond that lead to gospel conversations. Pray that we will have opportunities to start similar ministries and church plants in other cities.
Many of you remember that last year, Ashley was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. She underwent eight months of aggressive chemotherapy, which is now complete. Ashley is now going full speed, but we still need your prayers. Pray for us as we travel to Salt Lake City for quarterly and ongoing CT and MRI scans. Pray for our hearts as we prepare for these scans. Pray that Ashley’s body will return to normal after the chemo and radiation treatments. While Ashley has made a tremendous recovery, there are some lingering effects. Pray for our church, Outfitter Church; our elders are faithfully working and praying to develop new and more leaders. Would you ask God for His grace and provision as we continue to raise up leaders for His work and His glory?
Our plant is small, but our vision is big. Now, a foundation is being laid for what will one day be a new church in Loíza, with the help of God and Send Relief volunteer teams. Pray the people in the community of Loíza will be receptive to the gospel as they hear the good news of Jesus through Send Relief volunteer teams. Pray God will raise up leaders in the church plant who can help start and grow the new work in Loíza. Pray doors will open into other nearby communities that need a gospel presence.
We planted The Chapel in West Lafayette, the home of Purdue University, where 41,000 students attend. Thanks to God, our auditoriums are now overflowing, and students want to follow Jesus and be baptized. We need your prayers. Pray new believers will be discipled and become resilient disciples of Jesus. Pray that more families and community members will come. Pray that we would have wisdom on how to scale up our ministry to meet the needs of our growing church. Pray that the thousands of lost students at Purdue will meet Jesus. Pray God will send mature Christians to The Chapel who can disciple new believers. Pray God will equip and send graduating students to other communities where they can help plant more new churches.
Quebec is less than 1% evangelical and very ethnically diverse. So when people here meet a Christian, they’re actually very curious. They ask all kinds of questions. So we hit the streets to engage people in conversations. Because of that, our small church is growing faster than anyone ever imagined. We ask you to pray with us that we would have more fruit from our Friday night on-the-street gospel conversations. Pray that God will call and equip church-planting interns from our church who will help to plant more new works. Pray that more Christians will come and share Christ with the 99% of people in Quebec who are lost.
According to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Joshua Project, there are 386 million people in North America. Among those, 291 million people are lost. North America is a mission field in need of hope, and that hope is Jesus. Pray that missionaries and churches will reach the 161 unreached people groups in North America with the hope of Jesus. Pray that North American missionaries will reach more lost people who need the hope and love of Christ. Pray that North American missionaries will have all the resources and encouragement they need to plant churches and to meet their needs. Pray that God will call and equip more missionaries to make Jesus known in North America.
Pray God will bless us with His wisdom and humility. Pray that He will bless this ministry. Pray He will open the hearts of the people in our community and that they will trust in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Pray God will give us blessings to do His work.
Pray that my family and I will serve the Lord with strength from God. Pray that families and future generations will come to Christ and continue to cooperate with parents. Also, pray for the leaders and members of Aspire Church, who are sharing their building with us.
We are a newly planted church. Most of our 17 members are elderly. We hope to baptize at least 10 people this year, especially young people. Some have visited our services but do not continue, so we pray that God will send us a youth leader who will inspire young people to stay. Pray that God will send us some young families with children. We pray for wisdom from on high to continue carrying forward the work of the Lord, and that our spirits will not grow weary. Pray for the spiritual and numerical growth of our congregation.
Recently, a patient died in our ICU. Many family members were present at the occasion, including a young adult male. It was his uncle who died. As I stood nearby, offering pastoral care, a young man, Eddie, approached me and asked, “How do you know?” I told him that was a great question. I told him about God’s very evident existence, and then shared my personal faith in Jesus Christ. I asked Eddie the same question, “How do you know?” He responded that he didn’t know. I asked him if he had a Bible, and he said no. I gave him my Bible and asked him to read the book of John. I wrote a note in the front of the Bible. Pray for Eddie’s salvation and that God’s Spirit would bring conviction and direction to this young adult.
My wife and I, with our medical team, have been asked to go to North Africa from April 17 to 26. Pray that the right people will come to the clinic. Pray that the gospel will be presented clearly and that people will be helped by the medical treatment. Pray many will come to our Savior. Pray for team unity and that the love of God will be evident.
Please join my husband and me in praying for reconciliation with our daughter, who is estranged from us. We believe God is moving, and we see evidence of change. We know that in His time, He will restore our family. We are seeing significant numbers of people come to Christ in the churches of the association where my husband leads. Pray that discipleship programs will be efficient and effective and that there will be more church plants.
Pray that our ministry will gain stability financially, numerically, and spiritually. Pray we can continue to do the mission of Christ in its entirety. Pray that we find a church building of our own. Pray that we will connect with more lost souls so we can present the gospel to them. Pray that my marriage will remain strong in the faith and that we won’t lack anything inside our household. Pray that we would connect with future partners who would provide a level of generosity to help our ministry stay afloat. Pray for healing over my body.