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Crosslinks
- Prayer Points - May 2006
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Crosslinks aims to make Christ known through the proclamation
and teaching of God’s Word in the power of the Holy Spirit
by supporting Gospel workers across cultural and other boundaries
in co-operation with local churches and mission and relief agencies.
Crosslinks works mainly with churches in the worldwide Anglican
Communion, particularly in Africa and Asia, but it also supports
cross-cultural workers in Britain.
Kenya: James and Caroline Poole (Sundays 14th and 21st May)
James and Caroline Poole are training church leaders in how
to understand and teach the bible at AICMAR (African Institute
for Contemporary Mission and Research) in Butere, Western Kenya.
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Praise
God James and Caroline now have their own electricity supply
and a much more suitable vehicle that will enable them to
take the training to pastors who would not be able to get
to courses at the AICMAR centre.
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Pray
for James in leading Preaching for Preachers sessions that
these will help and encourage many in their ministry to be
faithful and effective preachers of God's word in their own
communities.
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Pray
for James and Caroline in teaching a Bible Basics course that
this will be a helpful guide for leaders in reading, interpreting
and applying the bible.
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Pray
for local friends, particularly for Caroline and Benjamin
(toddler), in the isolation they feel.
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Praise
God for the news of another Poole expected in late October.
Caroline plans to have the baby in Nairobi, where she has
been receiving excellent ante-natal care.
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Pray
that James and Caroline will stand firm in Christ, and be
sustained by the Word of God in the power of the Spirit.
Manchester:
The Plant (www.theplant.net) (Sunday 28th May)
The Plant is a 1½-year old church "outside the box",
aiming to reach students and young people from an unchurched
background in the area around the university campuses in Manchester.
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Praise
God for 2 girls who attended the Christianity Explored course
who have now accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Pray
that they may grow to maturity in Christ. Pray that other
attendees who have not yet put their trust in Christ will
continue to be challenged by the call to repent and believe
the gospel.
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Pray
for Joe and Sally teaching a bible overview course, that this
will help members to develop a solid foundation for their
faith and a clearer understanding of how God's word fits together.
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Pray
for the development of Kids' Club on Sunday mornings; at the
moment there are only a handful of children in the church.
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Pray
for the planning of appropriate evangelistic events to tie
in with the World Cup. (Yes, football!)
The Gambia:
Sam and Martha Owen (Sundays 4th and 11th June)
Sam and Martha Owen married last year and are now working as
Crosslinks mission partners in the Gambia where 89% of people
are Muslim and 4% Christian. The evangelical church is in its
infancy.
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There
are many people working hard for the church in the Gambia,
but most are from other West African countries and there are
few Gambian Christians, few Gambian leaders, and very few
churches which feel "indigenous". Pray for wisdom
in knowing how to serve the Gambian people in this situation.
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Pray
for the Bible/Koran comparison course that has been started
on one campus, that students will be drawn to Christ as a
result and that Christians will be better equipped to talk
about their faith to Muslims. Pray that similar courses may
be started at other campuses.
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Pray
for Sam in administering the Moore College correspondence
course for 30 church leaders (mainly) and running tutorials
for this course. Pray that Sam may be able to help these leaders
to apply scripture in their own context.
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Pray
for Martha in teaching a remedial class at Bakau Upper Basic
school.
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Pray
that Sam and Martha may find great blessing in their marriage
together.
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