Great Commission Prayer Letter

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Great Commission Prayer Letter Heartland Region – May 2016 Eastern Europe: For fruit from the STM in Czech Republic & Timmy's travels all of May New churches in Heartland Region TSCM: For Spirit empowered preaching; bold Christian students; lost coming to Christ Open Range, MO: Outreach Herschel Martindale, Dominican Republic: Grace & help with leadership training LifeSpring, MO: New leaders with vision Mission USA: Church planting in the US Valley View, MO: Vision, unity Doug Brown & Asia team: Travels in Asia; for ISM outreach on campuses The Rising at UMKC: Reach our neighbors & utilize new meeting space for ministry Philippines: For monthly support goals of Philippine missionaries to be met by June New Life, MO: More fruitfulness Great Commission Europe (GCE) Cornerstone, KS: Divine appointments India & Nepal: Pray local teams have focus, intensity & effectiveness; Mike & Su's health Lee’s Summit, MO: Home group growth Italy: Torino: To know Him & share Him; Milan: Fruit from outreach; for the Ogle's 2020 plan for reaching the next generation

Eastern Europe: Pray for the STM in Czech Republic to see lasting fruit (1st-7th); for Timmy Powers to minister effectively in Czech Republic (1st-7th) and Ukraine (8th-30th); for the simple church conference that will take place in Kiev (27th-29th). Please pray that God would raise up more church planters in the Heartland region. Tom Short Campus Ministries: Tom and his team will be in OH/Northeast in May. Pray that he preach with power and the anointing of the Spirit, that Christian students catch a bold confidence in their faith, and that lost students come to Christ. Open Range Fellowship: Pray that Open Range, which is ministering to the cowboy culture, will be effective in outreach. Herschel Martindale, DR: Please ask for God’s grace and help for the leadership training in the Dominican Republic churches with Herschel, Aldo Miranda, Sergio Sabino and Thomas Lemus. LifeSpring, MO: Pray that God will raise up new leaders, with vision for evangelism and growth. Mission USA: Pray for more Great Commission churches to be planted in the U.S. Valley View, MO: United in vision and ministry as a church. Doug Brown, Asia Team: Doug is traveling to train Asian leaders in pastoral and leader development. Also pray for fruitful international student outreach at multiple college campuses. The Rising at UMKC: Pray we settle well in a new meeting place; we reach the neighborhood surrounding us for Christ; we utilize the space to maximize our Gospel ministry both to students and the community in midtown KC. Philippines, Mike Bergen: Monthly support of $750 is needed by June for the whole Philippine missionary team to continue working full time as they prepare to go to another Asian country. Please pray. New Life, MO: Please pray that God will cause New Life to be more fruitful in evangelism and discipleship. GCE: For preparations before summer mission trips; for development and use of the 4 fields tool to equip and coach. Cornerstone, KS: Pray God leads us to ones He's prepared, who are looking for Him or will want to hear about Jesus. India and Nepal: Pray the local teams keep increasing in focus and tenacity, they reach 10,000 a week with the gospel, and stay courageous and undaunted despite opposition. Pray for Mike and Su to stay healthy and to keep advancing the Kingdom. Lee’s Summit, MO: Pray for the growth of home groups, especially that more young adults would be in a home group. Italy, Il Refugio: Torino - Praise: Pray we practice our motto, "To know Him and make Him known." Milan - Fruit from STM follow up, campus preaching, and for Steve & Debi Ogle to quickly learn Italian and be equipped to train the saints. 2020 Plan: Pray GCC would reach the next generation for Christ through strong families and intergenerational churches that reach next generation unbelievers. Germany: Neighborhood center in Dortmund; Germany: Dortmund: Wisdom with Rieger's new non-profit to reach migrants & refugees; Koln: For new leaders to be raised unity, new leaders in Koln; Berlin's outreach up, and unity during difficult times; Berlin: For open doors with university outreach from English conversation and surveys. Nelson Guerra & GCLA ministry Nelson Guerra and GCLA: Pray for a healthy, growing church plant in every major Latin American city. Call 2 All: 1 billion souls saved; 5 million Call 2 All: Pray for 1 billion souls to be saved and 5 million churches planted. Our movement of churches is churches planted next 10-15 years committed to this initiative. The Avenue, MO: Church to grow The Avenue, MO: Pray for our church to grow and to reach our community for Christ. Spain: Pamplona: leaders & laborers, official Spain: Pamplona - For leaders raised up and for more laborers; for the university to officially recognize the ministry. ministry status; Madrid: faithful evangelism Madrid - Pray we faithfully take advantage of opportunities to share within our circles. Heartland Regional Ministry Heartland Regional Ministry: Pray for Dave Putthoff and the Heartland ministry to regional churches and pastors. Poland: For strong disciple-making vision Poland: For the church to build a stronger vision for disciple-making and to effectively equip the saints as disciple-makers. ISM Bridge Builders Conference May 27-29 Pray the International Student Ministry conference is effective for training, networking, and casting vision to many. GCC Pastors: Pastoring well GCC Pastors: Please pray that all the GCC pastors would be pastoring their churches well. Monterrey, Mexico: Discipleship training Monterrey, Mexico: Please pray for wisdom and direction in discipleship and evangelism training for church members. Pastors Conference - Empowered Please pray the GCC Pastors Conference in June, Empowered, will be effective in equipping churches in the Eph. 4:11 gifts. Taiwan: Believing the Lord to answer prayer New Heart Church, Taiwan: Pray for a deeper realization that the Lord responds to our prayers as we learn about prayer. Amsterdam50: Growth & multiplication of Amsterdam50: Pray for growth and multiplication of small group communities; The Four Field (Diaspora) ministry: for small groups; Four Fields ministry; Prayer life persons of peace, open doors and softened hearts for the gospel; For deeper prayer lives.