Midwest

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Great Commission Prayer Letter Midwest Region – May 2019

May 2

Great Commission Europe: Timmy Powers in Ukraine (5/1-4) & new ministry opportunities to refugees Blueprint, AR: New church plant

May 3 May 4 May 5

The Rock, Ames, IA: Summer program LifeHouse, IA: Deeper love & unity Philippines: God’s provision & leading in outreach

May 6 May 7 May 8

Eagle Creek, IN: LT & wisdom for outreach Glen Arbor, IL: Pre-kindergarten tenant India, Nepal & Bangladesh: New church-planting teams, wisdom in light of persecution, & training Vintage Faith, Stillwater: Outreach at Oklahoma State University Spain: Pamplona - Effective follow-up & outreach Stonebrook, IA: Plans & materials for renovation Mother’s Day Doug Brown & Asia team: Chinese home church, strengthened “beachheads,” new staff, & partners Candlewood Lincoln, NE: Capital campaign & church culture Grace (GC3), IN: Summer discipleship program in Madison, WI Germany: Cologne - Katie & Mateo & another elder, Berlin - Leaders & salvations in East Berlin Vintage Faith, Wichita: Unity & effective ministry Foundation, WI: Blessing & joy GCC Pastors: Excel in transparency & accountability Call 2 All: 1 billion souls saved; 5 million churches planted next 10-15 years Living Hope Church, Rochester, MN: Relationships Vintage Faith, Manhattan: Fruit from Gospel sharing in our city Italy: Torino – Small groups, “Christianity Explored,” deacons. Milano – More workers, STM, close to God Candlewood Omaha, NE: To be a house of prayer & obedience Eastern Europe: Sweden - Salvations & outreach, Ukraine - Protection & direction, Romania - Salvations Walnut Creek, IA: More laborers for the harvest Nelson Guerra & GCLA ministry Tri-State, IA: Increased laborers TSCM: For an example of genuine love & for lasting fruit Herschel Martindale, Dominican Republic: Grace & help with leadership training 2019 Pastors Conference

May 1

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GCE: Pray for Timmy Powers as he spends time with the churches and rehab ministry in Western Ukraine from May 1-4 and for Great Commission Europe missionaries to have new ministry opportunities to refugees. Blueprint; Fayetteville, AR: Please join us in praying for 10 salvations this year, a job for 1 person on our team, a meeting space, and that our team would love God and love each other more at the end of the year. The Rock, Ames, IA: Pray our students would be willing to commit to our summer program and stretch their faith in the Lord. LifeHouse, Decorah, IA: Please pray for a new season of deeper love and unity in our midst, especially in our prayers. Philippines, Mike Bergen: Several of the churches we are partnering with are doing outreaches in May and June to start churches in new areas. Pray for God's provision and leading. Eagle Creek, IN: Pray for an encouraging start to the summer college LT program and for wisdom as we plan summer outreach. Glen Arbor, Chicago, IL: Pray our relationship with pre-kindergarten building tenant grows and flourishes for the gospel and the kingdom. India, Nepal, & Bangladesh: Pray that new church-planting teams will be focused, united, and fruitful, for courage and wisdom in light of increased persecution, and for Mike and Su to train and coach well. Vintage Faith, Stillwater, OK: Pray for all of our activities going on over the month focused on reaching students on campus, seeing them saved, and building them into strong disciples for Christ! Spain: Pamplona - Pray for continued effective follow-up with new contacts made through English Club and for fruitful outreach. Stonebrook, Ames, IA: Pray that plans and materials would come together for the next phase of our renovation project. Please pray that Great Commission churches would excel at honoring mothers today. Doug Brown, Asia Team: Pray for the weekly Bible study to grow into a Chinese home church, for the strengthening and expansion of four Gospel “beachheads” in Asia, for new staff being added to international student ministries, and for partners to join me in Asia. Candlewood Lincoln, NE: Pray that God would deeply bless our Restore Capital Campaign as we seek to modernize our entire building and that God would continue to grow a culture of the gospel, community, and generosity in our church. Grace (GC3), Purdue, IN: Pray our summer discipleship program in Madison, WI would lead to greater devotion to Christ for participants and much fruit in the gospel for the new church plant. Germany: Cologne - Pray for Katie and Mateo to learn German and for another elder. Berlin - Pray for more leaders with a vision to reach East Berlin; and that the Lord might heal the blindness, deafness, and spiritual apathy of East Berlin and cause salvation to spring forth. Vintage Faith, Wichita, KS: Please pray for unity and effective ministry for our newly formed volunteer staff team. Foundation Church, Janesville, WI: Pray for blessing and joy for our church, our region, and our movement. Pray for GCC pastors to excel in transparency, humility and accountability towards the congregation and towards those outside the church. Call 2 All: Pray for 1 billion souls to be saved and 5 million churches planted. Our movement of churches is committed to this initiative. Living Hope Church, Rochester, MN: Pray that God would lead us into relationship with the people he has for us in this city. Vintage Faith, Manhattan, KS: Continue to pray that every man, woman, and child in Manhattan will hear the gospel in a way they can understand and that many will respond. Italy: Torino - Pray our small groups serve God and one another, for fruit from our “Christianity Explored” events, and for our two new deacons. Milano - Pray for more workers, for the STM doing English Clubs, and that we would have closed relationships with the Lord. Candlewood, Omaha, NE: Pray that Candlewood would be known as a house of prayer and that we as a church would obey the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Eastern Europe: Sweden - Pray for salvations, new contacts, and more outdoor outreach. Ukraine - Pray for protection and direction as we build a house for a refugee family. Romania - Pray for the college group to be outreach focused and for salvations. Walnut Creek, Des Moines, IA: Please pray for more laborers for the harvest. Nelson Guerra and GCLA: Pray for a healthy, growing church plant in every major Latin American city. Tri-State, Dubuque, IA: Please pray for increased laborers in the gospel. Tom Short Campus Ministries: Pray that Tom and the ministry team are examples of genuine, Christ-like love; for lasting fruit; that God works powerfully through the ministry team. Herschel Martindale, DR: Please ask for God’s grace and help for the leadership training in the Dominican Republic churches with Herschel, Thomas Lemus, Aldo Miranda, Sergio Sabino, and George Sebek. Please pray for the June 20-21 Pastors Conference in Bloomington, Minnesota.