Midwest

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Great Commission Prayer Letter Midwest Region – August 2019

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Great Commission Europe: New churches Blueprint, AR: New church plant

GCE: Pray for many new churches to be planted in areas that have little or no gospel witness in Europe. 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. Doug Brown & Asia team: Chinese home church, Doug Brown, Asia Team: Pray for the weekly Bible study to grow into a Chinese home church, for the strengthening and expansion of four strengthened “beachheads,” new staff, & partners Gospel “beachheads” in Asia, for new staff being added to international student ministries, and for partners to join me in Asia. LifeHouse, IA: Deeper love & unity LifeHouse, Decorah, IA: Pray for a bilingual leader to head our Hispanic ministry. Philippines: Adjustments & new relationships in Philippines, Mike Bergen: The Philippine missionary team in Cambodia was required by the local government to move to the next village Cambodia where there also is no church. Pray for them as they make many adjustments and new relationships. Eagle Creek, IN: Fruitful campus ministry & Eagle Creek, IN: Pray our campus ministry has a fruitful start to the new academic year and for each member to be committed to spiritual commitment to spiritual growth & maturity growth and maturity. Glen Arbor, IL: Educare construction Glen Arbor, Chicago, IL: Pray that the Educare construction would be complete by Fall 2019 and that it would be used for the gospel. Grace City Church; Madison, WI: Convergence Grace City Church; Madison, WI: Pray for the planning of our Winter Conference, Convergence and that it would impact many. Vintage Faith, Stillwater: Outreach at Oklahoma State Vintage Faith, Stillwater, OK: Pray for all of our activities going on over the month focused on reaching students on campus, seeing them University saved, and building them into strong disciples for Christ! Spain: Pamplona - Growth, love, laborers, & meeting Spain: Pamplona - Pray for growth and love, for more laborers including a co-pastor with Dom, and for more meeting space. Madrid space, Madrid - Direction for the Awaken conference Praise God for a location for the Awaken Conference (Jan. 2-5, 2020 in Toledo). Pray for direction for the theme, speakers, and messages. Stonebrook, IA: Fruitful college ministry Stonebrook, Ames, IA: Pray that God would grant the Rock a fruitful year at Iowa State University. Amsterdam 4F (Four Fields): Spirit-led work with Amsterdam 4F (Four Fields): Pray that we would grow in letting the Spirit lead us in our decisions and work with refugees and for God to refugees & salvations work in each heart of those we meet and reveal Jesus Christ as Friend, Lord, and Savior. The Rock, Ames, IA: Boldness in the gospel The Rock, Ames, IA: Pray for boldness in the gospel through Campus Fellowship at ISU. Candlewood Lincoln, NE: Capital campaign & church Candlewood Lincoln, NE: Pray that God would deeply bless our Restore Capital Campaign as we seek to modernize our entire building culture and that God would continue to grow a culture of the gospel, community, and generosity in our church. Grace (GC3), IN: Transformation & fruit Grace (GC3), Purdue, IN: Pray that the love of Christ would transform lives in our church and our campus ministry would see much gospel fruit this year. Germany: Cologne - Another leader & a meeting place, Germany: Cologne - Pray for another leader and for a meeting place. Berlin - Pray for the "My Life Workshop" and that each of us would Berlin - “My Life Workshop” & faithful sharing remain faithful to the task and share Jesus with our closest priority relationships. Vintage Faith, Wichita: Connections at WSU Vintage Faith, Wichita, KS: Please pray with us that we will get connected with new students from WSU this fall. Foundation, WI: Blessing & joy Foundation Church, Janesville, WI: Pray for blessing and joy for our church, our region, and our movement. GCC Pastors: Excel in transparency & accountability Pray for GCC pastors to excel in transparency, humility and accountability towards the congregation and towards those outside the church. In the spirit of 1 Tim. 2:1-4, pray for our nation Please pray, in the spirit of 1 Tim. 2:1-4, that America will be a country where the gospel of Jesus Christ is multiplying. Living Hope Church, Rochester, MN: Relationships 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: Fruit from Gospel sharing Vintage Faith, Manhattan, KS: Continue to pray that every man, woman, and child in Manhattan will hear the gospel in a way they can in our city understand and that many will respond. Italy: Milano - Salvations, new missionaries, hunger for Italy: Milano - Pray for salvations; that new missionaries can join us by next year, that we would hunger for the Word, and that Pam would the Word, and Pam’s healing, Torino - Love & fruit be fully healed. Torino - Pray our love for Him and one another increases and that we see fruit out of our “Christianity Explored” events. Candlewood Omaha, NE: To be a house of prayer & Candlewood, Omaha, NE: Pray that Candlewood would be known as a house of prayer and that we as a church would obey the Great obedience Commandment and the Great Commission. Eastern Europe: Ukraine - Outreach, Romania Eastern Europe: Ukraine - Pray the gospel spreads. Romania - Pray for the bakery to prosper financially and spiritually. Sweden - Pray for Bakery, Sweden - Leader group, Poland - Growth deep friendships and faith in the student leader group. Poland - Pray for the house church in Dąbrówka to grow. Walnut Creek, IA: More laborers for the harvest Walnut Creek, Des Moines, IA: Please pray for more laborers for the harvest. Nelson Guerra & GCLA ministry Nelson Guerra and GCLA: Pray for a healthy, growing church plant in every major Latin American city. Tri-State, IA: Increased laborers Tri-State, Dubuque, IA: Please pray for increased laborers in the gospel. TSCM: For an example of genuine love & for lasting Tom Short Campus Ministries: Pray that Tom and the ministry team are examples of genuine, Christ-like love; for lasting fruit; that God fruit works powerfully through the ministry team. Herschel Martindale, Dominican Republic: Grace & Herschel Martindale, DR: Please ask for God’s grace and help for the leadership training in the Dominican Republic churches with help with leadership training Herschel, Thomas Lemus, Aldo Miranda, Sergio Sabino, and George Sebek. Call 2 All: 1 billion souls saved; 5 million churches Call 2 All: Pray for 1 billion souls to be saved and 5 million churches planted. Our movement of churches is committed to this planted next 10-15 years initiative.