Yangon (the capital), Myanmar, was the location for the January 12-14 National Children in Prayer and 4/14 Window Leaders’ Summit. John Robb, Chairman of the International Prayer Council, and Jeffrey Chew, SE Asia Regional CiP Coordinator, served as the main speakers. Present were 240+ participants, pastors, leaders, and children ministry and orphanage directors from various denominations from Yangon and all over Myanmar who enthusiastically strategized and planned out starting Children in Prayer ministries in the regions from which they came. God will use these children to bring about transformation to their society.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (www.csw.org.uk) announced the Burma Day of Prayer on March 12, 2011. The gathering will be in Central London to pray for the people and nation of Burma.
Smith Wigglesworth Church set to be resurrected
Bowland Street Mission, in Manningham, in Northern England, is where the extraordinary ‘people's preacher’ Smith Wigglesworth had his base. The site is set to be restored to its former glory - and turned into a centre of healing, a museum and coffee shop. Brian Holland, with his wife Kathryn, and international preacher and broadcaster Terry Quinn are founding members of the Smith Wigglesworth Foundation which has agreed a long-term lease on the building. Brian said: ‘Wigglesworth was a catalyst for the charismatic revival of the church and one of the fathers of the Pentecostal church. The plan is to restore the building back to its original 1889-1919 design, the heyday of Smith and his wife Polly's ministry in Bradford’. The group plans to open at the end of April 2011 with the original purposes: to show God knows and loves people through a healing touch alongside preaching from the Bible. Praise: God for Wigglesworth’s heritage and pray that many more would be blessed in the years to come. (Ps.84:11-12)
Smith Wigglesworth Church set to be resurrected
Bowland Street Mission, in Manningham, in Northern England, is where the extraordinary ‘people's preacher’ Smith Wigglesworth had his base. The site is set to be restored to its former glory - and turned into a centre of healing, a museum and coffee shop. Brian Holland, with his wife Kathryn, and international preacher and broadcaster Terry Quinn are founding members of the Smith Wigglesworth Foundation which has agreed a long-term lease on the building. Brian said: ‘Wigglesworth was a catalyst for the charismatic revival of the church and one of the fathers of the Pentecostal church. The plan is to restore the building back to its original 1889-1919 design, the heyday of Smith and his wife Polly's ministry in Bradford’. The group plans to open at the end of April 2011 with the original purposes: to show God knows and loves people through a healing touch alongside preaching from the Bible. Praise: God for Wigglesworth’s heritage and pray that many more would be blessed in the years to come. (Ps.84:11-12)
Christianity in China
According to China Aid, a Texas-based human rights group, the number of Christians in China has increased 100-fold since 1949. Current estimates range from 80 million to 130 million active members. And one startling estimate from a Chinese Christian businessman has that number doubled or even tripled in the next generation. Christianity could become one of the macro forces shaping Chinese culture, say experts like Dr. David Aikman, author of ‘Jesus in Beijing’. ‘If the Chinese become Christianised; which doesn't mean you have a majority of people who are Christians, but it means about 25 to 30 percent of people in positions of influence, in politics, in culture, in the media. If you have that component of a major power that accepts Christianity enthusiastically as a guide to life, that is going to change the world view of the leaders of China.’; Praise: God for this amazing growth of His Church in China. (Dt.1:10-11) More: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/20/christianity-china/
Christianity in China
According to China Aid, a Texas-based human rights group, the number of Christians in China has increased 100-fold since 1949. Current estimates range from 80 million to 130 million active members. And one startling estimate from a Chinese Christian businessman has that number doubled or even tripled in the next generation. Christianity could become one of the macro forces shaping Chinese culture, say experts like Dr. David Aikman, author of ‘Jesus in Beijing’. ‘If the Chinese become Christianised; which doesn't mean you have a majority of people who are Christians, but it means about 25 to 30 percent of people in positions of influence, in politics, in culture, in the media. If you have that component of a major power that accepts Christianity enthusiastically as a guide to life, that is going to change the world view of the leaders of China.’; Praise: God for this amazing growth of His Church in China. (Dt.1:10-11) More: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/20/christianity-china/
Evangelism and prayer partnership
Church on the beach, church in the skate park, churches that bake and churches that get messy, Goth's gathering to celebrate communion and football fans worshipping together after the match. The Fresh Expressions initiative has seen hundreds of new forms of church around the United Kingdom in the last ivef years. Fresh Expressions support and encourage these new churches with the aim of planting churches into existing communities. Now Pete Greig, director of 24-7, and Bishop Graham Cray, leader of the Fresh Expressions team are exploring a partnership between evangelism and prayer. (Praise God). Click the 'More' button to read about the ‘24/7 Prayer Movements first few months of its new partnership with Fresh Expressions. Praise: God for unity in the body. (Ps.133:1)
Evangelism and prayer partnership
Church on the beach, church in the skate park, churches that bake and churches that get messy, Goth's gathering to celebrate communion and football fans worshipping together after the match. The Fresh Expressions initiative has seen hundreds of new forms of church around the United Kingdom in the last ivef years. Fresh Expressions support and encourage these new churches with the aim of planting churches into existing communities. Now Pete Greig, director of 24-7, and Bishop Graham Cray, leader of the Fresh Expressions team are exploring a partnership between evangelism and prayer. (Praise God). Click the 'More' button to read about the ‘24/7 Prayer Movements first few months of its new partnership with Fresh Expressions. Praise: God for unity in the body. (Ps.133:1)
Christian health worker restored to work
Victory for Margaret Forrester, a Christian mental health worker who has been told that she will be restored to work and even offered a better job, following her suspension for expressing her private views on abortion to colleagues. (See Prayer Alert 5210) Margaret Forrester was suspended by her NHS employers after she mentioned privately to colleagues her concerns about the information women were given prior to having an abortion. The events occurred in November 2010. She felt that women in crisis pregnancies accessing the service were not being given all of the information necessary to help them make a balanced decision. Ms Forrester gave a small booklet to a colleague, called 'Forsaken', which documents the testimonies of women who have been impacted by abortion. The Royal College of Psychiatrists is on record as saying that women do not always get the full information needed before deciding to have an abortion, and some therefore go on to suffer mental illness and depression. Praise: God for this answer to prayer. (Pr.10:12)
Christian health worker restored to work
Victory for Margaret Forrester, a Christian mental health worker who has been told that she will be restored to work and even offered a better job, following her suspension for expressing her private views on abortion to colleagues. (See Prayer Alert 5210) Margaret Forrester was suspended by her NHS employers after she mentioned privately to colleagues her concerns about the information women were given prior to having an abortion. The events occurred in November 2010. She felt that women in crisis pregnancies accessing the service were not being given all of the information necessary to help them make a balanced decision. Ms Forrester gave a small booklet to a colleague, called 'Forsaken', which documents the testimonies of women who have been impacted by abortion. The Royal College of Psychiatrists is on record as saying that women do not always get the full information needed before deciding to have an abortion, and some therefore go on to suffer mental illness and depression. Praise: God for this answer to prayer. (Pr.10:12)