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I N   T H I S   U P D A T E    ...    and for our prayers

 *    A Word From Pastor Phil...

1.    NPPN - KIEV: CITYWIDE PRAYER STRATEGY    
2.    SOUTH AFRICA: YOUTH KNEEL IN SCHOOLS
3.    INTERNATIONAL PRAYER COUNCIL REPORTS
4.    GLOBALIZING PRAYER - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
5.    DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
6.    EUROPE: A NEW REFORMATION
7.    NEWS FROM RUSSIA
8.    THE LATEST NEWS FROM YOUR NATION...
9.    JAPAN: "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST"
10.   PORTUGAL AND POLAND
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 *    A Word From Pastor Phil...

A new book just arrived in our office:
    Ambassadors of Hope
   How Christians Can respond to the World's Toughest Problems
    Inter-Varsity Press
    http://www.ivpress.com

Author Robert Seiple believes "we have an amazing opportunity for the world to see a faith in action, a faith that works.

He is just one of many voices speaking to the Church, both in American and across the globe, calling us to see the very problems we disdain and even fear as grand opportunities to authenticate the Gospel.

He states (and stabs...) "We who are Christians believe that our faith offers solutions to some of the intractable conflicts in the world. Why, then, do we seem to have so much difficulty articulating this truth, bearing witness to the hope that lies within us? Why do we appear to be so passionate about the world that "God so loved" and yet make such anemic efforts in engaging that world? Why does the greatest message ever delivered to humanity reside in so many people with so little tangible relevance and so little impact on the rest of the world in which we live?"

Tough but true words.
Business (meaning our version of churchianity) as usual will not get the job done ... May the Lord review, revive and revise His Church - pronto!

 Pastor Phil

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1.    NPPN - KIEV: CITYWIDE PRAYER STRATEGY    
>At:     http://www.praykiev.org> .

Here is a summary of an extremely exciting meeting we had regarding the feasibility of a citywide cooperative prayer strategy in Kiev

Attendees:  A small group, but representing approximately ten different ministries and churches.  At least eight other ministries expressed interest, but unable to attend.

Consensus:  All of us pray, we pray for our city, most of us have prayer time with our ministry teams, but almost none of us have any type of strategic prayer targeting the city and its various needs.  Even though there certainly are already some prayer groups and strategies existing, there does not seem to be any coordinated effort to join ranks for greater effectiveness.  Based on Gods call for spiritual unity, and based on the
overwhelming depth and intensity of spiritual oppression and darkness over this city, there is a critical need for such a ministry if we are to see God move in extraordinary ways in this area.

Possible levels of strategy:  It has been over four years since any serious prayer focus has been initiated on a large scale.  Subsequent activities have been more event centered rather than movement centered.  Events such as crusades and rallies have progressively
lost effectiveness and appeal  to the point that few people support them.  Other attempts have been started, but never followed through with.  Any type of prayer movement we might try needs to focus on something other than events and more meetings.  Most people have so much going on that they cant keep up with their own ministry ideas.

However, there can still be a comprehensive prayer strategy that will have eventual massive impact on the city, IF we will commit ourselves to it.  We see it operating on perhaps five levels or layers that could operate independently of each other but also in concert with each other.  Together they would provide a way of regularly saturating every part of the city with ongoing prayer.

    1.  Personal prayer and small group gatherings concentrating on the immediate area where that person or group lives/meets.  Hundreds, perhaps thousands of houses of prayer scattered across the metro area.  Each individual     or group would take personal responsibility for praying for that specific neighborhood.

    2.  Ministries, churches, Christian training institutions, etc. would take responsibility for an area or region of the city where their buildings or facilities are located, and would encourage their respective members or students to be actively involved in praying in that region on a regular basis.

    3.  Media strategy using the internet to provide regular prayer requests and brief Bible study ideas, both of which could be used for personal direction as well as training for prayer groups no matter the size.  

In addition, develop a comprehensive website to be accessed by believers world wide, by which hundreds of thousands of intercessors could  be engaged with us in praying for Kiev.  This would include updated prayer requests, information regarding various participating ministries, and a large variety of virtual prayer walks based on theme, territory, people groups, and so forth.

Also, share our vision and strategy with other international prayer strategies such as Global Harvest, PrayWORLD, Lighthouse Movement, National Pastors Prayer Network, and others, asking them to join us in praying for our city and nation.  This in itself would give exposure of our prayer strategy to perhaps millions of believers worldwide.  That, in turn, could mobilize prayer and Bible study groups, visiting prayer walking teams, and even involve multitudes in virtual prayer walks via our website.

    4.  Occasional major events that bring all Gods people together ---- maybe one or two a year ---- things like concerts of prayer, massive prayer walks, praise gatherings, training conferences, international prayer leadership conferences, etc.  Done very rarely, but well planned and at strategic times.

    5.  Administrative leadership structure that could perhaps put a key leadership person in each of the major regions of Kiev ---- such as Podil, Pechersky, Obolon, etc.  This person would serve as coordinator and liaison with other groups and would provide assistance within that region to individuals, groups, ministries, churches, and institutions, and would help motivate the believers in that region to target their area and saturate it with prayer.  They could also possibly serve as part of a coordinating committee to give direction and encouragement along with a possible key individual who might serve as general director or some such title.
    
The Next Step:  We unanimously agreed that . . . .

    1.  We believe God is clearly in this, and that He is directing us to develop some form of cooperative prayer network.  Our city is at stake.

    2.  We need to establish a central driving vision for why we feel the urgency to do this in the first place.  

    3.  We need to develop some concrete ideas or specific steps for initiating the project.

    4.  We need to enlarge our group to encompass as much participation as possible both in the English and Russian sectors of ministry.

    5.  We need to have a quick follow up gathering in order to not allow this vision to die down.

What about you?  Based on what you have read in the earlier letter from Bob Tolliver, and based on this report of our recent meeting, tell us your thoughts.  Is this something that interests you?  Would you be willing to participate in some way?

    Paul Logan ---- plog@minpl.kiev.ua.  517-31-80
    Paul Shickle ---- pws@svitonline.com.  513-74-39
    Paul Shottsberger ---- shots@ipnet.kiev.ua.  411-72-84
    Bob Tolliver ---- lifeunlimited@pobox.com 268-87-19
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2.    SOUTH AFRICA: YOUTH KNEEL IN SCHOOLS
>From: "IPC Prayer Alert" <prayer@ipcprayer.org>

Friday 13 August 2004, 30,000 Christians in 35 high schools in and around Pretoria  South Africa will gather on a sports field, any open space or even the school hall to physically kneel down and pray for 30 seconds !!! (www.30kd.org)

After the 30 second kneel down, please break up in smaller groups and pray through the 4 prayer focusses mentioned below with fellow school students, teachers and friends!
    *  Submitting themselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
    *  Praying that God will touch every student in the school, bless the teachers and pray for God's hand on the administrative system.
    *  Praying that students in their school will understand how much Jesus loves them.
    *  Pray for any other challenges or problems that your specific school is facing. 

We  invite schools all around the world to do the same!
Friday 134 August
Between 9:00-12:00 (preferably)
Kneel and pray for at least 30 seconds
Invite the whole school and all the teachers!
    (high schools and primary schools)
 
This initiative is supported by:
Transformation Africa (www.transformationafrica.com)
Pneuamtix Ministries (www.pneumatix.co.za)
Jericho Walls (www.jwipn.com)
Kohin (www.kohin.co.za)
Willowcreek South Africa (www.willowcreeksa.co.za)
Radio Pulpit (www.radiokansel.co.za)

Jericho Walls International/Jerigo Mure
Private Bag/Privaatsak  X22
Lynnwood Ridge/Rif 0040
Tel  012 3653213 Fax/Faks 012 3653214
E-mail/E-pos: info@jwipn.com   /  www.jwipn.com

KOHIN
Tel nr (012) 347 1674
Fax nr (012) 347 1675
info@kohin.co.za   /  www.kohin.co.za
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3.    INTERNATIONAL PRAYER COUNCIL REPORTS
>From: "Etienne Piek" <office@ipcprayer.org>

TRANSFORMATION AFRICA
    273 Towns /cities in South Africa took part in the Day of Prayer for Africa 2 May 2004.  We are convinced that like the previous year, many events took place in Churches and other venues that we are unaware of.
    The general feeling this year from all around the country was that the event was a much deeper experience and that the presence of the Holy Spirit was tangible. Church leaders from different denominations got together for the first time in some cases and people from different racial and cultural backgrounds took hands and humbled themselves before the Lord. Reports came in of weeping men, women being restored, youth blessing the older generation and many other wonderful things happening.
    The highlight of the day was when everyone prayed the Prayer for Africa based on the Lords Prayer at 15:00.  The feeling that the whole of Africa was praying at the same time, made it a God filled experience.
    In Africa we have had confirmation of Prayer events from every of the 56 countries except Sao Tome & Principe. The amount of participating venues went way beyond our expectations.  Many more towns and cities prayed together than what was anticipated.  We can estimate that far more than 20 million people prayed on 2 May 2004 in Africa. The overall feeling across the continent was that 2 May 2004 was a turning point in the history of the continent.  In many countries there was a breakthrough in Church unity.  Miracle upon miracle is reported.  Info: www.transformationafrica.com 

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE: 1000 ATTEND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
    The conference which is the second of its kind kicked off in the evening of the 13th of July, 2004 with goodwill messages presented by various ministries and organizations, while Rev Francis Mambu spoke on the same night on the need for the restoration of God's Glory in the church.
    There were over 1000 men and women ministers, pastors and church workers representing over 133 Church denominations, para-Church ministries and organizations in attendance. The Pastors were either national or representatives from the following countries: Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon, Nigeria and Zambia. The hunger for the word of God among the ministers was very pronounced, and the depth of teaching was very high.
    Adequate time was spent in prayers for the transformation of Sierra Leone, the West African nations, Africa and for revival and restoration. Announcement was made about the IPC vision and the planned West African regional Conference scheduled for November in Accra, Ghana. There was a very loud and thunderous ovation on the last but one day of the conference when it was announced that the World Vision, had sent Bibles and agricultural seeds for distribution to all ministers attending the conference.
    Participants left with memorable impressions. Most, if not all participant expressed desire to participate in the 2005 conference in the same venue

INDONESIA: STUDENT MOVEMENT
    Praise the Lord for his continued grace and mercy as He makes inroads for the mission movement into Indonesia.  The first Student Mission Movement, or Student Harvest, which was held in December is having an ongoing impact. The mission education movement continues to grow and influence the churches within Indonesia with many more mission mobilizers being raised up.  The prayer movement focusing on prayer for the UPGs has spread to approximately 35 regions within the Churches and cell groups, and there has been an increased awakening of many Prayer Mobilizes for UPGs.  Praise the Lord, He is beginning to be praised and worshiped amongst the Indonesian UPGs.
    Your involvement through prayer support is having one of the biggest influences in the history of the mission movement in Indonesia, home to the largest Moslem population in the world.  Lets continue to pray in unity for the mission movement in Indonesia, for ongoing spiritual breakthrough through prayer, praise and prophesies.
    Pray for the UPGs that have no missionaries working amongst them (In Indonesia there are 28 that still have no workers).  Pray that God will rise up workers for the mission fields.

CONFERENCES AND PRAYER INITIATIVES
        Intercessors for Zimbabwe monthly day of prayer for the nation will be on Saturday 14 August 2004.  The venue will be Highlands Presbyterian Church.  The time will be 9:00am to 12:30pm.  Info: ifz@zol.co.zw
        2nd Pacific Prayer Assembly combined with the 1st Golden Gate Convocation in Tahiti 5-8 Sept 2004. Info: www.pacificprayerassembly.bravehost.com
        Lausanne Forum on World Evangelization, Sept 29-Oct 5, Pattaya, Thailand. IPC Executive Team will support in prayer.
        International Prayer Council Regional Leaders Consultation, October 2-8, Pattaya, Thailand. Regional liaisons from all 15 world sub-regions will gather with IPC Executive Team and Board members for planning on how to further develop and strengthen the regional networks and the global prayer movement.
        Mauritania National Prayer Initiative, October 11-13, Noakchott, arranged by WV Mauritania for WV staff, church leaders and other NGOs.
 

IPC CONSULTATION, THAILAND
    John Robb, Chair of the IPC, writes:
During our International Prayer Council Executive meeting in Switzerland in June we made steady progress with good unity and clarity in planning the program for the IPC Leadership consultation for Thailand, which will take part in conjunction with the Lausanne Forum for World Evangelization. We are expecting about 70 in all including regional prayer network leaders, many of our Board of Reference members and Executive Team, plus others who are providing key leadership in other aspects of the global prayer movement. Our theme will be "Globalizing Prayer, Revealing His glory" since all we do in the prayer movement is really ultimately about the glory of the Lord and its being revealed to the nations.
    Please pray that all of those connected with the IPC and for those of us planning and participating in this event will experience a deeper revelation of His glory and be able to mobilize prayer to this end worldwide. An important part of this effort for 2005 will be the Global Day of Prayer which will involve a 24 hour, globe-girdling prayer effort for the transformation of the world and our respective nations. Potentially hundreds of millions will participate, hopefully involving every nation on earth. Satellites, Internet, TV and radio will be used to make a six hour broadcast possible that anyone virtually anywhere will be able to access. Already there is a groundswell of support and involvement in Africa building for this event after the whole continent (56 nations) took part in their Africa Transformation day on May 2.
    Bob Bakke, who is part of the IPC and has arranged the Nationally Broadcast Concert of Prayer in the USA with connections throughout Latin America, is busy organizing the broadcasting part of the Global Day of Prayer. Pray for him and his team for:
  1 Favor in the Christian and secular media and with the major networks for the Global Day of Prayer
  2 Mobilization of Christian leaders in the various church, mission and prayer networks around the world to get involved quickly and take leadership to make it happen
  3  Development of broadcasting teams including program and technical leaders for every continent
  4  For the funding that will be needed, now estimated at between $4-5 million
    As Victor Hugo once said, "There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come." We all have that feeling about this Global Day of Prayer which we believe will usher in an ongoing process of global prayer and ongoing cooperation by prayer movements and networks worldwide for many years to come. Please help make this happen through your strong and faith-filled praying.

2004 FORUM ON WORLD EVANGELIZATION
    Praise God for clear evidence of growing interest, expectancy and involvement around the world in the Forum. LCWE International Director David Claydon reports that scholarships have been awarded to nearly 300 participants from Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and South Asia. We are grateful for the many donations sent in to assist this programme that allows emerging leaders from those parts of the world where the church is growing rapidly, join with leaders from around the world to reflect on how to take the gospel to those who still have not heard or have been unresponsive. Please continue to pray:
    For Gary Barnes as he goes to Thailand to finalize security details for the Forum. Please pray that these meetings go well and that all the necessary resources will be provided.
    For all those who are involved in the organization of the Forum, for daily refreshing and enabling from the Lord.
    For the LCWE International Leadership.
    For seed money to enable Lausanne to publish the material which comes out of the 31IG's.
Lausanne is busy compiling stories of Gods miraculous intervention through prayer in bringing the Gospel to different people groups. If you have any of these stories to share from your own regions, please send them to: gweldon@ozemail.com.au  -  Contact Information: email: communications@lausanne.org  /   web: http://www.lausanne.org
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4.    GLOBALIZING PRAYER - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
>At: http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/

THE VISION -
It is time now for Gods people to gather again in persistent, united prayer. What better way to unite in prayer than to consecrate ourselves to seek God for ten days, as Jesus first followers did, culminating on the day of Pentecost?

The movement has grown from one stadium of 45,000 three years ago, to 2,000+ stadiums and 22 million last May, not counting the National Day of Prayer figures for the US.  We are now claiming Pentecost Sunday for the next five years (2005-10) to grow this into the hundreds of millions.  Stadiums all over the world have already been rented for Pentecost.

THE BACKGROUND -
After listening to John Guernsey sharing about the transformation process taking place in Cali Colombia with the SOMA Executives who were on retreat in Richmond, Virginia' in October 1998, a well known Church Leader from Cape Town, Rev Trevor Pearce was absolutely gripped by the story. So too were the others they all knew that God the Holy Spirit was planting something in their hearts that would burst forth in some exciting way. He returned home excited about what they had heard and with treasure - a copy of an audio tape and a booklet produced by George Otis Jnr. which tells of the work of transformation taking place in Cali, Columbia, and the hope contained in these principles which they believe could be contextualized in other parts of the world.

 Trevor returned to Cape Town with its drugs, crime and violence with a quiet sense of excitement and anticipation. He shared copies of this tape with Pastor Eddie Edson and a few other pastors. Soon these various copies were being copied again, fast and furiously, and shared with many other hope hungry people in their city. They recognised that the principles of prayer, unity, leadership etc. were biblical principles for universal application. Soon Community Transformation Cape Town was born. The initial prayer meetings and gathering of leaders culminated in their first citywide prayer meeting in June 1999. He was back in Washington for a SOMA Executive meeting, which was strategically positioned alongside a conference on Community Transformation at which George Otis also launched the video Transformations. They arranged a telephone link up with that first prayer meeting at which 1200 people had gathered to pray throughout the night. Now, there was no turning back.

 The video resulted in an exponential spreading of the vision. He couldn't keep pace with one video so he ordered 20 more then 50 and was swallowed up by people desperate to have copies. Bennie Mostert, (then NUPSA now Jericho Walls) - a prayer network for Africa, took over and to date over 20 000 copies have been distributed in Africa. Wherever the video was shown, God ignited fires in the hearts of His people. Wherever the video was shown, God brought together some of the most unlikely people. Relationships were being forged across denominational, racial and cultural divides as never before.

 City wide prayer meetings were held at approximately 3 monthly intervals and the numbers grew to 2500, then 5000 at an open air venue at the heart of our city, 6000 in a small athletics stadium etc. Prayer was at the heart of what God was doing. When Rashied Staggie, the most notorious gangster in Cape Town turned to Jesus, the impetus increased magnificently. People saw a difference at a very high level (or were it at a very low level?) People could now believe God for a breakthrough and they prayed with greater faith. Small breakthroughs led to bigger breakthroughs. After a bombing campaign of 22 bombs in Cape Town, the perpetrators were caught the very next day after a major prayer meeting focused on this group asking God for a breakthrough. Headlines in the papers the next day: Breakthrough.

 Graham Power, a successful businessman and relatively new convert, also saw one of the videos. In June 2000 God gave a vision to Graham that Africa will become the Hope to the world and this vision had 5 stages:

 The first stage was to get the Churches in Cape Town (Southern point of SA) united in a Day of Prayer when 45 000 Christians got together on the Newlands Rugby stadium. Hundreds of testimonies can be shared of lives, communities and a city that was transformed. This started a process that changed the lives of the people and the city of Cape Town forever.

 Following the day of prayer held at the Newlands Rugby stadium in Cape Town, 8 other areas across South Africa hosted similar events in 2002. (Stage 2 South Africa) In addition the event was broadcasted live on DSTV and SABC TV and was shown in dozens of rural Towns - Community Centres, Churches, Correctional Facilities, Retirement Homes, Town Halls, and private dwellings, not to mention the fact that it was seen in African countries as far north as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya. These events so captured the hearts and minds of people all over the continent that it was decided to put together a strategy that will take the process of Transformation forward. On 29 May 2002 history was made when + 80 people from different regions, cultures and denominations came together in Cape Town to discuss the Transformation process in Southern Africa and Africa for 2003 and years to come.

 A Summit was held from 22 25 September 2002. 220 Church- and Community leaders, Businessmen and delegates from 9 different African countries were gathered. The representatives decided on a mission and vision for Transformation Africa. The vision is Africa for Christ with the mission being Transforming Africa through Unity and Prayer as we mobilize the Body of Christ and all spheres of society, Community by Community, Nation by Nation with the full Gospel of Jesus Christ

 The challenge facing the regions then was to unite all the churches in the different regions to work together towards transforming South Africa and Africa. People need to take hands over a broader spectrum, not only with regards to black and white, but also over the boundaries of different church denominations.

 The same year (2002) saw the International Prayer Counsel (IPC) gathered in Cape Town South Africa. At this International consultation a proposal was made to network a Global day of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday, 15 May 2005. This co inside with the vision of Transformation Africa and simultaneously in other parts of the world the same vision emerged independently from South Africa and the IPC.

 All over the continent everyone was so inspired that 77 South African regions and 27 African countries (66 cities) committed themselves to participate in the process of Transforming Africa and taking part in a Day of Prayer for Africa on the 1st of May 2003. (Stage 3 Southern Africa)

 2004 was the realization of the fourth stage of the vision. The Day of Prayer for Africa was held on 2 May 2004. Our aim was to reach all 56 countries in Africa to participate. Part of the planning was to involve every town/community in Africa. We are happy to say that more than 273 cities/towns in South Africa and all 56 countries in Africa (more than 1 200 towns/cities) committed themselves to the process of transforming Africa and participated in a Day of Prayer for Africa, raising a canopy of Prayer across the continent involving more than 22 million people. This was a day that changed the face of Africa forever.

 The fifth Stage will see a Global Day of Prayer which will take place on 15 May 2005. The plan is to start praying as the sun comes up in the East (New Zealand) in different time slots until the Sun sets in the West (USA). This planning will involve leaders from all 6 continents and will include more than 240 countries around the Globe under the auspices of International Prayer Council (IPC).

 There are many critical elements in transformation. One of the most important is leadership without which not even the prayer ministry will grow. Transformation requires Godly leaders visionary people, kingdom minded people who are willing to express the unity that Jesus prayed for (Ephesians 4). It requires servant leaders who are not in it for themselves but for Gods glory and a tangible transformation of people's context. Good leaders recognize that transformation is a process over time. Sufficient things have happened to indicate that God is in the centre of what we are doing. However a glance at our reality will indicate that there is a long road to travel and the best is yet to be.


 Global day of prayer
After Jesus was raised from the dead, He met with His followers many times during a period of forty days. He did far more than prove that He was alive. He spoke again and again about the Kingdom of God: the advance of God's kingly love among all the peoples of earth. On the last day He was with them, He told them to stay in Jerusalem and to wait for the promise of the Father. Just after Jesus was received into heaven, His followers gathered together in Jerusalem to do exactly what Jesus had told them: to wait for the promise of the Father. But it was not a passive waiting. They waited by praying earnestly for ten days. They sought God zealously with their hearts aligned with one mind concerning the promise about the Spirit of God. They prayed persistently through the many other promises about the Kingdom of God that Jesus had spent so much time teaching them.

 As we read their prayers, and as we listen to what poured out from their hearts in the days that followed Pentecost, we get a good idea about how they prayed. Their prayers and statements sprang from the written Word of God. They prayed in fervent, hope-filled passion for God to fulfill His promises regarding His kingdom on earth. Christ is again calling His church to unite in prayer. We are compelled to pray because the great troubles that shake our world have no human solution. Even more, we are called to pray because of the wonderful promises that God has purposed to accomplish by Christ's life and power among the peoples of earth. It is time now for God's people to gather again in persistent, united prayer. What better way to unite in prayer than to consecrate ourselves to seek God for ten days, as Jesus' first followers did, culminating on the day of Pentecost?

 Following the example of the first followers who joined together constantly in prayer (Acts 1.14) during the ten days between the ascent of Jesus and the descent of His Spirit on Pentecost, believers will be organizing ways to pray together night and day beginning Friday, 6 May, (Ten Days of Prayer toward a Greater Pentecost) through the end of Pentecost Sunday, 15 May, 2005. The following prayer guide provides a simple way for you and your church to pray in united hope and faith with Christians all over the world:


          Ten Days of Prayer toward a Greater Pentecost
 The Glory of Christ and the Transformation of the Nations  6-15 May 2005 It is time now for God's people to gather again in persistent, united prayer. What better way to unite in prayer than to consecrate ourselves to seek God for ten days, as Jesus' first followers did, culminating on the day of Pentecost?
          Manual on how to mobilise 10 days of day-and-night prayer
 6-15 May 2005 Building a canopy of prayer over all the continents Saturating our Communities with Prayer Establish day-and-night prayer furnaces for 10 days all over the world to pray for the healing of the nations and for the glory of the Lord to be revealed
          Audience with God
 Practical Guidelines to pray one hour Ask the Lord for the names of five other Christians and ask them to join you in making the same commitment to pray at least one hour a day. Duplicate this pamphlet freely and give it to other Christians.
          Stadium event
 15 May 2005 (Pentecost Sunday)  Information and a manual on how to go about to organize the Day of Prayer and!!!!
          A 90-Day Plan of Action
 From 16 May 2005 onwards . Use the Global Day of Prayer web site as an on-going resource for ideas and stories of what others are coming up with. In the context of the above values, the local church and alliances of local churches, dream, plan and pray so that on 16 May 2005, local Christians, like-minded churches and small groups will

 Use these topics as a template, or a beginning point to shape the prayers and requests that are fitting for your community.

 The expressions of hope in this guide will help us pray in two ways. Each day we will first pray for Christ to bring a greater fullness of His life and glory to His church. Next we will lift the greatest needs of our cities and nations before God. He has promised to fill His church with the beauty and life of His Spirit. And He has also promised to bless the world every city, people and country with the transforming power of Christ's kingdom.
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5.    DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
The First Sunday of October
 

The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
 


A global coalition of over 500 leaders (partial list below) is calling for millions of Christians around the world to join together and set aside the First Sunday of October as the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, praying for Gods promise of peace to be realized for all inhabitants of that historic and troubled City.

Millions are standing with this prayer effort, and we invite you to become a part of this global movement by remembering Jerusalem in your prayers on Sunday, October 3. It is expected that 20,000 American churches will take part in this event, as well as countless more churches around the world. Leadership teams are already working towards mobilizing participation in more than 70 nations.
THE VISION
The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, instituted with the endorsement of hundreds of leaders from around the world, representing tens of millions of Christians, will be held on the first Sunday of every October. Our call is for sustained, fervent, informed global intercession for the plans and purposes of God for Jerusalem and all her people. This global grassroots prayer initiative coincides with the season of Yom Kippur, recognizing the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.

Our goal, by God's grace, is that by this October we will have:

70 participating nations
50 million believers participating
20,000 participating American churches
- UNDERSTANDING...that we are children of Abraham by faith, the wild olive branch
grafted in to the root of God's covenant, and,

- RECOGNIZING... that God has kept his word to Abraham and His descendants and settled them in their homeland again, according to the word of the prophets, and,

- RECOGNIZING... that we have a biblical mandate according to Psalm 122, and many other Scriptures to seek the good and prosperity of Jerusalem, until the Lord makes her a praise in all the earth, and

- AFFIRMING that God's love and intended blessing is for all nations and peoples, and that we have goodwill and love for all mankind, including all inhabitants of the Holy Land, and desire the peace of this entire region;

- WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, call upon all men and women of prayer to yearly set aside the FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER, near the season of Yom Kippur, as the annual DAY of PRAYER for the PEACE of JERUSALEM.

CALLING THE NATIONS TO PRAY
ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER
PARTICIPATING LEADERS
Pat Robertson The Christian Broadcasting Ntwk, Inc.
Ted Haggard National Association of Evangelicals
Ravi Zacharias Ravi Zacharias
David Yonggi Cho Yoido Full Gospel Church
Stephen Strang Strang Communications Company
Kay Arthur Precept Ministries International
Glen Plummer National Religious Broadcasters
Bishop Harry Jackson Hope Christian Church
Paul Cedar Mission America Coalition
Jane Hansen Aglow International
Bill McCartney Road to Jerusalem
Dick Eastman Every Home for Christ
John Gimenez The Rock Church
Kenneth Copeland Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Pat Boone Pat Boone Enterprises
Janet Parshall Janet Parshalls America

And hundreds more around the world...
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6.    EUROPE: A NEW REFORMATION
>From: Marc van der Woude <MarcvanderWoude@XC.Org>

Joel News publisher Marc van der Woude keeps a weblog in which he reflects on God, the Church and daily life. This week he reports in-depth on the Connect Europe gathering in Geneva, that brought together 50 young leaders from 7 nations to pray and talk about the emerging generation in Europe and the need for a new church reformation. He also visited the Greenbelt Arts Festival in the UK where leaders from emerging churches gathered for a global roundtable, and 17,000 Christians celebrated Christ in a myriad of new expressions.

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9.    JAPAN: "THE PASISON OF THE CHRIST"
>From: richapril3@ybb.ne.jp
One of the house church leaders in Tokyo was riding the train on the way home recently and noticed an article about Mel Gibsons movie The Passion of Christ in one of the secular newspapers. The article concluded with this comment, "In our insecure society with an unstable economy, especially after the burst of the bubble economy, the number of people, including young and old, who are interested in spiritual matters is increasing.  The Passion could cause unprecedented impact on the Japanese mindset."  The Passion opens in theaters in Japan this weekend.
 
One in Christ, Rich McLaughlin, Tokyo, Japan
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10.    PORTUGAL AND POLAND
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Portugal: "Portugal 2015" unanimously confirmed
"No, they didn't win the European Football Championships, but Portugal is on the way to winning something far more important than a silver cup," reports Reinhold Scharnowski, European coordinator of the Dawn Movement. Following a number of advance discussions, in May 2004, the leaders of Portugal's Evangelical Alliance unanimously ratified "Portugal 2015", a long-term missionary strategy with the aim of reaching a total of 4,000 churches in Portugal by 2015. "This day will remain in our hearts for a long time, because the General Assembly of Portugal's Evangelical Alliance has unanimously decided to support this missionary project as the expression of our common vision for the next eleven years," writes Paulo Pasqual, coordinator for Evangelism and Prayer. Following careful research under the coordination of pastor Paulo Mendez, a missionary Bible teacher from Brazil, the nation's Evangelical leaders decided on this national missionary project, based on the Dawn strategy. In order to reach the goal, the current rate of church planting must continue for the next ten years.
Source: Paulo Mendez and Reinhold Scharnowski, http://www.dawneurope.net

Poland: hundreds become Christians during the 'Festival of Life'
"During an evangelistic event in Wisla in southern Poland, hundreds of Poles came to faith in Jesus. Some of them even ran on to the stage following the altar calls - and this despite a number of complications, according to the organisors," reports Dan Wooding of Assist News. The outreach was planned by pastors and members of a church in San Diego, California. The problems began on July 15th, when a knife-wielding man tried to climb onto the stage "to stab the preacher", Mickey Stonier, who was standing in for Mike MacIntosh, who had fallen sick. Staff were able to stop the obviously inebriated man. Another speaker, 86-year-old John Woudenberg, ex-athlete and mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona, fell sick and almost collapsed. Shortly before being taken to hospital in an ambulance, Woudenberg called on the people to "be good witnesses for God, and to expect miracles in their ministry." "Typical John," comments Mickey Stonier, "he had to finish his sermon before being taken to hospital..." Through seminars and outreach on the street, "a large number of alcoholics decided to become Christians." According to Henryk Kroll, one of the organisers, the Polish media reported about the outreach. Catholic Priest Richard Nowak, who belongs to the nation's charismatic Light-Life movement, also took part in the events.
Source: Assist News, http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s04070049.htm

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