United States
1. Current Spiritual Condition:
● Division and polarization around many different issues in our country (and in the body of Christ).
● Fear and anxiety are at a very high level especially among young people. They are searching for something to give them peace.
2. Celebration:
● As the lockdowns of Covid-19 have ended, staff and Cru partners are able to minister again face to face.
● The Lord met with us at our national staff conference, Cru22. The conference provided an opportunity for staff to be encouraged by being together again. We were reminded of what it means to be sent to the world and were motivated by stories of what God is doing through our ministries.
3. Looking Forward:
● We are looking forward to discovering God-ordained opportunities to do what He has called us to do — share the gospel and make disciples.
● We are asking the Lord to continue to draw us closer to Him. That He would deepen our walks with Him as we abide in Him.
● We are sensing direction from the Lord to send to several priority locations in the 10-40 window. Please pray for the 8 staff who are preparing to go and pray that the Lord will raise up 24 more.
Canada
1. Current Spiritual Condition:
● Increasingly secular, increasingly polarized
● Many churches are still recovering post-Covid. Pastors are feeling burned out and many pastors and Christian organizations are still trying to figure out what ministry is like post-Covid.
2. Celebration:
● We had an outstanding Staff Conference in August and are praising God for the ways that He met us, spoke to and ministered to us, encouraged us through connection and community and helped us gain clarity in where we’re going in this next season.
3. Looking Forward:
● We are entering into a season of innovation and collaboration where we are dreaming together and seeking the Lord for direction. Please pray with us for Power to Change to become a hub of research, development and innovation for evangelism in Canada.
● Pray for our Ministry Leadership Summit October 24-27.
● We are asking the Lord to take us deeper in our walks with Him — to deepen the prayer life of all staff and to help us create a healthy organizational culture with increased freedom and increased dependence on the Lord.
Australia
1. Current Spiritual Condition:
● The country is Increasingly secular with people being self-reliant and seeking personal success.
● People do not see a need for God.
● There are high levels of fatigue for pastors and Christian workers due to Covid and the many lockdowns that accompanied Covid.
● The consequences of the Covid years to Christian groups, clubs and any organization that relies on volunteers in our country are substantial.
2. Celebration:
● Praise God that we are able to do ministry after a couple of difficult years. We are seeing signs of momentum returning to various parts of the ministry, specifically with our overseas projects coming up in November and December.
● We are celebrating the soon to launch campaign titled, ‘The Four’. Much work has happened to ensure a solid foundation, and we’re grateful for the financial provision as well as the enthusiasm around what God is going to do.
3. Looking Forward:
● Pray the Lord would go before us as we launch 'The Four' campaign. We're trusting God for significant numbers of new believers, new believer groups, 2+ generations of new believer groups, innovative leaders/church planters trained, and church leaders trained in discipleship making movements.
● Most not-for-profits and Christian groups have significantly lost momentum during the covid lockdown years. Everyone’s numbers are down by 30-50%. Pray that God’s people would assess their realities well and relaunch well over the next three years.
New Zealand
1. Current Spiritual Condition:
● Please pray for us as a nation to realize our need for Jesus instead of our cultural focus on pleasure, having a good time, and overall pride in being a nice country that isn't at war or doesn’t have the same economic problems as other nations.
● Please pray that we are transformed by the need to know Jesus and that our blind eyes would be opened to our spiritual condition.
2. Celebration:
● A breakthrough over the past 12 months within the ministry has been a renewed heart for evangelism, mainly as a result of the pandemic. This has happened after 1-2 years of lockdown and believers realizing how important telling others about Jesus is. It has reignited our hearts for the lost to know Jesus.
3. Looking Forward:
● The spiritual breakthrough would be that we would have (even a small percentage) of godly believers in our Parliament that would bring our nation back to its Christian roots. Currently, we have many laws that are not glorifying God in any way. Pray that there would be courageous men and women who would follow Jesus passionately in that space and that we would see generations of influence from their leadership.
Fiji
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Samoa
1. Current Spiritual Condition:
I believe it is the ignorance of our elderly spiritual leaders who have received the gifts, who have the necessary training and the God given ability to raise up churches and influence generations to live a life of servitude to the Almighty God. But because of cultural norms and perspectives they feel they are the only ones called to this role and do not pass on these gifts to the next generation therefore there is a passion but no foundation. Pray that they will come to the realisation that God is raising up people from the places they least expect it and they will learn to receive them with grace and humility.
2. Celebration:
I have seen a new found passion that I thought was slowly fading away but I am reminded by scripture of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. God had reserved for himself hundreds of priests that did not bow down to Baal and stayed loyal to the one true God. This is what I see and I can honestly say and believe that God is mobilising my small island to be a missionary sending nation. He is stirring up my generation and I am privileged to witness this mighty move of God unfold before our very eyes.
3. Looking Forward:
For our people to understand and recognise that it is not about a single church but the body of Christ. For when God reveals this move to the rest of the pacific and the world, it was never about any of us that this came to pass but because of His goodness and mercy. Pray that we leaders will be effective in training the next generation to be able to persevere through this next season that God has ordained for our nation.
Papua New Guinea
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