In north-central Chile, floods and mudslides due to heavy rains have claimed at least five lives, and several more people are missing. An additional 99,000+ people are isolated and a state of catastrophe has been declared in the Coquimbo region and the province of Huasco. Pray for stamina for rescue teams, and for the thousands of people who are isolated to be quickly reconnected to the road network.
Our appeal is underway to support sisters and brothers responding to an ongoing crisis in Lebanon. We don’t want to just ask for donations without praying together about the situation. Please do pray for our partners there, doing ongoing long-term work in discipleship and training effective leaders, but also responding to the vast levels of […]
Read moreJean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote on X this week that the current outbreak of Ebola is escalating at an alarming pace and may become the worst outbreak the world has ever documented. The death toll stands at 1,031 and counting. Pray for healthcare personnel in DR Congo […]
Read moreThis year, dengue fever has killed 56 people and infected close to 80,000 more in Sri Lanka, making this the country’s worst dengue outbreak in nearly a decade. Military drones are being used to detect stagnant pools of water and other breeding sites in efforts to stop the virus in its tracks. Pray for these […]
Read more“Pray for the 90 new believers who have joined the church in Kaja, that the Lord will preserve them in the faith, help them grow spiritually, and keep them steadfast in their walk with Jesus,” writes Hassan James, Bishop of Kadugli and the Nuba Mountains, and local partner in Sudan. Pray for peace and stability in […]
Read moreThis week, many of CMS’s people in mission and staff members have come together for our people in mission (PiM) conference at All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire. Give thanks for a good time of fellowship and pray for people in mission particularly to come away built up and ready for the next season.
Read moreGive thanks with mission partner Andy Walsh that Christians serving time at Palhoça penitentiary, a men’s open-air prison outside Florianópolis, are now allowed to gather for church services once a week. Andy and a team have faithfully served in prison ministry in the city for several years, and while hundreds of male inmates across Florianópolis […]
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