South Asia: travelling and teaching
Please pray for CMS’s manager in Asia as she travels this month for CMS meetings in one country and meetings with the church in another country. Pray for safety in travel, joyful reunions with friends and productive meetings. Pray also for her husband, E, who will be very busy teaching over the next few months.
South East Asia: prison ministry
Mission partners involved in prison ministry with men in South East Asia are currently not permitted to meet with the prisoners in person. Please pray that permission for face-to-face contact will be granted again so that the team can encourage the men through spending time with them.
Global gathering
Part of the Lausanne movement, the Fourth Congress on World Evangelisation, known also as Seoul-Incheon 2024, will call the global church to collaborative action for the sake of the kingdom of God. Thousands of key global mission influencers from every nation on earth will gather in Incheon, South Korea, from 22-28 September 2024. Please pray […]
South East Asia: Typhoon aftermath
Partners across the region have shared that flooding and landslides have affected thousands of people. Mudslides are making access to some communities difficult. People have lost their homes and it looks like more hazardous weather is coming. Please pray for everyone affected and that storms will cease.
South East Asia: new location
We praise God with mission partners B and M that they have been able to move to a location that suits them much better and can now attend a local Anglican church. Please pray for them as they explore ways for B to get involved with local ministries.
Thailand: visa renewals
Please pray for mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher to be able to collect the relevant documentation and proofs for visa renewals. Please pray specifically for them to be able to prove their address, as their house is registered in the name of a Thai friend who is currently living overseas.
South Asia: youth network conference
South Asia Youth Christian Network (SACYN) is holding a conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka for Christian young people from several different countries, starting today. Please pray for safe travels for all of the participants and for the conference to encourage, excite and challenge their faith.
Social Inclusion Advisor, South Asia
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South Asia: period of transition
Please pray for F as she prepares to finish as a mission partner and return to the UK in mid-September. Pray for this period of transition and also for a celebration event of all her years of service being held at the beginning of September.
Bangladesh: riots
Asia-CMS ask for prayer for Bangladesh, where student protests seeking reform of the government’s job quota system escalated into nationwide riots over the past few weeks, leading to at least 300 deaths and forcing out Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Pray for the issues behind the riots to be resolved, for unfairly jailed protestors to be […]
South Asia: youth network conference
South Asia Youth Christian Network (SACYN) is holding a conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka in early September for Christian young people from several different countries. Please pray for the final stages of planning and when it happens, for the conference to encourage, excite and challenge participants’ faith.
Thailand: settling in
New mission partners Elise and Jon Fletcher and their three children returned to Thailand (where they have worked for several years) at the beginning of August after a longer period in the UK. Pray for each member of the family as they settle back into life in Bangkok, for the children as they return to […]
