Bolivia: political unrest
Political struggles between current President Luis Arce and former President Evo Morales continue to cause blockades and protests and sometimes violence. There have been shortages including fuel causing several hours’ worth of queues at petrol stations. Please continue to pray for good governance of the country, for peace (particularly in the run-up to elections in […]
Bolivia: political dispute
A long-running rivalry between former president Evo Morales and current president Luis Arce is causing significant issues across Bolivia. A recent incident involving gunshots was reported by Morales as an assassination attempt, but the current government has said his vehicle was fleeing a routine anti-drug trafficking checkpoint and fired first. Supporters from both factions are […]
Bolivia: peace following attempted coup
Please pray for peace and good government in Bolivia following what appears to have been a failed attempted coup. Military units entered the presidential palace on Wednesday but later withdrew and the leaders have been arrested. Before being arrested they claimed that current president, Luis Arce, had encouraged them in their actions to bolster his […]
Bolivia: community English course
Give thanks and pray for mission partner Lisa Peart and two Bolivian colleagues who have started a three-month pilot English course, with biblical content and a hope of building community, two nights a week in their church, Cristo Luz del Mundo. There are 13 students aged 17 to 75, some of whom are Christians, some […]
Bolivia: mission planning
Praise God for a fruitful meeting in Cochabamba of representatives of Indigenous Peoples from the Anglican Church across the Provinces of South America and Chile. Through prayer, discussion and discernment a plan for mission work with Indigenous Peoples was developed together with representatives from CMS. Please pray for the outworking of the plans made and […]
Bolivia, Chile, Peru: growing faith
Give thanks for courses and groups in Bolivia, Chile and Peru: Andrew and Lisa Peart in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Alf and Hilary Cooper in Santiago, Chile, and Edward Anchor, short termer in Peru, all give thanks for various different courses and groups their churches have been running. These include youth groups, Alpha, marriage courses and […]
Public (bathroom) witness
What do toilets have to do with mission? Let’s go to Santa Cruz, Bolivia and find out.
First Bolivian bishop consecrated
CMS local partner Walter Toro has become the first Bolivian national to be bishop of the Anglican Church in the country
