Cape Town Metro
Evangelism Team
New Crossroads Baptist Church
hired its first full-time Pastor at the beginning of this year. They have
been very actively surveying and working in the community to determine the real
needs and to get to know the people. The church pastor and elders have
determined that the greatest need for the community unemployment. They
discussed with the Davis’ how to reach this group and to help them with their
situation. Ideas such as mentoring, job-shadowing, camps, career
counseling, Bible studies, emergency assistance were brainstormed. Please be in prayer for the New Crossroads Baptist Church as they
organize to reach these people for Christ and as they try to assist them in
overcoming unemployment. Please pray for the team members in Cape Town
who work with them each week.
Answered
prayer:
Over these last 7 months, the
English Second Language class has been meeting regularly. Many of the
ladies who take this class are becoming very good English speakers.
During this time, also, some of their husbands have found employment. Please pray for the safety of these refugees, their daily food, and
the means to pay for rent. Please also pray that they will not be evicted
for lack of rent. Pray also that the message from the book of Mark will
impact them and their families.
December in South Africa marks the
end of the school year and the beginning of summer vacation. For many Xhosa in
Cape Town this four-week break is a time to pack up and travel approximately
700 miles to the Eastern Cape to visit family. Please
pray for their safety as they travel through this accident riddled long stretch
of highway. Pray for refreshment and reconnection with the reunion of
husbands with wives, parents with children, and families with extended
relatives. Pray that God would draw entire Xhosa families into a
relationship with Him. Pray that the Lord would open the hearts of over 8
million Xhosa people who have yet to receive the gift of salvation.
Durban Urban Evangelism Team
Time apart from the normal routines of life to listen
to God speak are all too rare in the lives of most people. More than twenty
people from around the Durban area will join Roger and Meg for a weekend of
quiet and focused attention to God once again this month. Individuals that
spend this time away from regular life continually share testimonies of hearing
God give them new hope, direction and strength for life. Join us in asking the Father that this season away will
provide more individuals more opportunity to hear what He has to say to them.
Johannesburg Evangelism Team
Many students from all over Africa come to the
Baptist Theological College (BTC) in Joburg with hopes to become pastors and
worship leaders. Many already have
full time jobs. Please pray for them as learn to
balance work with study. Pray that
the students at BTC will also spend time developing their personal relationships
with God while they prepare for ministry.
Port Elizabeth Evangelism Team
Continue to pray for the Halls, their
family in the States and their ministry in Port Elizabeth. Pray for the Jensens as they serve in a
support role.
South African Urban Muslims
Please pray for the many scattered in
pockets throughout our cities. Pray that they will come to know the deep
love of Jesus.
Soweto Evangelism Team
Last
month Faith Baptist Church voted to form as a fellowship church with the
Baptist Union. They elected a committee.
Horison Baptist decided to have them as their mission. Pray for the
leaders that they may lead with wisdom and grace. Pray they would also lead with integrity. Pray church member would bear with and
encourage each other, and that they would support the leaders. Eleven people will be baptized early
November, so additional members may soon join the founding members.
Tswane Evangelism Team
Please pray for the Vicks, their family
in the States and their ministry in Pretoria.
Windhoek Evangelism Team
Nangi is a very shy but brilliant Ovambo teenager
who came to know the Lord three years ago. I had the privilege of meeting her
shortly after she accepted Christ and began discipling her. Today, Nangi but
has become a mature believer, sharing her faith with others and demonstrating
an amazing trust in God’s will for her life. Recently, Nangi, developed a real burden for the salvation
of her family. Although her family claims to be “Christian” they do not have a
personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Just a few weeks ago, as the girls met
for discipleship, Nangi asked that we pray that the Lord would open the door
for her to begin to share her faith more boldly with her family. Within a week
that prayer had been answered as she began leading her family in devotion on
Sunday nights! This past week
Nangi found out that she was not accepted to attend the university in Pretoria
that she had been dreaming about for years. Yet, as she shared her
disappointment with me and we explored the reasons why the Lord would have
allowed this to happen to her in light of her faithfulness and obedience to Him
I asked her: “If your family comes to know the Lord in this next year as you
study here rather than in Pretoria, would that be worth the disappointment
you’re feeling now?” and she answered with a resounding “Yes!” Pray with us
for the salvation of this family! Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you
and your household. Acts 16:31-32
Please pray for all their work in Africa. We praise God for all they are doing among the African peoples.
Please pray for refreshing daily as they meet the demands of taking care of all our workers around Africa! We appreciate them so much!
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