Northern Africa

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Frontiers

Northern Africa -

October 2019

The urban poor in the Middle East, Africa and Asia

The urban poor comprise one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors of society across much of the globe, particularly in Africa and Asia where most Muslims live. One estimate is that there are already more than 250 million Muslims living in slums, shanty towns, and poor urban neighbourhoods across the world; a number which will grow rapidly in the coming decades. Pray for the millions of Muslims living in city slums, that Jesus indeed would become their Lord; for the millions more who will join them in the cities in the coming decades; for many more workers to go and preach the good news in poor urban Muslim neighbourhoods, and for many new communities of Christ-followers to be established.

Middle East Concern

Sudan

June 2019

Political transition brings challenges to Christians

Christian communities are facing specific challenges in these times of political transition including: the requirement for Christian schools to be open on Sundays; interference by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in the operation of churches; confiscation of church properties by the NISS or people related to the NISS and court cases against Christians accusing them of being foreign spies and working for foreign governments. Pray for further progress in addressing these specific challenges faced by the church in Sudan and that any new political situation would allow Christians to worship freely.

Frontiers

Sudan

April 2019

The workers are few

Sudan is one of the poorest and least developed countries of the world, with a turbulent past, and struggles that continue today. The leadership is oppressive, with believers and the church facing strong persecution. The majority of the population is Sunni Muslim. With many gospel workers forced to leave the county in recent years and many NGOs banned from working there, too few are working amongst broken and hurting Muslims to reach them with the Good News. The church is standing strong and believers are seeing great openness to the gospel among Muslims. Ask the Lord to send more workers to witness to the oppressed and oppressors alike. Pray for an end to the violence and for the leadership to be transformed by the love of Jesus. Ask for protection and boldness for believers.

Al Massira

Northern Africa -

April 2019

Believers in unreached countries

Please pray for a small group of believers from one of the unreached countries in North Africa. They have recently taken Al Massira training in another country. They really love the AM films and want use them in their home context, for both sharing with seekers and discipling those in the small churches. They have been under heavy pressure from the authorities recently, with some arrests happening and one having to flee his country. Pray for protection from the Lord and for the fruit of Word and Spirit to shine in the darkness through their lives.

Embrace the Middle East

Egypt

February 2019

Community projects among Egypt’s poorest people

On the very edge of Cairo is a crowded slum area where a Christian community called the Zabaleen scrape a living by collecting rubbish. Within these difficult conditions, Embrace’s partner, the Salaam Centre, provides a medical clinic, a school, legal advice and programmes tackling a range of social issues such as domestic violence, addiction and hepatitis C prevention. Pray for community projects among Egypt’s poorest people.

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