Blow the Trumpet! - A Call for Repentance and Prayer - Joel 2
Dear Friends
The last, but definitely not least of continents we want to focus on is the PACIFIC. Constituting 6.3% of the world’s land surface, there are 25 000 islands scattered over 88 million sq.km of ocean. Australia and New Zealand are affluent “first world” countries but all the other states range from wealthy to poor and some of the small populated nations have limited resources and vast distances between island states hold back development of most islands. In the light of this it is therefore understandable that communication and contact with locals are very difficult.
In spite of this, the Pacific was one of the first areas to be evangelized in the modern Protestant missionary ea. By the end of the 19th Century most of the region had become Christian through the sacrificial labours of early missionaries.
(Operation World – 21st Century Edition)
An urgent appeal is therefore made here that if anyone has contact with brothers and sisters in these islands nations, to inform them about the Global Day of Prayer and connect us with them if they are interested. (See the outstanding nations below)
Here are some prayer points for the Church in the Pacific:
• The decline of Christianity in Australia and New Zealand due to the rapid rise in secularism and family breakdown
• Nominalism due to inadequate teaching on true repentance, personal faith and the need for a daily walk with the Lord
• The rapid growth of Mormonism in Polynesia
• The relative failure to launch an effective inter-state evangelical network
• The need to revive a missions vision
(Operation World – 21st Century Edition)
Visit these links for more prayer information:
24-7 prayer/Operation World
Window International Network
http://www.persecution.com/
http://sb.od.org/index.php?supp_lang=en
We give thanks to the Lord for 169 nations registered officially for the Global Day of Prayer on 23 May 2010. To see whether your country, region or city is registered please visit http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/countries.html
The following nations in the Pacific have NOT registered officially :
American Samoa
Guam
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis & Fortuna
Register by sending us an e-mail and informing us at info@globaldayofprayer.com or register online at http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/registration.html
We would also like to remind you of the Global Day of Prayer Celebration conference in Cape Town 19 – 23 May 2010.
To register and/or to get more information visit the website www.gdop2010.com.
Our dream is to have at least one couple from each nation in the world and we are trusting the Lord for that.
REGISTER NOW to avoid disappointment.
Many Blessings
The GDOP Team