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| GLOBAL MINISTRY REQUESTS |
| 34 Churches Submerged |
| | Seasonal floods have ravaged parts of Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in recent weeks. The Bangladesh District Superintendent, Nathan, said, “Vast areas of Naogaon and the surrounding area are under water. These areas do not normally experience the seasonal flooding because they are on higher ground—they are not ready for it. Now 34 of our churches are dumped under water! Together with multitudes of people, thousands of Nazarenes and their pastors have lost all they have.” Please pray for all people who are affected by the flooding. Click here to read more from NCN News.
| Flooding submerges 34 Nazarene churches in Bangladesh | Wednesday, October 8, 2014 | Eurasia Region | Seasonal floods ravaged parts of Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh over the last two months, reportedly submerging 34 Nazarene churches in Bangladesh. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in Bangladesh is hurrying to respond. |
| Flooding in the country's northern districts has worsened as rain continues to fall, leaving thousands of people stranded. The rising Choto Jamuna and Atrai rivers left about 200,000 people in the area marooned. |
| The flood has affected 34 churches in Naogoan and Joypurha and 7,000 households. These familes' homes are now under water, leaving them with little to eat, and diarrhea and disease on the rise. Immediate relief is essential for church and community members to survive. Communication and transportation have been disrupted, cutting off neighboring communities. Electricity has not been reestablished, and there is no way to cook food due to rain and water logging. Education facilities are also disrupted. |
| The government has requested all nongovernmental organizations help affected people. |
| A team was sent to assess the needs. NCM plans to provide dry food to 1,500 households and additional community people. The organization is using 100,000 taka (1,287 USD) from its reserve fund to address these essentials. |
| Needs include: | Dry food | Safe drinking water | Temporary shelter | House building materials | Sanitation items | In addition, Cyclone Hudhud is heading toward north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha — along the east coast of India — and is predicted to make landfall on 12 October with wind speeds up to 140 kilometers per hour, according to thehindu.com. |
| Prayer is requested for those affected by the floods and for those who will be impacted by the upcoming storm. |
| To support these efforts, give through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to the South Asia Disaster Relief Fund. | --Church of the Nazarene Eurasia Region |
| Sri Lanka School Supplies |
| | Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Sri Lanka says they are in the process of finding new donors of school supplies for children for the new year. Pray that God will open the hearts of people to generously give. (From South Asia Partnership Prayer News) |
| Extreme Nazarene |
| | Extreme Nazarene Missions is mobilizing 80 pairs of "40/40 Church Planter Missionaries" (each 40/40 pair is made up of one South American and one North American), and hundreds of workers supporting the 40/40 pairs to plant 16 churches in 16 major metropolitan cities of South America. The following are ways you can pray for everyone involved in Extreme Nazarene:
- Last weekend we had 40/40 interviews in Pilar, Argentina. Pray that from these interviews, Extreme will be able to complete the team for the Córdoba, Argentina church plant.
- Pray for the Argentine 40/40s who were already selected for the Córdoba team as they raise funds and get ready to start their missionary training in January 2015.
- Pray that God would move in the hearts of Chilean young people to call them to be 40/40 Church Planters in Antofagasta, Chile.
- Extreme currently has a short-term volunteer team from the U.S. in Ambato, Ecuador, helping with the construction of their new church building. Pray for the team.
- Pray for continued growth of the church plant in Ibarra, Ecuador, as the 40/40 Church Planters continue discipling and raising up new church leaders.
Read more about Extreme Nazarene by clicking here.
About Extreme Nazarene Missions
We are an organization that lives in a discipleship culture. Our current projects are church plants throughout South America, so naturally a large part of what we do is spiritual development; i.e., evangelism, discipleship, leadership training, etc. That all sounds rather predictable, but our passion is a lot more inspiring than following a playbook. This focus to plant churches comes from our passion to bring people the hope of Christ.
Our passion came about a few years into our existence when we started asking the question, “why are we doing this?” What’s the central reason why we exist? What we found made us feel small. The reason we’re here is so much bigger than what we could ever become.
We started to look at the world around us, and we saw so much pain, suffering, and evil. Of course, you say, a mission organization would say that what the world really needs is Jesus. Typical Sunday School answer that may be, but it’s 100% true. What we see in the world is that a large portion of the issues therein are heart issues. And who is the only One capable of changing a man’s heart? Jesus. This is how we arrived at our conclusion, and our passion, that we can change the world by focusing on changing hearts.
One of our great values in Extreme is the Body of Christ. Part of our vision is to utilize people on the field according to their strengths, experiences and resources; meaning, you don’t have to be a “missionary” to do mission work. People serve with more passion when they are doing what they do best, and that’s exactly how we like it.
It’s absolutely exhilarating to be a part of God’s plan bring restoration back to His creation. Our story does not lack struggles, but we’ve learned from our past experiences and continue to learn from what the mission field shows us.
We currently plant churches in South America using the 40/40 Method. This is a church planting strategy that utilizes a team of 10 North and South American young adults (40/40s), a North American married couple (Cluster Coordinators) and a national Pastoral couple. The team is sent to a city that is predetermined by the leadership of the Nazarene church in that country. The goal is that by the end of two years the missionaries with Extreme will have duplicated themselves in the people of the plant and can step back confident that the church will continue to grow on it’s own. It’s a beautiful way of seeing the church mature.
Read more about our history. |
| Missionary Prayer Focus |
| | Thank you for praying for these requests that have been received from missionaries whoare part of the October prayer focus:
Michael and Diane Chapman, serving in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Please pray with us for:
- The Melanesia Nazarene Teachers College (MNTC) student selection process as we enter all the application information into an Excel sheet.
- MNTC Principal Peter is in Port Moresby, PNG, overseeing the Education Division of 10 and 12 grade certificates. Pray that all education standards are met.
- Mike developing a vocational carpentry class for students here on campus.
- Our families in the states as they are raising our grandchildren.
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| District Superintendents |
| | Over the next several months, NMI will publish the names and place of ministry for Nazarene district superintendents. Please join us in praying for these individuals who God has called to shepherd pastors and churches around the world.
Today’s district superintendents are from countries on the South America Region:
Efrain Flores, Bolivia Central
German Esponiza, Bolivia El Alto Noroeste
Macedonio Daza, Bolivia La Paz
Billy Chuquimia, Bolivia Los Yungas
Nolberto Fernandez, Bolivia Santa Cruz
Ismael Ramos Yujra, Bolivia Sur
Manual Lima, Brazil Amazônia
Severino Quirino, Brazil Capixaba
Luiz Oliveira, Brazil Centro Oeste
Flavio Valvassoura, Brazil Curitiba
Romero Moreira, Brazil Gaucho
Eloi Moutinho, Brazil Londrina
May the Lord add His blessing to the work of these district superintendents. |
| Board of General Superintendents |
| | Please pray for the ministry and safety of the general superintendents as they travel this month:
Jerry D. Porter
J. K. Warrick
Eugénio Duarte
David W.Graves
David A. Busic
Gustavo A. Crocker
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| BEREAVEMENT |
| Family of Joe Sonkpah |
| | On October 10 we received the heartbreaking news that Joe Sonkpah, senior pastor of the Grace Church in Liberia, passed away from Ebola. Earlier last week we learned that Joe's wife, Hannah, passed away from the same virus on October 6. Please pray for the Sonkpah's family, the children Joe and Hannah leave behind, their friends, and the congregation of Grace Church, and the thousands of other people suffering from Ebola. Read more and learn of ways to help in the NCN News article. |
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