10 Year Fast

Why Should Christians Care about Ramadan? – Dr. David Garrison, missiologist and author, describes unprecedented movements of Muslims into the Christian faith since the early 1990s. Garrison found that in the fourteen hundred years since the beginnings of Islam, about 80 percent of those movements have happened in the last 30 years! In Garrison’s words, “We’re […]

What is Ramadan? – This month is the beginning of the Ramadan season (April 12th to May 11th). It is a special time when Muslims fast and pray with the goal of drawing near to Allah. According to Open Doors, 1.8 billion people throughout the world observe Ramadan. This is an incredible opportunity for Christians […]

Pray for: Heidi – Heidi – She is single, has been a midwife for several years, and works for the women’s health project. She told me that her cousin is married to a Russian believer in this country. Her family is Ismaili (a sect of Islam), and they are usually less strict. She has an […]

Pray for: Tammy – Tammy – She is single, studying economics in college, and helping to support her family by working as an administrative assistant for the women’s health project. Her sister used to work at our office, but she is now married and living in the capital. I spent a lot of time with […]

Pray for: Amanda – Amanda is single, so she still lives at her father’s house and helps to provide for her parents and siblings. She struggles with feelings of unworthiness and has often told me that her family, specifically her mother, does not love her. Once, her brother beat her sister and forbade her from […]

Pray for: Christina – Christina – She is married with two girls and one boy. Her husband has not had a job for about five years, so she has had to work. There are mixed feelings in this culture about women working, especially married women, but Christina works hard to provide for her family. She […]

Pray for: Afghanistan – This month we are praying for the country of Afghanistan, a place where it is impossible to live openly as a Christian and there is no safe way to express faith other than as a Muslim. It remains in second place on the World Watch List, meaning the only place in […]

Pray for Kazakh Home Groups – Pray for depth and multiplication of home groups Kazakhstan, that they would not only be in it to pursue their own relationships with Christ, but to see their country and beyond radically impacted by the Gospel. Pray for well-trained, godly leaders despite most Bible schools and seminaries being closed. […]

Pray for Kazakh Disciple Making Movements – Pray for the disciple making movements that are showing growth in Kazakhstan. Pray for heads of families to place their hope in Christ instead of in shamanistic practices. In particular, pray for three local young ladies have been faithfully and passionately praying, obeying, and sharing about Jesus with […]

Pray for Kazakh Evangelists – Pray for native workers in Kazakhstan, like Aslan*, that their ministries would thrive as they plant churches and develop key leaders in migrant areas. Pray for Kazakh Christians to seize opportunities to evangelize Central Asian immigrants. Pray for the foreign workers there as they grow in their language skills, relationships, and in their own families.   Watch video […]