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- Supported Worker: Kep & Debbie James in Africa, Latin America, & the United States
- Details: Thank God for the many ESI groups Elias has trained in Brazil, and for the groups Paulo has started across Africa in recent months. Pray that as these pastors and church leaders study Romans together, they will grow in their understanding of the gospel and in their love for Jesus, so that they will be committed to studying the Bible and to teaching and preaching it in their local churches. Pray for the African pastors who will attend the London ESI facilitators training conference in June that Kep will lead. Pray that many believers will commit to studying God’s Word and will experience the deep change that only Jesus can bring. People’s Republic of China (Asia). Population: 1,425,178,782 Believers: 5.7%. The survival and growth of the Church in China are two of the most decisive events of our generation. The window of opportunity for spiritual receptivity might not be open indefinitely. China today faces materialism—with increasing wealth, the debilitating effects of spreading corruption, moral decline, and the growing social and economic impact of the one-child policy. All of these may profoundly affect the spiritual openness of the nation and the Church itself. Pray that the Refiner’s fire might keep burning and that the Church’s spiritual cutting edge—honed in the midst of persecution—might not be blunted. From Operation World DVD-ROM 2010 and www.operationworld.org