The French Evangelist Who Wouldn't Retire
An elderly Frenchman never accepted the notion that he should retire and live for leisure and entertainment. Living in a housing project in Marseille, France, he preferred meeting with his neighbors and talking to them about God’s love in Jesus Christ. He was also a tireless prayer warrior. Even long-term hospitalization last year did not deter him. After his release from the hospital, he needed to move into a nursing home because of his health, yet his work as an evangelist continued. At the facility, he met many new people who did not know God and now one of his new friends comes to our MTW church plant as a result of his faithful outreach.
The French evangelist was recently hospitalized again after a stroke. Our missionaries are thankful that even as his body slows down, he continues to rejoice in the love of Christ, and that the church is able to continue to disciple his new friend in her faith.
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SEE MOREThe Coming Tide of Faith in Europe
Across Europe missionaries are watching the Spirit move with a rapidly accelerating pace as God opens door after door.
SEE MOREChrist Will Build His Church
Europe is the new “dark continent.” Churches are being turned into bars and museums. But does that mean the European Church is without hope?
SEE MOREPray for missionaries seeking to minister to those who are critical and hard to love. Pray that missionaries would love their neighbor as Christ loved us.
Give thanks to God for a movement of the Spirit spreading across Europe opening doors that have been long-shut.
Pray for our church-planting efforts in France. Pray for the believers there to boldly share their faith with others.
Pray for the declining Church in Europe. Many see Europe as post-Christian and without hope. But we know that Christ will build His church.
Pray for two women, Monika and Andrea, who have recently come to faith against the odds in a hard-to-reach, largely atheistic European city.
Pray for Monika, that God would continue to heal her, give her a new purpose, and protect her life from physical harm, and for Andrea, that she would grow deep roots of faith and be a witness to those like her—unlikely subjects—of the reality of the grace of God.
Pray for the ministry in Tolouse, France, and for many to come to faith in this post-Christian culture.
Marseille, France: Pray for the church’s vision: one church for 10,000; the need is 4,000 additional churches. Lord send workers into the harvest fields.
Pray for a church plant in Toulouse, France, to grow with new servant-disciples who bring in more new disciples, all drawing closer to Christ.
Pray for the John Calvin Seminary in Aix-en-Provence, France: for new students, adaptive leadership courses, capacity to adapt cross-culturally, workers for the harvest, kingdom expansion.
FRANCE: Pray that the Toulouse church plant would grow with new servant-disciples who bring in more new disciples, all drawing closer to Christ.
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