ABWE World Prayer Ministry

John and Cindy Koster were appointed to Australia in 1980 and served in church planting and field administration. Health problems forced them to return to the United States and in 1995 John began his work as the International Director of World Prayer.

A recent survey of ABWE missionaries revealed that over three million printed requests cross the globe each year- an amazing amount of information enabling people to pray for world evangelization. Christians are being informed in thousands of churches and homes across North America. Missionaries count on their supporters to seek God's provision and power for the task of advancing the gospel through intercessory prayer.

The ABWE prayer ministry seeks to provide information and encouragement to those who are praying. The purpose of the prayer ministries is to network missionaries with those who are praying specifically, consistently and fervently for world evangelism. For several years Dr. Kempton has carried a vision for an ABWE ministry encouraging prayer for worldwide evangelism. His desire is that we track the needs of our missionaries daily in order to have the most current prayer requests. These requests are distributed to sending and supporting churches, as well as to our entire ABWE missionary family. He also envisions a ministry within local churches promoting prayer for global evangelism.

The missionary prayer movement has ridden on the back of monthly or quarterly prayer letters from the missionary to his supporters. With the advent of e-mail this workhorse has sprouted new wings. The vital link between the missionary and his prayer network is irreplaceable, but we need to enlarge that link. ABWE now publishes a weekly prayer digest that collects current requests from field prayer coordinators. Each Monday via e-mail we send out these requests along with prayer letter summaries and communications to the Harrisburg office. If you desire to pray for the needs and opportunities of the ABWE world, you can stay current in your ministry of intercession. Sign on to the weekly prayer digest by sending an e-mail request to prayer@abwe.org.

The latest technology alone cannot carry us forward to success in penetrating the spiritual darkness of our world.

• We must become so thirsty for God's glory and for the accomplishment of His purposes that we are moved to pray fervently.
• We must be so convinced of the desperate situation of the lost that we are moved to pray consistently.
• We must be so assured of God's promises that we are moved to pray specifically for those who are carrying the gospel and planting churches.

"Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer. It has been the preparation for every new triumph and the secret of all success" A.T. Pierson

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