{"id":8179,"date":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/we-will-continue-to-pray\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:15:54","slug":"we-will-continue-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/we-will-continue-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"We will continue to pray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Praise God for a new Mennonite church established in India, where most of the members have come to Christian practices from other faiths.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pray that God would raise up new leaders in North American churches.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pray for people in Latin America, particularly Venezuela and Ecuador where violence harms people, and feeds into migration stresses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pray for peace and justice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Praise God for the gift of unity; may we receive it.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These petitions were noted in the report-backs from small group rooms in Online Prayer Hour.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every two months, Anabaptist-Mennonites from around the world gather online to pray together on Friday at 14:00 UTC. That\u2019s morning in the Americas, late afternoon in Africa and Europe, and evening across Asia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deacons and regional representative facilitate the small group prayer in breakout rooms. They share concerns and joys from their region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had five people from Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay,\u201d says one Spanish room leader. \u201cWe had seven from the USA, Canada, Germany and Ethiopia,\u201d says an English group leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPraise God we had a meaningful prayer time for unity of Spirit to pray for suffering and bleeding humanity. May God have mercy over this world. 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