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Rev. Antoine Kimbila, General secretary and Legal Representative of Conférence des Églises des Fréres Mennonites au Congo (CEFMC) shares prayer requests for DR Congo.
Prayers of gratitude and intercession
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Income inequality has increased homelessness across Canada. Erratic application of punitive tariffs adds to financial challenges. Pray for compassionate responses from people within communities and not just non profit organizations.
Photo: Stephanie Setiawan
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Please pray that the Mennonite & BIC Churches in India show the Love of Christ to those persecuting them. Many places the Christians are going through opposition from extremist a activists. Pray for the new believers to be strong in their faith in Christ and for the churches to support them in the difficult situations.
—Vikal Pravin Rao, Mennonite Church in India.
Photo: Amosh Ganjboir/Mennonite Church Balodgahan India
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Pray that the Spirit of Christ would continue to sustain the Mennonite church in Ukraine who are faithfully serving their community through hardship as the war drags on. Pray for protection of the churches, leaders/pastors, members and citizens.
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Pray for peace in DRC so that our families may return to rebuild their country. Pray that God may provide food, shelter, medicine, clothing and education for the school going children of these refugees around us.
—Simon Okoth, bishop, Uganda Mennonite Church
Photo: Stephanie Setiawan
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Pray for the seeds that will be planted through the course of the time together, both for General Council and of Global Youth Summit. May the relationships built, the collaborations established and the understandings deepened give glory to God for a maturing church living out unity.
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Please pray for Venezuela: the country is experiencing and social and humanitarian crisis. Please ask that our fellow believers help overcome it and be generous to those in need.
—Mayerlin de Pida
Photo: Ebenezer Mondez
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Please pray for the children, teenagers, and youth living in the rural areas of Colombia. May the Lord protect them and guard against them being recruited by armed groups. The three member conferences of MWC in Colombia are working together to reach 2000 children, youth and adults in 6 departments of Colombia. One of the initiatives is to prevent minors being recruited by armed groups.
—José Ricardo Torres, Iglesia Luz Y Vida, Mennonite Brethren of Colombia
Photo: Iglesia Cristiana Menonita de Colombia
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Let’s pray for Congo, especially for the leaders in Congo, Rwanda and other countries involved in this conflict, that they may have compassion for the children, women and men who just want to live in peace.
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Praise God for the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. “The future of humanity is a world without nuclear weapons,” declares the joint interfaith statement. MWC is a signatory.
“It is essential that the Mennonite churches in Angola and throughout the world reflect on the issue of stopping nuclear weapons. Let’s pray that God will grant us this request throughout our planet,” says Mário Panzo, leader of MWC member church in Angola, Igreja da Comunidade Menonita em Angola.
Pray for the commitment to interfaith efforts to educate, advocate, and mobilize communities to support the goal of nuclear abolition. Pray for the courage to challenge apathy, ignorance, powerlessness and silence through our work grounded in our spiritual commitment.
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Paramilitary violence continues to menace rural communities in some parts of Colombia. Some MWC member congregations report their Easter celebrations were cancelled for the safety of the community. Pray for steadfast hope and courageous peacebuilding for those who live under threat of violence in Colombia, Myanmar, Ethiopia and for other parts of the Anabaptist family.
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Pray for our country Zambia that rain will continue for better growth of maize and to have enough water for Kariba dam hydro electricity generation. Hunger is real since Zambia depends on maize for our Nshima.
—Hajila Kissinger
Photo: Canva
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Pray for the seven MWC member churches in the Andean region (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)
- Gratitude for the many churches that have ministries to children and adolescents.
- Gratitude for young people who assume leadership in the churches. Pray that they will be called to pastoral ministry and for the availability of biblical, theological and pastoral training programs with an Anabaptist perspective.
- Drug production and trafficking continues to sow much violence and environmental damage. May the Spirit guide the work of churches and organizations in their work for nonviolence, justice and peace.
