Monday, January 28, 2008

A call to prayer… by and for Europeans

Alfredo, a Portuguese Charis church planter, has issued this call:
"A Call to Prayer for Europe:
Your sisters and brothers throughout Europe would like to invite all our friends to a day of special prayer and fasting on January 30th. The purpose is to come before God as a group of Europeans and those interested in Europe, to request a spectacular moving of his Holy Spirit throughout Europe and especially during a series of significant meetings that will take place in Germany from February 1-5."


This weekend European Charis Partners and representatives from both the European Grace Brethren churches and GBIM (my mission) will meet in Stuttgart, Germany to pray and dream together.

The gathering is propitious in light of this day of small beginnings. In 2007, we saw the hand of God — twelve European Grace Brethren churches with European elders! (Not to mention the 25 in-progress church plants.)

David (GBIM England), Malcolm, Bill (GBIM England) and Archie.
Malcolm and Archie became elders in October 2007. Since then the European Grace Churches have seen three more elders named in Chalon and Dijon, France
The idea for the Stuttgart 2008 gathering was born at this first-ever European Charis Partner (gifted people on mission) get-together in Madrid, Feb. 2007

The purpose of this gathering is to discuss and pray about possible collaboration between the three groups (European Grace Brethren churches, Charis Partners and GBIM) toward common vision and greater impact for Christ throughout Europe and beyond.
Would you join us Wednesday and throughout the weekend in imploring the Lord of the harvest to send out more and more and more Europeans into His European field?

Thanks for kneeling with us!
paul

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Praying for you and with you.
Steve and Celeste Kern

Anonymous said...

We don't wish to be known as anonymous...it was the easiest selection to post a comment.
Celeste Kern

Paul Klaw said...

Thanks Steve and Celeste for both helping to shepherd the ET this year and for your prayers!

(And thanks to the many, many others who wrote to me saying that they are interceding with us!)

Looking up,
paul

Gary McDuda said...
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Gary McDuda said...

Ok, that looks bad. I was actually just trying to correct a spelling mistake. But then I discovered that there isn't an "edit" option. Then I saw that I could just delete the post. Great. But then I leaves a note saying "This post has been removed by the author."...

All that just to say: The Buenos Aires team prayed for Europe in our meeting today.

Paul Klaw said...

Hey Gary,

"Graçias" to you and the team for your prayers! People around the world joined in the throng — North America, South America and Europe.

I just received this note from a brother:

"Hi guys and Europe Team,
As you approach midnight I am ending my regular day. I was drawn to intercessory passages on your behalf… (Deut 32:4)

The Rock: His works are perfect, and the way he works is fair and just;
A God you can depend upon, no exceptions, a straight-arrow God.


It is fantastic to be part of Jesus' international family!