August 2022
Your Prayer Guide To Reach The World
Help Send the Gospel in Syria
About 150 university students with little chance of ever knowing about Christ heard the gospel thanks to the efforts of a devout woman who has become a leading local missionary.
Equip Evangelists in Brazil
Local missionaries obtained an invitation to visit elders of a large, semi-isolated people to tell them how the gospel had freed villagers of the Ticuna tribe from alcoholism and vice to living blessed by the Lord.
Help Form Strong Disciples in China
The daughter and son-in-law of a man suffering from cancer heard his testimony after a local missionary led him to repent and accept Christ, and when he died they saw the heavenly hope of Christians at his memorial service.
Help Power Church Planters in South Asia
A tribal woman was tormented by malevolent spirits for nearly three years, her family spending huge sums on hospitals, temples, astrologers and practitioners of black magic without effect.
Impart the Message of Salvation in Sierra Leone
A woman suffering from severe stomach pain attended an evangelistic event where local missionaries prayed for her, and she was instantly healed.
Help Spread the Good News in the Philippines
Three siblings heard the gospel from a local missionary, accepted Christ and then came to Sunday worship with their parents. Workers shared about Christ with their parents after the church service, and they also trusted in Christ and were baptized along with their children.
Make Eternal Life Known in Iraq
During a time of war, a Muslim who had learned about Christ through satellite TV programs had no one to answer his questions about Christianity, but after fighting ended he told a local missionary that when his city was being bombed, Jesus had visited him in a dream and given him a message.
Help Send Word of Redemption in Greece
A young Muslim from Iraq arrived as a refugee after Islamist militants tortured him and killed his father. When local missionaries led him to faith in Christ, he said he felt a sense of freedom, peace and joy.
Help Uplift Communities in North Africa
An impoverished woman supporting three children as well as her siblings was able to make ends meet with a micro-enterprise loan from a local ministry; it made her fish business more profitable, one of various projects that bring hope in Christ’s name and help break the cycle of poverty.
Help Save the Lost in Chad
Men, women and children of a village steeped in fetishism wore many amulets to protect against evil spirits until a local missionary brought them the Good News of Christ’s salvation.
Help Give Voice to the Gospel in Bangladesh
A worker visiting a village met a man whose mother was so ill that the family was kept in isolation out of fear that she had COVID-19. The villager invited the local missionary to visit and pray for his mother, and after her rapid recovery, the man and his entire family put their faith in Christ.
Feed Hungry Children in Peru
Poor children faced pressure to sell trinkets rather than attend school, and local missionaries encouraged them to stay in class. Every day of the week, children also received nutritious lunches at the local ministry’s feeding center, giving them the health they needed to excel in class and helping workers sow the seeds of God’s kingdom.
Help Cover Worker Upkeep in South Asia
In the face of disease and poverty, local missionaries are bringing the Word and building the kingdom of God. Workers saw prayer deliver a woman from depression and free a man from drug addiction, while others offered vocational training that enabled 14 girls to start a tailoring center.
Bring Gospel Transformation in China
A young mother at a church had severe conflicts with her husband until local missionaries had the opportunity to begin teaching her at a group Bible study.
Send Message of Life in Christ in Kenya
A 29-year-old man recently ran into the midst of a local ministry’s evangelistic event and began confessing that he had killed six young women.
Help Cover Missionary Expenses in South Asia
Even as COVID-19 took the lives of many loved ones, local missionaries brought the love of Christ to the poor in the way of food and other aid. Workers at one ministry supplied food rations to nearly 100 families over a six-month period, as well as to a children’s home and to widows.
Provide Aid for the Needy in Lebanon
As the economy has deteriorated, local missionaries have stepped up aid for the growing number of poor among both the Lebanese and refugees.
Power Gospel Outreach in Spain
Minutes after a worker shared the gospel on a prison patio, an 18-year-old inmate told him he didn’t believe in God. They began a conversation, the inmate received a Bible, and after further visits over the next month, the young convict received Christ and His grace.
Bring Word of Life to the Lost in Laos
A couple put their faith in Christ, and soon the husband was miraculously healed of a serious illness that neither medical doctors nor witchdoctors had been able to cure.
Transform Communities in Nigeria
Villagers used to walk more than seven miles to get water before local missionaries provided borehole wells for the community, which has brought good health.
Help Release Gospel Power in Sri Lanka
In spite of unrest and upheaval, the gospel went forth as local missionaries visited villages, returned later to those they met and built close relationships – often praying with them at night. Workers also reached people online or by phone.
Help Send Aid to Refugees in Turkey
For the few refugees who can find work, pandemic curfews have kept them from getting to their jobs, as such violations can result in deportation and large fines. Many malnourished refugees are below healthy weight.
Help Form and Strengthen Disciples in Mexico
His friends and father were heavy drinkers, and a 17-year-old boy was on the verge of falling into the same lifestyle before a local missionary led him to Christ. He faced ridicule from his friends, and his father often beat him for becoming a Christian, but he was very public that he would not deny Christ and hoped to win others from his ethnic group with his testimony.
Help Support Local Missionaries in Burma
Working amid coup-related violence and another wave of COVID-19, local missionaries provided food as well as the message of eternal life in Christ to hundreds of war victims in camps for the internally displaced.
Help Provide Worker Income in Pakistan
Praises that local missionaries visiting homes, counseling people and leading Bible studies and prayer meetings saw many people confess their sins and trust in Christ.
Provide Gospel Tools and Training in Africa
In an area known for alcohol, drugs and crime, local missionaries began sharing the gospel with young people, and 11 youths showed up at the native ministry’s church, confessed their sins and accepted Christ.
Provide Worker Living Allowance in China
A native ministry oversees 10 churches and four student fellowships, and some of the newer churches do not yet have full-time pastors. Local workers put in long days teaching and counseling those in their care, besides organizing camps for children and university students.
Help Make Gospel Heard in Indonesia
A 56-year-old man invited local missionaries to his home to talk about God, and when the workers showed up, 40 friends and relatives had gathered. They all accepted Christ and, over the following month, were baptized.
Send Critical Relief to Refugees in Europe
Refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine and countries in the Middle East and Africa continued to pour into Europe, and local missionaries showed the love of Christ with urgently needed food, clothing and hygiene items.
Help Workers Plant Churches in South Asia
In spite of pandemic lockdowns, workers at one ministry undertook numerous outreaches, prayer meetings and Bible studies that resulted in nearly 4,000 people putting their faith in Christ over the course of six months.
Help Find, Vet and Evaluate Workers
Giving priority to native ministries sharing the gospel with the world’s unreached and least reached peoples, Christian Aid Mission finds and supports local workers who are in the best position to convey the message of eternal life in Christ.
