GO2020 – Reaching 1 Billion with the Gospel in May 2020
Global Outreach Day is a Global Missions Network that calls the Church worldwide to focus on praying and sharing the Gospel with the un-churched in the month of May each year.
This coming year, May 2020 the vision is to mobilise 100 million people in united prayer.
We are calling this initiative Go2020!
Already, Christians in 250,000 churches across 140 nations are part of this global outreach strategy to pray and witness towards the fulfilment of God's great commission.
Can you imagine with me - God calling 100 million Christians to united prayer for the global harvest?!
We know that Jesus said that the harvest is ready, but the workers are few. Pray then to the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into the harvest fields of the nations. (Luke 10:2 ESV Paraphrased)
Would you join us in praying for Go2020?!
Together, we can reach 1 billion people with the Gospel!
For more info and to sign up, visitwww.go2020.world/prayer
Dr Jason Hubbard - IPC Executive Coordinator
Hong Kong 'Chinese Homecoming' Report Back
IPC colleague, Tom Victor reports back on the Chinese Homecoming and Watchmen gatherings held in July.
God’s Amazing Family!
Hong Kong has been in the news a lot lately. But with all the mass gatherings and ongoing protests, perhaps you missed the most exciting news!
From July 24-27 thousands of Chinese Christians from around the world met in Hong Kong to worship, to pray and to celebrate their “Oneness” in Christ.
They came from the mainland, from Hong Kong, from Taiwan and from nations around the world. These believers recognize that they are One Family with One Father.
This is their true identity. They are committed to be one in Christ - just as Jesus prayed facing the cross.
Their oneness found expression across the generations as the worship turned towards children. On the last evening, a group of children in “full animal costumes” led us in our time of worship and celebration. The joy was contagious and gave new meaning to the words of Jesus: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Luke 18:16
Others from around the world also came to Hong Kong to worship, pray, celebrate and cheer on our precious Chinese family. Several leaders from Japan and Korea were present. They are all committed to walk together as One Family in Christ, an identify that transcends the history of brutal conflict and conquest between these nations!
What an amazing family! What an amazing God!
A group called Watchmen for the Nations put on the Chinese Homecoming. They are led by a former Egyptian medical doctor, David Demian. The Watchmen group hosts similar gatherings all around the world. David’s team includes young leaders who were front and center in the planning and execution of the Chinese Homecoming. They were the ones who felt God calling them to include the children in worship. It’s no wonderthat more than 50% of the attendees in Hong Kong were under the age of 40. Their passion for Oneness extends in tangible ways - across generational lines.
(Photo - left to right: Tom Victor / Werner Nachtigal / Dr Jason Hubbard)
A team of more than 180 leaders gathered for two days before the larger event to pray and seek God together for His direction. Some of us with the International Prayer Council were invited to join them – topray and to listen to God together. Before those two days ended, we felt God wascalling us to “enlarge ourfamily” by committing to walk together.
The Watchmen for the Nations team allowed us to share the Go 2020 Kids vision and key resources with their leadership team. We are now working to get the Go 2020 Kids “tool kit” into Chinese. So good! Tom Victor – Great Commission Coalition / IPC Leadership Team
UPRising South Africa – 4-6 October 2019
UPRising South Africa - ‘PRAYER By Youth For Youth’ - 4-6 Oct 2019
United Prayer Rising - South Africa arose out of the 2016 UPRising event in Seoul, South Korea. The South Africa delegation came home with a burden - to see young people across South Africa reconciled and praying in unity for the needs of their generation, the Church and of their country.
‘There is only so much we can do for this generation’ - those are the words of Parents, selective leaders and the government. Young people seem to have become impotent in our societies. Everything that is bad is associated with ‘young people’.
It is almost like our surname is ‘trouble, rape, robbery, gangster-ism, drugs, pain, loss, hopelessness, drunkards, thieves, poverty and death’.
Somehow, that's what our parents see when they look at us, that's how society sees us, that's how the government sees us and we have to admit there is truth in that. Because we have become hooligans and we cannot tell right from wrong.
Admitting that means we know that there’s a problem and there is a way to solve it. Nothing is beyond God, nothing is impossible with him. Change and transformation are Gods specialties. Hebrews 1:3 declared that all things were created through Christ. This declares that we, as young people are created through Christ, for Christ, in Christ's image and likeness and therefore that means that we are overcomers, pace-setters and game-changers.
We, the young people of UPRising (United Prayer Rising) are saying that as young people in the church, we are Uniting in Prayer, Rising as a body of young people, forming a revival wave, taking a stand, marching to the gates of Hell to give the devil back his surname and take our Identity back. And Uniting in prayer together, black or white, every tribe, putting our differences aside and praying non-stop with every young person across South Africa, Africa and around the world. Because where there is United Prayer, (Psalm133:1-3) God is present and where God is, there is hope, love, transformation and honour.
Let’s Unite in prayer and be more than Joseph who got to see Canaan, or David who smote Israel’s biggest enemy. Let’s acknowledge Christ who changed our surname from evil to Good, and gave us life.
UPRising South Africa aims to unite young people from across the provinces in united prayer for justice, peace, healing and reconciliation in our nation.
UPRising South Africa aims to mobilise young people in every street, every township, every city, every province to Pray, BELIEVING.... and to see great and wonderful things happen as a result!
Join us! Get in touch, plan to be at UPRISING SOUTH AFRICA 2019, spread the word!
We will gather. We will pray. We will see change across our country.
4th - 6th October, Orange Farm, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Bishop Peter Sekhonyane - IPC Leadership Team
More at: www.uprising-south-africa.org
10 Days - 24-7 Virtual Prayer Gathering - 29 Sep - 9 Oct 2019
We want to invite you to be a part of a new 'virtual' opportunity called '10 days'
The vision can be found here www.10days.net/what-is-10-days-full
It comes over the Jewish festivals 29 Sept - 9th Oct Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during a time known as the 'Days of Awe'.
The focus is to see ourselves and eventually our whole cities actually pause, humble ourselves, and repent before God and seek His face for the lost. It is a time of together turning, asking forgiveness and yearning to see the fulfilment of Jesus' promises and His second coming.
This year the 10 days team have decided to run a pilot project for a VIRTUAL online non-stop prayer meeting 24 hours a day for 10 days around the globe. This is why I am inviting you to see if this is something that you would like to help facilitate. It would involve taking an hour slot every day for 10 days. This hour could be shared with people in your church or a group that you are linked with.
There will be a guide produced so that we all keep on the same page and with the same focus, which includes praying for those with the least access to the gospel. Several major global networks including the Ethne prayer workgroup, the 24:14 Coalition Prayer Task Force, Intl. Prayer Council and Morningstar Network are collaborating in this effort.
Could you let me know if this is something that you could organise in your network(s)? https://form.myjotform.com/Nations123/10-days-int-global-upper-room would be where you can indicate the time slot that you would be responsible for each day.
Isebel Spangenberg is helping with coordination on this (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) If you have further questions, I'm happy to answer if I can.
10days.net has many of these resources, and also videos and podcasts. We have two teaching video series on 10 Days plus this vision video (below) which I recommend you watch first:
10 Days Vision Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=TsgM8EK-ju8
Bridgeport Story--Bridgeport is leading the way as a city that is really stopping...this podcast is worth listening to: https://soundcloud.com/10daysofprayer/10-the-bridgeport-story-luis?in=10daysofprayer/sets/10-days-summit-2018
Last year, the '10 Days' was observed in various forms in 40 locations around the world. We believe God is calling the Body of Christ to a season of preparation of the Bride in this hour, and this season of coming aside seems to be part of His ordained plan. We welcome you to join hands with God and our sisters and brothers as we look together with expectancy for the Great Harvest and Our Bridegroom's soon return...
Liz Adleta - Global Prayer Strategist
Web: www.ethne.net/ www.prayerstrategists.net& https://www.2414now.net/
