Go2020 – Global Outreach Day
Global Outreach Day, is a global missions network that calls the church worldwide to focus on praying and sharing the gospel with the unchurched in the Month of May each year! This next year, May 2020, the vision is to mobilize a hundred million people in united prayer for the global harvest!
Watch the video here: 4 minute full version: https://vimeo.com/342384375
60 second short version: https://vimeo.com/344032191
We are calling this initiative Go2020! Already Christians in 250,000 churches and 140 nations are part of this global outreach strategy to pray and witness towards the fulfillment of God’s Great Commission. This is not just for the adults, we want to invite the Children and the Youth to be full partners in this initiative! We want to call every One to be a praying, witnessing disciple for Christ!
At the Lausanne International Congress on World Evangelization in 1974, Billy Graham made the mission clear, “The whole church must be mobilized to bring the whole Gospel to the whole world. This is our calling!” GO2020 could be the catalyst for the fulfillment of this in our lifetime as believers from every nation unify in the clarion call of "Every Believer a Witness". Imagine ONE Church sharing ONE Message during ONE Month, May 2020.
And we know this will only happen through United Prayer! God releases his power through the prayers of his people! As Dick Eastman says, “The degree to which prayer is mobilized is the degree to which the world will be evangelized!”
Would you be 1 of 100 million in united prayer? Could you commit to Pray Now and share your faith with 5 others in your circle of influence who don’t know Christ through the month of May?
We have listed 5 opportunities to begin praying now through the Month of May 2020. The Lord may lead you to commit to just one of these or all five. Pray and ask the Lord how he wants you to be involved!
#1 PRAY FOR FIVE
Our first strategy is to call each one of us to people in our circle of influence (neighbors, co-workers, friends, family members). We want to Pray daily for these people and for opportunities to reach them for Christ’s love.
#2 PRAYER TRIPLETS
Pray with two other believers weekly. Connect through Skype, Zoom, telephone, Facebook, or personally meet. Pray together for God’s Spirit to produce a global and local spiritual awakening and for the salvation of those on each person’s list who don’t know Christ.
#3 24/7 Prayer Mobilization
It is Jesus’ vision that every church in every nation be a house of prayer. It’s our aim to see united 24/7 prayer in cities, regions and nations leading to GO 2020. Help mobilize your city, region or nation to adopt a monthly day of prayer.
Join with World Prays, a prayer network that asks that every church adopt a 12- or 24-hour time one day each month to pray. Members can pray for 30 or 60 minutes from anywhere--home, school, dormitory, workplace, church or with the people in their small group. Through doing so, churches develop a culture and regular rhythm of prayer while providing a prayer “covering” over geographic areas.
Go to www.worldprays.org for more INFO or to sign up,
#4 Prayer for People Groups
Adopt an unreached people group for prayer and mission outreach. There are 4700 people groups on earth that have less than one believer per thousand people. They will remain unreached and cut off from Christ’s Gospel unless churches and prayer groups pave the way by adopting them for regular intercessory prayer. Focused prayer for the unreached is a strategy of the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers and prepare the hearts of these people who otherwise wouldn’t hear the gospel. Provided are resources to help you or your church find a people group to adopt or to guide how to pray for the least reached. You can sign up to adopt and unreached people group at this website! http://joshuaproject.net Also, see: https://inheritthenations.net/
#5 GO 2020 Prayer Gatherings - May 1, 2020
And finally, we want to call families, churches, cities and nations to gather on May 1st of 2020 in united prayer gatherings! Would you be willing to mobilize your church or your city to join in prayer with believers worldwide on May 1st in your region, asking God for a massive Christ awakening in the nations of the earth?
In the words of the Moravians call to action for both prayer and mission... “May the Lamb who was slain receive the due reward for his suffering.” -Rev. 5:12
Dr. Jason Hubbard
GO 2020: Children - On Mission - With God!
Tom Victor from The Great Commission Coalition and the IPC Leadership team shares our plans to mobilize children to be "Full Partners" in the Go 2020 Initiative.
Here's our "Simple Strategy" for Kids.
And as you read this, I encourage you to ask God if there are ways you can engage your kids, your grand kids, your neighbors, church or ministry. This could get exciting and you might just change a life - forever!
Go 2020 Kids "Simple Strategy"
1.Kids are invited to make a list of 5 others they want to reach through Go 2020
2.Kids pray over their list using the Prayer Covenant for Children Prayer Points
3.Kids ask God to help them share The Best News Ever with those on their list
4.When other kids (or adults) receive Jesus, kids begin a "Prayer Covenant" with them
5.Kids invite these new believers to make their own list of 5 they want to reach
6.Parents, grandparents, siblings, children's worker and others pray and encourage kids
During a mission conference in May in New York, I shared our "Simple Strategy" with Emma, taking her through the Prayer Covenant for Children and The Best News Ever.
Emma - age 10
Emma is ten and she lives in Asia. When I asked Emma if she thought she could be a Go 2020 Kid, her eyes got big and she said, "Yes, I can do this!" The next day Emma came up to me and shared that she already had three of the five names on her list. She was so excited and kept coming up to talk with me every day.
At that NY conference I also shared with 77 kids about how they could be missionaries and share the Good News with other kids, taking them through The Best News Ever book.
Luke - age 7
Afterwards Luke, age 7, who lives in New York, came up to me and said he wanted to be a Go 2020 Kid. His mother then shared this story. Luke's grandfather was paralyzed and about to be taken off life support in the hospital. But grandpa had not received God's gift of love in Jesus. Luke decided he needed to go to the hospital and read his Bible over his paralyzed grandfather. Then he began to "declare" God's word to his grandfather.
That's when a miracle took place. Luke's grandfather lifted up his paralyzed arms toward heaven, took his last breath and, we believe, entered heaven.
Luke believes God can work through kids - just like him!
Ruth - age 7
My friend Chris heard the stories of Emma and Luke and decided to share about being a Go 2020 Kid with his daughter, Ruth, age 7.
They read The Best News Ever together. As she prayed the prayer in the book, Ruth said she felt God speak to her to apologize to hermother and brother for some bad behavior.
Jonathan, her brother age 3, then asked Ruth to read him The Best News Ever.
Chris shared how Ruth began not only to read to Jonathan, but, because of what she had just experienced with God, when she got tothe "hearing God" part of the book, she started teaching him, "Jonathan, you can pray and ACTUALLY hear God's voice!"
A powerful moment took place when Ruth got to the prayer page to surrender your life to Christ. Jonathan said, "I WANT to pray!" He then shot off the couch and went on his knees. Ruth led him in the prayer to receive Jesus word for word.
Scaling Up To Encourage Children - Everywhere
Last week I was in Colorado with Rick and Becky Olmstead, our new 4 to 14 Window Movement leaders. Becky is the author of The Best News Ever. For three days we worked on plans to make her book available sothat50 million children around the world could become Go 2020 Kids.Imagine 50 million Emmas, Lukes and Ruths!
Rick and Becky were about to go share at a Camp in California with children ages 4 to 11. As we talked about Go 2020 and their book, they decided to revise the end of their camp presentation. Becky would share The Best News Ever book with the children in different age groups.
As she did, of the 550 children attending the camp, 197 prayed to receive Christ for the first time! Wow!
But here's even better news! All of the children were invited to pray and ask God who He wanted them to reach with The Best News Ever. They were told to write one or more names on a cup and bring it forward. Of the 550 children in attendance, 504 wrote one or more names on a cup. That's over a 91% response.
Here's one. . .
While this was happening in California, I was in Colorado Springs talking with ministry leaders about putting The Best News Ever in different formats (both digital and print) as well as languages. Some friends in the Philippines on the Go 2020 Kids journey couldn't wait.
They made photo copies (with permission) and included a page inviting the children to share The Best News Ever with other children.
Meet Rachel from the Philippines. She's one of several who prayed to receive Jesus last week after hearing The Best News Ever. She wrote in her book the date of her "new birth" in Jesus.
Friends,God is opening up amazing doors to mobilize the Go 2020 Kids vision. Several international and domestic trips are planned for the second half of this year. So many churches, ministries, denominations, networks and movements are engaging. But how about you?
Is there one child - or more, that you could empower to be a Go 2020 Kid? Maybe it's your own child or grandchild. Maybe it's someone in your neighborhood or your church. Why don't you pray about who you can "empower" to be "On Mission - With God!"
You might just change their life - forever! You might just change your own!
One Final Story:
Rachel in the Philippines accepted Jesus on June 21 as The Best News Ever was shared with her. Four days later she said these words over breakfast.
"I'm Jesus' daughter. How about you, dad and mom?"
They replied, "We are Jesus' children too."
Rachel said, "Me too. I had a spiritual birthday. I'm born again."
Mom said, "Wow! Yes. You were born again."
Rachel said, "Mom, how about a cake for my spiritual birthday? An angel cake?"
Mom says, "Who could say no to that!"
Final Comment:
We're working on the website to provide access to both the "Simple Strategy" and the "Tool Box" resources to mobilize Go 2020 Kids. But, if you are like our friends in the Philippines and you just can't wait to get started, send me a note and we'll do our best to help you "jump in now!"
Thanks for "dreaming God's dream" with us through your ongoing prayers and support.
Gratefully His and Yours,
Tom Victor – The Great Commission Coalition / IPC Leadership Team
More at www.go2020.world
United Prayer Rising Europe – 8-11th July 2019
51 Nations gathering – For Prayer, For Unity, For a Continent.
United Prayer Rising - Europe is a prayer and worship gathering happening this summer at Ashburnham Place in Sussex, UK bringing together people from all over Europe to contend for an awakening amongst the next generation. We believe God is raising up an army of passionate worshippers who will pray together to see their continent saved. This is God’s time for Europe!
UPRising Europe is part of the global UPRising movement birthed out of the World Prayer Assembly in 2012 in Indonesia. The first UPRising event was held in Seoul, South Korea in July 2016. Since then, there have been UPRising events in the Philippines, South Africa, Mongolia, Bolivia, Malaysia, Canada, Chile and Jakarta, Indonesia.
We are excited to now host an Uprising event for the continent of Europe. This is such a critical time for the continent – much is being shaken whilst God is stirring the hearts of young people for radical prayer and mission.
The backbone of UPRising Europe will be 72 hours of non-stop worship and prayer led by worship teams from all over Europe. These are the grassroots, passionate worship and prayer leaders who are faithful to where God has placed them and willing to contend for Europe.
Out of this will flow prayer and intercession for Europe, with inspiration from speakers in our main sessions. We will be hosting practical seminars equipping young people in a lifestyle of prayer, fasting and evangelism. Finally, we will be commissioning people to take this fire back to their nations.
Uprising Europe will be from the 8th to 11th July 2019 at Ashburnham Place, Battle, East Sussex. We want to invite anyone with a heart for Europe and the next generation to come and join us. Ashburnham Place, a retreat and conference centre, is set in beautiful grounds with lakes and woodlands. You can come and camp, or stay in the main house.
JJ Waters, Director of UPRising Europe said, “Following God’s lead, we are incredibly excited to gather together people from every nation in Europe to contend for an awakening amongst the next generation. This is such a critical time for Europe – God is moving powerfully but we know there is so much more to come. He is stirring the hearts of young people for radical prayer and missions, in what is now one of the most unreached continents on earth. Now is the time to come together from different nations, across denominations, honouring fathers and mothers, and to worship and pray for a mighty move of God in Europe.”
The ticket price for this event is generously subsided to make it affordable for delegates from across the continent. The UPRising Europe team would welcome offers of sponsorship from Churches, organisations and individuals who would like to sow into this event, for Europe.
Further details about the event, tickets, pricing or sponsorship can be found on our website https://www.uprisingeurope.org/ or please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Uprising Europe is working with partners including YWAM, Burn 24-7, the World Prayer Centre, Ashburnham Place, Elim Prayer, Maranatha, Crosswinds Prayer Trust and Interprayer UK. Overseeing, supporting and endorsing the United Prayer Rising Europe event are Ian Cole of the World Prayer Centre, Birmingham, UK and Brian Mills of Interprayer, UK. They are both respected elders of the movement for prayer in the UK and worldwide.
North East Asia Prayer Conference – 22 July 2019
We are excited to announce the North East Asia Prayer Council gathering in Hong Kong, July 22nd, with Gloria Au Yeung and her amazing team.
We would be honoured to have friends of IPC from around the world to join us and also if you could help us get the word out to invite key prayer leaders that you know from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong/China, and Mongolia.
People that attend are also encouraged to stay with us for the Oneness Gathering with David Demian and his team from China, July 24-27th.
My heart for this is to see a true spirit of John 17 unity and oneness grow between these beautiful nations and prayer movements.
Dr Jason Hubbard - Executive Coordinator
International Prayer Connect
