Latest Prayers

Please pray for the impact of the Ukrainian translation of ‘Tackling Trauma’, a Langham resource which is a collection of essays. Christians there have appreciated this timely book.

Please pray for the impact of the Ukrainian translation of ‘Tackling Trauma’, a Langham resource which is a collection of essays. Christians there have appreciated this timely book.

Give thanks to God for the opportunities Langham Graduate Rania Hendy has, now she has gained her PhD from Asbury Theological Seminary and is serving back home in Egypt. Pray she will be an encouragement and inspiration to many students.

A Langham Scholar from a sensitive Asian country is in Cambridge for a study residency this month. Please pray that she will be able to focus and access helpful resources.

Please continue to pray for our new Bible study course ‘Understanding Mission’, written by Chris Wright. Pray that it will spur church leaders across the UK and Ireland in particular to truly understand God’s mission and our part in it.

Give thanks to God that Langham now has a new ‘National Member’, in the Netherlands, led by Jaap Haasnoot. Please pray for Jaap as he starts to spread the word and raise funds there.

A Level One seminar is planned for the four Saturdays of July. Please pray for eagerness among the 30 participants - and wisdom for the facilitators: Jonathan Sinday, Dee Asinero, Janet Garcia and Mae Asinero. The training is to take place in English, but be translated into Bisaya.

From Friday until Sunday there is a Level One seminar in Pitalito, Huila, facilitated by Jairo Vásquez and Faber Urriago. They are expecting 61 participants, travelling from different regions. Please pray for protection as they travel and for a fruitful time of learning together.

This week we pray for our partners in Ethiopia and their progress in providing wells for women farmers. Four wells have been dug, four are underway and land has been identified for the remaining five wells. Please pray for: wisdom and energy for director Mamo and co-ordinator Solomon, for success in simultaneously managing all the different aspects of this project, with so many wells at such different stages the women and their families who will benefit, for good relationships in well collectives and for improved harvests.

Youth Skills Day (15th July) highlighted skills training for young people as key in building peaceful and prosperous communities. We give thanks for our partners worldwide and all their work helping children and young people access education and training. Pray for: more resources for those facing extra hurdles to accessing training (disability, gender, ethnicity etc), more apprenticeship opportunities for those who need them, give thanks for the Skills Training Centre in Soroti, Uganda, and pray for wisdom as we consider future development of the programme.

This week our CEO John White is visiting the Houtberg Childcare Centre, a shelter for abused and abandoned children in Zimbabwe. Please pray for: safe travelling, especially on the long drives between Harare and Chipinge (13th & 17th), wisdom in conversations about improving support for young people making the transition from the Centre to independent adulthood, give thanks for the successful partnership between Global Care and Houtberg over 25 years.