More than 130 million people worldwide are living in temporary conditions, having been forced to flee from their homes. BMS World Mission’s Help for the Journey programme supports forcibly displaced people as they seek safety.
SUNDAY 12
BMS’ work in ‘source’ contexts mitigates possible displacement by training leaders to nurture missional churches that bless their communities. Pray for our partners in this work: Thimar and the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (Lebanon) and Bethlehem Bible College (Israel-Palestine).
MONDAY 13
Pray for BMS partner Middle East Concern, which supports people in the Middle East and North Africa who are discriminated against or persecuted for being or becoming Christians.
TUESDAY 14
BMS’ work in ‘transit’ contexts offers humanitarian, relational and spiritual support to displaced people living in temporary refugee camps. Pray for our partner Shepherd Society, which sends teams to support Syrian and Iraqi refugees temporarily living in Jordan. Help for the Journey 12-18 January
WEDNESDAY 15
Pray for BMS partner All4Aid, whose work on the Greek island of Lesbos supports displaced people living in transit camps. Pray for the resilience of partner staff who offer practical and emotional support.
THURSDAY 16
Pray for BMS partner Thimar, which provides education through local churches to schoolaged Syrian children living in Lebanon.
FRIDAY 17
BMS’ work in ‘destination’ contexts seeks to cultivate same or near-culture congregations that welcome displaced people who’ve newly arrived in Europe. Pray for BMS partner Quest Academy, which trains men and women to reach out to their own communities.
SATURDAY 18
Pray for the French Baptist Federation as they support, along with BMS, new church plants that reach out to Afghan, Iranian, Ukrainian and North African populations.
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