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• Praise God for churches in the U.S. who partner with Moses and Beth to do ministry on the islands.
• Pray for Moses and Beth as they continue to minister among the unreached in rural Senegal.
• Pray for new believers to stand firm despite persecution.

• Pray for a strong, healthy church plant with national leadership in this mountain village.
• Ask God to strengthen Central Asian believers and make them bold in their witness.
• Praise God for the faithful service of Gary and Ann and ask for more opportunities to see fruit of their work.

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• Pray for the Deaf Slovenian Christians as they set healthy roots for a church and as they reach others with the gospel.
• Thank God for IMB missionaries among the Deaf and ask God to send more workers, both hearing and Deaf, who will plant their lives among the Deaf cultures.
• Pray for Scripture translations in every sign language so that all Deaf will have access to the gospel in a way they can understand it. Ask God to plant Deaf-led churches among the lost.

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• Pray for the Mirandas as they walk alongside potential global missionary partners and prepare them to go.
• Pray for the local churches the Mirandas partner with. Pray they’d grow into healthy sending churches.
• Thank God for the investment Mark Johnson made in Danilo Miranda’s life. Ask God to send more mentors who will invest in new missionaries.

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• Pray for David and Regan as they cast a vision of gospel multiplication for missionary teams and local churches.
• Ask God to send more workers to these islands where the gospel remains largely unknown.
• Thank God for healthy churches on the islands and pray that more fellowships will become multiplying, gospel-centric families of faith.

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• Thank God for Timothy and Abel and other believers who are following Christ at the risk of persecution.
• Ask God to lead Jay and Ella and their children as their ministry continues in a region that is often characterized by violence and unsteady political situations.
• Pray for believers to be able to safely gather for worship and fellowship.

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• Let’s praise God for these new believers.
• Pray for Lahud to be bold in his faith, despite persecution.
• Also, keep asking the Holy Spirit to show missionary explorers where UUPGs live so all peoples hear the gospel.

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• Please pray for Ginny as she mentors national believers.
• Ask God to provide opportunities for IMB teams to care for the hurting with relevant health strategies.
• Pray for wisdom as Ginny and her partners embrace this task that opens access to the gospel in some of the hardest places in the world.

When God calls missionaries to share the gospel in a different culture, they must prepare for this challenging new vocation. IMB's rigorous training and preparation process helps new missionaries begin their journey well.

$700 provides three month intensive training

$2,000 provides vaccinations to prepare for the field

$2,300 trains and launches a new missionary

Language proficiency is key to cultural understanding. As learning progresses, missionaries' ability to become part of the community deepens, as does their ability to communicate Scripture and apply it to people's lives.

$50 provides language learning supplies

$150 covers one month of in-country language study

$600 covers a two week intensive "language sprint"

Depending on location, some missionary families homeschool while others use local or boarding schools. Funds ensure kids receive a good education while allowing missionaries to remain on the field.

$1,000 covers a homeschool conference for a family

$2,500 covers one year of homeschool curriculum and supplies

$7,500 covers one year of international school

The challenging security situation across the world threatens the basic presence of missionaries. Security training equips missionaries and their families to live as safely as possible in some of the most dangerous areas of the world.

$600 pays for satellite phones for emergency situations

$5,800 covers security training for one missionary

There are 180 million people without access to any Scripture in their heart language, and another 1.5 billion only have portions of Scripture available in their language.

$10 covers a Bible in local language

$20 covers New Testaments in local languages

$60 covers Bible study materials for a new believers class

Recordings and gospel films can bridge communication gaps and are easily transportable, especially in places where it's dangerous to publicly share the gospel or carry a printed Bible.

$6 provides a USB with gospel in sign language

$50 provides five evangelistic packets with gospel tract and DVD

$3,000 covers the production of a gospel film in a new language

Reaching non-literate societies or the Deaf requires creativity to seek out methods that accurately present the life-changing gospel of Jesus.

$2 provides a tube of Henna to illustrate five gospel stories

$10 provides a USB for unreached Deaf peoples

$350 provides a translation of one Bible story into sign language

Community outreach through the internet and social media joins the gospel conversation with the marketplace of ideas.

$8 covers a Facebook "boost" to publicize an evangelism event

$100 covers one-year website domain name renewal

$500 covers a smart phone for producing promotional materials

Training national church planters in evangelism, discipleship, and biblical strategies is key to empowering more partners and bringing Christ's salvation to where it is most desperately needed.

$25 provides discipleship and training of a national believer

$55 covers two weeks' training for one house church leader

$445 covers training, food, and travel for more than 90 pastors, leaders, and believers

National believers can often access more remote or restricted areas where outside missionaries aren't allowed.

$500 covers travel and training to create gospel stories in an indigenous language

$500 covers travel for a national believer to share the gospel in a neighboring restricted access country

$800 provides a five-tier training event over five years for Muslim background believers

Gospel-centered learning resources in local languages effectively communicate truths and strategies, helping disciples make disciples

$53 provides one week of training materials

$500 provides leader training manuals for local believers

$4,500 provides story books for 200 trainings

Helping bivocational pastors become self-sustaining ensures they can continue in ministry to their church while still providing for their families. This, in turn, strengthens house church networks.

$317 provides a one-time micro-finance grant for a bivocational church planter

Agricultural projects provide entry to regions that are otherwise difficult to access with the gospel. At the same time, missionaries bring much-needed expertise to rural areas, and, often, marginalized people.

$26 provides gardening tools and seed

$230 provides two sheep for a family to start animal husbandry work

$1,500 provides a large greenhouse for research, training, growing new seed varieties

Life changing opportunities can come in the form of learning new skills to those trapped in poverty. Learning a viable trade often means an escape from a life of exploitation.

$36 provides a sewing teacher for a class of 15, two times a week

$80 provides a sewing machine for a class

$1,800 provides a sewing training station to teach self-sufficiency and entrepreneurial skills

Unreached communities can often be accessed through medical workers providing desperately needed healthcare in hard-to-reach places.

$5 provides 20 clean syringes

$28 provides a diabetes test kit and strips

$300 covers the renewal fee for an IMB doctor's professional license

The modern refugee crisis provides unparalleled opportunities to meet the basic needs of individuals and families in biblically mandated mercy ministries while sharing the gospel.

$1 provides one hot meal

$10 provides a warm blanket

$20 provides a hygiene kit