Day of Prayer & Fasting
Our next day of Prayer and Fasting will be Wednesday, February 6. On that day, we invite you to join us as a church in skipping one or more meals and focusing that time on prayer. If you are unable to skip a meal for health reasons, try fasting from something else (television, social media, etc.).
February's Day of Prayer & Fasting Focus
This month's day of prayer and fasting has us focusing on Africa. Africa was once labeled “the hopeless continent” in a May 2000 cover story of The Economist magazine. The story highlighted how war, famine and disease were wreaking havoc on the land. Eleven years later, The Economist ran another cover story focused on Africa again, only this time it was entitled “Africa Rising” and it focused on the continent’s economic growth. In addition to its increasing economic stability and growing middle class, there is another significant way in which Africa is rising and that is through the explosive growth of Christianity on the continent. Over two-thirds of the world’s Christians now live in the global South—with Africa growing the fastest.
This is transforming Africa in a variety of ways. The Gospels record how Jesus not only preached the good news, but also lived it out through his actions. He called people to faith and he also addressed people’s immediate needs. His miracles did not merely prove that he was God. They also revealed what kind of God he is. He is a God who heals, redeems and restores all that which is broken. In a similar way, Christians in Africa are following Jesus’ example by proclaiming the good news to their neighbors and demonstrating what the coming kingdom of God will look like through their actions.
Please join us in fasting from a meal (or more) and praying for our African brothers and sisters as they proclaim the good news of Jesus and serve as ambassadors of his coming kingdom. Pray also that our upcoming Africa Rising Global Ministry Conference (February 17-24) will help us as a church to grow in our connectedness to what God is doing in Africa. You can also go to our PCC Missions website and pray specifically for our global partners at work in Africa.
This is transforming Africa in a variety of ways. The Gospels record how Jesus not only preached the good news, but also lived it out through his actions. He called people to faith and he also addressed people’s immediate needs. His miracles did not merely prove that he was God. They also revealed what kind of God he is. He is a God who heals, redeems and restores all that which is broken. In a similar way, Christians in Africa are following Jesus’ example by proclaiming the good news to their neighbors and demonstrating what the coming kingdom of God will look like through their actions.
Please join us in fasting from a meal (or more) and praying for our African brothers and sisters as they proclaim the good news of Jesus and serve as ambassadors of his coming kingdom. Pray also that our upcoming Africa Rising Global Ministry Conference (February 17-24) will help us as a church to grow in our connectedness to what God is doing in Africa. You can also go to our PCC Missions website and pray specifically for our global partners at work in Africa.
