“A new website “PeopleFixingTheWorld.Com” asks your help in prayer for the cause of “PEOPLE FIXING THE WORLD” and uniting people of all nations in this effort. It’s objective is to get the world community to recognize that we should all raise each other up instead of pulling each other down by making decisions that maximize the benefit to everyone affected. There are 25 ideas on the website that attempt to solve the biggest problems humankind faces at the current time. The originator is asking that you will pray that people around the world see this message and come together to create a much better world in the name of God almighty.”
Randy McDonnell, PeopleFixingTheWorld.Com”
A message from John Robb that appears on the website:
"History belongs to the intercessors, who believe the future into being." -Henri Nouwen, Catholic theologian
World problems and needs flood our newspapers and 24/7 Internet and TV programs. Many of them like war between ethnic groups and nations or radical Islam and terrorism seem intractable and insoluble by human means. A greatly underused resource is transformational prayer. People do pray but often do not understand how to pray transformationally because they are praying their own agenda rather than seeking God for His.
Over the last 30 years, starting with my involvement in an international humanitarian organization trying to meet desperate human need, I have been amazed over and over again to see how God responds to groups of people who seek His guidance and help in solving impossible situations of conflict and suffering. Colleagues and I have now facilitated national prayer initiatives in 60 countries of the world. We now have a growing body of knowledge and experience after observing the headlines change, sometimes the same day or within days of such initiatives. Peace agreements, governments of national unity or the removal of evil leaders have often occurred to the amazement and joy of all who have participated.
My conviction is that all of the knotty problems we face as human beings can be solved through a human-divine partnership involving our seeking God's wisdom and help. Instead of pushing ahead to martial the best human resources and know-how to come up with solutions, we need to pause and ask for help from our Creator who has told us to call out to Him. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3). Many great inventors and scientists have testified to the intuitive breakthroughs they have received that came from a source beyond their own faculties. We too need to surrender ourselves to God and ask for His direction. The one who created as many stars as there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the entire world is a Super Intelligence who will guide us as His creatures with wisdom and love if we ask Him to do so. Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours (Mark 11:24). He also said, "Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete (John 16:24).
John Robb
IPC Chairman
We are still basking in the glow of what the Lord did among us and all the new awareness and encouragement received concerning both our national security and the way the Holy Spirit is raising up so many wonderful prayer initiatives for our country. There were many excellent presentations that we were able to capture on video that have been digitized. Some are now available for you to view and share with others. Let's please make use of them to mobilize prayer across the country and thus see that wall of spiritual protection built up to keep America safe in this time of great vulnerability.
The master power point of all the sessions and some of video segments we now have are attached below within the text of the program schedule. Others are attached at the bottom in links to a Dropbox file. We hope you can make use of them. Alternatively, you should be able to go to this website to access them and additional videos as they are made available after getting logged in: getamericapraying.com/nationalsecurity
May the Lord encourage and strengthen all of us in our all-important efforts to mobilize intercession for America!
National Security Initiative: Seeking God's Face for the Deliverance and Destiny of America
October 18-20, 2015, Hotel Elegante, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Master Power Point for all Sessions with prayer issues:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ndlbk4u8fbak0z8/AABctNcXYRMj2UXGgaTmcdtDa?dl=0
October 18
4:00-5:30 pm Session 1 · Welcome, Introductions and Worship
· Overview of initiative and its rationale with Colorado Springs and its significance for this initiative
· Consecration and Connection- getting on the Lord’s wave length together through personal and corporate humbling ourselves in repentance and for the sins of our nation
7:00- 8:45 pm Session 2 at Jericho Center
Entering into Intercession for Our Nation
· Children and youth in prayer for America
· Dick Eastman - Watching on the Wall Together
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4hhoswbcis58ro/NDOP%20Meeting%202015_Dick%20Eastman.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t9gsl4eh1lss57/NDOP%20Meeting%202015.mp4?dl=0
October 19
8:00-9:00 am Session 3
· Issues for repentance, 7 abominations (Prov. 6:16-19) (statistics, national abominations)
9:00-10:30 am Session 4
· Philip B. Haney, Venatus Group / Retired Department of Homeland Security - Important Security Issues for Prayer
Pierre Bynum, Family Research Council- Will the Lord go with our Armies?: The “Accursed Thing” and U.S. National Security
11:00 am-12:30 pm Session 5
· General Jerry Boykin- Current threats to the USA and why we should be in prayer
· General Bentley Rayburn- Current Threats, part 2 plus Q and A
· Kamal Saleem, former Muslim jihadist- Exposing the Invasion of “Isms” and Redemption for Ishmael
Prayer_15_09_Kamal_Saleem_MP4.mp4
2:30-4:00 pm Session 6
· Ivan Doxtator with Wes Tullis- Land defilement, healing and transformation in the USA
Prayer_15_11_Ivan_Doxtator.mp4
4:15-5:45 pm Session 7
· Developing a strategy for national spiritual preparedness. What are we hearing from the Lord? How should we go forward?
· Examples of prayer strategies that are working
· Upcoming prayer initiatives and events that we can rejoice in and pray for
· Prayer and discussion with plenary sharing for an effective prayer mobilization plan
7:30-9:00 pm Session 8
Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel- Government Intrusion into our Religious Freedom
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aax9h2e4eo3nlj0/Mat%20Staver%20IPC%20Address.mp4?dl=0
· Dutch Sheets- An Appeal to Heaven
· Prayer of commissioning for one another, the implementation of our corporate strategy, and the national security prayer initiative
October 20
Praying for the Deliverance and Destiny of Our Nation
9:00-11:00 am Final Session
· General Pat Caruana- Trusting God together for His deliverance and destiny for America
· Final words and suggested strategies we are hearing from the Lord
Prayer_15_18_Gen_Pat_Caruana_M.mp4
Additional videos that were used:
Dr. Leslie Keegel's prophetic word about America, the Coming Storm and the Great Outpouring of the Spirit https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tz5lfak9l7wt5ny/AACb2wfnFOa2zXnQ7Fx2nerOa?dl=0
Jason Hubbard "One Church, One Church" Prayer Initiative for Whatcom County: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pisy6t9pl02aaf/Whatcom%20Story%20Short.wmv?dl=0
Dr. Ed Silvoso "Adopt a Street" and "Adopt a Cop": https://www.dropbox.com/s/0iaudx3x3pgs4rk/Dr.EDSilvoso%20FoxNewsHQ%209052015.mp4?dl=0
By Bill Gertz - - Wednesday, June 3, 2015 www.washingtontimes.com
President Obama and his administration continue to support the global Islamist militant group known the Muslim Brotherhood. A White House strategy document regards the group as a moderate alternative to more violent Islamist groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
The policy of backing the Muslim Brotherhood is outlined in a secret directive called Presidential Study Directive-11, or PSD-11. The directive was produced in 2011 and outlines administration support for political reform in the Middle East and North Africa, according to officials familiar with the classified study.
Efforts to force the administration to release the directive or portions of it under the Freedom of Information Act have been unsuccessful.
White House National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan declined to comment on PSD-11. “We have nothing for you on this,” she said.
The directive outlines why the administration has chosen the Muslim Brotherhood, which last year was labeled a terrorist organization by the governments of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates as a key vehicle of U.S. backing for so-called political reform in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia in recent months appears to be moderating its opposition to the Brotherhood in a bid to gain more regional support against pro-Iran rebels in Yemen.
The UAE government also has labeled two U.S. affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim American Society, as terrorist support groups. Both groups denied the UAE claims. Egypt is considering imposing a death sentence on Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood-backed former president who was ousted in military coup in July 2013.
Critics of the administration’s strategy say the Brotherhood masks its goals and objectives despite advocating an extremist ideology similar to those espoused by al Qaeda and the Islamic State, but with less violence. The group’s motto includes the phrase “jihad is our way.” Jihad means holy war and is the Islamist battle cry.
Counterterrorism analyst Patrick Poole said the Brotherhood in recent weeks has stepped up its use of violent attacks in Egypt.
“The failed Obama Doctrine that so-called ‘moderate Islamists’ were going to usher in a glorious era of peace and democracy in the Middle East was adopted by the administration because that’s what the foreign policy establishment going back to the George W. Bush administration proclaimed as gospel,” Mr. Poole said.
“And now we see as a result Egypt fighting a terror campaign by the ‘moderate’ Muslim Brotherhood; we have a failed state in Libya; and we see NATO ally Turkey turning from secular democracy to religious totalitarianism under Obama’s pal [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan.
“This dangerous foreign policy was launched by PSD-11 and the administration’s open embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood, and now we can see its catastrophic effect,” Mr. Poole added.
Frank Gaffney, head of the Center for Security Policy, extensively documented Muslim Brotherhood subversion efforts, both in the United States and abroad.
Mr. Gaffney has said the Muslim Brotherhood is the most dangerous group promoting the totalitarian and Islamist supremacist doctrine of Shariah. Several Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been identified as key advisers to Mr. Obama, according to Mr. Gaffney.
Egyptian press reports after the ouster of Mr. Morsi have revealed extensive cooperation between the CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood during Mr. Morsi’s presidency.
BREAKING: Four-Star Admiral Makes HUGE Announcement About Obama & Muslim Brotherhood (VIDEO)By TPIWriter
Retired 4-Star U.S. Navy Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons was recently at the National Press Club. And his claims are shocking.
It appears that the Obama Regime has been FULLY infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood terrorism front group on every level. And that pro-radical Islam group is also in every level of U.S. security agencies. Lyons went on to say that “the transformation of America has been in full swing ever since 2008.” And when Obama campaigned on a platform to “fundamentally transform America,” Obama has done exactly that!
In addition Lyons made the important point that there is no meaningful line between Islam and radical Islam. “Islam is Islam,” he said. Speaking about Obama’s refusal to attend the recent march in France, reportedly attended by more than 50 world leaders to condemn Islamic terrorism following the gruesome murders of cartoonists who had the audacity to lampoon Islam, Admiral Lyons said that act was a “signal to Islamic Jihadis,” and is “one of many signals he sent over the years while in office.”
“There’s no question we got a hell of a job ahead of us,” Admiral Lyons said. “With the Muslim Brotherhood penetration in every one of our national security agencies, including all our intelligence agencies,” he proclaimed.
Admiral Lyons said that our “lead intelligence agency” is “headed by a Muslim convert,” a reference to Obama CIA head John Brennan.
The new GOP majority in both houses of Congress were elected to “stop the transformation of America, not to see how they could work with the president.”
Let’s pray for the exposure and end of Muslim Brotherhood influence within the U.S. government and its intelligence agencies. This is an extremely dangerous and disturbing development that has been quietly taking place in the Obama administration.
Syria: Foreign Diplomats Set Timeline To End Civil War
November 15, 2015 | 14:04 GMT
Seventeen nations have adopted a timeline to end the Syrian civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a joint press conference in Vienna, Bloomberg reported Nov. 15. As a first step, the United Nations agreed to convene Syria's government with opposition representatives by Jan. 1. A cease-fire between Damascus and recognized opposition groups should be in place within six months, and a new constitution should be drafted within 18 months to allow elections in 2017. Diplomats also decided to place the Islamic State and al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra on a list of groups subject to military strikes even when a cease-fire is in place. Diplomats will reconvene in a month to review progress.
Searching for a Syrian Solution
In a notable breakthrough in negotiations over the weekend, the International Syria Support Group agreed during a meeting in Vienna to convene Syrian government and opposition representatives on Jan. 1, 2016, in formal negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations. The support group, made up of virtually every direct and indirect foreign state participant in the Syrian civil war, has aspired to find a solution to the destabilizing Syrian civil war, and progress has increasingly appeared to be within reach. However, serious obstacles remain that could rapidly undermine the gains the group hopes to accomplish going forward.
Stratfor.com
Please pray for the success of these peacemaking efforts and for a ceasefire to take effect. Pray too for those who have been displaced by the ongoing conflict, especially for the millions of refugees both within and outside the nation that need humanitarian assistance and to hear the Gospel and come to Christ.
Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
Nehemiah 4:19-20
INVITE: You are receiving this by way of invitation to a necessary and important mobilization of watchmen across the USA. We are in times of increased spiritual intensity requiring stronger relational effectiveness and communication to face them. The walls Nehemiah restored allowed people to walk, communicate and consequently defend Jerusalem. Without these walls, Jerusalem was defenseless. Now with technology and abilities to communicate, it is time to build up the “ramparts” of communication and relationships in prayer/worship in the USA.
This call for mobilization of watchmen does not interfere with already formed ministries/churches but rather, when embraced and mobilized, will lend strength and advance to all involved.
Nehemiah 4:19-20 states this principle well, “The Work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.” THe trumpet has sounded. America is at a tippin gpoint. No ministry is too big or person too small to participate. It’s time to join together, rise and build the prayer walls across America.
VISION: A watchman call across the time zones of America for spiritual awakening, transformation and preparation of an alert and ready bride.
MISSION: The distinctives of this effort are the following:
Awaken the body of Christ in prayer for the critical needs of the times
Build through relationship and identification of key watchmen willing to facilitate growth of the watch in their regions/nations and work as part of a global effort
Connect and build communication infrastructure designed for relational strength and dispensing of critical alerts
Disciple next generation and body of Christ in prayer/worship to expand the import and role of the watchman
Emphasize the importance of the 4th watch in the time zones of America to “Ignite the night” and expect God to move.
Emphasis on the 4th watch (3am-6am) to "Ignite the Night": Psalm 90:4 declares the impact of the night watches, “For a thousand years in Your sight, are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.” In light of the intensity of the times, the 4th watch carries significant spiritual weight and transforming power. For more information on the 4th watch, click here.
NEEDED NOW: You are receiving this by way of invitation to help facilitate/participate in this effort in your time zone (PST, EST, CST, MST). Whether church, group, or house of prayer, we can no longer face the challenges presented today alone. Basic requirements are the following:
Participants
•To contribute to the watch in their time zone with emphasis towards the 4th watch, 3am-6am
◦Seek the Lord for your call, decide to commit and sign up to take your stand click here.
Facilitators
•Time Zone Facilitator:
◦Facilitates mobilization, strategy, and serve cooperatively with other time zone leaders to build and connect the “ramparts” of America.
•Day of the Week Facilitator for each time zone:
◦Assists in communication, For day of the week in each time zone
•Qualifications for facilitators
◦Willing to communicate
◦Called to build relationships in their regions in prayer and work to build relationships in the nations.
WHY PARTICIPATE:
•Participation will link you to a growing family of watchmen and give you the benefit of insights from others across America.
•Access to key issues and critical alerts across USA and other nations
•Access to communication tools to assist in dispensing critical alerts you are seeing in your time zone/nation for prayer support
•Contribution to the watch will reap you, your church, ministry the benefits of ongoing united prayer and the breakthrough from 4th watch coverage
•Receive support and help in mobilizing "watch" and culture of prayer in your church/ministries/communities
EXPECTED OUTCOME:
•Culture of prayer and worship to increase in our cities and regions reflected as corporate HOP, communities of prayer arise.
•Stronger collaboration between regions, prayer streams and ministries as barriers are removed and relationships develop
•Testimony of God’s intervention to rise across America through salvation, healing, restoration
•Realignment politically, socially with biblical values.
•Prayer ministries to increase and expand within churches as a functional identity of the church and increased support of HOP efforts from local church bodies
•Creative strategies released for needed social, political, and cultural intervention
•America to develop a model that will feed into the nations: Psalm 132:17
TO PARTICIPATE:
http://go.netatlantic.com/t/27670769/88815608/399111/75/
TO FACILITATE YOUR REGION: If you are interested in facilitating this effort in your time zone, please Contact us
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
•Report from The Trumpet Call West Coast: Impact of watchman mobilization
•Vision/Mission for the USA Watch click here
•Western Wall Watch model click here
•4th Watch emphasis to “Ignite the Night” click here
•Functional foundations of the Watchman: Watchman shift from Watchman Call to Watchman Response click here
The trumpet has sounded, now who will respond, rise and build? We believe we are in a time God is calling America and its watchmen to rise and build. Without watchmen on the wall, righteousness cannot be established at the gates! America will rise up when the church rises up, the church will rise up when the watchmen take their place! Your invitation is waiting.
I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me. Habakkuk 2:1
Fred and Sue Rowe
Transform World Celebration Challenge facilitators, “Trumpet Call to Nations”
Co-founders The Living Wall
Peter Carlson
Co-facilitator Prayer Surge Now
Pray Oregon Leadership Team http://www.prayoregon.org Assistant Coordinator,
Oregon National Day of Prayer Task Force www.ndptf.org
National Prayer Council Western Region Director www.USNationalPrayerCouncil.com
Isebel Spangenberg
www.globalprn.com
Global Prayer Resource Network
Liz Adleta/Honour Frazier
Ethne Global Support Team
Fellowship of Prayer Strategists
Burundi: Outside Powers Warn Of Spiraling Conflict
November 13, 2015
The United Nations, African Union and European Union all warned on Nov. 12 that political violence in Burundi is threatening to spiral into a full-scale regional ethnic conflict, Reuters reported. The U.N. Security Council adopted a French-drafted resolution on contingency planning to enable an international response to any further escalation in Burundi, asking Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon to prepare options for boosting the U.N. and African Union presence in the country. On Nov. 13, the EU mission in Burundi began reducing staff and sending family members home, while Belgium advised its citizens in the country to leave. At least 240 people have reportedly been killed and tens of thousands more have fled the landlocked country since April, when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for another term.
Violence in Burundi Raises Fears of Ethnic Conflict Elsewhere
Violence is once again rising in Burundi, and as the death toll mounts, the country's neighbors are becoming increasingly concerned that the conflict could spill across their borders. Several international organizations have even expressed fears that Burundi's political turmoil could spark broader ethnic strife throughout an already restive region. But these dire predictions probably will not come to pass, since Burundi's leaders - and its watchful neighbors - have every incentive to keep the bloodshed in check.
Please keep this little nation of East Africa and the wider region in prayer. In the 1990s, it and especially its neighboring nation of Rwanda experienced the full horror of ethnic conflict and genocide. Pray that such a thing will be kept from happening again and for God's peace to reign in Burundi and the whole region.
Below is a collection of articles and information referring to numerous cases where defectors from a variety of backgrounds have charged human experimentation is taking place on a massive scale within N. Korea.
"Seoul allegedly knew of experiments on political prisoners : N. Korea is said to test poisons" [2004] - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/news/24iht-korea_ed3_.html?_r=0
"Testimony of Kwon Hyok, Former Head of Security at North Korea's Prison Camp 22" [BBC, 2004] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckTegBFbs0I
"North Korea's Experiments on Human Beings Smack of Nazism" [Straits Times, 2004] - http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/4287
"Toxic Indifference to North Korea" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2214-2005Mar25.html
"Inmates are used as human guinea pigs for testing biological and chemical agents, according to both former inmates and U.S. officials." [2003]- http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3071466/#.VZsmgPmqqko
AHN MYUNG CHUL, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR (Translation):
Everyone knows about chemical weapons testing. I saw political prisoners being transported. My commanding officer said, "They are the people you are going to guard for ten years. If they attempt to escape or resist you can kill them. Several of them will go for human experimentation. If you help them escape you will share their fate." [2004] - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3933727.stm
"North Korea's grisly arms tests on babies" [2006] - http://www.wnd.com/2006/05/36352/#9xjGt8ljO7QZ7UT2.99
"An Myong-chol heard about experiments on living people. He learned that Gulag doctors conduct experiments very much like those perpetrated by the Japanese Army's infamous 731st Unit and by Nazi death camp doctors... Mr. An said, however, he heard "hundreds" of accounts of experiments on living humans from doctors as he drove them to and from duty or drove them to the scene of accidents."
“Each military medical officer had conducted at least 50 experiments on living people," said Mr. An. "I heard their brave stories many times, how they opened up some hapless inmate free from medical flaw and cut out his liver or some other organ. So common was knowledge of these practices that camp guards universally believe that medical experiments create most of the camp's numerous cripples, many of whom are missing arms or legs."
"Pak Nam: I've heard they throw people live into boiling water in a big pot. When they're boiled, they strip off the fat and render it like pork fat. I heard Hitler gathered human fat in World War II and used the oil to make cosmetics. I think that's how the 3rd Bureau uses it."
[1995] - http://monthly.chosun.com/client/dataroom/databoardread.asp?idx=9&cPage=5&table=dataroom
Mentioned many other cases within this piece - http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/10/11/a-srebenica-esque-massacre-has-recently-taken-place-in-north-koreas-killing-fields/
Please keep North Korea and its suffering people in prayer and also pray for the exposure and ending of its awful crimes against its own people.
Introduction: Origin – “Holy Discontent”
Missionaries/Workers in Turkey, along with Turkish pastors and leaders had been working so hard with much prayers, at times sacrificing their families and risking their lives to reach the Turks with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in many different and creative ways. Yet, Turkey remains as one of the most unreached nation in the world. There are currently 4,000 Muslim-background believers attending church out of 73,000,000 Turks (about 0.005 %, which is one of the lowest in the world).
1,700 workers(missionaries) in Turkey, along with thousands of partners around the world are asking, “How can this be?” We are so thankful for 4,000 believers, nevertheless, we are NOT truly content with those numbers. We have this holy “discontent”. What about the rest of them?
God was listening to our cries. He has revealed clearly that, although there are other obstacles; such as political, socio-economic and religious oppositions, the primary and the most powerful opposition to the gospel of Jesus Christ in Turkey is that of “SPIRITUAL”.
A powerful SPIRITUAL BREAK-THROUGH must happen in this land in order for all those who hear the gospel to respond in faith. We hear the Holy Spirit, saying, “Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit”. We believe that a spiritual awakening in Turkey is only possible by the working of the Holy Spirit. Our task is come together in “Unity” and cry out to God in intercessory “Prayers”. Then, He will arise in Turkey and in other Islamic countries.
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” (Isa. 62: 6-7, NIV)
United Prayer Movement (UPM) – “History”
1. 2007 UPM - The UPM was started in 2007 by Korean workers in Turkey with the vision for a spiritual break-through, restoration and revival in Turkey, Turkic window and other Islamic region. 286 Korean workers in Turkey have gathered in February, 2007 in Antalya for the first UPM to seek God’s mercy and grace upon the land. About 2 months later, we have suffered very first Turkish believers who were martyred in Malatya on April 18. We remember the day as “Day of Martyrs” and keep it as “Global Day of Prayer for Turkey”. We believe that this was the first among the many spiritual break-through for Turkish Church.
2. 2008 UPM - In January, 2008, 387 Prayer Partners from Turkey, Korea, and the US gathered again in Antalya to pray and bless Turkey, the Turkic Window, and all Islamic Countries. There were a few missionaries who had joined us from central Asia.
3. 2009 UPM – From April 6 to 10, 2009, there were 370 prayer partners from Turkey, Korea, United States, Australia, South Africa, and other parts of the world came together for 5 days to pray for God’s great power and grace to fall upon us. The leaders from TeK(Association of Protestant Churches), LAC(Leadership Advisory Council), KLAC(Korean-LAC), Silas(Network of Turkish churches and workers) in Turkey, and leaders from Nations(England-based Agency) and ITN(International Turkey Network) also joined together in prayers. This was a new chapter of “unity” among all of gospel workers, especially among Koreans in Turkey.
After this UPM prayer gathering, on June 5 at LAC meeting, and on June 6 at TeK meeting, they have decided to not only to bless, but also join the UPM to plan and prepare together for 2010 UPM, which is also called “2010 Ephesus Celebration and Beyond”. Since then, we had our first “United Planning Committee” (that consist of 3 representatives from TeK, 2 from LAC, 2 from ITN, 3 from Turkey-UPM, 2 from Korea-UPM and 2 from US-UPM) meeting on November 24 of 2009 in Istanbul, and the second meeting on January 16, 2010. The 2010 UPM is now a truly united prayer movement, prayerfully planned and prepared by the leaders from all the churches, workers and partners in Turkey.
4. "2010 Ephesus Celebration and Beyond" (2010 UPM) – May 20 - 24, 2010 in Ephesus
From 27 countries, over 1,200 prayer partners for Turkey and Turkic Window have gathered in Ephesus, Turkey. They came together to seek God's face and His glory for "spiritual break-throughs" in Turkey and Turkic Window, and to welcome Jesus Christ as the true King over the land. In the evening of the Pentecost Sunday(May 23rd), which was the last night of the celebration and also the "Global Day of Prayer" 600 more Turkish believers from all over Turkey (for total of 1,800 prayer partners) joined the celebration, singing, dancing, praising and praying together. Many have reported that there was genuine presence of the Holy Spirit during the entire meeting, especially during final evening of celebration at the old city of Ephesus.
5. "2011 Istanbul Celebration and Beyond" (2011 UPM)
Theme: "I am a doing a new thing." (Isa. 43:19) -
"New Wind, New Wave, New Wine"
When: April 18 - April 21, 2011
Where: Istanbul, Turkey
Over 400 Turkish pastors, church leaders, and workers along with prayer partners from around the world got together to seek God for His New things in their lives, ministries, churches, and in Turkey. Since then, we are hearing wonderful news of God doing new and great things from various ministries and churches in Turkey. We give God all the glory and credit.
Conclusion: Vision, Missions, and Task – “Hope”
Vision
“We want to see a spiritual break-through in Turkey, Turkic Window, and other Muslim regions, that leads to church-planting movement by the United Prayer Movement (UPM).”
Please rejoice in and pray for this growing prayer movement for the land of Turkey and for an upcoming initiative they are undertaking in May 2016.