Baptist Press
By John Pratt, posted November 21, 2024 in International Mission Board
Someone recently asked me, “What does it mean to have people praying for you?” It’s a very timely question. You are about to pray for my ministry, Project 3000, and so many others as part of the Week of Prayer for international missions beginning December 1, 2024. I want to say thank you! I also want you to see why this is so important.
Getting people engaged in the work of International Mission Board (“IMB”) missionaries has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have had since arriving on the mission field. At first, this seemed to be another requirement for my job. As part of the IMB’s renewed commitment to finding the last 3,000-plus unengaged and unreached people groups, missionary explorers are asked to report back to virtual explorers. Sometimes this is through mass email distribution and other times it is through a smaller prayer circle group. Asking people to pray felt like another pointless task.
Then I got to the field and realized my utter dependance on God and prayer! More Here