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The Great Commission Global Prayer Movement

Focus: Francophone Africa March 2010

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AngolaBenin

Burkina FasoBurundi

CameroonCentral African Republic

ChadCongo

Côte d’IvoireDemocratic Republic of Congo

GabonGuinea

MaliNiger

SenegalTogo

Campus Crusade for ChristFrancophone Africa Area of Affairs

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Monday, March 1 Colossians 1:1-2

Praise God that the conference Pamoja Africa IIin Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire,

from Dec 27 – Jan 2, ran so smoothly!

Tuesday, March 2 Colossians 1:3-6a

Pray about follow-up of students and professionalswho attended Pamoja and their commitment

to movements everywhere.

Wednesday, March 3 Colossians 1:6b-8

Ask the Lord to bless our work of translatingdiscipleship materials into the appropriate local languages.

Thursday, March 4 Colossians 1:9

Thank God for the evangelism and church plantingof Operation Jericho: Phase III, in various key cities

during 2008-2009.

The members of ourministry team: 384 full-time staff 685 associate staff 1,732 volunteers 121 salaried employees

In April 2009, the Francophone Area Office re-located from Bamako, Mali to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

God has blessed Francophone Africa with vital movements of prayer organized for coordinated weekly prayer, monthly prayer, and a semiannual Worldwide Day of Prayer.

The area’s student-led movements direct their prayers and plans toward: 1. First level universities with more than 5,000 students. 2. Second level universities with more than 1,000 students. 3. Third level universities with less than 1,000 students.

Leader-led movements employ specialized evangelism and discipleship strategies developed for the respective groups they minister to: • Executives • Athletes in Action • Military Ministry • Family Life • Women Today

The Church-led movement focuses on church leaders--presidents, pastors, evangelists, elders, and deacons--to mobilize them in order to reach large numbers of people and thus favor implantation of new churches.

A virtual-led movement has launched

recently and already has 15 volunteer missionaries. Its main tool is the use of the Internet to communicate the gospel.

All of these growingspiritual movements andtheir activities are for thesole purpose of: • Connecting lost people to Jesus. • Life-changing discipleship. • Multiplying leaders who mobilize and mentor others

to lead. • Generating self-sustaining local resources.

About 300 million people live in Francophone Africa. Poverty in the villages continues to drive many to the urban sections. This has become a rural exodus in some countries. In general, Central Africans are Christian, but they are suffering from war and political conflicts. Many people in West Africa identify with non-Christian religions and are illiterate. With these overwhelming needs in mind, God has called Francophone Africa to send trained missionaries in response.

Welcometo

FrancophoneAfrica!

National Directors, Rev. Shay (front row, fourth from left) and Dr. Dela Adadevoh (front row, fifth from left) wearing aprons just as servants.

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A good place to get a small but flavorful taste of God’s work, deserving fully alert prayer

Sunday, March 7 Colossians 1:15

Ask our Heavenly Father to allow us to seethe planting of 747 new churches in 2010.

Monday, March 8 Colossians 1:16

We are grateful that a large number of peopleare continually reaching out through ourvirtual-led movement’s electronic media.

A meeting of all Francophone staff members has been planned for August 14-20, 2011 in Abidjan. What makes this staff gathering a bit unusual is that as a movement we are targeting to evangelize the whole city of Abidjan. The massive outreach is being developed in partnership with 1,500 church leaders. Our united prayer is that 2 million

people will be exposed to the gospel through the JESUS film, various conferences, sports competitions, and evangelical dinners. The plan is to distribute 2 million copies of the JESUS film DVD and 500,000 of the Magdalena DVD. Please pray with us for God to raise locally about $450,000 for the event and for every detail.

Saturday, March 6 Colossians 1:13-14

Praise God for our partnerships with area churches,which has become increasingly fruitful.

Friday, March 5 Colossians 1:10-12

Lift up in prayer the execution and effectivenessof our evangelism and discipleship projects this year.

Francophone Staff Members in Benin on 2006.

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Thursday, March 11 Colossians 1:19-20

Pray for those Campus Crusade national officesin Francophone Africa that still lack

official recognition by their countries.

Friday, March 12 Colossians 1:21

Praise the Lord for the national officeswhich have gotten into their own buildings,

thanks to local support He provided.

In recent memory, organizing Pamoja Africa II was the most important challenge we had to face up to. Reports have testified that many people did not trust that this large evangelistic event could be carried out successfully in Côte d’Ivoire. Two reasons for their fears were obvious:

First of all, Côte d’Ivoire is coming out of a troubled time of war. People expected an insecure situation in Yamoussoukro, the area where Pamoja was held, located only 200km from Abidjan. Reports of thieves called “cutters of route” were unsettling.

Secondly, Pamoja II was scheduled during the time of Ivory Coast’s presidential elections. It is common to assume that elections in Africa are always followed by troubles.

We made a decision to fast and pray. And in that decision we saw God’s hand:

The presidential elections were postponed, and Pamoja II ran smoothly. Many of its

participants decided to serve God full-time. Prayer Coordination had mobilized all area staff for 40 days of fasting and prayers, from November 11 to December 20 in support

of Pamoja and what God could do there. During the event itself, a group of intercessors watched over the conference day and night in continual prayer.

Wednesday, March 10 Colossians 1:18

Thank the Lord for providing and allowing usto settle into a new Francophone Africa area office

in Abidjan on April 19, 2009.

Tuesday, March 9 Colossians 1:17

With God’s help may we establishvirtual communication centers in five countries

across Francophone Africa.

Students from 35 countries dancing with their flags at Pamoja II in Yamoussoukro.

Our Lord Answered our Prayers

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Wednesday, March 17 Colossians 1:28

Ask God to protect, bless, and provide for the needs of each of our missionaries currently serving in the Sahara Belt.


Praise Him for the impact of the Magdalena DVDon African women’s lives; increasing numbers

are being exposed to its message.


We thank God for protecting the staff while travelingand during flooding which has devastated

some parts of West Africa.

Sunday, March 14 Colossians 1:24

May God be praised that the JESUS film has alreadybeen translated into 76 local languages in our area.


Express gratitude that Democratic Republic of Congo recently was able to send 14 missionaries

to five countries of the Sahara Belt.

Tuesday, March 16 Colossians 1:27

Intercede for 26 missionaries who will be trainedin Cameroon and DRC, to be sent into

the Sahara Belt this year.

(Above) The Francophone Area of Affairs Leadership Team. (Right) AOA Coodinators serving with Rev. Shay

(second row, third from left) and Dr. Dela Adadevoh (second row, fourth from left).

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Wednesday, March 24 Colossians 2:11-12

Praise the Lord for the faithfulness of our ministry partners in spite of worldwide economic crises;

may He empower them to continue.

Monday, March 22 Colossians 2:8

Thank God for the completed DMPD training,which considerably improved the staff financial support

in Francophone Africa.

Tuesday, March 23 Colossians 2:9-10

Pray for God to prepare us in every way for the DMPD training in countries where the staff have not yet received it.

Sunday, March 21 Colossians 2:6-7

Uphold the April training sessions designed tohelp our accountants do an even more excellent job

in their financial management.

Friday, March 19 Colossians 2:1-2

May the Good Shepherd use our staff to help buildvital prayer groups in each city, toward establishing

movements everywhere.


Pray that numerous churches will enthusiastically appropriate the strategy of the JESUS film

for implanting new churches.

Ted Wilcox – Worldwide Challenge

(Left to right) Cathy Kisoki, Betty Adadevoh, Judy Douglass, and Makoyi Mukengeshay during

Staff Women Forum inCotonou in 2007.

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Sunday, March 28 Colossians 2:16-17

Lift up the Francophone all-staff meetingscheduled for Aug 14-20, 2011, and the

con-current evangelistic crusade in Abidjan.

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Ask the Almighty One to raise up great numbersof associate staff members entrusted into our care

for His Great Commission.

Friday, March 26 Colossians 2:14

A 2007 forum on reinforcement of capacitiesresulted in 75% of our staff women

being able to use the Internet; praise God!

Saturday, March 27 Colossians 2:15

Pray the Holy Spirit will work unhindered during a Staff Women Leaders Forum in Abidjan, from Aug 10-20, 2010.

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Wednesday, March 31 Colossians 2:22-23

For the gospel’s sake, may the God of All Peace give us stability in countries currently experiencing troubles.

Tuesday, March 30 Colossians 2:20-21

Lay before the Lord the need for smooth runningnational elections this year in some of our countries.


We bless God’s Holy Name for the faithfulnessand commitment of each staff memberfor our movements everywhere vision.

The teacher is always

silent when the test is

given.When God is silent in your life, you are

being tested.Author Unknown

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