You are invited to register to the 12th AWF Quadrennial Convocation that will be held at the Central Milagro Alliance Church, a city nearby Guayaquil, Ecuador, October 19-24, 2021.
Seventy-five women from five AWF regions attended the AWF Global Network of Alliance Women’s virtual gathering on June 9, 2021. Thanks to our Heavenly Father, it was a success and a blessing! Pray that this ministry reaches even more women across our global family.
The pandemic initially presented a threatening challenge for the Latin American missionary movement. However, the God of mission guided the CLA to take actions. Despite churches closing, Latin missionaries remained in the field with their virtual and in-person ministries bringing help and hope to those most in need.
On May 8, 2021, the C&MA of Guinea officially began rebuilding the Protestant Evangelical Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Dorata. It was burned down on March 22, 2020, during ethnic conflicts in the region. Let us pray that many more blessings rain down on this new chapter of the ministry of the Guinean Alliance.
With more than 30 years of ministry experience, Sadrac Diarra is the new President of the C&MA Church of Mali. Under God’s guidance, he plans to boost missionary and evangelization ministries to reach more ethnic groups. Pray for the spiritual, physical and material needs of Pastor Diarra’s family and the church.
The AWF Executive Committee has confirmed the AWF Quadrennial Convocation for October 19-23, 2021 in Ecuador. The meeting will be held at the Central Milagro Alliance Church, in a city adjacent to Guayaquil. Please pray for all the necessary preparations for a Spirit-filled, dynamic and safe gathering with participants from all over the world.
Are you a Relief and/or Development Practitioner? The AWF Relief and Development Team is looking for presenters for the upcoming AWF Quadrennial Symposium on Relief and Development. We will be holding two workshops focused on Relief and Development, respectively. If you have expertise in these areas, we would like to hear from you.
The second wave of COVID-19 in India is taking a toll not only in its healthcare system and the economy, but on the lives of the people. Pray for our Alliance family in India. May the church bring hope and shine the light of Christ in the midst of darkness.
As Alliance family, we are grateful to the Lord for your participation in the AWF Global Response to COVID-19. We were able to assist more than 170,000 brothers and sisters among Alliance churches around the world.
To strengthen the Alliance DNA throughout the churches of the AWF Asia Pacific Region, the International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE) is conducting the C&MA Distinctives Webinar from March 16-19, 2021.
A worldwide health crisis is no match for the power of God. The mission of making his name known and building his church continues in Vietnam and Thailand.
Praise the Lord for the overwhelmingly good news from the Sudanese Alliance Church! Despite the challenges they face, our brothers and sisters are thriving under our God’s blessings. Let us pray that they continue to have the strength, wisdom, and faith to keep growing.
The AWF International Committee on Theological Education (ICTE) met in early February to discuss the forthcoming AWF Quadrennial, finalize the Quadrennial Manifesto declaration and respond to requests to amend the AWF Statement of Faith.
The Alliance church in Syria decided to start a project as part of its ministry to meet the increasing need of counseling people. Let us pray for wisdom for the church’s leadership to enable them to empower and encourage people and to see opportunities in the middle of this dark atmosphere.
Forty years ago, the first Vietnamese refugee arrived in Finland and now there are more than ten thousand. The Grace Montagnard Alliance Church, led by Reverend Y Lem Rahlan, started in 2007 and their vision is to reach the Montagnards who belong to the Jorai tribe.
Dholka, a city in the Indian State of Gurajat, has been affected not only by the poor quality of cultivable land but also by the high number of children growing up homeless and in extreme poverty. Dholka Alliance Hostel and School has served this community for 117 years.
God is using the pandemic to strengthen the ties of the global Alliance family. Twenty-three national Alliance churches are working together to help vulnerable communities affected by COVID-19 through long-term development projects. Twenty-one national Alliance churches are partnering in different missionary projects.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance of Chile advances in rural work and in strengthening the faith of the brothers of the Mapuche community, so that they themselves continue to reach their own people with the gospel.
God is using the pandemic for the global Alliance family to solidify its identify as the body of Christ and to work together visibly for the advancement of the kingdom of God. As the year comes to its end, I am grateful that the Lord has allowed us to work together on so many fronts to carry the message of Jesus Christ that brings hope and salvation to a world in despair.
The pandemic brought many restrictions for ministry, but God allowed the AWF International Office to rise to the occasion. The AWF back office worked tirelessly to provide news and timely communications in three languages while supporting webinars and hundreds of online meetings. These are faithful brothers and sisters who serve the Lord with great competence and passion.