IPC: Connections

Martyrdom in Afghanistan: Please pray for Christ's people there

29 NOVEMBER 2014 Werner Groenewald and his two children martyred in Afghanistan This morning (Sunday 30 November 2014) our hearts are broken. We have lost a dear friend, a faithful worker and a precious soul-mate. Werner Groenewald and his two beautiful children, Jean-Pierre and Rhodé, were killed in a Taliban…

Democratic Republic of Congo

We have received disturbing news from the brother who leads the reconciliation ministry in North East Congo. Apparently a militia group associated with Al Qaeda has been on the rampage. Beni is where the ministry is based and where Daniel and many of the team live. I'll quote from his…

WHY NOT HERE, LORD? FAITH-FILLED PRAYER BREAKTHROUGHS

My cell phone spurs me on each time it powers up with AT&T's motto, "Rethink Possible!" Marketers, in this case, are good theologians-and Christians in the Western world would do well to take this exhortation seriously. When it comes to praying for God's miraculous intervention, why is it so easy…

Applying Scripture to the Impossible

Throughout 20-plus years of ministry, and in many diverse situations in 58 national prayer initiatives, my colleagues and I have found certain Scripture passages and principles to be especially helpful in releasing our faith-and the faith of the local people who have participated in prayer with us. It is the…