January 2024 Prayer Calendar

January 2024

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Please join us in praying for…

Missionaries

Our missionaries serve in a variety of countries, including here in Canada! Using their God-given skills and passion, they are the on-the-ground workers in the field.

1. Pray for Greg and Ingrid Clarke in their roles as station manager and finance manager at the Eswatini transmitter site.
2. Pray for the Dunlop family in South Africa. Nathan is working on several audio and video production projects for TWR globally, and Megan continues her role of social and relational facilitator in the office.
3. Steve Shantz leads TWR’s global digital media ministry. Pray for him as he works with teams around the world to build and enhance their digital outreach.
4. Pray for Carol Hawkins as she works in the London office calling donors to thank them and pray with them.
5. Pray for Stephen and Teresa Murray in South Africa as they continue to build relationships with their coworkers and community.
6. Pray for McDaniel Phillips in his role as global ambassador for Discipleship Essentials, mentoring and encouraging partners.

Hard Places

Using media and technology, we can reach into the hardest places in the world, opening new doors to the gospel that would otherwise be impossible. When we respond to those reaching out, we share resources, offer encouragement and connect them with local believers – because life is meant to be lived in community.

7. Pray for those in hard geographic, historical, cultural, economic, and political circumstances to seek Christ and discover a meaningful relationship with him.
8. In Ukraine, we are creating a series of documentary-style videos showing how people are living in the midst of the war. Pray for the production team as they travel the country, interviewing people and filming the reality they are living in.
9. Many people in Quebec are unwilling to enter a church. However, some are willing to explore the gospel message privately in their own homes. Pray that God would open more hearts in Quebec to receive the gospel.
10. Belarus is the often-forgotten third country involved in the Russia-Ukraine war. Pray for the team there as they produce and distribute programs and meet with listeners.
11. Cuba continues to suffer from inflation and shortages that make food, basic essentials and medicine hard to find. Pray that those who seek Christ will experience lasting peace and connection through radio programs and content published online through RTM Cuba.
12. Pray for wisdom and strength for our partner Media Impact International as they engage with people on social media who are seeking after Christ in difficult circumstances.
13. Across West Africa, people gather in groups to listen to biblical programming and discuss what they have learned. Pray that each group member would grow in faith.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Broadcast from the island of Bonaire, TWR programming can be heard across much of northern Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from local FM stations. Local teams also share the hope of the gospel through on-the-ground initiatives in their communities.

14. In Uruguay, Against the Current encourages young adults to stand firm in their faith. Pray that listeners would be encouraged to live using a biblical worldview.
15. Praise God for the completion of the mini recording studio in Mexico! Pray for the team as they produce a program called The Carpenter's Workshop, which will provide biblical marriage advice to couples across the country.
16. Pray that the Discipleship Essentials radio program broadcast in Spanish across Latin America and the Caribbean would continue to encourage spiritual growth in the lives of listeners.
17. Pray for those listening to our two Cuban programs, Messages of Faith and Hope and Our Home, broadcast from the TWR transmitter on Bonaire.
18. Please pray for RTM Cuba leader Alberto, who continues to await visa confirmation so he can join his family in the United States and carry out God’s will for him there after years of faithful service with RTM Cuba.
19. Praise God incoming RTM Cuba leader Moisés has already recorded over 66 new programs of Messages of Faith and Hope! Pray his youthful vigor will stir the hearts of Cuba to experience the hope of Christ.
20. Praise God that the new RTM Colombia office and studio is operational! Pray for the team as they finish setting up equipment and that the programs they have started producing will lead people across the country to God’s saving Word.

Hidden Places

Everyone should have access to the gospel, no matter where they are. We share the hope of the gospel with and provide fellowship to those who are isolated due to geography, culture or simply where access to Christianity is limited. Using technology and through small groups, house churches and training, people can access God’s grace and grow in faith, knowing the truth of life and being reminded that they are not alone.

21. Pray for access to the gospel for those around the world who are isolated due to geography, culture or where access to Christianity is limited.
22. The Roma population in North Macedonia is hesitant to enter a church or publicly acknowledge their faith for fear of rejection from family and friends. Pray for peace for believers and praise God for the ways Voice of Truth speaks into their lives over the radio.
23. Japan is the second largest unreached people group in the world. Pray for those across Japan who will hear the truth of Jesus through the SON-Lift project, which shares stories from the Gospels in audio programs.
24. Pray for believers in Bangladesh who face discrimination and attacks for their faith. Pray that hearts would be encouraged and find safety and spiritual connection through radio home groups.
25. Praise God for the technology which allows us to speak hope into hidden places!
26. Pray for believers in Nepal to grow in faith and feel connected to God and his Church through listening to audio programming and discussing what they have learned together in radio home groups.
27. Pray for the effective distribution of biblical resources and portable devices and that believers who are in hiding or who lack access to such resources would receive what they need to grow closer to God.

Media Players

Whether listening to content in a group on a media player or privately from an SD card on their phone, these devices provide biblical teaching directly into the hands of people in their heart language.

28. Pray for TWR Canada missionary Jeremy Mullin as he assembles media player and SD card orders for use around the world.
29. Praise God for the ways media players and SD cards enable getting God’s Word into the hands of people all over the world.
30. We recently distributed some media players containing an audio Bible and Thru the Bible sermons in English and French in Guinea, in partnership with a Canadian church. Pray that these players would speak hope into the lives of those who listen.
31. At our Persian ministry conferences, attendees often return home with SD cards of biblical programs and songs. Pray that this content would be an encouragement to those who listen.