Prayer update - May 2023
5th May 2023
Women's Ministry
Bishop Andy Lines interviews Kara Hartley, Archdeacon for Women’s Ministry in Sydney Australia, reflecting on the biblical pattern of men and women contending for the gospel side by side.
Please pray...
For Kara as she supports about 300 women involved in Word ministry in the Sydney diocese.
For faithful teaching as Kara teaches to women around the diocese.
For Sydney as they continue to stand firm in God’s Word.
Southside Anglican, Brisbane, Australia
Peter Judge-Mears is the pastor of Southside Anglican, one of five churches in the Diocese of the Southern Cross. In this next video, Peter explains how Southside has come to be, and why this new Diocese is needed.
Prayer points...
Give thanks to God for his generosity to Southside Anglican during this time, in provision of material and people.
Pray for Southside as they strive to contend for the gospel with limited resources.
Pray that Southside would reach out beyond themselves, that the time of grieve and mourning will give way to a yearning to see the gospel go forward.
Continuing in prayer and thanksgiving...
Give thanks for the Gafcon gathering in Kigali, for the leadership of Archbishop Foley Beach over the years, for Archbishop Laurent Mbanda succeeding him as Chairman of Gafcon.
Give thanks for Archbishop Ben Kwashi who starts his full time role as Gensec of Gafcon from September.
Please pray for Archbishop Mbanda’s family as they grieve the sudden death of their son, Edwin.
Please pray for Bishop Charlie Masters, an assistant bishop in the Anglican Convocation Europe (ACE), who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.