For forty-five years after WWII, half of Europe lived under Soviet Communist rule. In 1989, the Berlin Wall was dismantled, and former Communist satellites emerged as independent countries. Some joined the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. East and West Germany united. These countries have followed different trajectories yet share much in common:
- Freedom and opportunity for many, yet many older people sense a loss and mourn the passing of some aspects of Communist life.
- A crisis of values that manifests itself in consumerism, morals, and addictions, or in living lives without any reference to God.
- Declining populations because of low birthrates and emigration.
- Corruption and autocracy – some countries are building civic society and electing honest leaders; others are controlled by oligarchs and autocrats, while some countries are in between.
- Lively Christian faith is down but not out. In many countries, evangelicals are a small but often growing minority. In some surprising places like Romania or Ukraine, spiritual life is thriving in various denominational soils.
Father, we pray that Your Kingdom will grow and strengthen across the former Eastern Europe, bringing new life, creativity, and hope for the future.
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Team Expansion Worker
Amazing Father,
-T and A come before You humbled by the weight of the world’s brokenness—poverty, injustice, sickness, and spiritual darkness. It is easy to be overwhelmed, to want to fix what they see. But You remind them that the visible is only part of the story. The true healing comes through Your Kingdom, through Jesus, the only answer that brings eternal hope.
-Lord, help T and A to stay on mission. When distractions arise, when the urgent overshadows the eternal, anchor their hearts in Your truth. Let them not trade what is best for what is merely good. Give them the courage to proclaim Your Kingdom, even when it costs them comfort, reputation, or safety.
-Pray for their brothers and sisters in Valor who live boldly for You. Strengthen them in their trials. Let their lives be a testimony of Your power and love. May their persecutors see Jesus through their grace and perseverance. May their communities be transformed by the light they carry.
-Ask God to teach T and A to love like Jesus, to speak truth with compassion, and to walk faithfully in the calling You have given them. Let Your Kingdom come and let Your will be done — in every village, every city, every heart.
In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Pray for More Workers
Lord of the Harvest, thrust out more workers for Your harvest fields. There are still around 7098 people groups waiting to hear the Gospel. Send out medical associates with Teach to Transform for sharing the Gospel with victims of trauma.
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