Believers in Troyes, France are uniting to pray for their city and country! These meetings, called “Brûle en moi” (Burn in me), began in September. The “Brûle en moi” prayer meetings began with a dual-purpose. First, it was for the goal of uniting the churches and believers together in prayer. Since it is a para-church ministry and not a church, our ministry center is an ideal location for believers to come together without fear of people stealing members from other churches. There have been pastors and believers from five or six different denominations coming together.
The second purpose is to return to our roots of Pentecost with a short teaching during each meeting on the Holy Spirit. The first meeting had 40 people from five different churches/denominations. Four people were baptized in the Holy Spirit, two people were healed, and many were energized to pray. These meetings will continue every month.
People have commented that they have a greater desire to seek the face of God and have a greater dynamic during their personal devotions throughout the month. We are believing for more churches to get involved, and for a spiritual awakening and revival to begin here in Troyes.
Ed Buck AGWM Personnel in France
Believers in Troyes, France are uniting to pray for their city and country! These meetings, called “Brûle en moi” (Burn in me), began in September. The “Brûle en moi” prayer meetings began with a dual-purpose.
First, it was for the goal of uniting the churches and believers together in prayer. Since it is a para-church ministry and not a church, our ministry center is an ideal location for believers to come together without fear of people stealing members from other churches. There have been pastors and believers from five or six different denominations coming together.
The second purpose is to return to our roots of Pentecost with a short teaching during each meeting on the Holy Spirit. The first meeting had 40 people from five different churches/denominations. Four people were baptized in the Holy Spirit, two people were healed, and many were energized to pray. These meetings will continue every month.
People have commented that they have a greater desire to seek the face of God and have a greater dynamic during their personal devotions throughout the month. We are believing for more churches to get involved, and for a spiritual awakening and revival to begin here in Troyes.
From Ed Buck
AGWM Personnel in France
AGWM personnel in France, Edward Buck, relates some great encounters which occurred in their recent outreaches to various towns in France where there are new church planting efforts. The brightly painted bus brings attention in these towns, conversations are initiated with passers-by, and these contacts are brought on the bus for more intense protracted conversations with interested individuals in need of God and prayer.
An Imam (a Muslim religious leader) comes on the bus for discussion about God, and as a result, many other Muslims also hear the Gospel and receive the “Jesus” film in French and Arabic.
How do you start a Kid’s Ministry in a place where religion and ‘church’ are not welcome? That was the question on the mind of AGWM personnel, Kay Farmer. The answer for her? Step outside of the box and find out what are the needs in your community.
Kay goes on to relate, “I wasn’t sure how to start. How to reach parents when I didn’t have a child myself. I follow a local blogger here who posts events. One day the idea came to me to send her a message about Story Time. She said she would love to blog about it and did so for three weeks! I had two parents sign up. One mom was part of our city’s Parent and Child Group. She asked if she could share this event with the group. Of course! She brought five moms with her. The best part was all of the hugs I got when the kids left. I already felt like these were “My Kids!”