International Prayer Focus

Pray for The Philippines Territory

Praise points:

For the third quarter of the year, the following programmes were blessed and mightily used by God for the development of the personal spiritual lives of officers and comrades and The Salvation Army’s presence in the communities:

• ministry workers training (14-25 August)
• active single officers retreat (21-23 August)
• holiness conference (24-28 September)
• integrated community development programmme (evaluation of phase one).

Prayer requests:

• The change in leadership as our present Chief Secretary and Territorial Secretary for Women’s Ministries prepare to leave the territory.
• Construction of a new Bethany Children’s Home (BCH) building. The building which served for more than forty years had to be demolished. BCH cares for girls who have been sexually abused. Please pray that we will be able to build a better shelter for the girls.
• NetSuite go-live on 2 December 2024.
• The second phase of the integrated community development programme.
• The gospel arts camp in May 2025.
• The health of officers.

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Pray for Zimbabwe and Botswana Territory

Prayer requests:

• We thank God for the successful territorial self denial ingathering, welcome of the new territorial leaders, territorial home league rally, ordination and commissioning of the Defenders of Justice Session and many other events.
• Pray for the territorial leaders as they are going around the territory for familiarisation programme.
• Pray for stability of the territory on financial matters.
• Pray for the new commissioned officers, the cadets and those who received marching orders.
• Pray for the work that will take place following the visit and reviews of the International Secretary for Africa in November.
• Pray for God's intervention as Zimbabwe is facing severe drought and hunger.
• Botswana District – please continue praying for officers to get work permits.
• Madagascar - pray for Captains Panganai to get work permits and for the Church to continue growing.

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Pray for South America West Territory

We give thanks to God and continue to pray for:

• New opportunities to spread the gospel with new openings in Viña del Mar in Chile and Viñami, Ventanilla and Pachacutec in Peru.
• New families coming to Christ and linked to the corps. In 2023, 282 new families came to faith and connected with The Salvation Army and in 2024, to date, 132 new families.
• our Territorial Womens Ministries Camp 2024 which took place in October. Women from Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia gathered together for the first time in eight years under the theme Connected (based on John 15). We are also expecting 500 women in Ancon-Peru to gather following a Territorial Officers’ Councils under the theme Send Me!
• The 19 candidates who are expected to go into officer training in 2025.
• The ten new Love feeding centres where people can find food and salvation in Jesus.
• The three new offices in Peru, Ecuador and Chile to support vulnerable women. These offices have been opened in response to the Battle Cry with one due to open in Bolivia as well.
• The continuing initiatives which seek to ensure all our Salvation Army officers are able to obtain 100% of their allowance.

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Pray for Germany, Lithuania and Poland Territory

Prayers of praise and thanksgiving:

• We give thanks to God for the recent officers and leaders councils and the territorial congress led by General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham. We thank God that the Holy Spirit’s presence was felt, people made new commitments and people were encouraged and uplifted by this time of fellowship and worship.
• We give thanks for the commissioning of two new lieutenants and the start of training for two new cadets. Please pray for the new officers, cadets and their families.
• We give thanks for the commitment and dedication of soldiers, officers, employees and volunteers in Germany, Lithuania and Poland who show the love of Jesus to others through their actions.

Prayer requests:

• For the encouragement of seeing lives transformed by the power of Jesus in all three countries of the territory.
• For strength and grace for our officers, many of whom bear heavy workloads and juggle many responsibilities.
• For more people to offer for officership and local officership.
• For resources to care for the many Ukrainian refugees who still need assistance.
• Our personnel are often isolated as they serve significant distances from each other. Please pray for wisdom as we strengthen systems of support for corps, centres and community-based work.

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