I am currently in Orlando, Florida for a very critical leadership consultation related to Cape Town 2010 - The Third Lausanne Conference on Global Evangelism. Mission America is the US arm of the Lausanne Movement. It expresses itself through three ideas - prayer, care, and share so that churches and communities are reaching out in prayer, deed, and proclamation of the Gospel.
The meetings this week are for US church and ministry leaders to pray, discuss, and Lord willing - initiate new strategies related to the major challenges and opportunities facing the US and Global Church. After the last Lausanne Congress in 1989 held in Manila over 300 new strategies/initiatives were launched - including new ministries.
Approximately 1,000 US church and ministry leaders are in attendance - many of whom did not attend Cape Town but are involved in the greater movement of Lausanne Mission America and/or are significant ministry leaders.
Our meetings this week are being wonderfully hosted by the international headquarters of Wycliff Bible Translators, Campus Crusade for Christ, and Vision 360.
I would really appreciate your prayers for the week. Each day, there are 20 affinity group consultations around the major themes discussed in Cape Town. I have been asked to help provide leadership to the affinity consultation "US and Global Evangelism.". It is a huge honor and blessing since we are such a small organization. The over arching prayer is that the results of this week will lead to strategies for the next 10 to 15 years.
My second prayer is for networking/partnerships. Pray that the Lord would open some significant doors of friendship and ministry partners with churches and other ministries.
My third prayer request is for the Lord to really show himself and speak to our hearts as a collected body what He wants for the US church in initiatives, partnerships, strategies, and the re-evangelizing of the US church and a move of the Holy Spirit in awakening the church.
Last, pray that God would show me how and where ANM can begin to minister in the US in equipping churches and communities for evangelism. Maybe this would mean an open door this week into a few churches or maybe it means partnering with others.
Lastly - pray for my wife and daughters that the Lord would care for them while I am gone - no one sick, no one injured, no appliances or vehicle trouble.
Blessings
Mike
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- All Nations Ministries
- ANM exists to proclaim the name and glory of God to the nations, especially to unreached and least reached peoples of the world. Each year, ANM teams travel to large cities and small villages around the world to tell others the Good News of Jesus Christ. Many of these places and peoples have heard very little about the life and work of Jesus Christ. Mike Parker is uniquely qualified as an international evangelist, preacher, and teacher. He has ministered internationally for 20 years in 30 different countries. In the early 90’s Mike and his wife lived as missionaries in the Baltic nation of Latvia. Mike has a B.S. in Psychology and a M.A. in Intercultural Studies and is an ordained Conservative Baptist minister.
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