Christians meet under a tree
Christians meet under a tree
Jan. 05, 2023 | Kenya

Christians Hope to Build Church

[171] prayers in [14] nations have been posted for church members without a building.

A church in a Kenyan town with a significant Muslim population has met for years underneath a tree, and the group desperately needs a building. The church was founded in 2017 by a Kenyan missionary in the yard of his first convert. Front-line workers said, “The Kenyan missionary who started the church received a lot of intimidation and mockery. He was marked to be killed, called a fool, and accused of misleading others because of sharing the gospel.” The first church member came to Christ when she was healed of a prolonged sickness after the missionary prayed for her. The woman had spent much seeking a cure, including paying seven goats to local magicians and visiting Islamic sheikhs who recited the Quran over her. After she was healed, the church grew and now has nearly 50 members.

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  • temples is the most important part of the sanctification of believers. I pray this congregation therefore puts believing and learning Your word in the A1611 Bible above a building. I pray they would thereby grow in the milk and especially the rich spiritual meats of Your word guided by Your Holy Ghost. I pray this in the LORD Jesus Christ's name, amen.
    Devin C - USA
  • Dear LORD, may believers everywhere guided by Your Holy Ghost realize the church is both individuals believers and Your collective body. We say church of such and such area describing believers in a certain place. May this congregation all be made up of born again believers who realize that to worship You in spirit and truth through our personal bodily
    Devin C - USA
  • ABBA FATHER, I pray that YOUR love & peace reigns inside the Christians without a church, in Kenya, that is beyond all man's understanding, that only comes from knowing YOU, JESUS, and that we, as YOUR born again, HOLY SPIRIT filled children, that when we die, we will be with YOU in heaven, for all eternity! JEHOVAH JIREH, provide a new church for them
    Michael V - USA
  • Oh Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus Christ, these people are in turmoil, and they need Your help, and they need Your presence, they need Your comfort!
    christine s - USA
  • Father, please bring favor to your children among their Muslim neighbors, such that they do not fear Christians building a place of worship. Cause their Muslim neighbors to have their eyes opened to Christian lovingkindness and good character, softening their hearts to a place for them to worship. Give both a shared project to overcome fears.Be exalted
    Danae V - USA
  • Lord, we praise you for the growth of your Church in Kenya. Thank you for drawing men and women to Jesus through your healing power. Please help them grow in knowledge and faith and purity of doctrine. May they be unified as they await your provision of a church building. We trust you to give them exactly what they need.
    Jackie V - USA
  • Father, You know the situation and we join with this Kenyan church to ask that You provide a building in which they can meet regularly for worship. Thank You that You are indeed building Your church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. May these believers continue to bear much fruit in Your kingdom.
    Gail M - USA
  • Our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus, I pray for comfort, peace, and protection for our brothers and sisters in Christ. We can take comfort that the Lord is working. He is in control and His Will will be done. We can only plant the seed, the Lord will reap the harvest. We will continue to pray. Stand firm, Jesus is coming soon!
    Susan R - USA
  • Thank you, Lord for how you have grown this church in numbers. Continue to grow the faith of the members. Provide the resources that you know they need. Amen.
    Vicki Y - USA
  • Our most gracious and righteous Heavenly Father , i come to you on behalf of your children in a foreign counry , undergoing much persecution, that you would be merciful to them and provide a building for them . I pray for the Kenyan missionary who stepped out in faith to share . Bless him father as he is riduculed and mocked in the Name OF JESUS Amen
    Billie c - USA
  • In the loving name of Jesus. our heavenly Father, Adonai, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of Kenyan church members without a building. We praise You they are standing firm. We ask for a hedge of protection, and angels from heaven to surround and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord, bless these 50 converts & May they continue to grow. If it is your will, prepare the way for a building to worship in. Give these saints what they need to best serve you. Give them love for each other that it may shine forth in this dark world. Protect them from the evil one. Through their witness May many come to faith and repentance in Jesus.
    Marian P - USA
  • In Jesus Name we pray for our brothers & sisters around the world that are being persecuted for their faith in Jesus our Lord and as You Lord remember we are made of the dust and can do no thing without you John 15:5 strengthen each one with the power of Your Holy Spirit to overcome and continue in the faith & may no weapon formed against them prosper.
    barry p - USA
  • In the forgiving name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah Sabaoth, Lord of Hosts and heaven, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of Kenyan church members without a building. We ask for a building, for provision, hedge of protection, and angels from heaven to encamp around and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord, bless these 50 converts & May they continue to grow. If it is your will, prepare the way for a building to worship in. Give these saints what they need to best serve you. Give them love for each other that it may shine forth in this dark world. Protect them from the evil one. Give not an inch to satan. Bring seekers to them & growth.
    SM D - USA
  • Father, thank You for healing this woman and for the Kenyan missionary's faithfulness to bring the gospel. May Muslims here repent and place their faith in Jesus. Guide this church through Your Word, granting them wisdom, grace, guidance, courage, boldness and perseverance. Help them not to grow weary in witnessing and grant a huge harvest of souls.
    Beth P - USA
  • Lord, thank You for Your healing power that shows Your love for the people of this earth. Bless this church in Kenya with a safe building so they can serve You more. Thank You for their encouraging testimony and their beautiful hearts in the name of Jesus.
    Alison M - USA
  • Abba, Father I thank You for our dear brethren in Kenya and their faithfulness to serve and come together as one despite their lack. I pray You would bless them Adonai with great favor to obtain all that is needed to build a "physical" place to dwell during their services and coming together as one. In Yahusha's name I pray and give praise!
    Yahliah M - USA
  • In the peaceful name of Jesus, our heavenly Father, Jehovah Shalom, God of peace, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we praise You for faithfulness of church members without a building as they teach the peace of Jesus. We ask for provision, for a hedge of protection and angels direct from heaven to surround and minister to them. Amen
    Gary F - USA
  • Lord, I pray that you would provide a church building for these precious people of God in Kenya. Thank you for the great miracle of healing. This woman who brought so many to Christ. Please let this church grow and be a light continuously in this area of Kenya thank you for the missionary who has worked so hard bless him in Jesus name I pray .
    Nancy G - USA
  • Gracious Father God, please give strength, vision, great wisdom and great leadership to this fellowship as they seek to move forward to build a church. They are a minority and their community is not sympathetic. Raise up leaders who will represent You well but also be able to communicate well and negotiate with the opponents to get this church built.
    Jean S - Canada
  • Lord,
    Thank You for Your amazing faithfulness and for the missionary who so faithfully started this church in Kenya. Thank You for healing the poor woman with the prolonged sickness and for using her trials to bring others closer to You. May the missionary and other believers grow stronger in their faith each day, be salt and light to their neighbors.
    Lysander S - USA
  • Lord Jesus, we thank you and praise you for you are still doing miracles today! What a miracle of your grace that this congregation survives and continues to thrive. We pray that you would provide everything they need to continue to meet and build each other up in the faith.
    Matthew E - USA
  • Lord, I thank you for expanding your church into this little-reached area. Please bless these church members with a building so that they can worship you with joy at your provision. Bless them with faith in your provision as well. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen.
    Cassie K - USA
  • Our Father, bless Your church as they wait for a building to worship You in. May their faithfulness to You be a light to those in darkness so that they will come to know Jesus' as their Savior. In His name, Amen
    Eli S - USA
  • Lord God, we give You thanks for this bold missionary who will not be prevented from establishing this church in Kenya. Thank You for this first convert who was healed and who only came to healing after being desperate and now knows who the real God is and that His Son, Jesus, the only way to life and peace. Please supply a building for the believers.
    Forrest B - USA
  • Thank you for this community of believers. Please meet their needs. Provide them a place for shelter, and a place of witness.
    Rebecca H - New Zealand
  • Father God, Thank You for the faith and courage You have given these followers and to the missionary who brought them Your good news! Please show them how they should respond to any persecution and guide them as to any building. May Your will be done in their lives and many new followers come to You, All glory to You, In Jesus' name, Amen
    Rena B - USA
  • Father, thank You so much for this great testimony of spiritual and physical healing. You have touched this women and now others believe in the Lord Jesus. Father, wherever they are You are in their midst. Minister and encourage them as they meet together. If it is Your will, may the find a place to worship indoors. I pray this in Jesus' name. amen.
    joey S - USA
  • Jesus thank you for this congregation, for these people your children! Holy Spirit please move among the townspeople, changing hearts and causing this congregation to grow in number, and grow closer to you and each other. Father God bless them with wisdom, with knowledge of you, with provisions and income and a building. God protect them. IJN amen.
    Mike M - USA
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