International.
Southeast Asia

Adam and Sofia are still getting settled into their new life in Asia. This season regularly reminds them that they are living among a spiritually lost people. With festivals celebrating ghosts, moon goddesses, and spirits of "light" overcoming spirits of "darkness," they are faced with the weighty reality that there is much labor to be done; and yet, none of it can be accomplished if God is not in the work. In the midst of the lostness, Adam and Sofia have been encouraged by how faithful God has been to work among them and provide opportunities to shine His light. 

The past few weeks have been filled  with getting connected with local believers, hosting a women’s gathering, experiencing a pastors conference in Singapore, and developing deeper relationships with many unbelievers. They are also focusing heavily on language learning, and Adam has been laboring with the tasks of preaching and teaching. Overall, their family is striving for faithfulness and persistence. 

  • Pray for the Lord to give them joy in all circumstances.
  • Pray that God would save Joanna, and for wisdom and patience in parenting.
  • Pray that God would supply a larger church building for people to gather to hear the word preached and the gospel proclaimed.
  • Pray for the believers to promote deep discipleship by bearing one another’s burdens, confess their sins, and preach the gospel to each other. 
North America.
Commission Church // Shelbyville, KY

Commission Church is Immanuel’s sixth intentional church plant. It is the first church that Immanuel planted here in Kentucky. The church is very thankful that they are currently seeing a lot of fruit in their parenting discipleship class and among their youth. The youth are growing in their faith, serving in the church, and engaging their friends with the gospel. Commission desires for their lives to be marked by consistent evangelism and for sharing the gospel to be a normal rhythm in the lives of their members. A piece of their evangelism is through Young Life. The church is very closely aligned with that ministry. 

This season has brought about a significant amount of their members moving out of the area for various reasons. Some of the members who have moved were a major portion of the church's worship team. The elders are seeking wisdom as they lead the body through this season of transition.

  • Pray for continued wisdom as they navigate the loss of several families who have moved from Shelbyville.
  • Pray for their families’ health during the winter months.
  • Pray for the church to be zealous for the Lord’s Name to be displayed through their consistent evangelism. 
  • Pray for God to provide them with more faithful members and a worship coordinator.
Kentuckiana.
Tuesday School

Tuesday School is a Bible Study that meets weekly at 7:00PM at the Puritan, an apartment building located at 4th Street and Ormsby. Originally part of Immanuel's Sunday School ministry, the group began over 15 years ago and has continued meeting at different locations through the years. Those who attend include Immanuel members and residents of the Puritan. Studying through books of the Bible is the typical practice of the group, led by Pastor Doug Sturgeon.

  • Pray that the study of God's Word will result in humble hearts growing in faith and glad obedience to the Lord.
  • Pray for those who do not yet know Jesus as Lord, that they will be awakened to see their need of the one and only Savior and be moved by the Spirit to repentance and faith in him.
  • Pray for wisdom and love that we might serve our neighbors at the Puritan, many of whom live on fixed income with aging and related health issues.
  • Pray for the Lord to raise up leaders / teachers with willing hearts to help in this ministry.
Unreached.
Jewish of Israel

Location:

Israel

Population:

5,007,000

Ev. Christian:

0.23%

Main Language:

Hebrew

Spiritual Beliefs:

Judaism

Bible in Heart Language:

Yes

Jewish Israelis are those born in the land of Israel, particularly since the founding of the Jewish State in 1948. Many Jews are secular in their beliefs. Others follow an orthodox Jewish faith that holds that Jesus did not fulfill messianic prophecies being the criteria for being recognized as the Messiah. They do not hold that Jesus is the Son of God or Savior of the world. 

  • Pray that the Jewish people would understand that Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah.
  • Pray that God would grant Jewish believers favor as they share their faith in Christ with their own people.
  • Pray that strong local churches will be raised up among the Jews of  Israel.