Today's Prayer Fuel
Harvest Workers are Few
During a social media evangelism campaign, people in Azerbaijan and Georgia were offered the opportunity to receive an Injil–a New Testament. The response was overwhelming, with over 100 requests coming in the first month alone.
The hope was to have each Injil delivered by an Azerbaijani believer who lives in their community. This way, they would have a relational connection to a local church. In the capital city of Baku, this was quickly accomplished.
However, many requests came from remote villages where there is no community of Christians to share the Good News with their neighbors. Injils were sent in the mail, and these seekers are waiting for a Gospel worker to follow up with them.
This is not a new challenge for Gospel work among unreached peoples. Jesus even taught his disciples to expect this:
When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:36-38 CSB)
As God answers our prayers and draws Azerbaijanis to himself, they need Christian brothers and sisters to teach them how to follow Jesus. Now more than ever, there is a great need for more harvest workers to find those who God has prepared to receive Jesus, and welcome new believers into his Kingdom.
Pray with us…
- Pray that God will raise up devoted followers of Jesus to go as harvest workers and share the Gospel in communities where there is no known Christian witness.
- Pray for harvest workers to find persons of peace who God has prepared to hear the Gospel and are ready to follow Jesus.
- Pray for American believers to be called to do cross-cultural Gospel work among the Azerbaijanis to help encourage, equip, and strengthen the ministry of evangelism, discipleship, and church planting.
