Afghans

Lord, raise up Afghans believers in the city. May they establish loving communities of faith in Christ who reach other North Africans.

Lord, due to Islamic radicalism, some Afghans are distancing themselves from serious commitment to Islam. Raise up long-term laborers to disciple them and direct them to the Messiah.

Don’t spend so much “tea drinking” time (although very important to aid in establishing friendships) without ever getting to a gospel worldview conversation

Pray for Christians to avoid spending so much “tea drinking” time (although very important to aid in establishing friendships) without ever getting to gospel worldview conversations.

Pray that Christians avoid engaging only in aggressive, confrontational, one-time evangelism approaches that have no intention of following up with individual Afghans for discipleship & continuing friendship.

Pray for more GTA believers to work among Afghans (perhaps in labor jobs).

Pray for more GTA believers to live among GTA’s Afghans in their own buildings/communities (the Move-In approach).

There are few known open Afghan followers of Jesus in GTA from a Muslim, Sikh, or Hindu background, and there are only a few known churches (possibly four) in GTA with Afghans as the primary members/attendees. There are a few believers, churches, & at least three mission organizations focusing attention & outreach efforts on Afghans in GTA. Networking and collaborating with such existing believers, churches, & organizations (and emerging ones) will be wise.

Pray for GTA evangelical involvement among Afghans: it will likely require developing a discreet yet strategically intentional presence among Afghans via social media, as they are very active and connected online, especially back to Afghanistan via the Internet.