Kep & Debbie March 2023 Prayer Requests

* Pray that the Lord will give wisdom and guidance as we focus increasing attention and time helping pastors in Africa study the Bible to understand it, to live it, and to teach it faithfully. Pray that God will use the mutual discipleship groups that are forming to get the church to focus on Jesus and experience genuine gospel transformation throughout the African continent.

* Pray for the ILC Church that Kep and Debbie planted in Bolivia, that its leadership will continue honoring Christ by staying true to His Scriptures. ESI Latin America (Equipping Servants International – Disciples Making Disciples)

* Pray for the 2,200 ESI participants in 200 groups meeting in 16 countries, with 2900 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Current ESI countries are USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain, Sweden, Kenya. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God as they study His Scriptures, that they will stay true to Jesus, and that they will keep His Gospel at the center.

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Kep & Debbie February 2023 Update

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Thank you for praying for us and the work we'll be doing in Africa February through May. This Update describes some of those locations.

Let us know how we can be praying for you!
Kep and Debbie

Kep & Debbie February 2023 Prayer Requests

• Pray that the Lord will give wisdom and guidance as we focus increasing attention and time helping pastors in Africa study the Bible to understand it, to live it, and to teach it faithfully. Pray that God will use the mutual discipleship groups that are forming to get the church to focus on Jesus and experience genuine gospel transformation throughout the African continent.

• Pray for the ILC Church that Kep and Debbie planted in Bolivia, that its leadership will continue honoring Christ by staying true to His Scriptures.

• Pray for the 2,200 ESI participants, in 200 groups, meeting in 16 countries, with 2,900 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Current ESI countries are USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain, Sweden, Kenya. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God as they study His Scriptures, that they will stay true to Jesus, and that they will keep His Gospel at the center.

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Kep & Debbie January 2023 Update

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Greetings from Cleveland.

Attached is our January 2023 Prayer Update, explaining ministry plans for Africa over the next few months. Also 14 ways you can be praying for missionaries.

We sincerely thank God for your partnership with us in the gospel. When you pray you go!

Kep and Debbie James

Kep & Debbie January 2023 Prayer Requests

1. Pray for the Lord’s guidance as we prepare to lead ESI (Equipping Servants – Disciples Making Disciples) training retreats in Zambia and Burundi in April. Pray for these pastors and church as they prepare for the 4-day training retreats by studying Romans 1-3.

2. Pray for the church planters we have trained with a ministry currently doing evangelism in Muslim communities in North and West Africa and the Middle East.

3. Pray for the 1,825 ESI participants in 168 groups meeting in 16 countries, with 2730 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and their commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures keeping Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

4. Praise for the Kenyan pastors and church leaders we trained in September who are preparing to begin ESI groups in January in Nairobi and Mombasa.

5. Pray for the church in Bolivia that believers will be true to Christ in their daily lives. Pray for the ILC Church leadership in La Paz to be passionate about Jesus as they experience gospel transformation in their own lives first as they lead the church.

Kep & Debbie December 2022 Prayer Requests

1. Pray as Kep and Debbie follow up with the contacts we made with African pastors and church planters in Tanzania in April, that the Lord will guide our steps for where to focus our ministry attention in 2023.

2. Pray that the Lord will help us help African pastors and church leaders to become students of the Bible, to understand what it says, to live what it says, so they can teach faithfully what it says -- for a church across Africa that is true to Christ and that honors Jesus by being true to His Scriptures.

3. Pray for the ESI (Equiping Servants -Disciples Making Disciples) groups across Latin America, Spain, and Kenya, that God will help the participants see Jesus in Romans as they study it, and experience true gospel transformation in their lives and ministries.

4. Pray for the ILC church back in Bolivia that the pastors and leaders will be people of the Book so they can lead the congregation in a way that exalts Jesus.

Missions Moment with Kep & Debbie James

Location: The Venue
Start Time: Sun 20, Nov. 2022, 11:45 a.m.
End Time: Sun 20, Nov. 2022, 12:45 p.m.

Come to the Venue on Sunday, November 20, after the second service, to meet our missionaries Kep and Debbie James and hear an update on their ministry transition from Latin America to Africa.

Refreshments will be provided.

Kep & Debbie November 2022 Prayer Requests

* Kep and Debbie thank the Lord for the 34 years the Lord allowed them to serve in Bolivia. Pray for the Lord’s guidance as they refocus their ministry toward Africa – working to train church planters as they go out to do evangelism in Muslim communities in North and West Africa. And developing ESI (Equipping Servants/ Disciples Making Disciples) in East Africa.

* Pray for the 1,825 ESI participants in 168 groups meeting in 16 countries, with 2730 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures with Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

* Praise for the Kenyan pastors and church leaders who took the ESI training in September as they form groups to study through Romans in Nairobi and Mombasa.

* Pray for the church in Bolivia that the believers will be true to Christ in their daily lives, and for the ILC Church leadership in La Paz that they will be passionate about Jesus to lead the church in gospel transformation – faithful to God’s Word.

Kep & Debbie October 2022 Update

Greetings from Bolivia!

We want you to know how much we have valued your partnership with us in the gospel over these many years. October 19 Debbie and I fly to Cleveland to refocus our ministry toward Africa. We value your prayers as we assist an Egyptian based ministry in North and West Africa and the Middle East, helping to train the leaders in their church-planting training schools.

We also are starting to see traction with ESI in East Africa. The group we trained in Kenya in September is organizing to start ESI groups in Nairobi and Mombasa in January. Debbie and I will be in Burundi and Zambia in April, to launch ESI, and to follow up with the ESI Kenya groups. For all this we value your prayers.

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Kep & Debbie October 2022 Prayer Requests

• Pray for us as we say good-bye to our friends and ministry partners in Bolivia and return to Cleveland on October 19, so that we can refocus our ministry toward Africa.

• Praise for Kep’s trip to Cairo in September where he trained 65 mission school leaders and missionaries who are working to train Christian workers to start churches in North Africa and the Middle East. Pray for these leaders that they will be able to help their students grow in their daily commitment to study God’s Word, to know it, to live it, to grow in their love for Jesus and experience gospel transformation in their lives – and then to teach it faithfully.

• Pray for the 1,825 ESI (Equipping Servants – Disciples Making Disciples) participants in 168 groups meeting in 14 countries, with 2730 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures with Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

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