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Welcome to PRAY 10 / 11 / 12
November 10th 2012
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A changing world, a growing Church, a developing
response.
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Prayer for the World
• Some good news:An unprecedented harvest of new believersAn astonishing shift of Christianity’s centre of gravityThe strength and growth of the Church in lands where persecution has occurred or continues!
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Prayer for the World
• Social trends to watch:1. Globalisation of politics and economics2. International terrorism remains and continues to shape travel, trade, diplomacy and domestic policy in many countries.3. The power of international crime empires4. Human trafficking is more common than the trafficking of drugs and firearms in 2012.
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Prayer for the world
• Demographic trends to watch:1. Rapid growth of the human
population and rising life expectancy in many countries.
2. Urbanisation3. International migration4. The treatment of women5. Language extinction
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Expectations