Author: bbyrd

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” (1 John 4:16) As disciple makers and church planters, Team Expansion wants to share God’s love with the nations. Praise God for the tool of the Kairos course being used among both local and global churches. Celebrate how God has moved Kairos into its next phase with Simply Mobilizing to expand: a) new resources to impact with worldview a broader range of churches by equipping mobilizers in USA and b) new translations and interfacing with Spanish and Korean.

“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.” (1 John 4:15) The year 2016 was one of transitions for Team Expansion. Some missionary families are transitioning back into American culture after serving years in an adopted country. One servant in Ghana fell ill and went to his eternal home. New workers were trained and sent out. With high expectations, Team Expansion is trusting God and praising Him for leading through changes and for raising up new Field Coordinators, a new Mobilization Director, and a new Missionary Kid Coordinator.

Since a mission organization has such fluidity, pray that Team Expansion exhibits 1 John 4:15 and continues making impact among unreached peoples.

“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (1 John 4:12) Praise God that His love makes us whole.  Pray that Team Expansion workers are identified as the hands and feet of Jesus to people who are in need of His love and completeness.

“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” (1 John 4:11). Celebrate that the Discipleship Course is building in the Shawnee area of Louisville Metro and truly making a difference in families and individuals who live there. Pray for workers to be bold in sharing the love of God with those who feel unloved and unworthy.

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:10). Praise God for the launch of Marketplace ministry and the launch of the Antioch Journey website in 2016. These avenues help to get business as missions off the ground in hard access areas. Pray for Marketplace to be successful in impacting unreached peoples with that wonderful story of love.

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9). Pray4AP was launched with the vision to inspire prayer for a church multiplication movement in Arunachal Pradesh. Biblically, historically, and experientially PRAYER IMPACTS THE WORLD – individuals and nations. God wants to stir a movement of healthy, reproducing churches throughout and beyond this land. Thank You, Father, that we can partner together in such a significant love story in the universe!

 “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 4:8). Praise God for a new work in Cork, Ireland, and for the 4 Bible study groups He is blessing and increasing. These groups have grown close quickly and have a spirit of unity among the various faith/non faith backgrounds. Because God is love, pray for these people of Ireland to discover His great love and pass it on to others.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.” (1 John 4:7). As God increases His global family, praise God for His blessing on Team Expansion’s work among unreached people groups. Pray that God’s love is evident and effective in producing lasting fruit.

Making disciples is much more serious than just making church members, and it is what God has called us to do. Pray that churches would equip, train, and send out disciples as Jesus did. Pray that new partnering churches would emerge.

Praise God for the amazing impact that Team Expansion and her partners have had in 2016! Ask God to direct this org to continue seeking to further His Kingdom in 2017. Pray for divine appointments to connect with new partners to be more effective in making disciples of all nations.