Prayer Profile:
The early church in Libya left a significant number of monuments across the north coast. However, the Gospel never deeply penetrated the local population, and the Church disappeared when Greek and Roman colonists fled from invading Arab armie
Colonel Gadhafi’s rule after the 1969 Libyan revolution did not change the situation. For years, faxes, printers and the Internet were severely restricted or banned. Satellite TV was the only channel open to the outside world. Recently, many things have changed, making it possible for Libyans to find Christ.
Sunni Islam is the religion, but secularizing influences are strong. The government sees radical Islamist ideology and related support coming in to the country as a threat. No form of Christian witness to Libyan citizens is allowed, and congregations of expatriates are strictly monitored. There is a state-imposed limit of one church per denomination per city.
Redemptive Purpose: Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried the cross for Jesus, was a Libyan (Luke 23:26). What a radical display of service unto the Lord Jesus. Maybe today, another man from Libya will carry the cross in another way, in the face of great religious and physical loss to himself, to the Muslim world.
Key Scripture to Pray: Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene (Libya), went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. - Acts 11:20-21
For more prayer information on Libya: www.lightforlibya.org
Going Before the Father: Some of the first people to take the message to the Greeks were men from Libya. Pray that the Lord again will use people from Libya to touch their own people and then other places in the world.
Libya is one of the hardest places in the world for the Gospel to penetrate. We need to increase the amount of prayer for this land, that Christians working in the country would share the Good News of the Lord Jesus.
Pray for those in the country trying to quietly develop relationships and share the Good News about Jesus. Pray especially that the Lord would deliver them and the tiny group of Libyan believers from the fear that often paralyzes people there.
the Outreach to North Africa:
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Transform 2010 North Africa - Explorer Team
Arrival date: 19-Jul-2010, Departure date: 09-Aug-2010
The purpose of this outreach is a mixture of cultural exploring, learning about the life of workers in a North African country and seeking encounters with nationals that will have a lasting impact. Attempting to break down cultural barriers, we want to reach out to people very precious in God's eyes.
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Transform 2010 North Africa - Prayer Team
Arrival date: 19-Jul-2010, Departure date: 09-Aug-2010
We want to learn how to carefully listen to God's heart for specific places and people and pierce the darkness through words of truth and authority in the name of Jesus. We want to use prayer as the amazing means that sets our hearts right before our Father and turn the world upside down!
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Transform 2010 North Africa - Trekking Team
Arrival date: 19-Jul-2010, Departure date: 09-Aug-2010
The purpose of this outreach is to take the Good News into remote mountain villages into places where access is limited and people are widely cut off from modern means of communication and also from the Story of Life.
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Transform 2010 North Africa - North Africa Challenge
Arrival date: 19-Jul-2010, Departure date: 07-Aug-2010
We challenge you to come and cross through our deserts, beaches, and cities, lifting up the name of the Lord in prayer! Many strongholds need to be torn down in this spiritually dry land; come and prayer walk through a holy Islamic city, dare to make friends in desert and beach cities with the message and love of Christ, cry out to God as you walk through a desert oasis or a back city alleyway! Come and support the workers and local believers in prayer, but be careful, the Lord might just call you long term here!
