Prayer Requests and Prayer Points

Here are prayer requests and prayer prompts to help you with your prayer. You may want to bookmark this page so when you do pray, you can reach it easily. Also, please share ISM related prayer requests by clicking “add prayer request.” All prayers are screened by the prayer team so it won’t show immediately but hopefully it will show less than a couple of hours after your submission. Also, let people know you are praying for them by clicking on the “Pray” button. Thanks all!

  • Pray for new city directors for New York City (as soon as possible), for Philadelphia (within a year), and Boston (within the next few years). Also, pray for a replacement RFD for the Northeast.
  • Pray for Lausanne Global ISM meetings in Nairobi, Kenya: for the approval to come for David and Beth to attend and for this to be a great time to learn and network for us / ISI as we get involved in global ISM.
  • For wisdom in planning next steps and priorities for David and Beth's next global travel in January / February.
  • For Ma Hua as she gets settled in Osaka and looks to become a Min Rep to reach Chinese international students in Osaka.
  • For God to raise up ISI / ISM staff for Japan and Taiwan (and for wisdom regarding if / when / how to establish a legal ISI presence), particularly for God’s leading for Hiroki (Japan) and Luke (Taiwan).
  • Pray for Kimberly Carlson, as she moves to Tokyo sometime this fall—for visa, funding, apartment, etc. and for wisdom in next steps for the fulfillment of her "Plant Japan vision" of partnering with church planters to plant churches near the train stations of her returnees.
  • Staff raising support in the current economic context; a way for money to flow from China to Chinese staff in PD; Amber Carpenter, ISI staff in Sacramento, as she seeks to raise her support to full-time in anticipation of my (Jeff Townsend) moving into sr. status in fall 2024; future plans for how best to do New Staff Orientation.
  • Pray for new staff: a new NYC Area Director, M*slim Ministry Director, New York City Mobilizer, and Queens Area Director. (public is fine)
  • Pray for new training pathway roll out and all that is involved. (public is fine)
  • From Tim Sigman; Pray for Muslim background student we helped to baptize this summer in the Mediterranean Sea. Pray her whole family will come to Christ. Her sister has already become a follower of Jesus and mom and dad are now wanting to be baptized. Pray for protection as she is in a very difficult nation.
  • From Andy Pearce; For my building of relationships with leaders of church-based international student ministries in areas without ISI staff, especially in the 15 states with no ISI staff or ministry representatives.
  • From Andy Pearce; For finalization of the details for the first ISI/ACMI conference for churches already involved in international student ministry. The conference will be October 13-14 in Birmingham, AL. The main focus will be equipping for ministry with Indian students.
  • From Andy Pearce; For safe and smooth travel July 31-August 7 and encouraging visits with five returnee families and five individuals in Tokyo, Yokohama, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, and Osaka.
  • Lord we pray that You will draw many to be apart of this Week of 24/7 Prayer. Help us to see the whole week filled with nonstop prayer rising from your people. Enable us Holy Spirit to pray being led by You and fill us so we may be praying in the Spirit. Father cover us in your full armor so we can stand firm in prayer and see spiritual breakthroughs as we call upon You in Jesus mighty name.
  • Please pray for Roma seeker from Pakastan for healing from possible brain tumor. She had abnormal CT and has two doctor appt this week. She returns to Pakistan in a week. Asking God’s mercy and touch, body, soul, and spirit.