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Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:59 AM PST

Past Prayer Focus Update

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST

Hui GirlLast Secret Church (and then throughout the month of April), we focused our prayers on the Hui of China. The Hui number at least 13 million people, spread throughout the country. The overarching theme of our prayers was that the gospel would penetrate and transform their hearts, because, as we learned last year “To be Hui is to be Muslim.” In a recent meeting of people ministering among the Hui, the affect of our prayers last April was evident! Listen to this report from someone who is serving among the Hui and attended the meeting:

  1. One Hui church formed last April. That group is continuing to grow and has somewhere between 4-6 Hui believers now.
  2. A couple of Hui believers began the process of organizing a meeting of other Hui believers last April. This has been a dream for a long time but fear and lack of trust has kept meetings like this from happening. God softened their hearts in April and they began the process. In the end there were 2 different meetings that took place in two different places. It was a first and it has led to smaller groups of Hui meeting together for Bible study and prayer on a regular basis.
  3. The NT audio Bible is almost finished. It also began almost immediately after the prayer focus. The Hui Bible now is available as an app for download and the audio will be added to the app soon.
  4. Currently, we are beginning to think through how to best distribute the audio Bible and people are researching the best devices to use. We also have just received our shipments of the new version of the Hui Bible.
  5. It was amazing to hear just how encouraged people were by the SC focus last year. It seemed that it helped educate everyone's supporters. I think some organizations are also seeing more interest in working among the Hui. Teams are growing pretty fast.
  6. Everyone is also learning about Hui believers who are in Han churches across the country. Our estimates are most likely low. One worker just heard of a Hui church starting right behind his neighborhood. God is definitely moving.

Everyone at the meeting was very thankful for the prayer focus last year. Some had not even heard about it but as they thought back to what happened in their ministry last year some remember unexpected things that happened that are most likely the result of everyone praying. So thank you for not only remembering to pray for us but introducing thousands of other people to the Hui and challenging them to pray.

Thank you for praying. May this report encourage us all to participate in the Secret Church 14 prayer focus, which we’ll be announcing in just days!

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