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Silas Newsletter - Autumn 2009
This is our regular Silas newsletter, keeping you up to date with what is happening with the Silas Project, and with its supported workers in Turkey. For up-to-date news between newsletters, visit our website Blog Page. Please pray for the whole Christian community in Turkey - violence and media attention continue to cause them major difficulties, while also affording great opportunities to present Gospel truths.
Prayer Points
- For Diyarbakir Church (led by Ahmet and Cengiz) in south-east Turkey near Syria: praise for a very successful summer camp, for steady growth in the number of believers, for the provision of a new church van; prayer for the current discipleship course semester on the Old Testament - the course has been running for 6 years now, for the publication of Ahmet's new book on how Christ provides solutions to the common ailments of society, for continuing outreach to neighbouring cities, for programmes directed at the many poor children in the neighbourhood around the church.
- For Antioch Church (led by Hamdullah), also in south east Turkey near the Mediterranean Sea: praise for a successful summer camp, for a recent outreach evening with an illusionist and a unicyclist; prayer for the continuing follow-up to this outreach event, for a suitable new church building.
- For Besiktas Church in Istanbul (led by Kaan): praise for the continuing flow of visitors and seekers; prayer for them that they might find true salvation, for several marriages in the fellowship that, without Divine intervention, will break up, for a growing women's community outreach programme, for two possible cases of demon possession within the church, for the small but growing youth group, for fruit from friendships and new Bible studies.
- For the ladies visiting and counselling work of Gul in Izmir, near Ephesus: praise for some improvement in her health on the completion of her course of chemotherapy, for a recent good time with one of her sons; prayer that she gains sufficient strength to resume her duties as church receptionist, for her sons that they be reconciled to God, for three new believers about to be baptised at her church.
- For the Church of Altintepe in Istanbul (where Fatih is Teaching Elder): prayer for brother E and sister M recently baptised, for the current Alpha course, for the new bible study course on Ephesians, for Carlos' new book on apologetics and its publication by a secular publishing house, for the Easy to Read Bible translation of John and Romans being done by by Fatih.
Silas News
We have mailed the Silas Project brochure to almost 1,500 churches in the UK, and have received much encouragement and support as a result. Our Silas Project Website continues to receive over 200 visits each month, and we have added an international (PayPal) donation facility to it. Our DVD presentation on our supported workers is now available on request for church and small group showing. You may view a trailer of this DVD on the website.
Yours in our King and Saviour,
Roger & Yvonne Malstead
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