Daily prayers
Please pray for the 2.8 million Muslim Unreached People Groups of the Nuba Mountains, in Central Sudan. The total population of the Nuba Mountain region is approximately 4.2 million. It is estimated that over a million people are internally displaced and many have fled to neighbouring countries, while others have permanently resettled in the North. It is a remote and inaccessible area; traditionally a place of refuge for people fleeing oppression. Ongoing conflict has disrupted education for many children. Please pray for creative ways to provide learning opportunities, and for the Teachers Training Program. Ask that the Lord will protect and give strength to teachers, and that children will be spared physically, mentally, and spiritually from the lasting effects of war. Most of all, pray that the hope of the Gospel would reach the next generation in the Nuba Mountains—that children would come to know the love of Christ and grow into young people who bring His hope and peace to their families and communities. May God’s peace take root in homes and communities throughout the Nuba Mountains.
In the Netherlands, there is a week of prayer from 1st to 7th November for those who do not know Jesus. This is a collaboration between several mission agencies, including AIM Netherlands. Pray for AIM as we endeavour to follow the model and teaching of Jesus, who became incarnate among us (John 20:21, 1 Cor 9:19-22). Ask God that in our varied ministries, we would walk in humility, build relationships, adopt learner attitudes, learn languages and cultures, and strive to live as belonging members in our communities. Pray for connections and partnerships to be strengthened as we join with other mission agencies to intercede for the lost.
Elle is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. Elle regularly prays for healing with people in the course of her job – for instance, last week she essentially ended up holding a ‘prayer clinic’. The adults in the waiting area saw her pray with someone for provision, and they all wanted a turn! However, she doesn’t often see clear physical results. But they have heard that the husband of Sarah, a local believer, who had a large stroke last month, is now walking without aid and has been discharged from hospital! He has been regularly visited and prayed for by a local believer living on a nearby island and appears to be softening – keep praying for full healing of body and soul! Another answer to prayer is that the team has received a very generous gift from their regional office to support a midwife training day. So now Elle is busy prepping materials for this. Please pray for her as she considers the most important things to include, as she doesn’t want to overwhelm people!
Simon seeks to build relationships with African diaspora in the UK as part of the Borderless team. Recently the internet project he is involved with brought him into contact with a refugee who had come to the UK to escape religious persecution. He was happy to appear in some of the project’s videos and share his testimony. He has recently been granted his right to remain in the UK. Simon has been privileged to play a very small part in helping him settle into UK life. The bulk of this responsibility has been taken up by the members of a South London church who have welcomed him into their midst. Praise God that He is working through our projects to connect believers and welcome them into communities away from home. Please pray for this man as he adjusts to life in the UK and faces rejection from his own people for the sake of Christ.
Bruce and Jan seek to build relationships with African diaspora in the UK as part of the Borderless team. Alongside his translation work, Bruce has made some progress on his research into multilingual churches and gave a presentation on his key ideas at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Please pray that Bruce would find time to complete his literature review by the end of the year so that he can focus on interviews and writing up in the first quarter of 2027. Bruce would also appreciate prayer for a trip to Germany at the end of October. He has been invited to speak on the topic of migration and mission at a gathering of Bible translators who work in the Middle East and West Asia – regions from which many people have been forced to migrate in recent years. Although Bruce has been invited to contribute to the event, he is mainly excited about what he will learn from spending a week with translation colleagues who are living and ministering in challenging locations.
Pablo serves in West Africa, where he uses English teaching to develop relationships for the gospel. At the centre where he works, Pablo is grateful for the provision of three new local teachers, and especially for a new worker from the US who is an old colleague of his. The team have just received a new couple from Europe, D&L, whom Pablo will be mentoring as they settle into their 6-month assignment. Please pray for Pablo as he seeks to encourage and support them, and that D&L will finish the year enthused in their passion for cross-cultural ministry. Praise God that B, a local Christian, baptised his wife this month! She said the thing that convinced her was seeing the transformation that the Holy Spirit has worked in B. Please lift them and their four young children up – that this baptism would be the first of many in their family and community. Pablo’s mother is also visiting this week, along with a couple of others from his sending church. Please pray that this will be a precious time of mutual encouragement.
Cees and Mirjam serve in Kotido, Uganda, to engage the Karimojong people for Christ. For twelve weeks, they have been running a pilot programme where people from seven small congregations have been gathering on Saturday mornings. They are the backbone of the congregation in their villages of a few hundred people, but they don’t have a Bible, and they can’t read. With the help of local leader Joseph, they have been teaching a new Bible story each week. Churches in the villages rely on such servants who, out of love for God and their people, ride their rickety bicycles down the dusty roads week after week. There’s a lot of laughter; Noah was that man who built a barn for animals that could float on water. There’s nothing here in Kotido that looks like a boat… During this program, it also became clear how hunger affects church life. One attendee shared that, “At first, seven of us from our village came to hear the stories. Then food was distributed at another church. The mosque also distributes food regularly. Our congregation’s members go wherever the food is.” Please pray for Cees, Mirjam and Joseph as they navigate the challenges of both spiritual and physical hunger within the local church.
Please pray for the 300,000 Neem who live mostly in Eastern Chad, with some in Sudan. They are the dominant tribe of the Wadai mountains. This is a season of significant transition and uncertainty, as the team working among this group is experiencing many changes. One teammate is retiring, and another family cannot return because of the visa ban for Americans. If these changes proceed, there may soon be no long-term workers remaining in this area. Pray for open doors for future ministry among the Neem. There has been increasing spiritual opposition and community resistance. In one nearby village where deep relationships were once strong, some people are now hesitant to engage openly with foreigners because of pressure from local religious leaders. Pray especially for Ruth who has spent years quietly listening to and considering the Good News—that she and others would have courage, conviction of sin, and come to believe in Jesus as Lord. Pray that hearts would open and that seeds planted over many years would bear fruit in God’s timing.
Pray for AIM as we seek to foster caring communities among AIM members, ministry partners, and local believers. Ask the Lord that, in the power of His Spirit, we would love, serve, encourage and admonish each other in order to grow in unity and demonstrate the truth of Jesus to the world. (John 17:21-23)
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