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Matters of Life and Death

I was speaking with one of WME's missionaries earlier today and we were discussing the situation in Honduras. As we talked I reflected again on the circumstances we have just had in the work. On the last blog post I shared how that 2 pastors that were about to receive CPM training were murdered on the day of the training. This event did not happen specifically because of CPM , that is to say, not because of persecution for the sake of the gospel, but rather as collateral damage in the ongoing drug war in Honduras. Honduras has the number 1 murder rate in the Western Hemisphere (approximately 10 times Mexico, and 3 times Colombia). These pastors were in the crossfire between 2 drug traffickers and the police/military. While this was not "persecution" it certainly was "spiritual warfare". What I shared with the missionary was the fact that this project is just over 3 years old right now. It officially started in May 2008 when the first workers were trained by R

Deadly Attack

Friends, this evening I write this blog note to ask for special prayer for the WME Honduras CPM project. Recently we have launched our 300 prayer group project, in which we ask people to give 5 minutes a day to pray for the Honduras work. Nearly 150 people are part of this group and we desperately need all of the prayer support that we can get. The spiritual warfare to prevent Honduras from being reached with God's good news has become deadly today as 2 pastors were murdered. One of these men was hosting a cpm training conference that was to begin today and the other was planning on attending the training. This tragic attack has necessitated delaying the training event for a couple of weeks. Here is a bit of background on what has happened. In the June 16 blog, I mentioned that a partner, that we will call Beto , was planning on entering a new area and conducting a training in cpm in the month of July. This was a first for us because here is an instance where a man that Randy t

The Church's Primary Ministry

Prayer is the primary ministry of the Body of Christ. I have always believed in the importance of prayer, but recently in California as I was thinking about the serious need to increase prayer for the Honduran Church Planting Movement project, I began to see this concept in a more defined light than before. 1 Corinthians 12 tells us that there are a variety of gifts. Not all will be apostles/missionaries, not all will be teachers, not all will be prophets, not all will minister with tongues (although some will). But regardless of our gifting, we can all obey the Word of God and we can all pray. Not all may be gifted intercessors, but the requests that Paul gave for the church to pray for him and his mission team were to the whole church. ( Colossians 4:2-4) Would you join the 300 Project? We are looking for 300 believers who will pray for the Honduras Church Planting Movement Project for 5 minutes per day. If you become a part of this prayer group, we will send you a beautiful 8 page