Being God's Finger
Do you believe that God is at work in the world? Do you believe you can be a part of it? This World Watch page is dedicated to "postcards" from around the globe. We're regularly updating it with God's mighty work through the body of Christ on earth. As you read, pray about your personal involvement. And as you pray about touching the world, as one Christian from Africa said, "You will hear God say, 'You are my finger.'"

Did You Know?

• 66,000 people die every day in unreached poeple groups around the world, never having heard the gospel of Christ.
  
  
• Active persecution of Christians takes place in: Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, China, Iran, Morocco, Libya, Egypt and Algeria. Over 160,000 believers will be martyred this year.
  
  
• Of those involved in missions in the US, 98% are Senders (financial support, prayers, letters, mobilizers, pastors, etc.), 0.5% are Servicers (mobilizers, administrative, tech support, training, communication), and only 1.5% are Missionaries (church planting, development, tentmaking, tribal outreach, health services).
  
  
• Worldwide, last year alone, about 120,000,000 people were presented the gospel for the first time.
  
  
• Worldwide, about 1.7 billion people now listen to Christian radio or watch Christian TV on a monthly basis.
  
  
• Worldwide, Christians now spend 388,000,000,000 man-hours every year proclaiming the gospel in evangelism.
  
  
• Christianity has grown by more than 300 million believers in the past ten years. About 10 million of these new Christians are from North America and Europe, and the rest -290 million--are from developing countries like Nigeria, Argentina, India and China.

(Link to statistical source.)

The 10/40 Window
It's a region of the world with more than 3.2 billion people--and only 1.25% of them are Christians. Click here to learn more about the 10/40 window...

Our Leaders for Global Disciple-Making

Jim Foxworthy	Interim Director of Short-Term Missions	205.313.7710
Jake Simonian	Global Disciple-Making Associate	205.313.7711
Eric Sams	Global Disciple-Making Associate	205.313.7750
Brooke Culpepper	Missions Ministry Assistant	205.313.7745

Praying for The Nations
God is challenging our church to develop a heart for the nations as we pray and respond to His direction. A great prayer resource, including daily prayer guide and factual information from across the globe is Operation World. Click here to visit and sign up for their daily prayer updates by email.

Reach Out and Serve!
Ministry and missions are by-products of of disciple-making. Meeting physical and social needs provide a compassionate platform to communicate the Gospel. Are you ready to serve? More...