Lausanne World Pulse – Haystack 2006
By Phil Corr
Haystack 2006
The best known parachurch organization to look back to the Haystack Prayer Meeting is Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). IVCF is sponsor of the haystack06.org website. The goal of this website, which provides a blog and other resources, is twofold: to commemorate the 1806 website and to motivate people to pray for the fulfillment of the Great Commission in our lifetime.
In Matthew 24:14 Jesus says, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” The Haystack06 website provides the opportunity to sign up to participate in a small prayer group to pray for the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14. Some individuals may sign up to be small group coordinators. You are encouraged to let your Christian networks—church, fellowships and parachurch organizations—know of this opportunity.
A Haystack gathering will occur in September in Madison, Wisconsin (USA). A haystack will also be the logo for Urbana 2006 as well. The Haystack Prayer Meeting and www.haystack06.org will be integral to Urbana 2006, where approximately twenty thousand people will consider God’s will for their lives in the area of missions.
Please check out the www.haystack06.org website and see how you can commemorate one historic event. Witness how God can use you and many others around the world to work mightily in this generation!
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Dr. Phil Corr is the pastor of First Congregational Church in Charles City, Iowa, USA. He has been involved with two national mission committees and in other missions ministries in various ways. |