Source: Pioneers USA, April 14, 2020<\/p>\n
After their country went into lockdown, a family in Europe saw ministry opportunities more than double. Twice as many kids come to youth group when it\u2019s online. Turns out the youth find it easier to invite friends digitally, rather than in person.<\/p>\n
An English conversation group used to meet weekly in person but now meets twice a week by video. \u201cThe topics are getting much deeper and more spiritually focused as the current circumstances are causing many to contemplate hope and security,\u201d they add.<\/p>\n
In addition, this family reports more conversations with local believers now considering their part in bringing the gospel message and hope of Jesus to the others. And this is not the only place that\u2019s happening. \u201cOn the global level, the church has come together digitally on a massive scale to pray and seek God in the midst of the pandemic. We genuinely believe that God is opening the eyes of the world to see its need for a Savior. Jesus. He is the source of all hope and security!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Full story<\/a> describes various ways global ministry is continuing despite lockdowns and closed borders.<\/p>\n \u00bb The mobilization team from Pioneers is hosting a virtual prayer event<\/a> Monday, April 20, at 7pm EST. Hear from Pioneers workers in different parts of the world and participate in guided prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Pioneers USA, April 14, 2020 After their country went into lockdown, a family in Europe saw ministry opportunities more than double. Twice as many kids come to youth group when it\u2019s online. Turns out the youth find it easier to invite friends digitally, rather than in person. An English conversation group used to meet … Continue reading EUROPE: Ministry Doubles After Lockdown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9248,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions\/9248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}