turkey
National Director: Pastor D
No. of Churches: 1
Headquarter: “M” City
Year Started: 2010
about
ROLCC’s local branch was first pioneered by Pastor M from Kazakhstan in 2010, but he has never been able to obtain a long-term visa. A short-term tourist visa forced him to leave the country every 2 months, his church planting was very difficult, but in 2014, he met Pastor D, a young local pastor, and began to serve together. Pastor D officially became the pastor of the Turkish branch of ROLCC in July of that year and began to establish a church in K city, but the ministry in the place was difficult to carry out. They began to pray and moved to M city in 2018, where God has prepared some faithful co-workers for them to serve together. In recent years, they are experiencing the work of God's revival. Every week, college students from M city come to their church. These Christian students introduce their church to their classmates and friends. In this way, many college students begin to participate in the activities organized by their church. God created a new season for them, praying for the presence of God and the anointing of the Holy Spirit to anoint them, so that they can experience the power of God. In 2024, wewill focus on church believer training and church planting, hoping to strengthen the faith foundation of all believers and co-workers through teaching, and thereby train more new pastors to serve! In 2025, we will focus on leadership training, hoping to bring out more co-workers to serve and have a more complete work organization.
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Turkey spans two continents in Europe and Asia, the largest city is Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, was the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Turkey is an ancient civilization and one of the earliest areas in the world where humans have settled. With a population of 83 million, Turks account for approximately 70-75%, Kurds account for 18%, and other ethnic minorities account for 7-12%. Religiously, 65% are Sunni Muslims, 4% are Shia Muslims, and another 14% are non-sect Muslims. Christians account for about 2%, mostly Orthodox and Catholic, and the number of Protestants is very small.
土耳其橫跨歐亞兩洲，最大的城市是伊斯坦堡，過去被稱為君士坦丁堡，是拜占庭帝國時期的首都。土耳其為文明古國，是世界上最早有人類定居的區域之一。人口8300萬，其中土耳其人約占70-75%，庫爾德人占18%，其他少數民族民族占7-12%。宗教上，65%為遜尼派穆斯林，4%為什葉派穆斯林，另有14%無教派的穆斯林，基督徒約佔2%，多為東正教及天主教，新教徒的人數非常稀少。生命河在當地的分堂最早是由來自哈薩克的M牧師於2010年前往開拓，但是他一直無法取得長期的簽證，短期的旅遊簽證迫使他每2個月就必須出境一次，植堂初期倍感艱辛，他於2014年，遇見了當地的年輕牧者D牧師並開始一起服事。D牧師於該年7月正式成為生命河土耳其分堂的牧師，並開始在Kcity建立教會，但在該地的事工卻很難開展，他們於是開始禱告，並在2018年遷往Mcity，神在這地為他們預備了忠心的同工一起服事。近年來他們正在經歷神復興的作為，每週都有Mcity的大學生來參加他們的教會，這些基督徒學生向同學朋友介紹他們的教會，就這樣，許多大學生開始來參加他們教會舉辦的活動。2024年，將會著重在教會信徒培訓與植堂，期盼透過教導來堅固所有信徒與同工的信仰根基，藉此培訓更多新的牧者出來服事！2025年會著重領袖培訓，希望可以帶出更多服事的更多同工，並有更完善的工作組織。
Pray with Turkey
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Please pray for the faith and church life of newly baptized believers, that they may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit in their faith journey, unshaken by circumstances and undeterred by temptations that could steal their passion. May they constantly reflect on the Lord’s grace in their daily lives, be rooted in prayer and Bible reading, and be built up in fellowship and worship.
為新受洗信徒的信仰與教會生活禱告，願他們在信仰的旅程中被聖靈堅固，不被環境動搖，也不被試探奪走熱情。讓他們在每日的生活中常思想主的恩典，在禱告與讀經中扎根，在團契與敬拜中被建造。
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Please pray for the church to raise up more leaders, that in this era, God would raise up faithful, courageous leaders filled with love and truth. Ask the Lord to raise up the next generation of leaders among the youth, that they would not be swayed by the world but be set ablaze by the Holy Spirit, boldly taking up the mission.
為教會興起更多領袖禱告， 願在這個時代中，神興起更多忠心、勇敢、充滿愛心與真理的領袖。求主在青年中興起下一代領袖，使他們不被世界吸引，而被聖靈燃燒，勇敢承擔使命。
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Please pray for all small groups and branch churches, that coworkers may be united in heart and support one another, steadfastly proclaiming the gospel and building disciples even in the midst of difficulties.
請為所有小組與分堂代禱， 同工之間同心合一、彼此扶持，在困難中仍能堅定傳揚福音、建造門徒。
