Melbourne University OCF
Reach Out, Build Up, Send Back

Scripture reading: Acts 9:11

The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

Paul, who without doubt became one of the greatest prayer warriors of all time, learned to pray from the first moments of his conversion.

Thailand

Population: 61,230,874
Religion: Buddhist 93.4%, Muslim 3.8%, Christian 0.5-1%

About 75 per cent of the inhabitants of Thailand are Thai. The largest minority group is the Chinese [14%] and most are Thai nationals. Other minority groups include Malay-speaking Muslims in the south and hill tribes in the north.

Challenges for Prayer:

• Thailand’s religious culture is a complex web of spirit appeasement, occult practices and Buddhism, which is closely interwoven with social culture. Pray that Christians may be able to express their faith without losing their cultural identity.
• Thailand is a Buddhist country but there is freedom to belong to other religions.
• The burgeoning economy is changing society. People are drifting to the cities and materialism is growing.
• The growth of the Church has been slow. Much of the growth has been among the Thai-speaking Chinese in the cities and the marginalised tribal peoples.
• Leadership training is vital. There are fine evangelical leaders, but there are few who are adequately trained and spiritually mature.
• Of the 76 provinces, 14 have fewer than 1000 Christians, three have less than 100, and four have no evangelical congregations.
• Students [one million] have largely not heard the gospel. Pray for OMF’s work at a Christian centre in one university. Pray for Christian students who are a tiny minority among their peers.
• Most of the 3,000,000 Muslims live in South Thailand and Bangkok. Pray for the opportunity to show Christian love to these peoples.
• Bible translation is ongoing. Some people do not have the complete Bible in their mother tongue.
• Christians among the hill tribes in the north have a vision and calling to reach their people groups in the countries surrounding Thailand. Pray for them as they take the gospel into these areas.
• Pray for local churches to take up opportunities for evangelism among their own peoples.
• Pray for rebuilding work after the tsunami of 2004, and for those personally affected.

OCF Caulfield

President: Moses Foo
Theme: Loving God, Loving Man
Campus: Monash University Caulfield

Attendance:

2005: 20
2006: 30
2007: 25
2008: 25

Description:

Our centre consists mainly of Malaysians and Singaporeans. We also have people from Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and Korea. By God’s grace Caulfield center members are very bonded and God works through this in improving spiritual walk and evangelism. However with four other Christian centers in Caulfield, OCF Caulfield works to find its niche and identity in what context we should perform in Monash Caulfield. OCF Caulfield hopes to complement the other clubs to maximize the glory of God in Monash Caulfield

Praise God For:

• Reports of improved walk with God, people who wants to know more about Christ.
• The zeal of new members in spiritual things and taking up duties
• Materials things that we need, that God has been providing us with
• The bond that is strong is OCF Caulfield.

Please Pray For:

• New members who can take over the graduating committee
• New people to join OCF so that we can train more leaders
• Members to reach new heights in their walk with God and become mature in Christ.