They’re not waiting for people to come to church. More and
more Danes are venturing out into the streets to pray for strangers and share
their faith.
One example: Mona and Bo Henriksen, who came to faith only a
few years ago, but who now join other “street disciples” three days a week on
the streets of København.
“Many of those we meet are open to the gospel,” says Bo,
“but they’re not at all motivated to attend church. So we meet them on the
street and pray for social, practical, or physical needs. On the deepest level,
we put ourselves at the disposal of the Holy Spirit, as lights in the
darkness.”
It’s somewhat unusual to find Danish Christians taking this
approach. But the Henriksens and their friends aren’t afraid to be noticed in
their neon green vests printed with “Gadekirken,” or “Street Church.”
And the growing movement is drawing from a wide spectrum of
churches in and around the city, including Apostolic and Pentecostal churches,
but also Betlehemskirken, the Adventists, Vintræet (Vinetree Church), Gospel
Church, and Københavns Bibeltrænings Center.
“We’ve prayed for thousands of people up to now,” says Bo,
“and we’ve seen people healed. But the more of us there are, the more people we
can reach out to.”
PRAY for the
Street Church movement, that God would reach many more hearts in the year to
come -- and that they would find church homes in which to grow as disciples.
PRAY for more
volunteers from an even wider variety of fellowships, both free churches and
state churches, and that God would use this to knit together His church in
Denmark.
PRAY also that
the Street Church would encourage believers across the country to reach out in
the love of Christ to people where they are -- on the street and beyond.
