14 | October 2025
21 Days of Prayer Launches 2026 Campaign Three years ago, after speaking at a pastor’s conference, the host pastor talked to me about launching the new year with 21 days of prayer in his church.
By Dr. Dave Earley
healed, jobs were found, church conflicts were minimized, and church baptisms and attendance increased. As pastors shared the results with their friends, the num- ber of churches involved grew to 735 from 44 nations last year. We used a different book, 21 Keys to Answered Prayer. We saw similar fantastic results. We observed that the more effort a church invested in planning and preparing the campaign, the greater the re- sults. This year, we anticipate that 800 churches will be involved. We are using a new book designed to build faith, Praying the 21 Greatest Promises in the Bible. Let me encourage you to: Go to the website and become familiar with the campaign. www.21daysprayer.org. Reg- ister as a “US Pastor.” Plan to lead your church through the 21 Days of Prayer global event from January 5-25, 2026.
As I prayed about it, God reminded me of an Andrew Mur- ray quote, “The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will accomplish more for evangelism than anyone in history.” I felt like God was leading me to call several pastors to unite and start the new year with a churchwide prayer initiative. It evolved into a campaign of four sermons and daily read- ings from a book designed to inspire people about prayer, The 21 Most Effective Prayers in the Bible. Additionally, we encouraged churches to hold extra prayer meetings and incorporate more prayer into their existing church services. We developed a website loaded with helpful material designed by pastors and prayer warriors for pastors and prayer warriors. www.21daysprayer.org. As we spoke with other pastors, the number of churches involved increased. Today, it is a global disciple-making ministry with 20,000 followers worldwide. When we in- vited pastors from around the world to join us, they re- sponded. Soon, we had over 600 churches from 40 na- tions involved. Their feedback from the first year was overwhelming. Churches obeyed the command to make Jesus’ house “a house of prayer for all nations” (Mark 11:17). Pastors obeyed Paul’s exhortation to “put prayer first” (1 Timothy 2:1). People sought first the kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33). And God blessed! People were saved, families were restored, finances were provided, individuals were
Arabic Church Planter and Pastor’s Network Gathered in Dublin
The Arabic Church Planters and Pastors recently came together at Dublin Baptist Church for the Arabic Church Planters and Pastor’s Network and Gathering. Dr. Jeremy Westbrook, SCBO executive director, spoke to the group of potential church planters among the Arabic people. “It is absolutely incredible what the Lord is doing here,” he said. Pastor Amer Safadi, Arabic church planter and pastor of Kingdom Family Arabic Church, Cincin- nati, leads this Arabic church planting movement.
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