D30 : Unity of the Sarawak Christian Community

Since the first Christian missionary landed at the shores of Sarawak, Christian groups of different denominations or alliances, though highly commended for their hard work in bringing the church growth to where it is today, have operated largely within the confines of their own ‘missions’ of God. Interactions among the groups have been limited and often, by necessity, through loose alliances. However, the calls of the hour – to seek religious freedom as guaranteed under the Formation of Malaysia agreement, to respond to the eradication of extensive poverty among the rural poor, to focus on righteous state administration, etc. –now demand an unprecedented kind of unity among the Christian community. Many Christian leaders in recent years have awakened to this reality and sent out calls to rally other Christians in Sarawak to look beyond what divide them and stand together for the common causes.

I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me John 17:23

Prayer Suggestions: • Pray for Christian leaders to be sensitive to the call of God to unite His people for statewide causes. • Pray for these leaders to be courageous to stand for this call, looking beyond whatever boundaries that keep them from advancing forward. • Pray for Christian leaders from various denominations and alliances to seek reconciliation among themselves. • Pray for Christians in the State to break out of the confines that keep them away from uniting with other Christians.