August 8 marks international day of prayer for Malta

The island nation of Malta is the location of Paul's shipwreck in Acts 28.

UPDATE– When the Apostle Paul shipwrecked on this island, he found receptive hearts that adopted the Gospel. He referred to the Maltese as an “unusually kind” people, a character trait that continues to this day.

The Mediterranean Island nation of Malta was the first country in Europe to embrace Christianity. Hundreds of years later, the vast majority of Maltese embrace Catholicism, but there have been 14 Evangelical churches planted since the nation’s independence from Britain in the 1960s.

While God has done great things among the people of Malta, from Paul’s arrival to present, there is still much to be done. Many still have not heard of the grace and peace found in a personal relationship with Christ.

IMB Missionaries in Malta invited individuals and churches to join them August 8 for the ninth annual “International Day of Prayer for the Maltese Islands.” Congregations and individuals from across America, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Italy and Spain participated, and more than 150 people attended a prayer event in Malta.

At the prayer event in Malta, attendees shared a time of worship through music, then spent time in small groups praying for the individual ministries at work in Malta. IMB missionary Robin Pinkston said that English and Maltese voices mingled beautifully as they voiced their requests and praises to God. The event closed with two Maltese songs, including one specifically written a few years ago for the August 8 day of prayer for Malta.

Following the event, people visited displays for various Maltese ministries and 80 Maltese New Testaments were distributed.

To sign up for monthly prayer emails from the Pinkstons, IMB missionaries to Malta, email Robin at repink@activebox.net.

Posted Aug 4, 2010

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