India is losing sunlight
India is facing a quiet but alarming environmental shift: it is literally losing sunlight. Over the past three decades, scientists have recorded a nationwide decline in sunshine hours, with clouds and air pollution jointly dimming the skies. Aerosols from vehicle emissions, crop burning, and industrial growth scatter sunlight and change cloud behaviour, blocking more solar radiation. According to recent studies, aerosols have reduced sunlight reaching the ground by about 13%, while clouds contribute an additional 31–44% loss. The impact extends far beyond gloomy days: it threatens agriculture, health, and India’s booming solar energy sector. Pollution already cuts solar power output by up to 41%, costing hundreds of millions in lost energy each year. Cleaner air could unlock enormous renewable potential and protect crop yields vital for millions. The Earth’s surface has gradually been receiving more sunlight since the 1980s, a process known as global brightening, but India risks running on fumes instead of full power, beneath a shroud of smog.
Venezuela closes embassy in Norway following the Nobel Peace Prize award
Venezuela has announced it will close its embassies in Norway and Australia, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The move, confirmed by Norway’s foreign ministry, came without explanation but follows years of diplomatic tension between Nicolás Maduro’s government and Western nations. Norway expressed regret at the decision, emphasising that the Nobel committee operates independently of its government. Machado, who remains in hiding, received the Peace Prize for her “extraordinary examples of civilian courage’. She dedicated the award to Donald Trump and the ‘suffering people of Venezuela’. Barred from last year’s disputed election, she remains a powerful symbol of resistance to Maduro’s rule. The closures underscore Venezuela’s shifting alliances amid growing isolation from democratic nations. For the White House’s reaction to the Peace Prize award, see
Mexico: deaths and devastation after torrential rains
At least 64 people have died and 65 remain missing after torrential rains and floods devastated five Mexican states. The deluge, triggered by remnants of Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Rainstorm Raymond, caused rivers to burst their banks and unleashed deadly landslides which wiped out entire communities. President Claudia Sheinbaum said that around 100,000 homes were damaged, and some had ‘practically disappeared’. She added that there had not been any meteorological signs ‘which could have indicated that the rain was going to be of this magnitude’. Thousands of soldiers and emergency responders have been deployed to deliver food, water, and medical aid, while power crews are working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands affected. Officials said the rainfall, exceeding 280mm in some areas, was impossible to predict at such magnitude. As survivors search for missing loved ones, grief and exhaustion hang over devastated regions.
IPC Connections October 2025 Intro
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
– James 5:16
We are pleased to bring you the October 2025 edition of IPC Connections!
It really is a joy to have you with us as we seek to be ‘Exalting Jesus, catalyzing united prayer for Kingdom transformation of peoples, cities and nations’.
I trust that you will be blessed and encouraged as you read the articles, news and resources info this month.
News From IPC’s Regions...
Our South East Asia Regional Prayer Conference is concluding as I write this – it was wonderful connecting believers from across the ring-of-fire nations, worshipping and interceding together! We look forward to their 2026 gathering in Thailand.
IPC contacts from across Africa met this week in Cape Town for the Africa 24-7 Prayer Summit focused on building 24-7 Houses of Prayer. Daniel and Estell Brink, from Jericho Walls International Prayer Network, led the event and were greatly encouraged by the growing number of commitments to establishing houses of prayer across the continent. Thanks be to God!
Let’s cover in prayer the representatives from 18 nations from across Europe, Middle East & North Africa who will be gathering in Malta this coming week for the Eurasia 24-7 Prayer Summit.
IPC's Central Asia Regional Prayer Council met last month in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Our focus was on praying for awakening across the region! We experienced God’s strong presence and a beautiful sense of unity. By God’s grace, this is a unique event in that it gathers hundreds of Christians of all confessions and denominations from all the countries of Central Asia. Government representatives attended to give thanks for the prayer, despite Kazakhstan being a Muslim country. Several IPC leaders led sessions, casting IPC & 2BC vision. We offer thanks to IPC’s Eurasia Leader - Sergey Shidlovskiy (founder of «God Seekers Movement”), IPC Council Member - Herbert Hong and Bishop Yuri for organizing this pioneering gathering.
Prayers for America
Looking back a year ago, when the nations called for a Global Day of Prayer for America on September 22nd, over 2 million believers from 130 nations joined us online in prayer, including millions from one of the massive underground house church networks!
God has been answering prayer! - we are seeing an increasing movement of the Spirit on our college and high school campuses in America - worship and prayer nights, campus prayer rooms launched, outdoor baptism services and an increasing hunger for God and openness for the Gospel.
With the murder of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning point USA, the Gospel was proclaimed at his memorial service to 60k in a stadium event on Sept 21st and millions around the world tuned in to watch over 50 TV stations with over 12 million alone on the Turning Point YouTube Channel.
We are grateful for his legacy and praying for many thousands of young people requesting to be trained to launch Turning Point chapters on their campuses. Let’s not only pray for a revival and reformation but for a mighty Jesus revolution to erupt across America!
Many of us will be taking part in Communion America this weekend. From October 10-12, believers from across the U.S.A. are coming together to worship, pray, and lift high the name of Jesus over America. This is a sacred call to the Table of the Lord, a moment to plead the blood of Jesus, cry out for an end to the bloodshed, and contend for a sweeping revival in our land. Join us online at GOD.TV
15 Days of Prayer for the Hindu World - 12th-26th October, 2025
Launching this Sunday! - we invite you and your families, contacts and networks to join us as we pray for 15 days, for Great Commission breakthroughs across the Hindu World.
In partnership with Bibles for the World, we have prepared an adult prayer guide that will be published shortly in 30+ languages, free, from the 110 Cities website. Free Print orders from HERE (USA only)
The IPC Media Team have published a companion Childrens Guide.
During the 15 Days, we will hold a Global Day of Prayer for the Hindu World on 20th October, with an option to join us online where hourly hosts will introduce focused prayers and worship led from across the nations.
Do watch and share this special video invitation to the Global Day of Prayer for the Hindu World.
This will be the fourth of our 4 worldwide days of prayer for 2025! – Watch this Intro Video!
We would highlight this month's Editorial article entitled ‘Discipleship and Prayer’ – which Dr Jason has written by way of an encouragement for us as we prepare to focus our prayers for the Hindu people. Read it Here.
Light of the World - a beautiful hand-drawn 2D animated movie, brings Jesus’ ministry, crucifixion and resurrection to life through the eyes of His young friend, John the Apostle.
The film powerfully illustrates how Jesus of Nazareth changed the world forever and still changes lives today!
Launched early September in theaters, it invites faith, wonder, and transformation.
The film’s makers' vision is for the movie to nurture new and existing believers through free Gospel discipleship materials. A Gospel invitation and QR code are displayed on screen at the end to encourage people to respond.
2BC’s Shine! initiative is covering the outreach and success of this movie in prayer!
Their 24 Hour program a few weeks ago was awesome. We were deeply moved as children led us in prayer and sang the Salvation Poem in their own languages.
Do join 2BC / Shine! again on October 14th for another special 24-hour Global Day of Worship and Prayers – led by inter-generational leaders from around the world! (more in Tom Victor’s article below)
Will you become an IPC Prayer Flame Partner?…
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” (Leviticus 6:13)
This past year, your faithful prayers have been such a blessing to us - and for that, we’re deeply grateful.
As we look ahead towards 2026, the opportunities before us are vast and urgent. To fully embrace this moment, we need a devoted family of monthly supporters to help keep the fire of prayer burning brightly across the nations - just as God commanded His altar fire never to go out.
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Together, let’s keep the fire on the altar blazing - and see the world transformed by prayer!
Prayers for the Persecuted Church
Last month, we focused prayers on the IPC teams across the regions, some of whom are facing challenges and dangers. I am conscious that there are increasing reports of persecution of Christians from around the world, and to that end, I would ask that we pray especially over the news articles below, some of which are quite harrowing.
Let’s be praying Psalm 91 protection over our fellow believers worldwide.
Editorial – ‘Discipleship and Prayer’ - Dr Jason Hubbard
As we approach the Global Day of Prayer for the Hindu World on October 20th, Dr Jason Hubbard reminds us that prayer is the heartbeat of discipleship and the driving force behind the Great Commission.
Be inspired to “keep Jesus at the center” and to pray for every Hindu family to encounter His love and salvation.
Read this powerful call to prayer and multiplication of disciples worldwide.
Read “Discipleship & Prayer” below! | Download PDF
With Grateful Thanks…
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” (James 5:16)
Thank you for your continued partnership with International Prayer Connect. Your prayers, passion, and perseverance are making an eternal difference.
You are part of a growing army of intercessors - lifting up the name of Jesus and contending for Kingdom breakthrough across the nations.
Together, we are lighting the fires of revival and preparing the way for the Lord (Isaiah 40:3).
May your heart be strengthened, your faith renewed, and your prayers filled with fresh fire from Heaven.
Every blessing,
Jason Hubbard - Director
International Prayer Connect
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God has chosen to accomplish His purposes through the prayers of His people. He has ordained prayer as the channel through which He carries out His will.
Matthew 28:18-20, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age”
We often focus on the going, on making disciples, on baptizing, or teaching or the mechanics of planting churches - but Jesus’ words start and end with himself - His authority and His presence! 
We want to be disciples and make disciples worth reproducing, and according to Jesus, the marks of a disciple are threefold:
This global growth has occurred over four distinct stages: **
