February 2026 Prayer Letter

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Dear Prayer and Fasting Partners,

               I wanted to write and thank you for supporting our ministry of starting churches by your prayers. During the month of January, we held our 30-day prayer campaign to prepare Ignite for the year ahead. We prayed for the Multipliers Pathway training session that took place Jan. 13-14 in Bradley, IL, we focused our prayers on the counties that make up Chicagoland and on the city of Chicago. We asked God to bring us workers for the harvest field that is our region and for the Father to raise up everyday missionaries as planters for micro churches in the year ahead. We were able to see some direct answers to God through these prayers, with I believe, more to come. Thank you for praying for Ignite.

Here are the things I am asking you to pray for during February:

• Andy Hamilton, Assistant Executive Director: As you will see in our upcoming newsletter, Andy is now working half-time with Ignite. In this role, he will be preparing to become the next Executive Director when I retire in 2 years. Please pray for him as he continues to work as the Senior Pastor at Adventure Christian Church along with beginning his new role at Ignite.

• Meeting with church leaders from western IL, Feb 4: I will be meeting next week with some leaders who want to learn more about the Multipliers Pathway training. They are looking for ways to help the churches advance in western IL and we want to see how we might partner with them.

•  Trip to Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 9-11: I will be traveling to meet with a group of people who have gathered to develop ways of caring for church planters more effectively. Lilly Endowment asked this group to put together a plan for planter care that they might fund and Ignite was invited to participate. This could be very helpful to church planters, so I would ask you to pray for this meeting.

•  Working with our Hispanic churches in Chicago: Andy and I met with Neill and Rosy Snyder to discuss the progress of the two Ecuadorian plants we have in Chicago. We will be meeting with the leaders of the two churches later this month to discuss their next steps as churches.

•  Multipliers Pathway churches: The 8 churches involved in the training are developing their plans for multiplication that will be shared with the entire group on March 24. Please be praying for them and for the plans they will put together for potential multiplication of disciple-makers, everyday missionaries and leaders of micro churches for the future.

Please continue praying for our 2026 prayer mountains as these are important things for this year. I am looking forward to seeing many answers ahead as we pray to the Lord of the harvest.

                                                                                          Have a wonderful February, Lance

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