Brianna McKinney says for many people Denver is a lonely place. For community, they might go to a coffee shop where they’re surrounded by others – but they’re still alone.

And the chances are slim that the gospel will make it into their personal space. The city only has one evangelical church for every 32,000 people. To put that in perspective, there’s one marijuana dispensary for every 2,000 people and one brewery for every 7,000.

But through the ministry center where Brianna serves as a Journeyman, she and her teammates are seeing relationships built and people saved as they work alongside missionaries and church plants. They’re reaching out to a nearby refugee school, ministering to the homeless, mobilizing teams of student volunteers and doing food distribution to families.

This year, “the mission has moved forward,” Brianna said. “We are just in need of more laborers.”

Prayer requests

• For more workers to feel called to Denver to work alongside missionaries and expand their ministries.
• For perseverance for Brianna and her team in Denver who are working to love their city well.

(EDITOR’S NOTE – This year’s Week of Prayer for North American Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention is March 6-13, with a theme of United, which is also the theme for this year’s Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. The offering provides more than half of NAMB’s annual budget and 100% of the funds go to mission work on the field. Gifts to the Annie offering are received through local Southern Baptist churches or online at anniearmstrong.com where there are also resources to help promote the offering. This year’s goal is $70 million.)