'Opening the Wells', launched in 1997, is an area-wide initiative in co-operation with local churches, encouraging prayer, unity and mission.

It is based on an historic perspective of the way God has used people and places in this area where the team is based.

We call the area ‘Carey's Patch’. It was the birthplace of modern Protestant mission, when the Baptist Missionary Society was formed in 1792. In 1793, the most famous of the BMS founders, William Carey, left here with his family to become a missionary in India.

Our vision is that the ‘spiritual wells’ opened back then – of prayer, unity, mission and the release of resources – will once again flow with life.

With this aim in mind, a number of local initiatives have been started :

• UNITED PRAYER: a quarterly prayer network in towns and villages
• 1st PRAYER : regular prayer for those in authority, MPs and Councils
  
• Prayer Research
  
• Prayer Journeys
  
• Prayer Concerts
  
• 'Roots & Shoots' : a series of local spiritual heritage leaflets
  

Mission activities among the local Asian community are also a matter of prayer and practical initiatives.

National and international links have also developed from the 'Opening the Wells' vision :

• Heartland : gatherings of church and prayer leaders from the East and West Midlands
• New England (USA) : links, and church and prayer ministries
  
• Northwest India : partnership with a local church, and links to an indigenous mission movement
  

Contact us for more information.
Nations Trust, 15 Oxford Street, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 4HY
+44 (0)1933 223454 (tel)
+44 (0)1933 223454 (fax)
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