# peacemaking (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover peacemaking. Page: Feed: --- ## [God’s World to Win: The Story of Operation World](https://operationworld.org/2026/01/12/gods-world-to-win/) _2026-01-12 · Jason Mandryk · Operation World_ For over fifty years, Operation World-the first survey of the spiritual needs of every nation-has inspired Christians worldwide to pray for countries and peoples. But how did this expansive prayer resource come to be? In God’s World to Win, Patrick Johnstone shares his personal story-from bullied schoolboy with an undiagnosed learning disorder to global missions \[…\] The post God’s World to Win:… ## [OW60th Celebration Recording](https://operationworld.org/2025/01/14/ow60th-celebration-recording/) _2025-01-14 · Jason Mandryk · Operation World_ To commemorate 60 years since the publication of the first Operation World, we hosted founding author Patrick Johnstone in a video call along with the OW team and some friends. Patrick shared stories about the origins of OW and insights about how the worlds of prayer, mission, and research have changed over these past decades. \[…\] The post OW60th Celebration Recording appeared first on Operation… [Listen](https://operationworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/OW-60th-Anniversary.mp4) ## [Celebrating 60 Years – Observing the Great Shifts in Global Mission](https://operationworld.org/2024/12/16/celebrating-60-years-part-2/) _2024-12-16 · Jason Mandryk · Operation World_ Following on from the first post that looked at the foreword of the original Operation World, we now dig into the preface. PREFACE We pray that this little booklet, so limited in its scope, will help the readers to see the great spiritual need of this world. The day of mission work is far from \[…\] The post Celebrating 60 Years – Observing the Great Shifts in Global Mission appeared first on… ## [Celebrating 60 Years – The First Operation World](https://operationworld.org/2024/12/11/celebrating-60-years/) _2024-12-11 · Jason Mandryk · Operation World_ The first-ever edition of Operation World was a tiny A5 booklet of 32 pages, locally produced on a hand-cranked Gestetner machine in South Africa in 1964. A bigger print run was done in Germany in 1965. Attached below are a few photos of that 1965 edition. It is remarkable to think that this humble but \[…\] The post Celebrating 60 Years – The First Operation World appeared first on Operation World…