Prayer
Welcome to the Fuel for Prayer page
Johnny Lockwood (Prayer Network leader) gathers daily prayer requests and items for praise from around the world, which you can follow by scrolling down on this page or on the Gafcon Facebook and Instagram.
Para ler os Pedidos de Oração desta semana em Português visite o site https://www.gafconpt.org/pt/intercessao
Para leer las Peticiones de Oración de esta semana en Español vaya al sitio https://www.gafconpt.org/es/intercessao
The Gafcon Collect:
Eternal God and gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ died for our redemption; commissioned His disciples to preach the good news; and sent the indwelling Holy Spirit in every generation to embrace and proclaim salvation in Christ alone:
Arise and defend your Church, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. Shine the light of your Holy Word upon hearts darkened by error and strengthen the work of Gafcon so that the Anglican Communion throughout the world proclaims Christ faithfully to the nations, that captives may be set free, the straying rescued, and the confused restored. Bind your children together in truth, love, unity and courage, that we, with all your saints, may inherit your eternal kingdom, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.
PrayerMate App
Johnny has also introduced the Prayermate app to help keep the Gafcon family up to date with news from around the world. This is a very useful app for organising daily prayer on your smartphone.
Go to http://praynow4.org/gafcon to find instructions for how to get the Prayermate app. Then 'subscribe' to the Gafcon feed - add subject / Church Life / World Churches / Gafcon. It is a free app and a free subscription. You can also use the QR code below.
Global Anglicans Moment & Prayer
Global Anglicans Moment & Prayer is an initiative for churches around the world so that each week they are kept up to date with news and a prayer item: https://www.gafcon.org/moment-and-prayer
Throughout the Gafcon churches worldwide we are looking to build up the faithful global Communion by sharing these bulletin updates in Gafcon churches' media announcements. We are seeking to have a Gafcon representative or advocate in each church who will be our point of contact for the Moment & Prayer items. If you are a church staff member and/or an active church member who is using the Moment & Prayer news then we would love to connect with you and email the weekly updates to you. Follow the updates on website and social media with the hashtag #globalmomentandprayer
Please email [email protected] if you would like to find out more and be added to the group of Gafcon Church Representatives/Advocates.
Interceeding for the Persecuted Church
Faith McDonnell, co-leader of the Suffering Church Network, recommends Open Doors' World Watch List 2021 to interceed for our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world, click here to find out more.
Daily prayers from around the world
The Diocese of Nyahururu (Kenya) begins 5 days of mega-mission today. Give thanks for the partnership with Anglican Missions Africa and the mobilisation and training of hundreds of missioners.
We have been praying for the development of youth ministry in the Seychelles, led by Lisa Bastienne.
This year we have been praying for a church building project for a Christian congregation from a Hindu background in Barishal Diocese, Bangladesh.
Centro de Estudios Pastorales (CEP), is a training College for Anglican ministry in Chile. They are in the process of developing a new curriculum.
'Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.' (ESV)&
Last year Rev Joseph Rusangiza led a trip to the remote area of Walikale, in Goma Diocese, DR Congo. They planted a church. We prayed for resources for a church building and also for Bibles.
In July we prayed for a United Adoration team from the U.S. visiting England and Wales. Thank God for the creative collaborations that took place.
Rev Justino and Deise are pioneering missionaries in Guinea-Bissau, supported by the Anglican Church in Brazil.
The Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) is a growing Convocation of Anglican churches in England committed to church planting. They have a membership department led by Rev. James Leggett.
At GAFCON IV in Kigali, we heard about the value of one-to-one Bible study. Pray for Cameron Jones and his wife Alex as they develop one-to-one Bible reading partnerships in Dublin, Ireland.
In Sept 2022 we prayed for the great project to build a new Cathedral for the Diocese of João Pessoa, the Anglican Church in Brazil. At the time there was land but no building.
Mr Matonhodze Murombedzi (known as Mato) is a lay member of the Anglican Church of Zimbabwe (ACZ). He has set up a YouTube platform called ‘Guarding the Faith.
United Adoration is a movement to encourage artists to use their gifts to benefit their worshiping community. Natalie Ziemba led four visual arts workshops over June.
'Explore' is a Bible correspondence course developed by the George Whitefield College in Cape Town.
Mr Matonhodze Murombedzi (known as Mato) is a lay member of the Anglican Church of Zimbabwe (ACZ). He is working to create a grassroots network of Anglicans in Zimbabwe to champion orthodoxy.
The Diocese of Nyahururu, in the Anglican Church of Kenya, is having a mega-mission, assisted by Anglican Missions Africa, August 23-27.
In the Anglican Church in Chile, they are in the process of creating a new Prayer Book. This involves updating the language, originally based on the 1662 BCP. They are about halfway through.