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 microfinance projects started by Anglican International Development (England) in Marsabit, Kenya, have been very successful.
One year ago, we started to pray for the development of youth ministry in the Seychelles. Thank God, there has been encouraging progress with increasing numbers of youth getting involved.
Collect for the second Sunday after Christmas
Gafcon Prayer Network. Thank God for the new contacts and new situations to pray for, and many examples of the Lord's blessing on ministries that we have prayed for in 2022.
We prayed this month for the Provincial Annual Youth and Students Convention (PAYSCO) in the Church of Uganda. Thank God for a good programme and attendance.
The Seminario Anglicano Teologico (SAT) serves the Anglican Church in Brazil. They are on vacation but preparing for a new academic year.
Anglican Missions Africa led two mega missions in 2022 in Kenya. The photo shows the flag of soul winning moving on from Nambale to Malindi (in south-east Kenya).
GAFCON IV, Kigali, Rwanda, April 17-21. Thank God for all his help in the areas that we have been praying about - invitations, numbers, finance.
The new Children's and Teens Centre (CTC) at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, is a great resource for the ministry. Thank God for providing for this vision.
Collect for the first Sunday of Christmas.
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word:
Collect for the first Sunday of Christmas.
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word:
Collect for the first Sunday of Christmas.
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word:
Collect for the first Sunday of Christmas.
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word:
Collect for the first Sunday of Christmas.
Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word:
O come true Branch of Jesse, free
your children from this tyranny;
from depths of hell your people save,
to rise victorious from the grave: Rejoice.
Innocent Igiranezer works for United Adoration and is leading a song writing retreat in Burundi, December 26-30. He is setting off on Christmas day.
In January, Gafcon Ireland welcome Rev Dr Mark Earngey, Head of Church History at Moore Theological College in Sydney, to lead various lectures and seminars aimed at different groups.
A thrill of hope
the weary soul rejoices ....
Fall on your knees ..'
(lyrics from 'O Holy Night')