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
Joseph Rusangiza (Goma Diocese, DR Congo) is leading a 7-week mission in the town of Walikale, finishing on August 15.
A year ago we prayed for the new church plant in Mari, in the Diocese of João Pessoa, in the Anglican Church in Brazil, to become established. At that time the church was meeting under a gazebo....
Gafcon Australasia, 15-18 August, 2022. Thank God for the good numbers booked into this conference. Pray for the administrators, speakers and musicians in their final preparations.
Women's Network. The Priscilla Programme is an online Bible training course for women.
We have prayed for Lisa Bastienne, who is seeking to establish youth ministry in the Seychelles while also studying with Youthworks (Sydney). Thank God, Lisa reports that things are developing.
The Church of Uganda publishes a family prayers guide. The prayer for last week is about choosing friends wisely. There is a Bible passage, a discussion starter, and then the prayer.
In late June we prayed for United Adoration (revitalizing the creativity of the local church), participating in retreats and workshops in Scotland and England through the ministry of Rachel and...
On Saturday July 30th, All Saints Cathedral Nairobi hosts a meeting for single Mothers entitled 'Calm Amidst the Storm'. Thank God for this ministry.
On July 5 we prayed for Archbishop Ben Kwashi and Mama Gloria. Archbishop Ben has had an operation to remove a tumour on his liver. He is now out of hospital.
The Seminario Anglicano Teologico (SAT) serves the Anglican Church in Brazil. Classes have now returned to in person. They are meeting in the Cathedral of the Diocese of João Pessoa.
In May this year Anglican Missions Africa pioneered a new mission approach in Butere Diocese in Kenya. They call this approach the Africa Missions and Evangelism Caravan (AMEC).
GAFCON IV, in Kigali, April 17-21, 2023. Thank God that the system for sending out invitations is running smoothly and that registrations are beginning to come in.
A Collect for Youth and Children’s Ministry throughout Gafcon.
In the Diocese of Mara, in the Anglican Church of Tanzania, there are three youth camps being organised over three archdeaconries from August 5-21, 2022.
In February we prayed for the Anglican youth ministry in Kampala, Uganda, which had been affected by Covid lockdowns and curfews.
The Children and Teens Centre at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, is reaching completion. They have a vision to reach a billion children for Christ.
New Wineskins is a big Anglican mission conference which takes place every three years in the United States (this year - Sept 22-25, 2022). There is also a pre-conference programme.