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
Bishop Jean Pierre Methode Rukundo became bishop of the new Missionary Diocese of Karongi (the Anglican Church of Rwanda) in June 2020.
The Governing Body of the Anglican Church in Wales (CiW) has voted this month to approve blessings for same-sex marriages in church.
Anglican Missions Africa led a 'Wholesome Teens' mission in Eldoret Diocese, Kenya, visiting eight High Schools over four days.
In February 2021, Toliara Diocese in south Madagascar was experiencing a dreadful drought and famine. We prayed for rain and there has been abundant rain.
The Diocese of Vitoria in the Anglican church in Brazil describes its mission as 'to make Christ known to all, and to spiritually support the unloved'.
The Gafcon Primates are meeting September 14 -17. Some are in person and some are joining by Zoom.
Anglican Missions Africa has been running courses on Healthy Church and Urban Mission in Mombasa Diocese, Kenya.
Over the last two months we have prayed for the start of a new micro-finance project in Yei Diocese, South Sudan.
In Myanmar the political situation, the health situation, the economic situation, are all desperate. 'If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ (Isaiah 7:9).
In Uganda churches have been closed since June and cannot open until October.
The Gafcon Primates are having a meeting September 14-17 in Nairobi. Not all the Primates can attend in person because of restrictions.
Rev. Hassan John reports from Plateau State, Nigeria, that the situation is appalling and anarchic. In one local council alone over 100 people were murdered in the last three weeks.
The Anglican Church is growing very fast in Toliara Diocese in southern Madagascar. This year there have been around 1500 baptisms and 6 new churches planted.
In August, All Saints Cathedral Nairobi has a month of evangelistic focus, dubbed ‘the mission month’.
In Goma Diocese there are 3 more graduation events over the next few weeks following the ‘portable’ evangelism training schools.
Caminemos Juntos is a Latino Anglican church planting movement and is part of the Gafcon Global Mission Partnership Network.
Gafcon Tanzania are running a conference in Dar es Salaam, Aug 30 - Sept 4. It involves 11 Gafcon bishops, 6 Bible College principals, and 5 non-Gafcon bishops (attending as observers).
Anglican Aid (Sydney) has launched a special appeal to raise money specifically for Covid hotspots around the world.