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 Jonglei Health Sciences Institute (JHSI) in Bor, South Sudan, trains midwives and medical clinicians.
In the diocese of Toliara in Madagascar there has been tremendous growth in the Anglican church.
In February 2021 we prayed for the release of Nigerian Christian teenager, Leah Sharibu. She was kidnapped by Boko Haram on Feb 19, 2018, aged 14. She has not yet been released.
In the Anglican Church in Brazil their church planting and evangelism is based on a ‘House of Peace’ strategy.
In October 2020 we prayed for the 'Sponsor a Student' initiative by Anglican Aid, to support Bible College students.
In the Diocese of Goma, in DR Congo, Rev Joseph Rusangiza organises mobile training schools that travel around the regions in the diocese training evangelists.
In the diocese of Valparaiso in the Iglesia Anglicana de Chile, a new church was planted at the end of November, and there are plans for another church plant after Easter.
(The Collect for Epiphany 3 asks God for help with necessities)
Despite Covid the Good Shepherd Academy in Juba, South Sudan, has thrived in 2021. The Anglican Relief Development Fund (US) funded a project to build four new classrooms.
During 2021 we have prayed for the building project at Holy Cross Theological College (HCTC) in Myanmar. In January 2021 the foundations were laid.
Centro de Estudios Pastorales (CEP), Centre for Pastoral Studies (CEP) is the training College for Anglican ministry in Chile.
Women's Conference. The Diocese of Recife, the Anglican Church in Brazil, is hosting a Women's Conference in March 2022.
Gafcon Theological Education Network.
In the Southern hemisphere final year students have completed their studies and are being deployed for ministry.
In 2021 we prayed for the pastors and evangelists in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Collect: The Second Sunday of Epiphany
The Anglican Church in Nepal is small but active in evangelism and growing. In 2020 over 100 adults were baptised. In 2021 over 220 adults were baptised.