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 Anglican Church in Nepal was started in 1999 (as part of the Province of Singapore) and it is growing rapidly. Training second generation ministers is a priority.
In November 2020 we prayed for Gafcon Ireland's online event, with international speakers including Archbishop Foley Beach.
A Lent Hymn / Prayer.
The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from Thy throne
and worship only Thee.
Diocese of João Pessoa, The Anglican Church in Brazil. The diocese is divided into five mission regions. In region five they have planted four churches in the past 2 years.
Faith McDonnell, co-leader of the Suffering Church Network, draws attention to the suffering of Christians in parts of Kenya.
Collect for Lent in the Prayer Book of the Anglican Church of Kenya.
The Mothers Union Sydney are having their annual seminar on Friday Feb 26 at St Andrew's Cathedral and with Livestreaming.
In January we prayed for the timely completion of an order for manufacturing meeting tents. Thank God the tents are ready for handing over.
Pray for Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Myanmar, following the military coup on February 1.
‘You Made Us In Your Image’: based on a Collect from the Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Church in North America, 2019), with words by Kate Bluett, music by Catherine Miller, artwork by
The Anglican Convocation of Europe (ACE) is commissioned online on Monday, Feb 22. Thank God for bringing this convocation of churches together, recognised by the Gafcon Primates.
On Feb 19, 2018, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was taken captive by Boko Haram. Other girls taken at the same time have been released.
United Adoration (UA) are hosting an African online song writing session, with a focus on writing songs for Lent and Easter, on Saturday Feb 20.
Anglican International Development supports two church based microfinance projects, one in Kenya and one in South Sudan, which provide financial stimulus to many small businesses, mostly run by...
Pray for the Gafcon bishops that they may be equipped to perform their ministries effectively, meeting the various spiritual needs of the congregations in these times of distress, insecurity,...
The following song-prayer segment is based on a Collect from the Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Church in North America, 2019).
Heavenly Father, We thank you for our worldwide Anglican family of peoples and nations; for the multilingual Gafcon website; for Bishop Sammy Morrison, Frances Cook and Juliane Uchoa,...