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
In June and July of 2020 we prayed for the mobile training programme for evangelists in Goma Diocese. One of the places this took place was Kibumba.
Suffering Church. The Anglican Church of the Province of Myanmar has experienced significant growth in the last ten years. However, there is also significant suffering.
In May 2020 we prayed for the overhaul of the Abuja Training College (Church of Nigeria, training for lay ministry of various kinds). Ven.
Gafcon Australia are committed to helping Anglicans in Australia who are feeling isolated and confused by recent departures from orthodox faith and practice.
'A thrill of hope
the weary soul rejoices ....
Fall on your knees ..'
Collect for the fourth Sunday in Advent
In November we prayed for the visit of Archbishop Foley Beach to the UK: that all the counsel, contacts and conversations would be helpful.
In Valparaiso Diocese, Iglesia Anglicana de Chile, they are using social media to communicate daily Advent Devotions.
Goma diocese (DR Congo). Before planning for 2022, the intercessors from parishes all around the diocese are meeting to pray on December 16-19.
We have prayed for the peace-building project near Bunia, DR Congo, led by Bernard Bisoke and his wife Furaha. Rev Bisoke asks for our prayers to build a prayer house on the site.
In October we prayed for funds for a farming project organised by Anglican International Development in Gondokoro, near Juba, South Sudan.
United Adoration is part of the Gafcon Global Mission Partnership Network. Their focus is to encourage the creative arts within churches. The picture attached is an Advent Painting by Natalie K....
In December 2020 we prayed for encouragement for women in Barisal Diocese, Bangladesh. At the time women were not permitted to be ordained as deacons.
The Anglican Missions in Africa continue to be very busy.
Bishop Festus Yeboah, in the Diocese of Sunyani, Ghana, writes that many churches were meeting in school classrooms. This is now forbidden because of the risk of Covid contagion.
In the Anglican Church in Brazil their church planting and evangelism is based on a ‘House of Peace’ strategy.