Prayer news
Urgent: pray for peace in Goma
A call to pray for “a miracle of peace” in DR Congo from CMS mission partner Martin Gordon, Bishop of Goma
A world longing for peace
Join with us in prayer for seven areas of conflict in our troubled world.
New resource: Open hands
“Open hands don’t seek to impose solutions, but open hands are ready to receive from God.” A new resource from Ian Adams to nurture prayerful presence.
Praying together
We have the joy of being a praying community online and offline. Here is today’s prayer from Prayerlines, our daily, printed prayer guide.
Today’s prayer
Please lift up Jason and Tracy Day in Thailand: Jason in his role as personnel manager with OMF and Tracy in her role of part-time child safety officer and Sunday school team leader. Pray for wisdom and guidance for Jason as he supports OMF leadership and mission partners in East Asia.
Please also pray for:
Brazil: leadership in local hands
Give thanks for Greice, who is increasingly taking over leadership of a community market in Olinda after starting as a volunteer towards the end of last year. Mission partners Rosie and Stu Bayford set up the surplus food distribution ministry several years ago alongside their work of supporting at-risk girls at charity ReVive. Currently on […]
Read moreBurundi: preparing for consecration
Please pray for CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for Burundi, Onesphore Ndayizigamiye, recently selected as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Makamba. Bishop-elect Onesphore is now preparing for consecration ceremonies at the beginning of August. Pray for him as he prepares for this role professionally, spiritually and emotionally.
Read moreEcuador: upcoming home leave
Mission partner Beverley Cannon de Pinos and her husband, mission associate Johnny Pinos, serve at Cuenca Christian Church in Ecuador. Bev is preparing to come to the UK for a couple of weeks from mid-July to share with and visit supporters, supporting churches, friends and family. Johnny will be travelling to the US in July […]
Read moreSouth Asia: on the mend
We praise God with E and R that mission partner E is on the mend after having been quite unwell recently while R was travelling in her role as CMS’s manager in Asia. Pray for E’s energy to continue to return and for him to get back to full strength quickly. E and R ask […]
Read moreUganda: CMS-Africa training courses
Judith Murungi, CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for Uganda, asks for prayer for CMS-Africa’s trainers in Uganda. Lift up the men and women taking people through a simple budgeting course (Financial Freedom for Families), training to help young people discover and develop their potential (Discover, Develop, Deploy) and women’s empowerment training. As the trainers travel extensively to […]
Read moreUK/Tanzania: planning a trip this summer
Festo and Grace Kanungha are mission partners based in Cornwall, where they support vulnerable community members through social enterprise and Grace serves as a curate in St Petroc’s Church. They ask for prayer for them as a family as they work out how to visit Tanzania this summer. It will be three years since the […]
Read moreUK: CMS Summer Gathering
Please pray for those planning and those who will attend CMS’s Summer Gathering, a chance for people in mission and key partners to connect, learn, pray and share vision together from 27 July–3 August (including a day for supporters to join and celebrate how God is at work). Pray for programme content, timings and the […]
Read moreEcuador: opportunities for young adults
Mission partner Sharon Wilcox, currently on home leave in the UK, works with young adults with learning disabilities, teaching life skills and supporting them as they grow in independence. In recent months, Sharon has arranged for several young adults to try out working in a local hotel, providing much-needed work experience. Pray for more opportunities […]
Read moreEthiopia: work in refugee camps and training for overseas work
Mission partners Chris and Suzy Wilson are based in Addis Ababa, where they work with local Christian leaders in reconciliation and peacebuilding. We give thanks with Chris that he was able to be present in refugee camps in Assosa over Easter. Please pray for continued access for the Anglican Church to serve in these camps. […]
Read moreSpain: a new home
Please pray for a mission partner couple and their children as they look for a property to rent near to where their children will be going to school. Pray for God to lead the family clearly to a property in the right area at the right price. Pray for the family as they prepare to […]
Read moreSouth East Asia: working together across the miles
Mission partners A and L, working in addiction recovery and special needs education respectively, ask for prayer for L as she meets with people all over the world, including in the UK, US and Australia. Pray for L and others as they explore how to develop systems and training in the local language around inclusion […]
Read moreSudan: security situation
CMS-Africa ask for prayer for the security situation in Sudan. Along with Hassan James, assistant bishop of the Diocese of Kadugli and Nuba Mountains, we thank God for his care and protection in the midst of war, and praise him for the church and its perseverance in the midst of the harsh conditions they are […]
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