Prayer news
How should we pray for Iran and the Middle East?
We invite you to join us in prayer for the Middle East as the situation across the region continues to deteriorate, bringing significant hardship and uncertainty to the whole region. It can often be hard to know just what to pray in times of crisis, so our colleagues working across the Middle East offer these […]
Read moreA 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
Though all God’s children are called to care for creation, we believe God is calling some people to lead the way. Pray for God to give more people a clear call to serve at the edges through creation care, whether with CMS, another mission, a local church, council or other avenues. Pray for opportunities to open up and for obstacles to be removed so that people can follow this calling more purposefully.
Please also pray for:
Brazil: forever homes
We give thanks that CMS short-termer Katharine has extended her stay in Recife to continue serving at ReVive’s safe house, supporting at-risk girls with education and to flourish as they grow in understanding their God-given value. Katharine asks for prayer for each of the girls in the safe house to find a forever home, and […]
Read moreLatin America: new mission manager
Give thanks for CMS’s new mission manager in Latin America, Alonso Silva. Based in Santiago, Chile, Alonso will be drawing on his 20 years of experience as a missional leader and pioneer practitioner to help lead CMS’s work and support CMS people in mission in the region. Pray for God to use Alonso powerfully in […]
Read moreSpain/North Africa: quiz night fundraiser
Give thanks for a quiz night taking place this Friday evening in the Cotswolds to raise money for mission partners Miranda and Tim Heathcote’s ministry of providing essential debriefing, spiritual direction and more for mission workers. P ray for all guests to feel welcome and at ease, especially those who may be less comfortable in […]
Read moreSouth Africa: teaching amid myriad stressors
Caroline and Dick Seed are based in Cape Town, and train and resource theological educators both in person and online. Caroline and Dick ask for prayer as they co-teach a PG Dip module on learning and teaching this week and next. Pray for two students in northern Nigeria, who are doing their best to study […]
Read moreSouth East Asia: a particularly stressful time
Pray for peace that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7) for A and L, CMS partners supporting people to live in freedom from addiction (A) and working with and for children with special educational needs (L). As L does her best to provide inclusive practices for a neurodivergent student amid hostility from other class parents and […]
Read moreTanzania: upcoming training
Local partner Paul Kibona asks for prayer for upcoming Islamic worldview training and trauma healing training for CMS partners and church leaders working in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Pray for the training to help participants see how God is at work in their context and equip them to join in and be even more […]
Read moreThailand: coming to the end of service with CMS
Please pray for Jason and Tracy Day as they prepare to return to the UK from Chiang Mai and finish serving as CMS mission partners. Pray for good handover of jobs and ministries, for them to end well after many years working in Thailand and for them as they settle into life in the UK […]
Read moreBrazil: starting a church in prison
Mission partners Andy and Kati Walsh work with local church partners in Florianópolis, sharing the hope of Jesus in challenging contexts. Andy and others have been working together to launch churches in local men’s prisons. In one prison, 20–25 believers already meet regularly, currently without any involvement from an ordained minister. Please pray for obstacles […]
Read moreLebanon: a country and a region in crisis
Lebanon is suffering a “humanitarian catastrophe in every sense of the word”, according to Barham Salih, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees. Over one million people – a fifth of the country’s population – has been displaced as a result of the war over the past few weeks. Pray for provision of shelter, food, […]
Read moreSouth Asia: theological students
“Praise God for the 90 theological students from all around the country who attended the Equipping Emerging Leaders as Agents of Transformation (EELAT) Conference this week,” writes F, who supports theological education in South Asia. Please pray for the theological students as they return to their regular studies, that they may be inspired and equipped to make […]
Read moreSri Lanka: Diocese of Kurunegala
Asia-CMS invites prayer for the Diocese of Kurunegala, where the Christian population is declining. Pray for encouragement over their 15 house churches, asking that they might grow in number and depth of faith. Pray for a men’s ministry to be established and for more people within the community to be able to access theological education.
Read moreTanzania: new mission partners
New mission partners Dave and Tricia Rollett are preparing to move their family to Zanzibar, where they will support Christians in a minority context to grow in their faith and be a loving witness to their neighbours of other faiths. Please pray for Dave and Tricia as they enter a season of training, preparation and […]
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