What is Prayer.Global?
Prayer.Global is a powerful tool designed to mobilize strategic, Scripture-based prayer for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. It equips individuals, churches, and conferences to engage in extraordinary prayer â a key mark of disciple-making movements. With Prayer.Global, you and your community can take part in Godâs mission to cover the world in prayer.
How It Works
- Prayer.Global has divided the world into 4,770 âstatesâ based on geographical and governmental boundaries.
- Click âStart Prayingâ to initiate a one-minute timer with a specific state to pray for.
- Youâll be provided with specific prayer prompts, scripture and pictures to guide your prayers.
- Watch your progress on the LIVE prayer map as you work together to pray a lap around the world.
At a recent conference, participants prayed several laps around the world over the course of a few days.
On one Sunday morning, a church of 1200 prayed for the entire world in less that 10 minutes!
Over the course of a month, a campus ministry was able to pray for every location on the globe.
Pre-Event Setup
Weâve done the hard work to make it easy for you.
- Register and create a free account: Gain access to your personal Prayer Global dashboard.
- Create a custom group prayer relay: Choose a name and decide if itâs public (anyone can join) or private (accessible only through the URL or QR code).
- Access free promotional resources: Easily promote your event with customizable materials for your church or conference.
- Cast Vision: Share the importance of prayer in fulfilling the Great Commission. Lay a foundation for the Prayer.Global experience by casting a vision - the âwhyâ - and setting a goal for your event.
- Set a Goal: Choose a prayer target based on your event size and timeframe.
Sample Goals
- Collectively complete one prayer lap around the world in each event session (covering all 4,770 states in prayer) - Each individual would pray for multiple regions, depending on the amount of time allotted, each time the activity is offered. For reference, on average ten minutes would allow each person to cover about seven states in prayer.
- Collectively complete one prayer lap around the world in the course of the event (covering all 4,770 states in prayer) - ach individual would pray for one region, roughly one minute, each time the activity is offered.
Customizable Promotional Resources
- Download the custom QR code from the Prayer.Global website once your lap is set up.
- Customizable sample emails
- Mobile templates
- Banners
- 3x5 Card
- Presenter slide templates
- Event poster
Promote in advance of your event
Give your attendees advance notice of the upcoming Prayer.Global event to encourage their participation and to help them be prepared to pray on the day of your event. Here is a proposed timeline for promotion.
- Make an announcement in your event materials, encourage people to bring a device with them.
- Send an email at least 3 days before to cast vision and to encourage your event attendees to download the Prayer.Global app. Include links to both app stores.
- Send a text the day before the event with a link to Prayer.Global, if you have a texting service.
- Provide postcards in seat pockets and at exits to provide more information.
In pre-event promotion, we recommend only promoting the Prayer.Global website and the links for downloading the app. We donât recommend sharing your custom group URL until the day of the event. This helps ensure better tracking of how many people prayed with you during the event.
Hosting your Prayer.Global event
It is important to give the Prayer.Global challenge prominence. We have broken this goal down into three essential keys for success:
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Getting people connected to your groupâs prayer lap (5 minutes)
Here are some suggested methods of facilitating attendee connection:
- Provide seat cards with the custom lap QR code along with steps for navigating to the website
- Display the QR code on your venueâs projection screens or TVs
- Add a link â like a âPray Nowâ button â to your website or other online resources you are using in the course of your event
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Facilitating the group prayer time (5-10 minutes)
Here are some best practices for how to facilitate group prayer time:
- Transition into your prayer time by casting vision about what is about to happen.
- Show how the Prayer.Global tool works by walking people through a prayer prompt using a screen share, presentation computer or through a video. Take the full minute to scroll through the prompts, demonstrating how to use the different pieces of information to guide your prayers.
- Provide time for people to get out their devices, scan the codes and to be ready to go. Give the go ahead to start praying and start the countdown timer.
- Close the time with a verbal prayer to give people time to finish the state they are praying over.
- If possible, provide an update about how many states your group prayed for during that time. You can use the display map to showcase this or provide that information to a host or worship minister to share when they come on stage.
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Provide next steps (5 minutes)
How do you encourage continued prayer for the nations? Help people brainstorm ways they can use the Prayer.Global app moving forward.
Some ideas include:
- Encourage everyone to register on the Prayer.Global site or app.
- Complete 1 or 2 prayers before going to bed or putting your kids to bed
- Finish your Bible reading time with 1 or 2 prayers
- Incorporate 1 or 2 prayers into your weekly small group meeting
- Invite someone to pray with you by sharing about the app
Helpful Tips
- Personally use Prayer.Global before promoting it. Consider initiating leadership, ushers, and volunteers with a Prayer.Global experience before the event, as well.
- Set a specific amount of time for prayer. For reference, setting aside 10 minutes will result in each person praying for about 7 states.
- Recruit a few technology helpers to be positioned around the room when your prayer time begins. They can help people troubleshoot any issues with their device or access the correct prayer relay.
- Encourage people to pray out loud. Model this from the stage and play some soft music during the prayer time. This will help the room not feel empty while also encouraging participation.
- Show a prayer prompt session on the main screens so those without devices can pray along, too.
After the event & Beyond
Based on how your Prayer.Global event experience goes, provide follow up information, texts or emails to encourage people to keep praying and to celebrate once your lap is complete, if not completed during the event. Keep the vision and goal of daily prayer for the nations in front of them.
Thank you for Partnering with us
Thank you for taking the time to explore how to host a Prayer.Global event. By following these steps, you are creating a powerful opportunity for your event attendees to unite in prayer for the nations. As you guide others in lifting their voices to God, may you see hearts ignited with a passion to pray boldly and consistently â not just during your event, but far beyond it.
May the Lord bless your efforts, multiplying the impact of every prayer offered. May your gathering inspire a movement of extraordinary prayer warriors who will stand in the gap for the lost and see Godâs kingdom expand to all nations and people groups.
We are grateful for your partnership and excited to see how God moves through your leadership.
Letâs mobilize prayer and watch God move!
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