Prayer Resources

Prayer is one of the foundations of our Christian faith, and it is the single most powerful tool we have for advancing God's kingdom throughout the world.  Check out the resources below to learn how to pray more effectively for the lost,
to support missionaries, and to gather insights to strengthen your personal prayer practices.

The AFM Virtual Prayer meeting is on Thursdays 11:00-11:45 AM EST. To join, email them with your name and home church, and they will email you the login information.

Weekly zoom prayer calls on Thursdays from 11:55am-12:15pm EST. To join, email them by clicking the button below.

Organizations

Beyond provides creative avenues to pray for unreached people groups around the world.

  • Operation World, is widely regarded as the definitive volume of prayer information about the world. Check out their daily prayer calendar here or browse their country list to learn and pray for a specific place.

  • Global Family 24-7 Prayer, online 24/7 prayer room hosting worship-saturated prayer around the throne, around the clock and around the globe for the whole of 2021.

  • 24-7 Prayer, is an international, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice; a non-stop prayer meeting that has continued for every minute of this century so far, in over half the countries on Earth. Check out their Lectio 365 app, a daily devotional resource that helps you pray the Bible every day.

  • Jericho Walls International Prayer Network, is an interdenominational Christian prayer ministry that is committed to building a strong, broad-based prayer network to support the Church to fulfill its calling as a “house of prayer for the nations”. Check out their daily prayer app here.

  • 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World, an international movement that calls the church to make a deliberate but respectful effort to learn about, pray for and reach out to our world’s Muslim neighbors. They produce a new full-color prayer guide booklet — available each year in both adult and kids versions — is a proven tool to help Christians to understand and to persistently pray for Muslim neighbors and nations.

  • Voice of the Martyrs prayer resources gives you different opportunities to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters. You can also visit their International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church page to see this years focus and resources for your church to engage with.

  • Joshua Project, Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups of the world with the fewest followers of Christ. They gather, integrate and share people group information to encourage pioneer church-planting movements and to facilitate effective coordination of mission agency efforts. Check out their Unreached of the Day Prayer app here.

  • UPG North America knows that hundreds of significant unreached people group communities have been formed in North America over the last few decades through migration. You can discover which communities are most in need of gospel witness, participate in virtual prayerwalks through their neighborhoods and places of worship, and discover gospel resources in their languages. Be sure to explore the map to see where these groups are located and join a prayer walk near you!

Watch & Listen

VOM's 2020 IDOP short film, Janette: Central African Republic. You and your church will be inspired to pray for and support Christians like Janette who have lost everything because of their Christian faith. The International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians is Nov. 1, 2020, and throughout the month of November.

Developing a Prayer Strategy for Cross-Cultural Workers - Developed by AFM’s Training Coordinator, Gretchen.

Resources to Download

AGMP Litany for Mission, a great resource for your Sunday services to pray for a wide variety of mission areas and needs.

Kenyan Liturgy for Mission (excerpts) - includes “those not yet invited to the Table”

New Wineskins Prayer Guide 2023, Our new guide to praying for cross-cultural workers and their ministries around the world.

Barnabas Aid Prayer Resources, check out these great prayer guides, updated bi-monthly.

Missions in the Book of Common Prayer, a list of mission references throughout the BCP.

30-Day Prayer Guide for Unreached People.