Prayer for GAFCON

Call to Prayer for GAFCON

Today the leaders of Forward in Faith throughout the world are asking that its members and supporters enter into forty days of prayer preceding the historic meeting of bishops and representatives from the worldwide Anglican Churches.

‘GAFCON, the Global Anglican Future Conference, will focus on the Mission of the Church; bringing souls to Jesus Christ,’ said Stephen Parkinson, the Director of Forward in Faith in the United Kingdom.

‘Our Lord Jesus Christ commanded us to extend His Kingdom and to keep His commandments. GAFCON’s brings our focus upon the implications of the Great Commission; we come together as ministers to carry out our Lord’s directive. I hope every member of Forward in Faith will be part lifting up each body and each person who will be coming to Jerusalem that we be “moving in the Power of God,’ said Bishop Keith Ackerman, SSC, President of Forward in Faith North America and current TEC Bishop of Quincy (IL).

The Common Cause Partnership (CCP) is hosting a prayer blog so that Anglicans around the world might join as one in the 40 days leading to GAFCON. The Book of Common Prayer contains prayers for The Church, The Unity of the Church, For Mission, and other great prayers upon which we can frame our 40 days of prayer ask that God might use Anglicans for bringing the message of Jesus Christ to all peoples and places.


Call to 40 Days of Prayer for GAFCON

The lead bishops of the Common Cause Partnership have called for 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for the Global Anglican Future Conference to begin on Wednesday, May 21. The effort will run through the end of the Conference, which is taking place in Jerusalem, June 22-29. More than 1,000 Anglican leaders, including 280 bishops, will take part in this historic gathering.
“We are partnering with Jesus the Intercessor, preparing the way for our leaders to enter Jerusalem. Many are physically making the journey, many, many others will make the journey on their knees, crying out to the Lord for His perfect will to be done in each pilgrim here and there,” said Rose-Marie Edwards, chief intercessor for the Anglican Communion Network and the Common Cause Partnership.

The bishops have specified that the Daily Office, the Great Litany, and the Psalms of Ascent (120-134) be used during this season. The Psalms of Ascent were chosen because of the impact they had on the Global South meeting in Nairobi out of which GAFCON was birthed.

Contributors to the Common Cause Partnership prayer blog will be posting these resources along with reflections, scriptures, collects and other aids to prayer as the 40 days unfold.

Participants are invited to report specific needs, praises, and other feedback on the prayer blog.
“Lifting our thanksgivings, requests and concerns to God every day, in season and out of season, is at the heart of our life as Christians. I hope many join with us in praying especially for the pilgrims to Jerusalem in the weeks ahead,” said Bishop Robert Duncan, moderator of the Common Cause Partnership.