Christian relief and development agency Tearfund has launched a campaign encouraging Christians around the world to pray for poor communities.
The campaign, Be Part of a Miracle, is at the centre of a new Tearfund’s to lift 50 million people lifted out of poverty through a worldwide network on 100,000 churches over the next 10 years.
Christians are being invited to visit a special website www.bepartofamiracle.org to register their pledge to pray. Each time an individual, group, or church signs on to pray they will appear on a map of the world, denoting the country and area where they live.
Christians are also being encouraged to join in prayer with others around the world by adding actual written prayers to a Global poverty prayer chain. Christians can email, text or post a prayer directly onto the Be part of a miracle website. People can also email video clips or photos in to go alongside their prayers.
Matthew Frost, Chief Executive, Tearfund says: “In the next 10 years at least 30 million people will go hungry because of climate change and currently 1.1 billion people lack access to safe, affordable water. We are asking people to commit and join a worldwide movement of Christians praying for change.”
The ‘Be Part of a Miracle’ campaign culminates in the Global Poverty Prayer Week that runs from the 12-18 November 2007. During that week churches will be running prayer events, getting the congregations to pray over a 24 hour period in ‘24/7’ style prayer, and encouraged to hold prayer meals or dedicate time in the Sunday service to focus on global prayer.
In support of the Be Part of a Miracle campaign, Tearfund has refreshed its corporate identity, including new-look adult and youth campaign resources, websites (www.tearfund.org and www.bepartofamiracle.org) and church resources.