As part of Tearfund’s Global Poverty Prayer Week, churches are calling out with one voice for God’s intervention in areas affected by poor sanitation and lack of clean water, climate change, and high rates of HIV among other challenges.
Christians will also pray for disaster relief and the impact of the local church in places of need.
“Is it his world in our hands, or is it our world in his hands?" said Matthew Frost, Tearfund’s Chief Executive.
"Whichever way you look at it, God has invited us to be part of restoring this fallen, broken, beautiful world. He has given us the privilege of partnership. And we know that he answers prayer."
Mr Frost pointed to a recent prayer effort which saw thousands of Tearfund supporters joining with others around the world in prayer for people living in the Democratic Republic of Congo under the regime of rebel leader General Nkunda.
"We prayed that God would move in his heart after his army had defeated the country’s army in vast areas around the eastern city of Goma," says Frost.
"We were concerned for the 250,000 people who had been made homeless as a result of his rebel uprising. We took it to God in prayer, alongside those who were suffering and oppressed, and cried out for justice.
"Soon afterwards, the rebel group unexpectedly split, lessening Nkunda’s power, and then last week Nkunda himself was arrested by Rwandan troops."
Supporters of the Global Poverty Prayer Week include Lynne Hybels, Tim Hughes and Roger Forster, who share their prayers for the poor in the accompanying DVD.
