ACTS 1:14
THEY ALL JOINED TOGETHER CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER…
Two thousand years ago, a group of people gathered in a room, and the bible says they prayed constantly for ten days. At the end of that prayer meeting, the Holy Spirit was poured out, and the church was born!
With all the challenges the church faces today, we are invited to humble ourselves, seek God in prayer, and ask Him to pour our His Spirit afresh on the church.
And so we want to invite you to join us as we imitate those early disciples and pray constantly for ten days as we head into the day of Pentecost.
Prayer rooms are a fantastic way to engage your church in prayer. People sign up for a one-hour slot and come to a prayer room that is conducive to prayer and seeking God. We gather not around some personality or event, but we go to a place of prayer to seek Jesus for our communities and our nation.
There are three ways you can engage with this initiative.
1 – Your church can pray for 24 hours, setting up a prayer room and joining in this initiative by participating at any point during the ten days.
2 – Your church may be large enough or passionate enough to cover the ten days of continuous prayer!
3 – Your church can partner with churches in your city and region or within your denomination/movement and cover the ten days of continuous prayer together. This may look like one centralised prayer room in a town or city or multiple prayer rooms across these ten days. Not only are we praying, but we are gathering in unity together to seek God.
We have all the tools you’ll need to promote this and help people sign up for one of the slots (see resources below). We’re offering training and information zoom calls to help you prepare for creating prayer rooms in your context. You can find our more and sign up on our events page.
Following us on Facebook and Instagram will also connect you to the stories emerging from this initiative.
We’re in!!! Sign us up for communication around the Pentecost Prayer Initiative
We’ve got a whole stack of resources to help you engage with the Pentecost Prayer Initiative.
Here’s a few to get you going!
Register your prayer room to receive the booking tool so people can book into your prayer room
Resources to Help
Participating Churches
Papakura Wesleyan Church, Papakura, Auckland
Hamilton East Methodist St John Parish, Hamilton
St Marks Anglican, Hamilton
St. James Anglican Church, Auckland/Mangere Bridge
Urban Oasis C3 Church, Christchurch
Connect Blenheim, Blenheim
The Wave, Opunake
The Salvation Army, Waihi
St Margaret's Hillsborough, Hillsborough Auckland
gleniti baptist church, timaru
Korimako Vineyard Church, Palmerston North
Bay Vineyard Church, Napier
Combined Waihi churches, Waihi, Waikato
Salvation Army Hornby, Christchurch
St Marys Star of the Sea, Gisborne
Raumati Beach Church, Raumati Beach
Lighthouse Church Tutukaka, Whangarei
Uplift Church, Pukekohe
Cleft of the Rock Ministries, Te Awamutu
South West Baptist Church, Christichurch
Shore Vineyard Church, Forrest Hill, North Shore
Northcote Baptist, Auckland
Eden Christian Hostel, Auckland
Catholic Parish of Napier & Hastings, Napier & Hastings
LifeChurch Manurewa, Auckland
Ephinany Anglican Church, GOLDEN BAY
All Saints, Otaki
Lower Hutt Baptist Churches, Lower Hutt
Mercy Vineyard Church, Dunedin
gleniti baptist church, Timaru
The Street Church, Wellington
Whangaparaoa Baptist Church, Auckland
Grace Vineyard Church North Canterbury Campus, Rangiora
St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Hillsborough
St Albans Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North
Our City Church, Henderson, Auckland
independant, Havelock Nth
Holy Trinity Devonport, Auckland, Devonport
Anglican Parish of Ellerslie, Auckland
East City Wesleyan Church, Burswood, Auckland
South West Baptist Church, Addington, Christchurch
Waimate Connect Church, Waimate
Symphony / Prayer Collective, Christchurch
Connect Church, Waimate
valley road, Auckland
The Lighthouse, Christchurch
Alive Church, Motueka
Lord Jesus Christ Ministry, Christchurch
St Christopher's Anglican Church co-hosted with our friends at St Aidan's, Christchurch - St Christopher's Chapel 244 Avonhead Road.
Hope Presbyterian Rolleston, 565 Springston-Rolleston Road
Lincoln Road Bible Chapel, West Auckland
St John's Anglican, Johnsonville, Johnsonville, Wellington
Bethlehem Community Church, Tauranga
Chapel Hill Community Church, Hamilton
Valley Road, Mount Eden Auckland
St Francis Church, Hamilton
St Marys/St Thomas Church, Tauranga
Restoration church, Christchurch
Owaka Presbyterian Church, Owaka
Hillcrest Chapel, Hamilton
Elim Church Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
Waimate Connect, Waimate
The Found, Central Lakes (ZQN & CRMW)