Prayer requests received on this website are forwarded to our prayer coordinator as they are received. He forwards them on to our prayer partners, the pray-ers. Prayer partners pray intercessory prayer requests we receive for approximately 2 weeks unless the request is renewed. Our prayer coordinator maintains and distributes a summary list of prayer requests to each of our pray-ers and updates it approximately every 2 weeks.

What we hope our pray-ers will do is to include these names and requests in their daily devotions. We are not trying to make this burdensome, but we do ask that you try to pray for these folks daily. If you are in a prayer group, you can hold these intercessions up with the group as well.

More prayer warrior volunteers are always needed, so please contact us if you're interested in becoming a prayer warrior. We welcome all Christian prayer warriors, not just those from the Anglican tradition.

This is not a commitment forever. If you decide to join with us and find that this ministry is not what you are being called to do, then just e-mail our coordinator to remove you from the pray-ers list. Whatever you decide, we and the Lord will accept. We are grateful that you will try this with us. We know that it is meaningful to those asking for our prayers. Many times we receive notes of humble gratitude for what we are doing, and sometimes news of God’s miracles working in their lives. Often these are forwarded on to our pray-ers.

If you are interested in participating in this phase of our ministry, please contact us, including your name, church affiliation, and geographical location (e.g., city and state or province and country). Our prayer coordinator will provide you with a current list of requests and answer any additional questions you might have.

Thanks and may God bless you.

Anglican Provinces Worldwide

The Anglican Episcopal family comprises tens of millions of Christians who are members of 46 different Churches. These make up 40 member churches (also called provinces) and six other national or local churches known as Extra Provincials, spread across the globe.

Bible Reading Fellowship

The Bible Reading Fellowship was founded in Winter Park, Florida in 1971 as a non-profit, non-denominational ministry, with the primary purpose of bringing people into a greater knowledge of God through systematic reading of the Bible.  BRF encourages and facilitates Bible reading for Christian growth by creating, publishing and distributing Bible commentaries and related materials.

Brotherhood of St. Andrew

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is an international ministry of men within the Anglican Communion with corporate offices in Louisville, KY, U.S.A. Though founded in 1883 at a Chicago church, it was later actually incorporated by an Act of Congress in May of 1908, and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt (who was also a member of the Brotherhood). That Act states, "the sole object of said corporation shall be the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men."

Daughters of the King

The Order of the Daughters of the King® is an order for women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church, churches in communion with it, or churches in the historic episcopate but not in communion with it. Our membership currently includes women in the Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran (ELCA) and Roman Catholic churches.

Evangelical Anglican Fellowship USA

EFAC-USA is a gathering of Evangelicals in the Episcopal and Anglican churches for networking, prayer, Bible study, worship, and mutual encouragement in Gospel ministry, both as lay and ordained ministers of the Gospel.

AFP Canada

The Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (Canada) exists to encourage and enable the ministry of prayer in Canada. It is inclusive of all forms of expressions of Christian church life, whether they be lay or clerical, Catholic or evangelical, monastic or secular, formal or informal. AFP (Canada) seeks to be a teaching resource to assist both individuals and congregations to grow in the life of prayer. It seeks to increase and strengthen the companionship of Christian prayer throughout the world.

The AFP emblem depicts the world, held in praying hands and raised to the Holy Spirit, which is represented by a Dove descending toward the world.

Anglican

Our roots are within the Anglican Church. As Christians, we believe that a key element that holds us together is prayer--not only in our corporate worship but in prayer throughout the week, wherever we are. 

Fellowship

Praying together in fellowship enriches the lives of both the individual and the community of faith. In the 1940s and 1950s, Helen Shoemaker (wife of the Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker) developed a ministry of group prayer at Calvary Episcopal Church, New York (with the help of Polly Wiley) and continued it when her husband was called to Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh. Bishop Austin Pardue suggested the name "Anglican Fellowship of Prayer" in 1958 and his friend Bishop Cuthbert Bardsley of England taught at one of the first international conferences. Prayer groups and prayer retreats and conferences are all encouraged by the AFP. We currently have chapters in Canada and in the Caribbean, as well as in the United States. 

In 1958 we did not have the Internet to link us with the worldwide communion. Today, we can access the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, with its daily prayers for specific parts of the communion. In addition, we receive prayer requests via our website that are distributed to intercessors throughout the Communion. Another way the internet facilitates prayer is by providing quick access to the Daily Lectionary (Bible readings that can unite Anglicans in their focus for the day). Please see links to these websites on the Associations page. 

We would like very much to hear from you about how we can improve our ministry. In addition, we would be very happy to publicize on our national website any prayer teachings your church or diocese is planning.

Prayer

Prayer begins in the heart of God, and it has the power to change the world. This means that prayer is a vital business. However, most Christians, when honest, admit that prayer doesn't always come easily to them, especially at the beginning. It may seem like trying to get to know a stranger. Given the proper time and commitment, our relationship with the Lord of the Universe, as known to us through Jesus Christ, will be closer than any human relationship. God is, as some have said before, as close as your breath. It is our job to help you and your church put prayer first. With that in mind, we invite you to become part of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer. 

AFP US Council and Advisors 2019 - 2023