A wave of prayer: 1 March 2010

The 2010 BMS Day of Prayer will be on Monday 1 March when BMS staff in the UK and mission personnel and partners around the world will be joining together to pray for the work of world mission.

It’s the third year that we’ve held a Day of Prayer and will be the biggest yet as we link in with several prayer initiatives across the preceding weekend – like a global wave of prayer.

The wave will start quietly on Friday 26 February with small groups of twos and threes praying in countries such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan where Friday is the traditional day of worship. It will be picked up that day by BMS staff in Didcot at their early morning prayer time and in morning worship at IMC, Birmingham.

On Saturday 27 February, the wave will swell with churches in the Baptist Union of Great Britain responding to President Kingsley Appiagyei’s call to prayer which will include a focus on world mission and the work of BMS.

Sunday 28 February will see it gathering momentum with prayers being offered in church services throughout Scotland and England and in Wales where a national day of prayer for Baptist life, work and witness will also include prayer for BMS.

On Monday 1 March, the specific day set aside for prayer by BMS, imagine the wave rolling right around the globe, starting some seven or eight hours ahead of GMT in places such as China and Thailand. From there it moves on through India, Nepal and on to the Middle East; rolling on through Africa and Europe, across the Atlantic to Brazil and on to Peru and Ecuador, some five hours behind GMT.

Imagine the power of a mighty rolling wave. Imagine the power of our mighty God responding to the prayers of his people.

Be a part of the wave. In your church or at home, join us in prayer on the day or during the weekend.

Coming soon: There will be prayer suggestions to download from the website.