Walk the World
6-8 Nov 2026
Pray for the world, as you walk your world!
What is Walk the World?
Walk the World is an interactive prayer event where churches, families and individuals get out into their neighbourhood and pray. We pray for our communities and we pray for our beautiful, yet broken world. Simply, Walk the World is about setting time aside to pray for God to be at work within your community, across the world and through Baptist Mission Australia intercultural teams.
This year, Walk the World is taking place over the weekend of 6-8 November. However feel free to hold Walk the World when it works best for your church calendar.
Prayer Guide
Go on a prayer walk equipped with the Walk the World Prayer Guide! This guide includes prayer points for your neighbourhood, Australia and the world.
It’s a great Walk the World starting point and can be utilised by individuals or groups.
Creative Prayer Ideas
Each Creative Prayer Idea is a single activity designed to engage you in prayer for your community and the world in a new way. Adapt for your group and context.
Explore your area, find things and pray together. This activity is great for kids, congregations and small groups.
Add spontaneity to your prayer walk with this activity. Perfect for congregations, small groups and all ages.
Get kids moving and praying with this energetic activity. Perfect way to start a kids church session. This activity can be done inside or outside.
Pray around the world as you lift up each of our ministry locations. This activity is ideal for adults. It can be done in small groups or via up-front prayer during a Sunday service.
Enjoy a delicious Thai meal and prayer for Thailand. This activity is ideal for small groups and families.
2026 resources
Our team is currently developing the new creative prayer resources for 2026. Some will be specifically developed for kids and others that the the whole church can get involved in.
All resources will be available here by the end of August.
Please contact our team if you have any questions about what’s coming or how you and your church can get involved.
Photo Competition
Share how you and your group walked the world by entering our photo competition. You can share photos, videos or artworks. Get creative and have fun with it!
This competition is open to any age, and you can work in a group or by yourself. Enter by Friday 20 November to be in the chance to win one of the prizes.
9 Ways to Walk the World
Whether you have a few minutes or few hours, Walk the World is for everyone and there are so many ways to get involved! Here are some more ideas…
5-15 mins
- Explore a world map with your children and pray for each country you talk about
- Stay at home and use Google Maps to pray for the people who live near you
- During your upfront prayer time at church, pray for the intercultural team members you partner with, the world and your community
30-45 mins
- Draw a picture of your school, church or sports club and pray for that community
- Have fun engaging in prayer through one of the Creative Prayer Ideas
- Use the Prayer Guide to inspire prayer for your neighbourhood, Australia and the world (coming soon)
1-2 hours
- Go for a prayer walk after church, then meet back together for a picnic
- Gather with other believers for a meal and pray for faith communities around the world
- Take creative photos or video clips that show how you walked the world and enter them in the photo competition
Happy snaps
We love seeing how you and your church get involved! Here are some photos from over the years.
It’s great to have some creative ideas for encouraging our church community to engage prayerfully.
We love being part of this annual nation-wide prayer event!
I love the Walk the World initiative and want to thank Baptist Mission Australia for this opportunity.
We walked the world with friends in Siem Reap province. We helped the rice farmer to remove the grains. We walked, prayed and shared food with friends.
It was truly a blessing. It is a great way to get to know each other as we pray.
I spent time at home praying for my community, intercultural team members and the people they minister to.
It was wonderful for our church to see people of all ages getting out in the community and praying that God would be at work both here and all around the world.
My daughter and I and our two dogs walked around some of the streets in our community. It was really fun and we can’t wait to do it again and hope to have a bigger group next year.
Thanks for organising this! We used the creative prayer activities. Our kids loved it (and so did the big ‘kids’!) It was a helpful tool to help us to pray.
We really enjoyed this opportunity to do Walk the World. We prayed for God’s love to be made known locally and around our world. We’d be keen to do this again next year.
A small group from Ballarat North Baptist walked around Lake Wendouree. There was plenty of praise and thanksgiving to God also. Thank you for a great initiative.
Downloadables
Promo pack
We’ve created videos, posters and information you can add to your church bulletin, so you can easily share Walk the World with your church, small group or family.
There’s even a colouring in version of the poster so you kids church can get creative!
2025 recap video
What happened last year?
Watch this video to see the fun ways in which people walked the world in November 2025.
Frequently asked questions
Walk the World is for everyone, of all abilities, ages and group size. Some resources will be targeted towards adults and others to children, families or youth.
Going for a walk is a great way to experience our local communities. It helps us get to know the area and our neighbours. Plus, it’s something that a lot of us already do! Walk the World is an invitation to intentionally pray for the world while you walk in your world.
But, of course, you don’t have to walk to get involved with Walk the World.
You can choose to get around your neighbourhood however you like. You could run, cycle, wheel, skateboard, push, drive, scoot, rollerblade or skip around your area. You could even virtually walk around via Google maps, video or your imagination!
If 7-9 November doesn’t work for you or your church’s calendar, that is ok! You can hold Walk the World whenever it works with you. The resources will remain available online and ready for you when you want them.
However, if you can Walk the World over 7-9 November, we encourage to get involved then. Knowing others around the country and world are praying for the world, and engaging with their community at the same time will spur us all on!
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