Community Prayer Walk

This Community Prayer Walk is a great way to intentionally pray for your local area as a church or group. It’s an opportunity to take notice of the people and places that surround you, and to understand and pray for their needs. By walking with others, you will also be able to share stories, thoughts […]

Walking in the Spirit

Introduction Gather the group together in a comfortable space conducive to prayer and reflection. Read Galatians 5:13-22 together. Begin with a short explanation of the concept of taking steps into new life (verses 16-17), rather than steps into death (verse 19). Split group into pairs or smaller groups and invite them to list/ explore what […]

Musical Countries

This Musical Countries activity is a fun way to pray for countries and communities around the world. It is an invitation to pray for Baptist Mission Australia intercultural team members and the communities they serve, while also being active.   How to participate Split participants into groups of 5-10. Place or write names of the […]

Verse Prayers

Praying using Bible passages is a wonderful way to connect with the themes, priorities and heart of God.   Resources needed Enough copies of Bible verses (see suggestions below) for everyone in the congregation.   Activity Print or photocopy each of the passages and cut out. Give a passage to each person as they enter […]

Treasure Hunt Prayer

This is a fun way to get people with the same heart and with a particular focus to move into a more intimate group for specific prayer. It is also a great way to educate people on the nature of various communities around the world with very few followers of Jesus.   Resources needed Paper […]

The Lord’s Prayer

Resources needed Bible: Mark 6:9-13   Activity Using the prayer that Jesus taught His disciples, you can pray for Baptist Mission Australia intercultural teams or specific team members who you know. Read the Lord’s Prayer line by line (bold), pausing after each phrase to allow open prayer; let the italic words form the basis for […]

Share A Meal

For many cultural groups, the meal table is the central place of social gathering and sharing. There are rituals, traditions, and special foods that have significance. By eating and experiencing an Asian or African meal together, you can gain an understanding of the culture of one of the people groups who have a limited opportunity […]

Sensing God

Pray for mission, prompted by touch, smell, sight, sound and taste.   Resources needed Clay, scented candle, lamps, Bibles, bread   Activity Set up stations with various items and information, inviting people to reflect and pray. Touch: Use the clay to represent team members who are preparing to serve, and are being moulded for intercultural […]

Prayer Walking

At Baptist Mission Australia, we encourage short-term mission exposure teams to prayer walk when overseas so they can be involved in what God is doing in the area. Prayer walking is not just the practice of enjoying personal communion with God while walking, it is intentional intercessory prayer for others. It is praying in the […]

Prayer Trees

Coming together to pray as a community and putting action and images to those prayers can be very powerful. Creating a prayer tree is a wonderful way to unite in prayer for people with limited opportunity to hear the Gospel, and can become a lasting reminder of your community’s commitment.   Resources needed Prayer points […]