Tuesday 1st: Please pray during this season that God’s justice would reign and that our churches would be places where the vulnerable are cared for and the oppressed are championed. Pray that our churches would grow in their community impact, aligned with the words of Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Wednesday 2nd: Please pray for Crossover Australia, our Australian-wide Baptist agency which provides resources, training and networking to encourage Baptist Churches in the cause of mission and evangelism. Pray for the influence of the Baptist movement during the upcoming Easter season and that the Easter Offering for Crossover is once again well received and supported. Pray this is fruitful so that Crossover can continue to provide resources for our churches nationwide. 

Thursday 3rd: Baptist Mission Australia (BMA) asks us to pray for intercultural worker Tash and other volunteers at her church who shared the Gospel with Muslims during Ramadan. Pray that the seeds of the love and grace of Jesus would take root and impact the lives of those who have heard and encountered Jesus in this season.

Friday 4th: Pray for our SRE teachers as they have opportunities to teach the Easter story in their classes. Pray as they manage the sensitive topic of death and still convey the message of the Gospel within the framework of the curriculums. Pray that students understand what Jesus has done for them.

Saturday 5th: Pray today with Baptist Youth Ministries. Sarah and the team would love your prayers for registrations for State Youth Camp which have already opened. Pray for the young people who will be coming to camp this year. Pray for the core team of volunteers as they continue to prepare for SYC25. Please also pray for the Impact Growth program for young adults. 

Sunday 6th: In early March there was a disaster scare during Cyclone Alfred’s slow 17 day approach, as the Northern Rivers watched in anxiety wondering about the flooding potential in their communities yet again. Please pray for their mental health and for the local churches in that region to continue to embody the powerful non-anxious presence of Jesus.

Monday 7th: Steve Dixon and the team from Bedford would love you to pray for them as this month is the start of another term. Pray for all their new students who commence this term, especially for their International Students who are in Australia for the first time. Pray that they can develop the professional knowledge and practical skills for career success. Pray for the spiritual impact on the students, for the chaplains who work with them, and for the leadership of CEO Steve and his team.

Tuesday 8th: Our regional ministry in the Western Districts is led by Regional Minister Wayne Spencer (pastor at Yeoval Baptist Church). Please pray for Wayne and his team and for ministry and mission amongst regional and remote churches in small towns, that God would use them together to grow his Kingdom.

Wednesday 9th: Please pray for Craig Corkill and his team as today they run Litehouse Training for newly appointed senior or solo pastors. Pray that God would bless, encourage and equip these leaders and raise more leaders to serve in pastoral roles in ministry and mission.

Thursday 10th: Pray for Jenny Casey and her team as they lead the first Leadership Incubator day today. This day is for pastoral leaders recently approved as Recognised Pastors or Accredited Ministers. Pray that these leaders today would be blessed, encouraged and equipped for the callings that God has given them.

Friday 11th: Please pray for ongoing multiple conflicts around the world, praying for God to grant justice and peace. Pray also for the affects of these conflicts on our migrant diaspora communities in Australia. Our local Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) churches continue to feel the pain of conflicts such as those in Myanmar, Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, Papua New Guinea and beyond. Some of these conflicts have lasted for decades. Please pray for healing amongst communities affected, best practice action and for biblical justice.

Saturday 12th: Pray for Jenny Casey (Team Leader, Ministry Affirmation) and the Affirmation Oversight Team, as they assist leaders to explore their call to ministry through becoming Accredited or Recognised Ministers. The number of people entering the Recognition and Accreditation stream this year is the largest for many years. Give thanks for these leaders and ask God to grow and develop them, while raising more leaders to follow them in ministry and mission in coming days.

Sunday 13th: Please pray today for our Director of Ministries, Steve Bartlett, and for his Executive Leadership Team (Heidi Tak – Associate Director, Operations; Craig Corkill – Associate Director, Discipleship and Leadership Development; Jamie Freeman – Associate Director, Mission and Church Development, and Grae McWhirter – Associate Director, Strategic Support and Regional Development). Pray for them as they continue to lead the various ministries and services provided to our family of churches and pastors towards 1000 healthy churches in a generation. Pray for wisdom, insight, vision and favour on them.
 
Monday 14th: As Holy Week commences, let us pray and give thanks to God for the sacrifice of Jesus, and celebrate the fullness of life we have been gifted. Please pray for our churches, this week, which will be welcoming community members to numerous events and ceremonies to hear and experience the love and grace of Jesus. May this be a time of impacting people with God’s mercy.

Tuesday 15th: Baptist Mission Australia (BMA) asks us to pray for their Australia based intercultural team. Pray for international students at universities across Australia as they navigate the independence of Australian culture. Pray for Paul and other members of Christian groups on campuses as they meet students and invite them to community events. Give thanks for the many connections that Paul has already been able to make with new and continuing international students at Macquarie University so far this year. Pray for ongoing opportunities to invest in the lives of these students, caring for them and pointing them towards Jesus.

Wednesday 16th: Please pray for the health, unity and love of our movement. Pray for churches and pastors whose affiliation and accreditation is in transition at this time of change. Pray for the love of Christ to be with everyone, providing grace, peace and hope in the midst of the challenges of this season.
 
Thursday 17th: The Children and Families Ministries team asks us to pray with them today for the team preparing for the State Kids Camp in July. Pray for creativity, wisdom and agility as they plan and create a peak experience for children from Baptist churches across NSW and ACT. The theme this year is “Staying connected to Jesus”.
 
Friday 18th: Please pray as today, this Good Friday, our own churches, along with Christian churches around the world, remember and reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus the Messiah. Pray for people who will be visiting churches with family and friends, that they may encounter the love and grace of Jesus and his people this Easter.

Saturday 19th: Louise Bartlett and the Association’s Children and Families Ministries Team would love us to pray with them today for the ongoing impact of Connect Training for children, youth and SRE leaders and teachers which occurred across our regions during March. Please pray particularly that the spaces we create through our ministries would be welcoming and helpful for kids and teens with ADHD and autism.

Sunday 20th: Today we celebrate the wonder of the Risen Jesus. Let’s pray, on this Resurrection Sunday, that the power of the resurrection will be felt in the hearts and lives of those who join together in services throughout our churches. Spend a moment praying for your own church and for churches around you that God would be glorified and people would experience the promise of new life which the resurrection brings.

Monday 21st: Today is World Malaria Day. Pray with Baptist World Aid, for adequate preventative measures to be in place in affected communities, and for children and their families to be protected against the disease. Pray against the inequities which keep communities away from receiving this sort of medical support, and pray for a world where greater experiences of justice impacts the lives of the most vulnerable.

Tuesday 22nd: Give thanks for the appointment of a new Team Leader, Church Multiplication with the Baptist Association. Please pray as they settle into this new role and that God would use them and the team to continue encouraging and supporting leaders and churches towards our goal of 1000 healthy churches in a generation.

Wednesday 23rd: Continue to pray for the Mission 25 initiative as we work together to see more people come to know and love Jesus. Pray that each Alpha session conducted in our churches as part of Mission 25, would be filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit, creating a warm, welcoming, and safe space for people to explore faith and encounter Jesus in a real and personal way.

Thursday 24th: The Morling College team asks us to pray for their students as they complete Semester 1 assignments. Ask God to grant them clarity, diligence, and deep transformation in their learning. Pray also for lecturers and markers as they assess students’ work with wisdom and care. Pray for Morling students from regional and rural areas. Ask that they find strong connections with peers, receive support from their churches and communities and experience belonging within Morling’s learning environment.

Friday 25th: On this Anzac Day, we want to pray together, with thanksgiving for God’s mercy in the past, and for conflict around the world today to end. Let’s pray for communities to experience peace, love and justice in Jesus’ name.

Saturday 26th: Baptist Mission Australia (BMA) asks us to pray for their team in Thailand. Pray for Margaret as she hosts her first Kids Holiday Club this week. Pray that she will form great relationships with children and parents and that this will lead to future Gospel sharing opportunities. Pray also that God would guide the team as they explore the potential of offering more comprehensive after school English classes at Baan Sawang. Pray that they would continue to notice needs in their communities and respond accordingly.

Sunday 27th: The Baptist Association Team, BFS, Morling College and Macquarie Baptist Church would love you to pray for the Sydney Campus development. Pray for safety and protection over all workers, staff, students and churchgoers, for smooth progress without major delays, and for peace and patience amongst the communities which frequent the Macquarie Park site across all organisations colocated there. Pray that God would bless the progress of this development and the the results will provide a resource for Gospel work going forward for generations.

Monday 28th: Pray for the growing number of Baptist pastors who are now serving as volunteer Police Chaplains within the NSW Police Force. Pray for them as they serve police officers and the communities around them. Ask God to support them in challenging circumstances, during times of trauma and emergency, and in difficult conversations. Pray that God would raise up more leaders to serve Jesus in these key roles amongst the Police.

Tuesday 29th: We live in a time of great need, grief, anxiety and inequity. Give thanks for the hope we have in Christ and for the example of how to live according to the example he sets. Pray that our churches will respond to their communities with love and grace, meeting needs with an expression of God’s heart for justice.

Wednesday 30th: Pray for “Greater West for Christ”, our regional ministry which serves the western suburbs of Sydney in and around Penrith, the Blue Mountains, Blacktown and the Hawkesbury. Pray for their leadership team, including Mark Chapple the Regional Minister (and pastor at Penrith Baptist Church). Pray that through GWFC’s ministries and businesses, churches would be encouraged to grow in health, leaders would be raised up and equipped, justice would be championed, churches would multiply, and people in that part of Sydney would be impacted by the love of Jesus.

Thursday 1st: Today marks the beginning of “May Mission Month” where churches throughout our movement will be joining with Baptist Mission Australia (BMA) to focus on global mission. Pray for BMA, for mission partners, and for our churches to continue to capture a heart for seeing the Gospel of Jesus impact the world.

Friday 2nd: Today and tomorrow “The Gathering (incorporating the Annual Assembly) is being held at the MALC and 7 other live sites around NSW and ACT. Pray for today’s speaker Tania Harris (God Conversations) and tomorrow’s speaker Tim Piesse (Building a Discipleship Culture). Pray also for today’s workshops and for the time together over both days, hearing what God has done last year and what he may be doing this year in our movement. Pray for discernment, decision-making, and discussions to be conducted with grace and truth.

Saturday 3rd: State Leaders of Baptist Associations around the country and Australian Baptist Ministries National Council are meeting this month. Pray that the various meetings go well, and God’s hands are on any decisions which need to be made. Pray also, this month, for the National Senior Pastors gathering of leaders from some of the larger of our churches around Australia, that this may be a time of fruitful conversations and meaningful connections.

Sunday 4th: Pray for our Canberra regional ministry. Pray for Nick Barber (Regional Minister) and his team as they bring together the pastors, leaders and churches across the region for relationship building, resource sharing, raising leaders and reproducing congregations. Pray that the churches in Canberra would be fruitful, healthy, missional and seeking to promote justice and grace. Pray that our churches in Canberra would have a Gospel impact on those who work to lead our nation from its capital. Pray for our national leaders, that they would lead with justice and mercy and be opened to the grace, love and truth of Jesus.

Monday 5th: Our Children and Families Association Team ask us to pray along with them, giving thanks for all the playtime leaders in churches investing into the lives of families with young children. Ask God to help them declare and demonstrate his goodness to the families. May their groups be safe spaces for women and children who are experiencing domestic violence, may it be part of their journey towards hope, healing and justice. Please also pray for churches with a small number of children. Ask that God would give them eyes to see the ways they could bring the Good News of Jesus to the children in their local community.

Tuesday 6th: Today please pray for the Coast Churches Network (our regional ministry in the Central Coast) and for Regional Minister Phil Blair (Senior Pastor at Green Point Baptist Church). Pray for Phil and team as they encourage our churches in the Central Coast to develop leaders, invest in church health, multiply disciples and reflect God’s heart for justice.

Wednesday 7th: The Morling College team asks us to thank God for the women and men who serve on Morling College’s Board and committees. Pray for wisdom and discernment as they meet this month and continue to provide strategic guidance for the College. Pray for protection and blessing over Morling that it will continue to be a place where women and men are equipped for faithful service in God’s Kingdom.

Thursday 8th: Please pray alongside Shelley Ashton and the Special Religious Education (SRE) team, that our SRE teachers across the State, and their helpers, would be blessed, equipped, empowered and encouraged in their ministry in schools. Pray as winter months come, that they remain healthy and able to continue teaching despite winter lurgies prevalent in schools at this time of year.

Friday 9th: Continue to pray for the Mission 25 initiative as we work together to see more people come to know and love Jesus. Ask God to give Alpha leaders, facilitators and participants in our churches the courage to share their faith with gentleness and love. Pray for meaningful, Spirit-led discussions that draw people closer to Jesus.
 
Saturday 10th: Please pray for Pete Davies, Regional Minister in the North and Mid-north Coast Regions (and pastor at Boambee Baptist Church). Pray for Pete as he leads and encourages pastors, leaders and churches in that region to work together to see healthy, missional, justice loving, Kingdom growth in the North Coasts.

Sunday 11th: On this Mothers’ Day, we give thanks for the gift of family. Pray for church services today which will welcome families and celebrate mothers. Pray for those who find Mothers’ Day difficult due to loss, grief or separation. Pray also today, with BWA and with a heart for justice, that all expectant mothers in the world will have the resources and support they need to deliver their babies safely.

Monday 12th: Please pray for the “Evangelism Though History” conference happening today at the Ministry and Learning Centre hosted by Morling College. Ask God for it to be a time of rich learning, reflection and fruitful discussions about evangelical identity and change. Pray for speakers, organisers and attendees to be inspired and challenged.  

Tuesday 13th: We’d love you to pray today for the State Youth Camp team as it plans and prepares for SYC 2025 which happens in September. Pray that the team would be blessed with what they need to provide this peak spiritual experience for teens from youth groups across our movement. Pray for speakers, volunteers, and for youth leaders / pastors who, even now, will be preparing their groups to participate. Pray for churches that have not yet decided to attend and perhaps have never been before that God would lead them. May God bless this venture so that young people may have a chance to respond to the love and grace of Christ.

Wednesday 14th: Today and tomorrow the Church Health Team is running training and equipping days for our group of new and experienced church health consultants. Please pray for the Specialised Consultants meeting today and for the new 2025 group of pastors training in Newcastle tomorrow. Pray for God to guide, develop, call and equip these consultants to help our churches move towards greater levels of health, and fruitful ministry and mission.

Thursday 15th: Please pray for Transform Southern Sydney (our regional ministry in the southern suburbs of Sydney) and Regional Minister Jamie Wendt (Senior Pastor at Padstow Baptist Church). Pray for the team as they equip and encourage pastors and leaders towards 100 healthy churches transforming the suburbs of southern Sydney. This area of Sydney includes a diversity of cultural backgrounds. Pray particularly for the churches in this region who minister interculturally, that God would use them and grow them to reach their communities.

Friday 16th: Please ask God to bless Tammy Earnshaw and the Godspace Team. Pray for this quality SRE curriculum as it is used not only amongst Baptists in NSW, but by numerous SRE providers and children ministries in a number of spaces.

Saturday 17th: Please pray for the P’RU program, our new formational leadership program that currently has 8 participants from very diverse contexts from across some of the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse churches in our movement. Please pray that the participants continue to discover their call in Jesus’ mission and for Marbz Diaz (Team Leader, Church Witness and Intercultural Ministry) who leads the course.

Sunday 18th: Please give thanks and pray for Lorna Harper and the Kiah Ridge team. Pray that Kiah Ridge will continue to be a place of peace and grace. Pray for the school groups which visit their most weeks in the year that they will sense God’s presence and experience his grace. Pray for the churches, community groups, teams and events held this term as many provide significant ministry and mission opportunities where God works powerfully in the lives of guests. Pray that Lorna and her team continue to provide the space and the service which allows guests to seek God in peace, safety and welcome.

Monday 19th: Please join Jonathan Bradford, Stephen Donohue and Joseph Lam as they support churches towards health and safety. Pray for the team of Creating Safe Spaces presenters as they train volunteers and leaders in our churches to minister in safe, effective, loving and supportive ways. Pray for churches ministering to people who have had experiences of ill-health or abuse in the past. Pray for those victim survivors that they would experience God’s love, grace, and healing, and that they would know God’s heart of justice.

Tuesday 20th: Today, join in prayer with others for BaptistCare. Please be in prayer for the ongoing work of the merger that has happened at BaptistCare, bringing together NSW/ACT/WA with Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Pray for the newly appointed Executive team that is being led by Charles Moore and the newly appointed Board, led by Tim Farren. Pray also for clear direction as the merged business decides on its mission, purpose and the culture which will develop from these.

Wednesday 21st: Tonight we’d love you to join us for our Autumn Prayer Hour at 7.30pm. You can sign up by clicking here. Please pray for this hour as we seek to encourage leaders, churches and regions to engage together across the movement in meaningful prayer.

Thursday 22nd: Pray for Ridgecrest, the Christian Conference Centre which is part of our Western Districts Region, situated on the shores of Lake Burrendong just outside of Wellington. Pray for Director Renee McClure and her team. Pray for their numerous camps and events, and for the impact of the Gospel on many lives through their programs and hospitality.

Friday 23rd: Pray today for pastors and leaders who sometimes feel isolated in ministry. Pray for the growth of new pastoral networks which have been planted recently and that God would use them to encourage and support pastors and churches in partnership together. Pray also for remote and rural churches who struggle with distance and connection with others in likeminded service of Jesus.

Saturday 24th: Please pray for churches across our movement which are currently seeking new pastoral leadership. Pray for guidance and discernment for both churches and pastors and for the provision and development of more leaders to pastor existing churches and plant new churches, all towards greater health and effectiveness.

Sunday 25th: Please pray today for churches who are struggling to find volunteer leaders, teachers and helpers. Pray for God to raise up passionate and gifted volunteers to contribute gifts, skills and experience to local faith communities throughout our movement. Pray also for the churches who are struggling with finances after the recent economic challenges. Pray for God to provide the resources needed to fulfil the vision and mission of the local church, regions and movement.

Monday 26th: Please pray for the churches in the Hunter region, for Regional Minister Matt Brown (Senior Pastor at Swansea Baptist Church) and his regional leadership team. Pray for their work raising leaders, training interns, promoting justice, establishing networks and planting churches in their mission towards seeing 100 healthy churches transforming the Newcastle and Hunter area.

Tuesday 27th: Please pray today for the impacts of increasing unsettled and unsafe situations around the world. Pray for war torn regions in Europe, the Middle East and in various areas in Africa and beyond. Pray for peace, harmony, help and justice. Pray for those displaced from home and family and experiencing trauma and poverty as a result. Pray for the work of our own worldwide movement and our partners who bring hope, help and healing in Jesus name. Pray that they would have the people, resources and opportunities to make a difference in the places of greatest need and pain.

Wednesday 28th: Continue to pray for the Mission 25 initiative as we work together to see more people come to know and love Jesus. Pray for those attending Alpha courses in our churches who may be skeptical, searching or hesitant. Ask God to remove barriers, soften hearts, and awaken a desire to know Him more deeply.

Thursday 29th: Pray for Living Hope Funerals, a faith-based funeral service which is part of our Transform Southern Sydney Region, and for David Richardson who leads the LHF team. Pray for the continued growth of this business which ministers to grieving families while also releasing resources for Baptist ministry amongst our churches. Pray for the LHF team as it shares the love of Jesus with hurting families.

Friday 30th: Pray for our South Coast churches and the regional ministry there, headed up by Regional Minister Michael Bate (pastor at Woonona Baptist Church). Pray for Michael, his leadership team and for churches in that region to grow in health, leadership development, mission and justice.

Saturday 31st: Pray for regional and remote churches which are yet to have regional networks, healthy connections or adequate support. Pray especially today for the churches of the New England, that they would experience God’s blessing, be resourced for ministry and experience unity, fruitfulness and opportunities for partnership and mission in their communities.

Sunday 1st: Let’s pray together, alongside the Ministry Standards Team, for victim survivors of abuse across our country and especially those who have suffered abuse in churches. Pray they may know the peace that comes from Jesus in the midst of the pain they feel.

Monday 2nd: Today and tomorrow we are asking you to pray, with the Discipleship and Leadership Development team, for the pastoral leaders attending Lead Up Conference. This program is for any pastor who is called in a role which is not as a Senior or Solo pastor. Pray that these leaders would be encouraged and equipped as God continues to develop them for their ministry and mission through our movement.

Tuesday 3rd: Please remember the Assembly Council in prayer today. They will be meeting together for a full retreat day today as they discern ways ahead and spend time in decision-making and prayer together. Pray for them and for the AC Chair, Allen Sibley, that God would grant wisdom and guide the Council in their leadership role amongst our family of churches.

Wednesday 4th: Later this year the 2025 Baptist World Alliance Congress will be held in Brisbane. This is a key gathering of Baptists from around the world to share, support, encourage and strategise. Pray for preparations for the Congress which will be held in July. Pray for the speakers, for those who will be attending, and that God would provide ways for those without resources to be supported to attend, be encouraged, equipped and inspired.

Thursday 5th: Today, Tim Burns and the Church Health Team, ask you to pray for them as they support churches seeking to grow in health. Pray for them particularly today as Team Leaders for Church Health from NSW/ACT along with Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia meet together to be supported, equipped and resourced to make a real impact in our churches across the country.

Friday 6th: Please pray today for the Baptist Insurance team. Give thanks for the new NSW Director, Brad Griffin. Give thanks for the service BIS gives to Baptist Churches and pray for wisdom and guidance as they continue to navigate current changes in order to best provide affordable insurance support for our church properties, thus supporting our churches to continue with safe, sustainable and healthy ministry in our communities.

Saturday 7th: Morling College asks us to pray today for students as they complete assignments and exams this month. Ask God to strengthen them with wisdom, perseverance, and peace, that they may approach their studies with clarity and confidence and apply their knowledge with wisdom in their future ministry and work. Thank God for Morling’s dedicated staff team across the three main faculties and at the different Australian campuses. Pray especially for Principal Tim MacBride and his leadership team as they guide and support this ministry.

Sunday 8th: Please pray for the churches in our Northern Rivers Region and for Regional Minister John Wilson (pastor at Lismore Baptist Church). Pray for John as he leads the regional team and for Steve Hales who continues to work in disaster relief. Please pray as they minister to a community which continues to suffer as a result of the floods of 2022 and which experienced significant anxiety during the near misses of Cyclone Alfred a couple of months ago. Pray that the churches in the Northern Rivers will grow in health and be fruitful in ministry and mission.

Monday 9th: Pray for Shelley Ashton and the SRE team as they support SRE teachers and interact with schools where SRE is taught. Pray for school principals and staff that they interact well with SRE teachers and representatives and they see the value which SRE brings to their school. Pray for class teachers that sit in on lessons that they too are impacted by the message, love and grace of Jesus. Pray with thanksgiving for our teachers, and ask God to raise up more teachers to continue in this vital ministry in public schools throughout NSW.

Tuesday 10th: Give thanks to God for our Baptist chaplains in the Australian Defence Forces. Pray that they will be good witnesses of God’s love and grace as they continue on mission to men and women in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Pray for God to provide more leaders to join them as ADF chaplains to minister in this strategic area. Pray that God will protect our chaplains, physically, spiritually, relationally and emotionally and that our churches would find ways to support them in their callings. Pray also for the families of ADF chaplains, especially when those chaplains are posted away from home.

Wednesday 11th: Pray with us for our movement to be inspired to further prayer as disciples, leaders, churches, regions and movement. Pray that God would touch hearts and call people to engage in prayer, praise, petition and confession regularly, individually and together, as we seek for God to lead and guide us as a movement in service of Jesus and His Gospel.

Thursday 12th: Today is World Day Against Child Labour. Pray with BWA and with a heart for justice, that we can come together to create real change and protect children from this harmful practice.

Friday 13th: The Western Districts regional team would love you to join them praying for their inaugural Common Ground regional conference which is running today and tomorrow. Pray as churches from across the region come to Orange to be encouraged and equipped for ongoing ministry and mission in their communities. Pray for the speakers and workshop leaders who are coming from across the Association to support, lead and resource the churches in the region as they follow their calling to reach their towns and cities in the west.

Saturday 14th: Pray for Sylvia Groves and the Balance Services Team as they serve many of our churches in assisting with financial management. Pray that God will use their skills to support churches to fulfil their calling in their communities in healthy ways.

Sunday 15th: Continue to pray for the Mission25 initiative as we work together to see more people come to know and love Jesus. Lift up the pastors, Alpha hosts, and volunteers who are leading and serving during Mission 25. Pray for strength, wisdom and encouragement as they invest their time and energy in this mission. Ask God to bring the fruit for his Kingdom.

Monday 16th: Pray for the Association’s Communications and Events Team under the leadership of Aaron Veart, as they help us move towards 1000 healthy churches in a generation, keeping us reminded of our vision and connected through numerous means and in numerous events.

Tuesday 17th: Please pray with gratitude for our GodSpace SRE curriculum designed to be used in SRE classes in primary schools. Pray especially for the team writing a new High School SRE curriculum called FaithSpace, that God would provide and lead them in developing this new key resource to be used to share the love and grace of Jesus in SRE secondary school contexts.

Wednesday 18th: Pray for our Baptist Civil Chaplains who serve in prisons and hospitals. Pray that God would protect them in their ministries and use them to share God’s love and grace to people who are seeking, hurting or in need. Please pray that God would continue to raise up more leaders to serve in these crucial areas of Gospel ministry amongst and beyond us.

Thursday 19th: Please pray for our Association’s Finance and Operations Teams under the leadership of Heidi Tak (Associate Director, Operations). Pray for them as they have a vital role in keeping many of our ministries well-resourced and running smoothly.

Friday 20th: Pray for our churches and ministries which are part of the Riverina Baptist Network. Pray for David Strong (Regional Minister and pastor at Wagga Wagga Baptist Church) and his team. Pray that they would experience effective collaboration, increased levels of church growth, health and mission in that region. Pray especially for the smaller churches in small towns across the Riverina, many of whom cannot afford to employ a pastor. Pray for strength and resources for them and that they will be able to impact their towns with the love and grace of Jesus and with the support of the RBN team.
 
Saturday 21st: Louise Bartlett and our Children and Families Team support churches in ministry to children as fellow disciples of Jesus. Today, pray alongside them for leaders who are trying to discern the places that need the light of Jesus. Pray that God would grant them courage to dream of the ministry possibilities so that children and their families might experience Jesus, his goodness, and the generosity of his people. Pray also for next month’s State Kids Camp at Kiah Ridge, that God would be gifting the team with leaders who will encourage lifetime faith in the children who attend.

Sunday 22nd: Please join the BYM team to pray for the IMPACT team as they recruit and prepare for their July Cambodia trip with Baptist Mission Australia. Pray for the young adults who are part of this program that they will be blessed, encouraged and challenged during this trip. Pray for God to continue to raise up disciples and leaders amongst young adults across our churches.

Monday 23rd: Today and tomorrow the Association’s Executive and Team Leaders will be meeting at Kiah Ridge for their annual retreat. Pray for them as they discern God’s leading particular as we prepare for a new three year strategic plan for the Association from 2026-2028. Pray that God would bless, encourage and lead our Association Team as they continue to support and resource our churches.

Tuesday 24th: Pray for a Kingdom imagination of what genuine reconciled relationships could look like with our Indigenous peoples – one that is Jesus-shaped, Spirit-empowered, justice-seeking and led by First Nations brothers and sisters.

Wednesday 25th: Pray today with the Baptist Youth Ministries team for more leaders to step up into youth ministry in churches and for existing leaders to be encouraged and supported. Ask God to guide the development of resources and training that equip youth pastors effectively. Pray for a generation of teens to respond to the love and grace of Jesus across youth groups and in churches throughout our movement and beyond.

Thursday 26th: Continue to pray for the Mission 25 initiative as we work together to see more people come to know and love Jesus. Pray that the seeds planted during Mission 25 will continue to grow beyond Term 2. Ask God to establish strong discipleship pathways, connect new believers to church communities, and inspire ongoing evangelism in every participating church.

Friday 27th: Pray today for HopeStreet and Woolloomooloo Baptist Church. Pray for the Pastor and Community Chaplain, Ken Hall, as he ministers love, mercy, justice and hope to the disadvantaged and marginalised in the inner-city area of Sydney. Give thanks for the churches who assist Sunday by Sunday by providing and serving rough sleepers with breakfast before the WBC service. Pray for fruitful, loving and healthy ministry to flourish in that part of Sydney.

Saturday 28th: Please pray today for Jonathan Bradford and the Ministry Standards Team. Pray that in the sometimes difficult, complex but vital work of supporting victim survivors and churches, God would provide his grace, mercy and wisdom to the team. 

Sunday 29th: There is a growing number of school chaplains from our churches serving in public schools. Pray for them as they practically share Jesus’ love through caring actions, particularly to children and young people in need. Pray for the Greater West Chaplaincy network which supports numerous chaplains in churches in the western suburbs of Sydney. Pray for the vision to see this ministry spread to other regions as we desire to impact our communities with love and grace.

Monday 30th: Please pray for the Baptist World Congress which will be held next month in Brisbane. Pray for the final preparations and for the delegations coming from around the world. Pray for the speakers, for discussions and conversations, that God would bless interactions, learning, vision and direction for our world-wide Baptist movement.