News Articles in SBC Call to Prayer

Elaine Helms encourages believers to lift up prayers for unity in the church.

Roger S. Oldham of Southern Baptists' Executive Committee, sets forth Scripture that underscores why Christ-followers should have a daily time of prayer and solitude with God.

Redunda Noble urges Christians to remember to pray for their pastors and church leaders.

Columnist Jamie Work urges Christians to cultivate "spiritual presence" by spending time in prayer -- both privately and corporately.

College student Myriah Snyder reflects on the prayer requests of inmates served by a prison ministry in western Kentucky. Snyder notes their intent to pray for their families and their gratitude to God for His blessings.

As our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, the church is the body of Christ. "Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary," should be our prayer, says Jimmy Draper, president emeritus of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Ralph Tone, noting the warmer temperatures of spring, writes that it's a good time for Christians to prayerwalk the streets of their communities -- to pray for people in their homes, for schools, churches and businesses.

West Virginia pastor Dan Biser examines a key passage in the Bible regarding repentance, Psalm 27:7-8. In a time of "weather-related issues, shootings, calamities and punishments," this Scripture passage is "a great place to start," Biser writes.

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, Frank Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, reminds Southern Baptists to continue praying for the country, and that the Gospel will spread there during these troubled times.

A growing racial diversity in the U.S. makes the Great Commission more urgent as Southern Baptists seek to engage all peoples. Roger S. Oldham calls us to prayer that empowers us to do the Lord's will.