Week of prayer session 7…
Oasis church is just one of many churches in the city of Birmingham, and as we gathered to pray in this session, we cast our attention to the vast array of other churches in the city also looking to demonstrate something of God’s love for people.
Our prayers centred on the 2 other Newfrontiers churches in Birmigham (Churchcentral & The Crown); the Vineyard Network Church; St. John’s in Harborne; Hope City Church (a new church plant from Sheffield); Riverside; City Church; St Mary’s Church on Pershore Road; Edward Road Baptist Church; and more generally the multi-dimensional cultures of many churches across the city.
We prayed for leadership relationships both within the church leadership teams and across church leadership teams; the positive influence of all the churches in their respective communities; peaceful relationships with third-partities connected to the churches (i.e. people who rent property out to churches without their own buildings); and growth, salvation and favour.
There was prayerful recognition that just as a local church should model a unified body, so the different church expressions should model unity whilst reflecting diversity. We prayed again for “Carols in the City” as a regular expression of that unity that can demonstrate unified love for the people of Birmingham across all the churches.
