“The Global Day of Prayer Is the largest co-ordinated prayer event in history. It was started in 2000 by a South African businessman in Johannesburg and quickly spread; firstly across the nation, then going global. It currently mobilises every nation on the earth, involving approx 250 million believers in a coordinated world wide prayer event on Pentecost each year.
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Past Southwark GDOP events
The SOUTHWARK GDOP PRAYER VIGIL on Sunday 31st May 2009 at Peckham Space was a tremendous celebration of Pentecost together as hundreds gathered with dozens of church leaders in a prayer vigil for the borough outside Peckham Library. We were joined by Southwark Mayor and by MP Simon Hughes, who gave endorsement of our united prayer and action and its benefits. It was one of 50 such events around the capital that day. In Southwark, another GDOP gathering took place at Herne Hill in the evening.
GDOP event at Peckham Arch 2009
The GDOP South East regional Night of Prayer on 1st Feb 2009 at Gateway House in Woolwich was a great success with hundreds travelling to be together in prayer, despite the blizzard that was blowing up that evening. We were welcomed on video by Host Pastor Tayo Adeyemi, led in dynamic praise and worship by the resident band and directed in prayer by local young people alongside Hugh Osgood, Joseph Boadu, Les Isaac, Phil Stokes and Jonathan Oloyede. Simon Hughes MP told Christians to pray that God would strengthen them “where we are so that more and more people by the power of the Holy Spirit can do His will”….“There is lots of work to do because there is still lots of evil in this city,” he said. “We’re here to pray that with every day, good overcomes evil and people will turn their lives around.”
This was part of a series of 7 nights all over London that culminated in a celebration at Westminster Chapel
GDOP Millwall 2008
The Global Day of Prayer London, held May 11th, was hosted by SFJ and received huge backing with the Prime Minister, the newly-elected Mayor of London and the national media all showing active support and interest.
Pentecost Sunday May 11th 2008 saw 11,000 Christians worshipping, praying, repenting and celebrating in the sweltering heat of Millwall Stadium.
Linked to the world-wide Global Day of Prayer which this year saw co-ordinated events in 211 countries and 60 other areas of the UK, the event included worship from well-known worship leaders, prayer for issues such as gun crime, HIV/Aids, world trouble spots and climate change and an interview with new London Mayor, Boris Johnson, who shared his vision of how churches could work with him in stamping out gun and street crime.
In recognition of Global Day of Prayer’s increasing importance in the life of the Church and capital, Premier Gordon Brown held a Reception ‘In Honour of the Global Day of Prayer’ at No10 Downing Street on May 7 when he commended the initiative and the ’invaluable work of the churches in London’.
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