Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should. (Colossians 4:2-4)

The architecture of biblical mission is meant to be built on a strong foundation of prayer. Through out scripture, the church engaged in global missions is a praying church. They prayed before commissioning and setting apart servants for ministry, prayed when their voices were threatened to be silence, prayed for divine direction, and were empowered on their prayer alters. No doubt they learned from the greatest of all teachers, Christ himself. And we will seek also like they did, to learn from Jesus’ own life and practice of prayer, and to consider what his prayer life teaches us about our participation in God’s mission.

Rev. Chidubem Ezenwafor is an ordanined Deacon in the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. He was born in Nigeria in 1994 and began his faith journey in Christ shortly after turning 18 in 2012. And since then have found joy in contributing to the work of Discipleship through Bible teachings and Prayers. Currently he is a church planter in Hamburg for the aforementioned denomination’s European mission.