During the National Day holiday, a pastor in Jiangsu Province delivered a sermon at a spiritual retreat, encouraging believers to grasp three essential principles of prayer: sincerity, willing obedience, and honoring the Lord above all.

For decades, the global Christian community has faithfully prayed for the church in China. From concerns over religious freedom to hopes for mission breakthroughs among unreached people groups, intercessors have stood in the gap for Chinese believers. Yet while prayer points have been many, the voices of Chinese Christians themselves are less often heard.

Since March 4, Mochoulu Church in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, has resumed its on-site Tuesday afternoon worship services, which had been suspended during the pandemic.

For Christians, prayer is like spiritual breathing, making it essential to understand and practice it correctly. A seasoned Chinese elder highlights three "ridiculous" prayers as a reminder of how believers should pray properly.

The St. James Church in Yichang, Hubei, organized a three-day fasting and prayer event for personal growth and church development in China.

In Elder Chen's view, young people nowadays generally don't like to pray. "They do pray, but prayer isn't as important to them as it is to our generation."

A pastor once said that you cannot buy genuine intercession. Through the love of Christ, we have the heart of an intercessor, transcending our limitations. In places unknown to you, many people are praying for you.

Guangdong Union Theological Seminary held a public prayer meeting themed "Meeting the Lord, Getting Close to the Lord" as a devotional practice.

Gather25 has today announced a full schedule of how the event will connect Christians around the world in every time zone. For 25 hours Christians from every denomination will gather in homes, churches, and stadiums across the world and will join together for worship, prayer, repentance and commissioning. Each continent will host one of the seven core sessions of the 25-hour program.

On March 1, 2025, Gather25 will bring together Christians across the world for 25 hours of prayer, worship, repentance, and commissioning on an unprecedented scale with the aid of technology and AI.