Take action

Pray

Prayer is essential to any effective action. Each week at TheEFC.ca/TakeAction we rotate through a prayer request from each of these five areas:

Sanctity of Life
Care for the Vulnerable
Church and Mission
Family and Community
Religious Freedom.

We also list an EFC affiliate group to pray for.

Latest Prayer Requests: December 17, 2024         

This Week’s Prayer Prompts  

This week's prayer prompt is about sanctity of life.

New ways to treat illness and infertility are the goal of many reproductive and genetic technologies. However, there is a risk that vulnerable people may be exploited, such as infertile couples desperate to have a child or low-income women who may donate eggs or become surrogates out of financial need.

Some of these technologies are destructive of human life and others may change our understanding of what it means to be human. A child may never have the possibility of knowing their lineage or biological relatives if they are conceived using anonymously donated sperm or eggs. We risk turning children into commodities, as well as changing the structure and understanding of families.

Pray for laws that safeguard parents and unborn children from exploitation. Pray also for wisdom and discernment and clarity for lawmakers. Pray that both governments and churches will protect and respect human life, care for the vulnerable and support families.
   
Each week we also list an EFC affiliate organization to pray for. This week, pray for Open Doors Canada, which works in over seventy countries, supporting Christians who suffer because of their faith in Jesus.

Ongoing general prayer suggestions

for your MP and the Prime Minister (maybe read our short article Seven Principles of Praying for Political Leaders)
for our communities and our country
for churches in Canada and around the world
for wisdom, courage and opportunities to love our neighbours
for the EFC’s work on your behalf

Become involved

Offer practical, tangible help to people in need or in crisis
Raise awareness in your church and community
Learn more about a topic individually or as part of a church study group

Ask for change

Call, write or visit your MP. Remember to thank them for their service and let them know you’re praying for them. Find your MP’s contact information. Get great advice in our Engagement Kit.
Raise awareness of a topic. Share what you’re learning on social media