A recent USA Today article suggests that only 15% of nearly 80 million millennials are Christian. Legislation has all but banned the teachings of Jesus Christ from the nation's schools, but the power of prayer will soon be returning to a campus near you.
National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM) has teamed up with a national prayer ministry, Intercessors for America (IFA) to create wePray, a Facebook application that allows Christians to mobilize prayer groups for schools in their communities. The web application is a communication channel where members can make prayer requests, host discussions, post photos and videos, and support others by indicating that they are also praying.
With the potential to become the online prayer outlet for major campus ministries across the country, NNYM and IFA are devoting significant resources to support and innovate within the application.
NNYM's CEO T.Ray Grandstaff is passionate about seeing revival in this nation. He recently said. "The DNA of future revival rests in our willingness to join like-hearted people and organizations in intercessory prayer for our schools and communities. Let's pray with enthusiasm and ask others to join!"
wePray also offers the unique ability for other churches and ministries to join the movement. It allows organizations to brand a special version of the application with a custom URL and logo. This feature lets ministries take ownership and more effectively build prayer support for schools in their communities.
At its roots, the United States is a nation passionate for prayer and NNYM and IFA anticipate that tens of thousands of schools will be represented within the application.
For more information – visit www.weprayusa.org or contact Alon Banks at abanks@nnym.org.