Billion Prayer March
Figurative, Literal, Virtual, and Courageous
Figurative
When the inaugural prayer was offered on 9/23/07 at the historic "little chapel that stood" St. Paul's at Ground Zero in New York City, the first step in a figurative Billion Prayer March to end extreme poverty was made. While you may never even stand up when offering The Counting Prayer, when fulfilling your personal and/or congregational pledge, you have joined the quest.
Literal
The Counting Prayers Liturgical Act: Please consider further pledging that at least two persons before, after, but preferably during each worship service will briefly go out-of-doors and offer the Counting Prayer at least ten times. Then we all will be at least twenty prayers further along on the Billion Prayer March to end extreme poverty.
When a congregation of 100 goes out-of-doors, and says the prayer 50 times, we are all 5000 prayers further along on the Billion Prayer March, to praise the progress made, and bear witness to what is still left to be done to end extreme poverty.
Virtual
The virtual counter on this website can also be on your website by applying the banner code on the "Banner & Prayer Card" page. It updates daily, and visitors to your website will see the extraordinary numbers of prayers offered to end extreme poverty.
Courageous
Official Coordinated Billion Prayer March Events: For a Remarkable Show of Will
If 40,000 houses of worship with 100 congregants and 25 invited guests on the same two consecutive weekends march out-of-doors and offer the prayer 100 times, then the first billion prayers on the Billion Prayer March will be completed. And, these billion prayers will manifest in wondrous and creative ways. Hearts will open, souls will listen, and the world will change.
We can take these extraordinary Billion Prayer Marches whenever we as a local, national, denominational, faith, or global society need the strength to fulfill our promises, and the moral imperative to end extreme poverty. And, there is no cost. All it takes is the will, and a little time.
The dates being considered for the first two coordinated Billion Prayer Marches are on the weekends preceding each major U.S. political party's national convention, to bear witness how each party's platform and candidate plan on addressing our millennium promise.