Praying

Prayer Guide

The Prayer Guide is a resource to help us impact Aboriginal people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As we pray intentionally and collectively in unity, God will hear us and answer our prayer. God will be glorified as the Spirit of the Living God moves throughout BC and Yukon and touches the lives of Aboriginal people throughout the land.

The Prayer Guide includes:

Prayer Profiles

The Prayer Profiles are to be used at corporate church prayer meetings. Four specific areas have been identified as you meet for weekly prayer.

  • Week 1 – The Body of Christ
  • Week 2 – Family
  • Week 3 – Leadership
  • Week 4 – Justice

Prayer Calendar

Every day each family will pray through the Prayer Calendar starting Sunday, May 30. As your family is praying, remember that:

  • the pastor and his family needs your prayers
  • the local church needs your prayers
  • as each church reaches out to the lost, the spiritual battle is great and the battle is won as the Body of Christ unites together in prayer.

Your prayers will have an impact on the Aboriginal people for eternity!

Aboriginal Peoples

Statistics Canada, 2006 Census

  • A total of 1,172,790 persons identified themselves as First Nations, Metis or Inuit.
  • Aboriginal people account for 3.8% of the nation's total population.
  • 623,470 Aboriginal people are living in urban centres, or 54% of the national Aboriginal population.
  • The median age for the national Aboriginal population (27 years) is 13 years younger than that of the non-Aboriginal population.
  • About a third of the Aboriginal population was made up of children under age 15.
  • Elders represented only 5% of the Aboriginal population.
  • Aboriginal people account for 4.5% of BC's provincial population and 24.5% of Yukon's.
  • Vancouver is home to 40,310 Aboriginal people, or 2% of its population.