In the morning you hear our voice!
Every day for the past four years Elim Church Croydon has risen with the sun to pray at 6am. New prayer meeting leaders and much-needed moves of God are among the results. Pastor Cornelius Osei-Fosu explains.
Monday 23 March 2020 was a significant date for the UK: this was the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that a national lockdown would begin the following week.
But for Elim Church Croydon, Tuesday 24 March 2020 was important too: this was the day its pastor, Cornelius Osei-Fosu, announced a daily 6am prayer gathering would begin.
The move strengthened the church throughout lockdown, but more significantly resulted in a sustained and blossoming prayer ministry, he says.
“Like everyone, we were looking for ways to keep the church going during the pandemic,” he begins.
“We’ve always put a lot of emphasis on prayer and fasting so that first day after the announcement we gathered 22 people to pray on the phone.
“But our meetings became really popular – we eventually grew to 100 people – so we kept going and continued to meet at 6am every day.
“We haven’t missed a day since that first meeting, including Christmas, New Year and bank holidays!” As faithful prayer warriors from as far afield as Ghana, the US and Canada joined the group, the meeting moved online via Microsoft Teams.”
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