A prayer for evangelists to say

O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, come and bless us to start the journey which is tiresome and difficult but which will bring good cheer and happiness to others and us. Help us as we travel, settle down, meet new people and start new churches and congregations. May we be filled with the Holy Spirit so that we can go where the Holy Spirit leads and do what the Holy Spirit wants. Teach us to pray, preach and work among the people and communities we go to. May every prayer bear fruit, every sermon bring change and every work help people.

We are ever indebted to you dear God for making us accept Christ and his teachings. Our faith has brought great change and strength in our life. What we are preparing to do is only a way of thanking you for your unending mercies. Let the Holy Spirit instill and keep the fire of mission work burning inside so that no allurement, pressure or unwelcoming environment will discourage us from the work which we whole heartedly wish to do. We pray in the name of Jesus who came and lived in our midst so that we may be saved. Amen.

A prayer for evangelization

Gracious God, you have taught us to experience, teach, preach and practice love. Be with us as we read the gospel and practice it in our lives. There are many who having read have not understood, who could not read because of varying circumstances and who will readily read the gospel if given a chance. Even as the world is facing an erosion of good values, justice and peace, we pray for the gospel to reach places it has thus far never been heard or understood. Help us to start and be part of church initiatives of evangelization which seek to convert hearts hardened by hatred, revenge and violence to hearts which seek reconciliation and love.

May the church and we who serve the church preach and teach the gospel in places misunderstood and in contexts misinterpreted. God is love and how can this love be limited to few places in the world. May our thoughts, actions and deeds reflect the conversion experience we have had in Christ and lead us to work for the church, which is the body of Christ. Help us and lead us Holy Spirit we pray in one accord. In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.