Church Prayer Use

Getting started with your church account

Using IBIP for Church Prayer

Raising prayer support is probably the most important task of churches. IBIP can be used to help churches and church ministries to distribute prayer points and updates online.

This is a free service for churches.

1. Register a ministry account

The first step is to register your church for a free ministry IBIP prayer account. Create an account username (which is needed for logins), your church name (display name), an email address, and password. We recommend that you load your mission profile logo (or photo) as well. Once you have logged in, we recommend the following approach:

2. Create Prayer Tags

Our recommendation is that you create prayer tags for each church staff member, ministry, committee and project that you regularly have prayer points for.
Why do this? To help supporters know more about what they are prayer for. For example - Say you regularly have prayer points for the youth group ministry. If you create a tag with details about the group, then anyone who prays for youth ministry can easily find out more about it. eg- where the group meets, the leaders, the purpose of the group, where the kids come from, approx numbers, etc.

Create Multiple Tags

Prayer points can be imported from a CSV file.

Church Staff

A PDF document can be generated from prayer points.

Church Groups & Ministries

Supporters can be invited to prayer support via IBIP using sharing methods such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Email and QR codes.

Local Community

Track number of prayer supporters and amount of prayer support given.

3. Enter church prayer points

Enter or import prayers for distribution to your church members.

Create Prayer Points

Enter title and description. Optionally load an photo.

Tag the prayer (optional)

Link the prayer to church staff, church groups or ministry

Decide Frequency

Decide if the prayer should be a repeating prayer (eg- daily, once a week, once a month) or for a specific date.

Provide updates

Supporters love to hear prayer feedback and answers to prayer.

4. Invite church members to prayer support.

IBIP generates invites code which you can send to church members via Email, WhatsApp, and Telegram. You can also generate a QR code for print media distribution.

Email
WhatsApp
Telegram App
QR Code

Other: Copy the invite link and distribute however you want

5. Track church prayer support progress

Track the number of church prayer supporter you have and how the numbers change over time.

How many of your church members that are actually praying? Which prayer points are they praying about?

What prayers feedback are supporters asking for?

6. Set up a Prayer Request Line

A request line can be set up for church members to submit their prayers.

The prayer request line can be set up for a church service or event, and/or as a periodic opportunity.

Still in the experimental stage.

If you would like to try with your church and give feedback please contact us below.

Additional Benefits for church prayer

Keep an eye on the prayer support progress (via IBIP).

Import Church Prayers from file

Save time and reduce errors by importing prayers from a CSV file.

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Create Templates for Supporters

IBIP allows the creation of templates for supporters to copy. eg- template to pray for youth group

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PDF documents

Prayer points (and templates) can be generated as a PDF file for distribution. Useful to handling out a prayer meetings, and distributing to non-IBIP users.

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Security Features

Only invited church supporters can access prayer points. Invites can be disabled, and specific supporters access denied.

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Encourage church member prayer life

Churches can promote prayer using IBIP for the following:

Personal Prayers

Plan your prayer life; support others in prayer; regularly pray; share prayers and feedback with partners and prayer groups; track your progress and develop Godly habits.

Personal Prayer >