Prayer Requests

The Prayer Requests feature gives a group a shared prayer list where requests can be shared, viewed, and marked answered. This article explains how prayer requests work within groups.

Overview

Prayer requests are available for Private Groups and Public Groups (not Teams or Classes). On the admin group page they live on the Prayers tab, which shows a count of active requests.

Submitting a Prayer Request

1. Open the group page and click the Prayers tab.
2. In the form at the top, type the request in the Share your prayer request... box.
3. Optionally tick Submit anonymously if you do not want your name displayed alongside the request.
4. Click Submit Prayer Request.

The request appears immediately in the prayer list.

In the member portal, group leaders add requests from the Prayers tab of the group's page (Add a prayer request, then Submit). Other members read the group's requests but do not have a submission form; they can share a request with the whole church on the Prayer Wall instead.

Viewing Prayer Requests

Prayer requests can be filtered using three tabs at the top of the Prayers section:

Each prayer request card displays:

• Requester name (or "Anonymous" if submitted anonymously)
• Time submitted (shown as relative time, e.g., "2 hours ago")
• Request text (full content with preserved line breaks)
• Answered badge (green badge when the request has been marked as answered)
• Update (a green box with any answer note that was added)

In the member portal, every member sees the group's most recent requests on the Overview tab of the group page.

Marking a Request as Answered

Leaders, admins, and the original submitter can mark a prayer request as answered:

1. Find the request on the Prayers tab.
2. Click the green checkmark (Mark as Answered) next to the request.
3. The request gets an "Answered" badge and moves to the Answered filter.

The active prayer request count on the Prayers tab goes down accordingly.

Portal leaders: group leaders can also click Mark answered on the group's Prayers tab in the member portal.

Removing a Prayer Request

Leaders, admins, and the original submitter can remove a prayer request:

1. Find the request on the Prayers tab.
2. Click the red trash icon (Remove).
3. Confirm when asked "Are you sure you want to remove this prayer request?"

Removed prayer requests cannot be recovered.

Who Can Do What

Tip: Encourage group members to use the anonymous option for sensitive prayer requests. The group leader can still manage anonymous requests without knowing who submitted them.

Related articles

• Group Leader Tools
• Member Portal -- My Groups
• Prayer Wall