One world · Five times a day · One prayer

The whole world, praying the same words at the same moment.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

Matthew 18:20
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How it works

Not a prayer app you use alone.

Most prayer apps are something you open by yourself, whenever you happen to have a minute. Pray Gathered is the opposite: fixed moments, shared by everyone at once, wherever they are in the world.

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Five fixed moments

The same five times every day, set in universal time. When the gathering begins in Ohio it begins in Lagos and Manila in the same second — not the same hour locally, the same instant.

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One prayer, written by hand

Every prayer is written by a person, not generated. A topic, a written prayer, and a verse to sit with. Everyone prays the same words.

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Kept, not nagged

Choose which of the five you want, and how long before each one we tell you — a few minutes, or an hour. No streaks, no badges, no guilt if you miss one.

The five gatherings

Spaced so no part of the world is left praying at 3am.

Five hours apart, fixed in universal time. Every major population centre on earth gets three or four of them inside waking hours — we checked twenty-one of them.

Times shown in your local time zone. Universal times never change.

Right now

The prayer at this hour.

This is the prayer for the gathering currently under way. It changes five times a day, at the same instant for everyone on earth — so what you are reading is what someone in Lagos or Manila is reading at this same second.

The store

A store matched to the hour.

A few physical things chosen to sit alongside the theme of the hour — a book to read next, something to write in, something to give away.

Questions

The things people ask first.

What does it cost?

Nothing, and it will stay that way. There is no subscription and there never will be. Running costs are covered by featuring items in our store from third party retailers — see the disclosure below.

Do I have to be there for all five?

No. Most people join one or two. You choose which gatherings you want a reminder for, and how far ahead it comes.

Who writes the prayers?

A person, by hand, every week. The prayers are never generated. What is happening in the world shapes some of them; the rest are the ordinary things people carry, like illness, work, family and weariness. Either way, a human being writes and checks every word.

Will I be able to share my own prayer requests?

Not yet. We are working hard to bring a prayer request feature where users can share their own requests for others to pray for. Be on the lookout for our next update.

Which tradition is this?

Historic, creedal Christian faith, written to be prayable by believers across traditions. Scripture is quoted from the World English Bible.