Spiritual Life Development

Prayer Network

Encouraging prayer in every aspect of Salvation Army life and ministry.

The Prayer Network exists to:

Call the Salvation Army in the territory to prayer by encouraging prayer in every aspect of Salvation Army life and ministry – to be a prophetic voice, to encourage and challenge the UKI Territory to grow spiritually, going deeper in prayer and moving forward in mission.
Help those who are passionate about prayer to stay connected with each other – to circulate topics for prayer through various media sources and organise prayer gatherings where people can encourage one another and learn together.
Release dynamic, kingdom-building prayer by championing creativity and freedom in prayer, making prayer accessible, and providing resources to leaders.

The UKI Boiler Room

The Salvation Army’s mission needs the engine of prayer, and that’s what the UKI Boiler Room is. There are hundreds of little fires of prayer burning away in hearts, in homes, in corps, in offices and Lifehouses all over the UK and Ireland, and the UKI Boiler Room is about linking them together, because we know prayer is the only thing that can set our mission alight.

Anyone who has a heart to pray for The Salvation Army can be part of the Boiler Room. It's about connecting us together so our prayers become even more united and effective.

Find out more about the vision behind the Boiler Room:

Read The UKI Boiler Room: Time to ignite!

One of the ways you can be part of the Boiler Room is by praying with us in our UKI Prayer Rhythm. We believe that, as we pray together, all focusing on the same things at the same time, this new Prayer Rhythm will be a heartbeat of prayer to fire our mission.

You can use download the Prayer Rhythm from Prayer Matters in the Resource Centre. You can also like the Facebook page or join the Facebook group to see Prayer Matters in your newsfeed.

A furnace is a group of people who pray together - small or large, in person or online. If you sign your prayer group up to be a Boiler Room Furnace, we’ll keep in touch with you, put useful resources your way, provide creative ideas on how to pray the Prayer Rhythm as a group, and help you stay connected with other furnaces around the territory.

What to know about starting a furnace:

The purpose of a furnace is to pray for the mission of The Salvation Army, particularly in your local setting, but also at national and international levels.
There are many different types of prayer groups, but furnaces are first and foremost intercessory prayer groups – they are outward-looking, bringing people and situations to God in prayer.
A furnace will have a leader, as well as ‘information gatherers’ who notice things which need praying for and bring them to the group.
A furnace will have a regular rhythm of meeting together, usually weekly or monthly.

If you’d like to start a furnace, or sign your existing group up as a furnace, please email us at: saprayernetwork@salvationarmy.org.uk.

Meet the team

Lieut-Colonel Jayne Roberts
Captain Gary Lacey
Lyndall Bywater

Connect with us

Email us to join our mailing list - you'll receive a weekly prayer bulletin which includes international and territorial prayer topics, plus information about prayer events and resources.