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Guiding Principles

In 2007, the International Committee met in Toronto, Canada. One hundred and seventy nine women representing
World Day of Prayer Committees, in 95 countries from across the world, reflected and approved the
following Guiding Principles, to continue the vision of Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action.  

PictureLuxembourg 2008
Starting point: Christian Women 
​We recognize Christian women as competent to express their faith and to speak about their lives in prayer and worship before God and in community.   


PictureEgypt 2009
Listening and speaking 
Prayer is rooted in listening to God and to one another. We listen to the Word of God and to the voices of women sharing their hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, their opportunities and needs. 

PictureParaguay 2012
Being faithful and creative 
Women strive to be faithful to the texts they received for the worship service, to make heard the voices of women of a different country, while creatively expressing their own responses to the text. 

PicturePhilippines 2013
Stretching beyond what is familiar; becoming inclusive 
It takes some risk to understand one another from where the other per-son is rather than from where I am.
​It brings renewal when the new generations of young women join. 

PictureMexico 2012
Sharing acknowledges that all have something to give and to receive 
Each year women of a certain country are able to share their faith and lives. By taking turns each year we emphasize that all are welcome.

PictureSwitzerland 2011
Developing global ecumenical sisterhood & building trust
Once you begin to respect, trust, and understand one another you can build long lasting bonds. A worldwide sisterhood that gathers in worship every year. 

PictureJordan 2011
Being a Christian neighbor in a multi-religious world 
Called by Jesus Christ to love our neighbors, Christian women seek to live in community with everyone around them including people of other faith traditions. 

PicturePapua New Guinea 2009
Committed to learn; striving for wisdom 
Learning is a mutual process.  Together we strive for wisdom that shapes our understandings and guides our actions in our daily lives.  


PictureCameroon 2014
Moving into responsible action 
We encourage responsible action that grows out of the worship service and its theme. Being willing to look at the problems that affect the world and cause suffering requires courage. To take small steps and proceed one step at a time is an expression of hope, even when confronted by many difficulties. 

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Guiding Principles for Group Conversations
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Principios para el Día Mundial de Oración
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Principes Fondateurs de Journée Mondiale Prière
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Leitsätze für den Weltgebetstag
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Wereldgebedsdag Leidende Beginselen
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世界公禱日 指導守 則
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