Prayer for the Current Financial Situation

The Prayer for the Current Financial Situation is an English prayer launched in September 2008 by the Church of England to offer the opportunity for prayer and reflection during the credit crisis. The prayer notes that "we live in disturbing days", with rising prices, increasing debts, job losses and collapsing banks, and calls God to be a "a tower of strength amidst the shifting sands" of the economic turmoil. Since the prayer was published by the Church of England on its official website, it pushed up traffic to the website by more than 25 percent.
Background
The Church of England runs a "Matter of Life and Debt" website section that contains a "debt spiral" feature enabling visitors to work out if they are among the many individuals that will be seriously affected by the credit crisis, and advice for those worried about debt. During the credit crunch of 2008, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams supported the idea of a prayer for those affected by the economic turmoil, saying that "at this time of international financial turbulence, it is important that the church should be offering the opportunity for prayer and reflection."
After the prayer was published on the Church's "Prayers for Today" website section, the "Matter of Life and Debt" section saw a 71 percent increase in traffic. As of October 7, 2008, the Prayer for the current financial situation had been viewed nearly 8,000 times since it was published online in September, increasing traffic to the Church's "Prayers for Today" website section by 28 percent. John Preston, the Church of England's National Steward, who wrote the debt advice, said he was "delighted" the website had proved so popular.
See also
*Prayer
*List of prayers
*Subprime mortgage crisis
*Global financial crisis of September-October 2008
*Economic crisis of 2008
References
External links
*, Church of England official website.
*Matter of life and debt, Church of England official website.
*[http://www.cofe.anglican.org/prayers/#debt More prayers for those worried about debt], Church of England official website.
*Episcopal Public Policy Network, Episcopal Church of the United States official website.

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