Prayers of a Nation

A Nation of Prayer

God can and does do great things when people pray. Australia has had special days of prayer and God has done great things because of them. Australia's biggest prayer meeting was held in 1988, during the Bicentenary Celebrations when 35,000 people surrounded the New Parliament House in the Nation's Capital, triple the number who attended the official opening.

National Days of Thanksgiving and Repentance

During the move toward Federation (1897-1900), Churches prayerfully sought for the Governor-General to be empowered to proclaim National Days of Thanksgiving and Repentance. In 2004, more than a hundred years later, this was fulfilled by Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery. He launched a National Day of Thanksgiving. It was held for the first time on the 29th May, 2004.