Welcome to prayforthehomeless.org. This site offers you the opportunity to meet someone who is homeless and pray for them. We also include people who have recently been homeless and are in recovery from homelessness. They all have one thing in common: they need the power and blessings of your prayers. A small percentage of the homeless are able to stay in public shelters or other temporary accommodations for short periods, but the majority of these people sleep in abandoned buildings, warehouses or under bridges each night. We invite you to pick a different person to pray for each week and share this idea with a friend. This site is in the process of development. You can expect it to grow and change over the coming weeks and months. We invite your feedback and comments by email at prayforthehomeless@gmail.com.


We have added a feedback feature that allows you to click to indicate your committment to pray, write or email others. Providing this response will let others know which homeless have many people praying for them and which ones are still waiting for prayer. At the bottom of this page click on "OLDER POSTS" to see more homeless prayer candidates.

Roderick T. - Prayer Candidate 146


Roderick is 45 years old and has lived most all his life in Birmingham, Alabama. He has been on his own since the death of his grandfather when he was 13 years old. Raising himself on the streets lead to a life controlled by drug addiction. Roderick has been homeless most of his life and in April of 2009 he discovered he has stage 4 colon cancer. After several operations he now has a colostomy and is undergoing chemotherapy at Cooper Green Hospital. He is cared for by his partner who has helped him to survive and remain hopeful. They have a temporary place to stay with a former cancer patient who seeks to help others. His experience with cancer has brought Roderick into a new and vibrant relationship with God, providing him with a great sense of peace. He seeks to share his faith and his testimony with others so that they may learn from his experiences. Roderick asks you to pray that he will grow stronger in the Lord and that the homeless will be able to find jobs and shelter.

Update:  Through the hard work of volunteers who just refused to quit trying, medical supplies to help maintain Roderick's colostomy have been donated to The Church of the Reconciler. If you have extra colostomy supplies you would be willing to donate they are needed for Roderick and another colostomy patient who suffers from colon cancer.


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Additional Candidates

Candidates appear in the order they were entered, beginning with the newest candidates at the top of the page and the candidates who have been on the site the longest at the bottom of the page. Click on Older Posts to see more prayer candidates or Home to return to the first page. You can also search for a particular candidate by entering their candidate number or name in the Google Search Box at the bottom of the right hand column of this page. All prayer candidates on this site have been entered since November 2009.