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.

Notice of Mourning

The homeless community mourns the loss of Lisa Cobern who passed away in her sleep on January 19th, 2009. She went to sleep among friends in a homeless camp along the railroad tracks west of Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, Alabama that evening. When those living in the camp woke up the next morning she had passed on. Lisa was 51 years old and suffered from alcohol addiction. She was known in the homeless community for her kindness and sense of compassion as well as her cheerful spirit. Those who donated coats, hats, gloves and blankets during the extreme January cold weather will be comforted to know that Lisa was one of the homeless who received these items for her camp. We know these gifts of love made her final time here with us a little warmer and more peaceful. We are thankful to God for the love and joy Lisa shared with those she touched during her time here in the homeless community. She is survived by many friends who feel a deep sense of loss at this time. Please pray for the homeless community as they share their sorrow and grief with one another now and in the days ahead.

Update:  Authorities have determined Lisa died as a result of pneumonia. They were able to find relatives who claimed her body. She has been laid to rest next to her mother in Clanton, Alabama.

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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.