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.

Carl "Rick" T. - Prayer Candidate 164

Rick is 50 years old and grew up in the Brown Springs/East Lake neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent 13 years as a driver for Allied Van Lines and has not been able to find a steady job since losing that position. When he was 4 years old Rick suffered severe head trauma from a fall, and in spite of the fact that he did not regain consciousness for many hours, he was not treated by a doctor. Today a deep v-shaped indention over 3 inches long runs across the crown of his head marking what was obviously a traumatic brain injury. He has never been able to master reading and writing or any type of memorization, and this limits the types of jobs he is eligible for. An abandoned house in the Fountain Heights area is currently where he calls home.


Rick has several health problems including unexplained severe weight loss, chronic intestinal problems, and headaches. He has also fought cocaine addiction for the past 30 years. He says, “I sense a new chapter opening as I feel God working in my life.” Rick credits the prayer of his grandmother, a member of East Lake Baptist Church who died at age 105, with the healing he is beginning to experience. He asks you to pray for his health, his addiction, his 3 adult children and that God will provide for him in some way.

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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.