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.

Franklin W. - Prayer Candidate 172

Franklin is 47 years old and is from Owensboro, Kentucky, where he was a successful licensed journeyman plumber for many years. His life changed suddenly when he discovered he had a cancerous tumor in his chest. “I never thought this would happen to me,” he said. Franklin moved to Birmingham, to seek medical treatment at the Kirklin Clinic, where he has been in treatment for Lymphoma. During his treatment he became homeless. At first he stayed in hospital lobby rooms and then eventually he stayed in abandoned buildings and once even slept on a porch. Amidst the struggles and challenges of homelessness, Franklin became addicted to alcohol and cocaine.

Franklin is currently participating in an alcohol and drug recovery program and is staying in apartment with 2 other men in the program. He has 10 months clean and sober. His cancer is in remission. He asks you to pray he will be able to stay in remission and in recovery. “I just live from day to day and hope that God will do for me what I can’t do for myself,” Franklin shares. He also hopes eventually he will one day have a permanent home, a car and tools again. He appreciates your prayers.

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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.