Prayer 
Ministry
PBC Prayer Chain
The PBC Prayer Chain is a web-based ministry that helps to meet the prayer needs of the Church.
Prayer requests from our PBC family members are posted on the Prayer Chain website, where all are encouraged to pray for the requests.
The Prayer Chain website can be accessed here.
Why have we gotten away from email?
We have had many problems over the years sending email to large groups of people due to Spam, or unwanted junk email. This Spam gets filtered or blocked at the server level, and you may or may not receive the Prayer Chain emails at any given time. Assumptions are also made by internet providers that email to a large number of people is likely unsolicited. Due to these many problems we have had, we decided to go ahead and make this move to a web-based format, in order to simplify the distribution and access to requests, and remove email hassles.
Is this site secure?
To help with privacy and security, the site requires a username and password to enter. The username and password are the same for all of the PBC family, and are available through internal means, or you can
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TIP: When you are at the login page, look for the checkbox that says "Remember Me". Check it, and you won't have to enter the username and password every time.
We will periodically change the user name and password. We have also disabled Comments on the site to prevent wayward discussions and a possible introduction of objectionable content on the site.
What makes this format better?
Posts (requests) on the site are listed chronologically by the time they were posted. There is a calendar where you can click dates to see requests that came on that given date. The site is searchable, so if you want to review requests for a particular person, you can search for that person’s name, and those requests will appear.
Will everyone be able to post prayer requests on their own?
Currently, we find that it's safer to have site administrators post the requests. The risk is high for spam and inappropriate material when the site is open to all to submit posts. There is also a tendency for well-meaning folks to place a request for
a friend of a friend of a friend, and some requests that have proven in the past to be hoaxes. An interesting site for information on these hoaxes, by the way, is Snopes.com.
How do I submit prayer requests?
There is a contact form on the page to submit requests.We will continue to take
Requests will still be reviewed and edited if necessary, and posted by site administrators. The same policies apply to this site as have applied in the past to email requests.
Tips and Tricks
When you are at the login page, look for the checkbox that says "Remember Me". Check it, and you won't have to enter the username and password every time.
You can view posts for any given day by clicking the date on the calendar. You will see all the requests posted for that day.
If you are reading a post and notice that it just ends... click "Click to continue reading" and the entire post will appear. Click "Hide Post" to return it to normal. This function helps save space on the page.
If you forget to check the Prayer Chain site, bookmark it or add it to your Favorites! Or you can make it your home page that opens whenever you start your Internet Browser.
Please DO NOT respond to requests through the Prayer Chain e-mail address. Those e-mails will be discarded. Please correspond directly with the person involved with the request.