Full Feature Guide

Submit a prayer request

Write a request in any length. Add category, urgency flag, and optional tags.

Anonymous submissions

Post without revealing your name — the community prays without knowing who asked.

Privacy levels

Choose Public (community-wide), Church Only (your congregation), or Private (pastoral staff only).

Prayer categories

Health, Family, Work, Relationships, Faith, Grief, Finance, Community, and more.

Urgent flag

Mark a request as urgent to surface it higher in the feed.

Audio prayers

Record a voice prayer request for a more personal touch.

Video prayers

Submit a short video prayer request.

Auto-expiry

Requests expire after a set window — keeping the feed current and reducing clutter.

Request renewal

Extend an active request before it expires.

Mark as answered

When your prayer is answered, mark it and optionally share a testimony.

Testimony stories

Tell your story of how God answered — shown on the Lights Released wall.

"I prayed for this" button

One tap to log intercession. The requester gets notified that someone prayed.

Prayer counter

Each request shows how many times it has been prayed for.

Encouragement messages

Leave an optional uplifting message alongside your prayer.

Anonymous prayer

Pray and leave messages without revealing your identity.

Prayer Journal

A personal log of every request you have interceded for.

Prayer adoption

Commit to praying for a specific request regularly — it appears in your journal.

Streak tracking

Your consecutive-day streak of praying for others. Earn a fire badge at 7 days.

Community prayer feed

Browse active requests from around the world — no account required.

Category filter

Filter the feed by prayer category.

Pray by category page

Dedicated pages for each category with focused browsing.

Lights Released wall

A public wall of answered prayers and testimonies to celebrate together.

World Prayer map

See prayers plotted on a globe by geographic origin.

Praise Wall

Animated visualization of recent lights released.

Prayer Jar animation

The homepage jar fills up as more prayers are submitted — visual community signal.

Live praying-now counter

Shows how many people are actively praying right now.

Matched prayer partnership

Opt in to be matched with one other person for consistent mutual intercession.

Partner prayer reminders

Gentle notifications reminding you to pray for your partner.

Partnership extension

Request to extend a partnership beyond the default term.

Partnership history

See past prayer partners in your profile.

Prayed-for notification

Get notified when someone prays for your request.

Message notification

Get notified when someone leaves you an encouraging message.

Badge notification

Get notified when you earn a new badge.

Weekly digest

Optional weekly summary of your prayer activity.

Email frequency control

Choose real-time, daily digest, weekly digest, or off.

Quiet Hours

Suppress notifications during a custom time window (e.g. 10 PM–7 AM) in your timezone.

Per-event toggles

Individually enable/disable each notification type from Settings.

In-app notification center

Bell icon in the header shows unread notification count and history.

Badge system

Earn badges for milestones: first prayer, 10 prayers, 7-day streak, 100 prayers prayed for, and more.

Day streak

Consecutive-day streak counter shown on your profile and badge page.

Badge display

View all earned badges and progress toward next milestones on your Badges page.

Badges preview on profile

The 4 most recent badges shown on your Profile page.

Profile page

Shows your stats, recent badges, streak, and links to all your activity.

Profile avatar

Displays your Google/GitHub profile picture when signed in via OAuth.

Stats dashboard

Prayers submitted, times prayed for others, and current streak — all on profile.

Sign in with Google

One-click OAuth sign-in via Google.

Sign in with GitHub

One-click OAuth sign-in via GitHub.

Settings page

Manage email preferences, notification types, and quiet hours — all with live save feedback.

Self-service account deletion

Delete your account and all data instantly from Settings → Danger Zone.

Onboarding flow

First-time users see a guided overlay to orient them to the app.

Daily verse

A rotating Scripture verse shown on the homepage each day.

Know Jesus page

An introduction to Christian faith for seekers, with prayer of salvation.

Salvation campaigns

Focused prayer campaigns for evangelistic initiatives.

Prayer prompts

Suggested Scripture-based prompts to guide intercession.

Church creation & setup

Wizard to create a church profile with name, description, and welcome message.

Church prayer wall

A private wall visible only to church members — separate from the public feed.

Member management

Invite members, assign roles (admin, pastor, member), remove members.

Church groups

Sub-groups within a congregation (e.g. Women's Ministry, Youth) each with their own prayer context.

Pastoral dashboard

Overview of church prayer activity, member engagement, and active requests.

Pastoral notes

Pastors can add private notes to prayer requests for follow-up tracking.

Assignments

Assign a prayer request to a specific pastor or leader for follow-up.

Custom branding

Upload a church logo and set accent colors for the private wall.

Analytics & reports

Prayer volume, member engagement, response rates — downloadable as PDF.

Live event prayer wall

A projected, moderated real-time prayer wall for services, conferences, and retreats.

Event moderation

Approve or reject prayers before they appear on the live event wall.

Event display mode

Full-screen, branded display for the live event wall.

Event reports

CSV export of all prayers submitted during an event.

Find a Church directory

Public directory for churches to be discovered by people searching nearby.

Church claim & verification

Claim an existing listing and verify ownership to manage it.

Church recommendations

Users can recommend a church to others.

Saved churches

Bookmark churches you visit or want to revisit.

AI safety screening

All submissions are screened for crisis language, self-harm indicators, and sensitive content.

Content reporting

Any user can report a prayer request for review.

Moderation queue

Flagged content is reviewed by the PrayerJar team and church pastors.

Trust & Safety page

Public documentation of our data practices and safety commitments.

Privacy controls

Choose who sees each request. Anonymous option available.

No ads, no data selling

Zero advertising. Data is never sold or shared with third parties.

Grief anniversary reminders

Optional compassionate follow-up on anniversaries of loss-related prayers.

Installable on mobile

Add to home screen on iOS and Android — works like a native app.

Offline support

Service worker caches key assets for basic offline resilience.

Push notifications

Web push notifications for prayers, messages, and badges (where browser supports).

Mobile navigation

Fixed bottom navigation bar optimized for one-thumb use.