> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.theharvest.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Prayer requests

> A place for your congregation to ask, and for your church to pray.

Prayer is its own tab in the member app. Someone posts a request, and the church can see it and pray.

## How it works

A member opens **Prayer**, writes their request and posts it. It appears for the congregation, and people can respond.

## What to decide before you turn people loose on it

This is the one feature in Harvest where the pastoral decisions matter more than the settings.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Who sees a request" icon="eye">
    A request posted here is visible to your congregation, not only to leadership. Make sure people know that before they write something they meant privately.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Who is watching it" icon="user-check">
    Someone on your team should be reading this daily. An unanswered request is worse than no prayer wall at all.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  People will occasionally post something that needs a pastoral response the same day — a crisis, a bereavement, sometimes worse. Decide **before you launch it** who is responsible for reading it and what they do when that happens.

  A prayer wall is a pastoral surface, not a feature to switch on and forget.
</Warning>

## Telling your congregation how to use it

<Tip>
  A sentence from the front does most of the work: *"This is for things you are happy for the church to see. If it is private, speak to one of us directly."*
</Tip>

## Safeguarding

If a request discloses something that triggers your safeguarding process, **your process applies**. Harvest does not flag, escalate or notify anyone — it is a place to post, not a monitoring system.


## Related topics

- [The member app](/member-app/overview.md)
- [index](/index.md)
- [What's new](/changelog.md)
- [Blog and community](/content/blog-and-community.md)