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# Prayer requests add safer audience controls

> Members can share prayer requests with their church, a Community Group, or church leaders and retain control through editing and withdrawal.

# Prayer requests add safer audience controls

*July 23, 2026*

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Prayer Community now gives each request an explicit audience while keeping
anonymity as a separate choice.

## What's New

* Members can choose the Church Prayer Wall, one of their active Community
  Groups, or church leaders only.
* Group requests are available only to active members of the selected group.
* Public-form requests default to church leaders only.
* Members can edit an active request. Previously approved requests return for
  staff review before appearing again.
* Members can withdraw a request without deleting the church's follow-up
  record.
* The Prayer Wall separates active requests from answered prayers.
* Staff can see and filter request audiences and review answered or withdrawn
  state.

## Why This Matters

Prayer needs do not all belong in the same room. The new controls let members
ask the right people to pray while churches retain a clear moderation and
follow-up workflow.