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# Urgent prayer connects members to timely follow-up

> Members can privately ask leaders for timely prayer support while churches coordinate a safe, owned response.

# Urgent prayer connects members to timely follow-up

*July 23, 2026*

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Members can now privately ask church leaders for urgent follow-up on an active
prayer request.

## What's New

* Members can request urgent follow-up with a short private reason and see its
  progress in `My Requests`.
* Authorized staff receive a safe alert, review the request, assign an owner,
  and track acknowledgement, active follow-up, and resolution.
* Staff can create a bounded Pastoral Care handoff when broader coordination is
  needed.
* An eligible request can open a locked Prayer Room for the member and a
  verified prayer-team leader.

## Privacy by Default

Urgency never appears as a badge on the Prayer Wall. Alerts do not contain the
prayer text, requester identity, contact details, or private reason. Care
handoffs keep only the source reference and coordination details instead of
copying sensitive request content.

Urgent follow-up is a church ministry workflow and is not an emergency service.