About San Francisco County

San Francisco was first named Yerba Buena. The name of the town was changed after the war between Mexico and the U.S. over rights to Texas and California. In 1846 the named was changed to San Francisco after the name of the bay. The name San Francisco was given by the Spanish explorer Sebastian Cermeno after the founder of the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi. (Note: He was known as a Father of Prayer). Mission Dolores founded in San Francisco was dedicated in 1776 just five days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It is one of the oldest church buildings in California.

The city and the County of San Francisco were formed on June 11, 1856. The current population of San Francisco is 776,000 people. The Chamber of Commerce web site lists 9 Counties that make up the Bay Area: San Francisco, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo Counties. The combined population of these counties is over 6 Million people.

San Francisco was founded in 1776, and the first Christian worship service was held here almost a month before the America's Declaration of Independence was signed. San Francisco began in prayer and worship!

Intercessors, evangelists, pastors, soul-winners, and many compassion ministries have received God's heart to bless San Francisco. Many, many renowned Revivalists have ministered in San Francisco, including Smith Wigglesworth, Kathryn Kuhlman, Aimee Semple MacPherson, & Billy Graham, to name only a few. San Francisco's redemptive gift of MERCY has been grievously distorted in recent years.

San Francisco is not only one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but also one of the most influential. This City has been the epicenter of many movements that have swept our planet in recent history, including the beatnik, hippie, and New Age Movements. (In fact, many of the things that may be challenging your communities right now began in this City and eventually made it around the world.) Christians here believe that God desires to reclaim the influential power of our San Francisco and use it to bring the transforming influence of the Kingdom of God around the planet. San Francisco has been chosen to be the headquarters for the institute to conduct Embryonic Stem Cell Research.

Jesus loves San Francisco, and San Francisco needs CHRIST.

Prayer Focus for San Francisco City and County:

1. Continued Unity among the Churches & Pastors -- Pray that unity leads to strategic action from these groups. Pray for divine mercy over San Francisco.

2. Prayer mobilization in all the cities -- pray for the multiplication of new believers, leaders and churches that leads to societal transformation.

3. Alignment of San Francisco's Tourist/Hospitality Industry with Godly Leaders.

4. Decrease of crime: murder, teen pregnancy, abortion, domestic violence, theft, drugs. youth/gangs - Pray for a revelation of the Father's Heart and a spirit of adoption for youth, using Malachi 4:6. Pray for the Church to engage youth, single adults, and families with the transforming Gospel.

5. Revival for the Churches and a Spiritual Awakening to Christ in every community, district & neighborhood, and among every ethnic group in San Francisco.

6. Decrease in unemployment and the creation of new jobs. Pray for a release of entrepreneurial energy that leads to the creation of new businesses that are sustainable.

7. Pray for Christian marriages to be a witness of life in Christ. Pray for marriage between one man and one woman to be affirmed and protected in the City & County of San Francisco. Pray for God's appointment of civic leaders, particularly of godly judges for the 9th District Court of Appeals. Let unrighteous rulings & laws be overturned.

8. Pray for Schools and the Educational Systems to become open to Christ.

9. Pray for God’s intervention with Embryo Stem Cell Research.

10. Pray Isaiah 62 over San Francisco. Pray that God will raise up watchmen on her walls who will pray day and night until He establishes San Francisco and makes her a praise in the earth.

About Marin County:

Industry in the county includes movie and video production, computer software, communications equipment, printing, and the manufacture of plastic products, ceramics , candles, and cheese.

One of the nine Bay Area counties, Marin County is linked to San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge and to the East Bay by the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It is bordered on the north and northeast by Sonoma County and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.The 520 square miles of Marin offer a wide variety of topography, climate, and vegetation, from the tidal flats of the coastline to the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais rising 2,600 feet above sea level; from the dense stands of redwood and pine to the inland grasslands and exposed rocky areas, and the coastal fogs that temper the warm inland temperatures in summer.

Marin County children are educated in 19 school districts whose enrollments range from 12 students to 7,000 students. Fifteen of the school districts are elementary districts (K - 8); 2 are unified districts (K - 12); and 2 are high school districts (Grades 9 - 12). The Marin Community College has two campuses; Kentfield and Novato. There are several private schools, including Dominican University in San Rafael.

 

CSAC Snapshot Info

Official County Website

 

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Prayer Points for Marin County:

1. Redevelopment of a strong, unified and purposeful pastoral prayer group. Pray for deepening of relationships between the pastors and for the Lord to pour out favor and blessing on the relationships. Pray for protection for this fragile movement as it begins to redevelop. Ask God for a John 17 revelation for all pastors and believers and the strong desire to please Jesus by walking together as one. Pray that unity leads to strategic action from these groups.

In continuing to pray for our pastors, please ask the Lord to encourage those who have labored for many years and are discouraged over a small harvest. Pray that all Marin County pastors would walk in the power of the Spirit and sense being carried on by the Spirit in their various ministries.

2. Prayer mobilization: Ask Jesus to develop prayer groups in all of our cities and to begin to reveal those churches who are praying and link them together as a prayer net over Marin. Ask God to link us together and grant a willing spirit to prayer leaders in the various congregations to join together in concerted, strategic prayer for our county.

3. Pray for a deepening revelation of the work of Christ on the cross and for a fresh infilling with the Holy Spirit that leads to personal transformation of the hearts of the believers in Marin. We believe this personal transformation will lead to congregational transformation and then community transformation. Pray for the multiplication of new believers, leaders and churches that leads to societal transformation.

4. Ask Jesus to help believers to "pastor where they are planted" so that the gospel penetrates every aspect of life in Marin County. Ask Jesus to give each believer a heart to take spiritual responsibility and to be a worker in whatever harvest field He has placed them in. Ask Jesus to help believers have loving hearts of service toward those who do not yet know Jesus and that they will care deeply for those who do not know Christ.

5. Pray for Christian marriages to be a witness of life in Christ. Pray for marriage to be affirmed and protected in this County. Pray for fruitfulness in those marriages.

6. Pray for a Joshua Generation to rise up in our Youth who will love and take this land for the Lord! Ask God to light a fire in the hearts for young people in Marin County. Pray that the older generation will encourage and mentor youth into leadership positions. Ask Jesus to anoint this new generation to rise up and take their role and place and execute the call and Lord's redemptive purpose for their lives.

7. Pray for Schools and the Educational System to become open to Christ. Pray especially for believers who are dealing with groups aggressively asserting "diversity" training for all grades (starting in kindergarten!). Ask God to protect little hearts and minds and preserve them for Jesus. Ask Jesus to give courage, wisdom and favor to believing parents as they meet with principles and school boards.

8. Decrease in unemployment and the creation of new jobs. Pray for a release of entrepreneurial energy that leads to the creation of new businesses that are sustainable. Ask God to provide for believers, many of whom are being "priced out" of the county by the high cost of housing and living.

9. Please pray for the healing of our land. We have very high rates of sudden oak death and the highest rate of breast cancer in the nation. We also have very high suicide and divorce rates.

10. Decrease of crime: Murder, Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, Domestic Violence, drugs. Youth/Gangs - Pray for a revelation of the Father's Heart and a spirit of adoption for youth using Malachi 4:6. Pray for the church to engage these youth and families with the transforming gospel.

11. Pray through Isaiah 62 for Marin County. We believe this scripture is a special and specific promise to us - that all nations will see His glory and that salvation will go forth from Marin like a torch that is blazing!