He added that it was only faith that could bring change to London. "It is not common sense or good sense that establishes the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the Holy Spirit."
Churches all across London are currently taking part in the Year of Prayer for London, in which churches are taking it in turns to pray for the city for 24 hours non-stop.
The Global Day of Prayer event at Millwall will build on the huge success of the GDOP event that took place on Pentecost Sunday this year at West Ham stadium.
Despite constant drizzle and unseasonably cold temperatures, 20,000 Christians turned up at Upton Park to pray that God would send the Holy Spirit into London's communities and that more of the city's people would turn to God.
The 2008 event will be hosted by Southwark for Jesus. Phil Stokes, the charity's chair, spoke of the desperation of many young people in south London, epitomised by one of the favourite terrace chants of Millwall fans, 'No one likes us; we don't care.'
He urged churches to get involved with the GDOP event to bring new hope to Londoners.
"We want to pray the Lord's Prayer and to see the churches challenged to the task of being the salt and light in their communities, and we want to give space to the Holy Spirit to inform and challenge people as to the mission that exists in our city now," he said.
The GDOP planning group is aiming to hold a number of stadium events in unison across the UK on Pentecost Sunday 2008, and to take GDOP to Wembley Stadium in 2010 to prepare the way for a spiritually fruitful London Olympics in 2012.
