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Free Printable Oikos Map Template (PDF) — and How to Use It
Download a free two-page printable Oikos Map: circles for family, friends, work, school and neighbours, plus a five-person prayer and next-step plan — with ideas for churches, small groups and youth groups.
Some people think best with a pen in hand. Some churches want something they can hand out on a Sunday morning. And sometimes you just want the names on your fridge where you will see them every day.
So here is a free printable Oikos Map template — two pages, US Letter, no sign-up. Download the Oikos Map PDF, print as many copies as you like, and use it however helps you and your church.
Quick answers
- Is there a free printable Oikos Map template?
- Yes. Oikos Map offers a free two-page printable Oikos Map template as a PDF at oikosmap.com/downloads/oikos-map-template.pdf — page one is the map itself with circles for Family, Friends, Work, School and Neighbours, and page two is a "My Five" plan with steps to pray, care, share and disciple. No sign-up is needed.
- How do you fill out an Oikos Map?
- Write your name in the centre, add the names of people you see regularly in each relationship circle, pray over the page, then choose five people to focus on. For each, note how you will pray and what they need, and take simple next steps: pray, care, share and disciple.
- Can churches print and share the Oikos Map template?
- Yes. The template is free to print and share for ministry use — in services, small groups, youth groups and outreach teams.
- Is there an online version of the Oikos Map?
- Yes. The free Oikos Map builder at oikosmap.com lets you build your map online, pray with a five-minute timer and a daily verse for each person, and download a PNG or prayer plan. Maps are saved only in your own browser.
What is on the printable
- Page 1 — My Oikos Map. You in the centre, surrounded by five circles: Family, Friends, Work, School and Neighbours, with lines for names in each. A prompt underneath helps you think of people you might miss, and the four next steps — Pray, Care, Share, Disciple — run along the bottom.
- Page 2 — My Five. A simple plan for the five people you will focus on: a line for how you will pray and what they need, and tick boxes for each step as you take it. Short prompts with a verse for each step, and space for a prayer partner.
It prints cleanly in colour or black and white. Download the free PDF (two pages, about 260 KB).
How to fill in your Oikos Map in 15 minutes
- Write your name in the centre. This map starts with you because God placed you here on purpose.
- Fill each circle. Write the names of people you see regularly — family, friends, coworkers, classmates and neighbours. Do not overthink it. First names are fine.
- Look at the prompt line. Teammates, the gym, the parents at school pickup, the people you text most. Add anyone who comes to mind.
- Pray over the whole page. Ask God which names He wants you to focus on right now.
- Choose five for page two. Write each name and one honest line about what they need or how you will pray.
- Put it somewhere you will see it. Fridge, Bible, desk, dashboard. A map you forget is not a map you will use.
If you have never heard the word before, What Is an Oikos? explains the biblical idea behind the map in four minutes.
Then, one step at a time
The four steps on the sheet are the same rhythm the whole Oikos Journal is built on. Each has a guide when you are ready for it:
Using the printable with a church, small group or youth group
The template was designed to be photocopied. A few ways churches use a paper Oikos Map:
- Sunday service: hand it out with a pen, give everyone five quiet minutes to fill page one, then pray over the maps together.
- Small group: fill in maps at the start of a series, then each week share one name and one step, and pray for each other's five.
- Youth group: the School and Friends circles fill up fast. Pair students as prayer partners using the line on page two.
- Outreach team or prayer walk: add a sixth circle for your street or a person of peace you have met.
- Families: parents and kids can make one together — children often name people adults overlook.
You are welcome to print and share it freely for ministry use. If you would like to send people somewhere online afterwards, point them to oikosmap.com.
Paper or online? Use both
The printable is perfect for a group moment or the fridge. The free online Oikos Map builder adds what paper cannot: a daily five-minute prayer timer with a verse for each person, next-step reminders, and PNG or prayer-plan downloads. It saves privately in your own browser — nothing is uploaded, and there is no account.
Many people fill in the paper version first, then type the names into the builder in one go using the bulk-add box.
Why write the names down at all?
Because Scripture is full of names. Paul ends Romans with a list of more than twenty-five people by name. Jesus sent the man He set free back to the specific people who knew him: "Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you" (Mark 5:19).
Praying for "my neighbours" is good. Praying for Sam, who just lost his job, and for Aunt Maria, who has not spoken to her daughter in a year, is different. Names turn good intentions into faithfulness.
“Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
Mark 5:19