Posted by: jong in Untagged on
Jul 15, 2010
A few years ago I spoke at a prayer conference at a large church in
metro Atlanta. The Friday night/Saturday event was poorly attended (80
people) for such a large church (6,000 members).
The prayer leader apologized for the small turnout, but revealed that
one of the problems was that most events at this church were not
announced from the platform. She went on to say that so many ministries
have events each month that a rule had been made: none could have
“platform time.” To be fair, any ministry leader could advertise in the
bulletin or newsletter or put up posters but could never promote during a
service.
Many churches have similar rules. Unfortunately, most of these churches
relegate prayer to “just another ministry” status. That’s a problem.
Posted by: jong in Untagged on
May 7, 2010
It seems to me our fears for the National Day of Prayer may cause us to appeal to
the wrong court!
Posted by: jong in Untagged on
Mar 3, 2010
Recently I did a study of prayer mobilization in the Bible. I
discovered something I thought was interesting: prayer was usually
mobilized by a leader challenging the people.
Posted by: jong in Untagged on
Sep 22, 2009
Recently I was leading a Sunday PM concert of prayer at Kenmore Alliance Church in Kenmore, NY (Buffalo). There were about 60 people present and we were in six or seven prayer groups for the times when we went to intercession.
I was intrigued by something that happened during the prayer times that got me thinking. Do churches have corporate passions when it comes to prayer?
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