Increasing Prayer ParticipationThis issue deals with how some practical ideas to mobilize and motivate more people to participate in church related prayer.
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Planning Your Own Prayer Conference |
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One of the most effective ways to fire up people to participate in prayer is to hold a prayer conference. Even the smallest of churches can use this resource. Here are a few pointers:
Length & Type
Before deciding on a one-day, weekend or three-night event, ask: Are your people responsive to multi-day events? How busy is the season when the conference will be held? What participation and support can you expect from the pastoral staff? What are budget restrictions?
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Building a Wall of Prayer around Your CHurch |
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By Ginny Kisling
Ever feel like the hedge of prayer around your church is a more of a picket fence than a wall? Fences are friendly. They imply an occasional missing post, shared ownership and a “howdy neighbor” relationship. Walls are formidable and convey “no trespassing.” Walls imply that there is something important on the inside worth guarding.
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How to Get Pray 10 Going in Your Church |
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By Susan Jones
The Pray 10 plan to bathe your congregation in prayer can be implemented in churches of any size (Victory Christian Fellowship has 300 members). While you need to first seek God to make sure He would have you develop this prayer strategy in your church, here are some simple steps to walk you through its implementation. |
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Engaging a Congregation to Pray |
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By Jonathan Graf
In the May issue of Pray!, Daniel Henderson correctly asserted that you cannot guilt people into participating in church prayer efforts—only the Holy Spirit can nudge, woo or call them to this. While that is true, there are some things you can do and some principles you can follow that can be a runway to allow more prayer to take flight.
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How God Mobilized Our Congregation to Pray |
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By Susan Jones
In 2003, Victory Christian Fellowship of Trooper, Pennsylvania, planned a 40 Days of Purpose campaign to kick off our fall programs. Based on the book The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, this spiritual journey was designed to equip believers to embrace God’s plan for them as individuals and as a congregation.
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September 2005