Help! I'm a new Prayer Coordinator - Where do I start?

Here is my response to a new prayer coordinator . . .

One Overall Objective

• Saturate the association and each congregation with a culture of prayer.

Two Personal Objectives

1. Become a prayer champion who models Spirit-led, Scripture-fed praying at every opportunity
2. Become a prayer champion who mentors other leaders into Spirit-led, Scripture-fed praying

Three Major Objectives

1. Permeate each church family with prayer by asking them to pray for their pastor, their church family and their neighbors & community
   
2. Integrate each congregational and associational ministry with prayer by asking each group to tithe time (60 minute meeting = 6 minutes of corporate praying) to pray for their pastor & leaders, their church family and their neighbors & community
   
3. Penetrate each community with a prayer presence (prayerwalking, prayer stations, prayer maps, etc)

Also, consider a yearly rhythm of prayer:

• Daily - provide a daily prayer for the association to each church member
• Weekly - challenge pastors to meet weekly with other pastors exclusively for prayer (NPPN.org
• Monthly - challenge each congregation to hold upward (praise) and outward 9for the lost in our communities) prayer meeting (not a time to pray for the sick)
• Quarterly - Offer association-wide prayer events for training (a workshop), celebrating (Thanksgiving, for example), confessing (solemn assembly) and petitioning (praying for many lost to find Christ at Easter, fr example)
• Annually - invite pastors to a prayer summit (1-3 days oat a retreat center with a trained facilitator

... IBSA Prayer Ministries is here to help you by phone, email (phil@nppn.org), or in person for coaching, consulting or conferencing.


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