We gather a few minutes before each service and pray for 10-15 minutes for the service and related ministries (Sunday School, Royal Rangers, Bible Study, Mpact Girls, etc.)
9:45 AM Sunday Mornings
5:45 PM Sunday Evenings
One meeting quarterly, and prayer meetings before big events such as Revivals and Camp Meetings.
What would be required to be a prayer warrior?
1. To be saved, sanctified, and filled with or seeking the Holy Ghost
2. To be faithful in church attendance
3. To be open with worship and willing to pray for others
4. Dedicated to prayer-Active prayer life at home and at church
5. Must love the Lord and be willing to follow the guidelines He established 2000+ years ago
6. Be willing to give up personal time to pray for others
Philosophy’s to follow:
Jesus says, "Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." (Matthew 7:7-8)
God desires to give us direction and vision for ministry.
“Seeking the plan that God has for you and your church” (Jeremiah 29:11)
8 Keys to Developing Prayer Ministry:
1. Pray, wait on God, and listen.
2. Elicit the vision and commitment of the Pastor for expanding the role of prayer within the life of the congregation.
3. Secure the understanding and full support of the staff and council.
4. Focus on motivating and involving the whole congregation. (The goal must always be to involve all people, though it is seldom realized. Prayer ministry is a discipleship tool.)
5. Gather a group of potential prayer leaders for Bible Study and prayer. (Begin by modeling and instructing them in prayer with the understanding that they will in time instruct others.)
6. Begin everything that the congregation does in prayer. (Convene all meetings, committee meetings, staff meetings, annual meetings, Sunday School, Youth Group, and all other gatherings in prayer.)
7. Anticipate resistance to a congregational prayer ministry (Satan will engage in efforts to derail or destroy this ministry by causing divisions, distractions, spiritual attack, misunderstandings, and other actions of power.)
8. Evaluate (regularly) how prayer is advancing. (Ask these kinds of questions: How are we doing? Are we involving all groups in the congregation in some way?)