Ideas that Work
July 1, 1996
Drive-by Praying
The first Wednesday evening of every month, our suburban church takes its
weekly prayer meeting on the road to pray for the communities of Hillside
and Berkeley. We meet briefly at the church for commissioning, jump into
our cars with a prepared prayer sheet, and follow a suggested route around
a three-mile square. We stop in front of our public high school, city halls,
and local businesses. Sometime during the evening, we drive down the streets
of the people in each car, claiming those streets for Christ and asking God
to use our members as witnesses. We then return to the church parking lot
to pray for our outreach efforts in the community.
Intentional Intercessors
Our pastors formed a group of key leaders to develop a prayer ministry. The
team designated an intercessory room and gathered training manuals, prayer
request cards, recruitment cards, weekly schedule charts, card file boxes,
prayer postcards with stamps, a calendar, a church members' directory, Kleenex,
and a bulletin board to post announcements. The group also added a telephone
and answering machine with a separate number, and printed business cards
listing that number.
One month before the launch, the pastor preached a series of messages on
prayer; church members were asked to dedicate at least one hour per week
to prayer (on a specified day and time for four months). The intercessors
were trained in how to enter the prayer room, answer the phone, and utilize
the prayer cards.
At the appointed time, the intercessor enters the prayer room, signs in,
and spends a few minutes in meditative prayer. Then he or she moves through
several stations. At one station are the weekly church ministry prayer requests.
At another ...
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