‘Saturday Night Fire’ Will Continue Prayer Effort
“Lead from my knees,” is the language Church of God General Overseer Mark Williams used on the last night of the recent 21 Day Virtual Prayer meeting, which registered almost 5,000 connections over the course of the three weeks. Williams and his wife Sandra Kay led portions of the call on the last night, January 31. Peggy Scarborough, who serves as prayer coordinator for South Carolina and conducts similar calls for various prayer efforts, noted that the response was, “beyond anything comparable.”
Doug Small, denominational prayer coordinator, noted that the effort would have been impossible without the assistance of administrative bishops who came on the call nightly with prayer teams from their state.
“One of the things that I heard from folks is that they were moved by hearing these leaders pray,” Small said. One man commented, “I have heard my bishop preach, and listened to him lead a business session, but when I heard him pray for revival, for souls – that moved me!” Reports abound that something happens when we hear one another pray.
According to Small, the prayer effort will continue in a number of ways. Each Saturday night, at 10 P.M. EST, folks from across the nation can connect for a prayer call. This Saturday night, February 7, the call, Saturday Night Fire, will be co-hosted by Richard Dial. Joining him on the call will be Hugh Carver and Heinrich Scherz – and the focus will be on the African Fire Wall project. The first center has been established – but Dr. Tim Hill, notes, “We need prayer support….hundreds, if not thousands of intercessors who pave the way for church planters, evangelists, literature distribution, across the whole continent of Africa.”
Small also says, the Prayer Ministries office is looking for prayer teams of 3-10 who will take one hour weekly, and create an on-going “prayer-watch” from midnight to 6 A.M. “We’ll give them plenty to pray about,” small said. “–the nations, unreached peoples, missionaries and projects, church planters and cities, as well as a ton of needs that pour into the prayer office. It will be a busy hour. The goal is to always have fire on the altar, to always have someone in the Church of God on their knees in prayer.”
For more information on how your prayer team can join this effort, email [email protected].
To join the prayer call on Saturday nights, 10 P.M. EST, dial 712-432-0075, Access Code 367853#.
