Prayer Ministries Offers Prayer Leaders Continuing Education
What would it be like if the prayer leadership teams of congregations across your city had a model they could use for on-going training and connection? The creation of the network alone would have powerful implications.
Currently, only about 5% of congregations have a designated prayer leader, and usually that is the leader of an intercessory group, not someone trained to chip away at transforming the culture of the church into a praying church.
Now, there is a model. It is called, Prayer Leaders Continuing Education (PLCE).
It is designed on the premise that most prayer leadership teams need ongoing, small nudges to keep them focused and encouraged. The PLCE process is designed to train congregational prayer leadership teams together in tandem with nearby churches. Most congregations start a prayer effort – and it stalls. The average prayer leadership team falls apart about three times before it gels. Every prayer team, due to the spiritual warfare against it, if for no other reason, needs regular nudges forward with fresh resources.
The PLCE is very simple.
• Video training in short clips (by Doug Small and others) with discussion guides
• Focus on the four dimensions for a healthy and well-balanced congregational prayer process
• Learn about the Seven Marks of a Praying Church
• Discover new ‘plug-and-pray’ practical tools
• Talk about next steps with your Prayer Leadership Team
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Just a nudge! Just enough to keep the prayer-fire burning, to provide more resources, to keep your team encouraged, and to keep stretching them beyond their narrow theology of prayer and its practice.
(Source: Prayer-Connect Community Leadership Network; Church of God Prayer Ministries)
