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Question and Response
Q. “What is a Prayer Coach and when should a prayer leader contact one?”
As the prayer movement has matured, the Lord has raised up a growing number of men and women who have a unique combination of spiritual gifting and a passion for prayer. As resources to the Body of Christ, they have the ability to mentor a congregation into deeper personal prayer and assist in developing amore strategic in corporate prayer focus. While they may teach and/or preach, their greater value is providing counsel to the prayer leader and an example as they facilitate corporate prayer.
The congregation’s Prayer Coordinator needs to surround herself/himself with four key resources:
A Prayer Champion: preferably the Senior Pastor, this person casts the vision to become a House of Prayer and leads by example.
A Prayer Consultant: someone who can be reached quickly be E-mail, phone or personal visit to prayerfully assist in discerning strategy and solving problems.
A Prayer Connection: a person or ministry or website that can direct the prayer leader to appropriate resources and events.
A Prayer Coach: a person who can assist the prayer leader through their gift(s) of teaching, administration, leadership, shepherding.
A Prayer Coach will minister primarily to the prayer leadership but may also serve by leading workshops and facilitating corporate prayer gatherings. Their work is to equip the prayer leader to take the prayer ministry of the congregation to the next level.
The Church Prayer Leaders Network is trying to develop a team of Prayer Consultants, Connections and Coaches. Currently we have 10 CPLN reps and staff who are available to you. We will introduce them to you in our next PrayerLeader OnLine.
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