"My house will be called a house of prayer." (Matthew 21:13)

The goal of the Calhoun Baptist Association Prayer Ministry is to help churches and their members obey Jesus’ command to be people of prayer. A successful church prayer ministry is not another program or activity. It is the ministry that under girds all that happens in the church.

For a congregation a prayer ministry contributes to the creation of a praying church that will experience “total prayer saturation.” The ministry helps keep the congregation focused on God through Bible study and prayer with their understanding of their need to have an intimate relationship with God. It includes personal elements of prayer as well as corporate and kingdom elements.

For church members a prayer ministry raises the awareness of the need for prayer. It encourages church members to focus their efforts on praying for others and sharing Christ with others. It also seeks to involve each church member in a meaningful prayer life.

The Association’s Prayer Ministry can help by providing specific intercessory prayer for churches and pastors; training classes on prayer and seminars to help your church learn how to organize and start a church prayer ministry; consultation on elements of a prayer ministry; recommendations on ways to keep prayer at the center of all church programs and activities; and coordinate and provide training for church prayer coordinators.

The CBA Prayer ministry is available (free of charge) PowerPoint® classes on topics that include:

• How to start a Prayer Ministry

• Why should we pray and the power of prayer

• Love in action through intercessory prayer

• How to “get on God’s agenda” through prayer

• What a House of Prayer should look like?

• The role and requirements of a church prayer coordinator

The CBA’s prayer coordinator is Jim Roberts. For more information or to schedule a class you may call Jim at 435-6882 or email him.