Calling all prayer leaders at EFCA churchs in Missouri and Arkansas! The following announcement is provided by Larry Austin, Central District Director of Church Health. Contatc him at laustin@efcacentral.org for more information or if you would like to participate.
Background and Values: This would be one of six to eight regional summits being planned and promoted by the EFCA this fall. It is one of the fruits of EFCA Prayer Pacesetter Summits, the last of which was November 2008. This gathering of “prayer pacesetters” from across our denomination has been seeking the Lord on how to work with the Spirit in stirring a fresh movement of prayer across the EFCA. My involvement with the prayer pacesetters began while I was at First EFC and the burden of elevating the value and practice of prayer is something I brought with me into this new role. Prayer is a catalyst for increasing spiritual passion—something that teaching and programs cannot achieve alone. Prayer is the one thing that we can do right now without great cost that would have an exponential impact of the health of our churches and leaders.
Details: Our summit would meet from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on October 31. It would incorporate large group times of worship, scripture reading and guided prayer. It would also involve table fellowship at noon (not just a lunch break), and some time for personal solitude and prayer. I’m considering three locations in Central Iowa because the proximity of my resources for the event (The Des Moines Botanical Center; a Des Moines Church–Valley or Westchester; The Plex at First EFC-Ames). I have a fairly realistic view that if we gathered 100 people for prayer from within a two to three hour drive it would be a huge success (prayer events at First EFC would range from 20 to 75 people).
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