reimagine prayer - Discipleship.Network - The Reimagine Network2024-03-29T12:27:23Zhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/reimagine+prayerCHAT With The Author ~ Phil Miglioratti @ Reimagine.Network Interviewed Carolyn Carney, Author of “The Power of Group Prayer: How Intercession Transforms Us and The World”https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/phil-miglioratt-reimagine-network-interviewed-carolyn-carney-auth2023-01-01T19:47:58.000Z2023-01-01T19:47:58.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><div id="contentsContainer" class="style-scope qowt-page">
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<p id="E399" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span id="E400">Phil </span><span id="E402">Miglioratti</span><span id="E404"> @ </span><span id="E406">Reimagine.Network</span><span id="E408"> Interviewed Carolyn Carney, Author of</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>“The Power of Group Prayer: How Intercession Transforms Us and The World”</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">[This interview is included in the <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/leadership-lab-learn-the-art-of-facilitating-collaborative-prayer" target="_blank">Leadership Lab</a>: Learn The Art of Facilitating Collaborative Prayer or Planning]</span></p>
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<p id="E410" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E411" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"When we learn to intercede with others...</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E412" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E413" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">Our hope for change grows</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E414" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E415" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">Our prayers are emboldened</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E416" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E417" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">We can pray longer with increasing energy and inspiration</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E418" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E419" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">We come to understand God differently."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E422" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E423">PHIL>>> Carolyn, this statement at the beginning of your book is crucial to understanding why corporate prayer is </span><span id="E425">transformingly</span><span id="E427"> different.</span><span id="E428" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> It seems the key is to reimagine prayer by learning how to pray with others.</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E432" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E433">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E434">Yes! Typically, I don’t believe we have many good models of how to pray effectively with others. Often our examples in church </span><span id="E435">are</span><span id="E436"> that of the “pastoral prayer,” where the pastor prays in front of the congregation for 3 or 5 minutes in a monologue. Or in mainline churches, like the Episcopal church, where we have the “Prayers of the People.” Here, one person prays many short paragraphs, interspersed by “Lord, in your mercy…”, to which the people respond, “Hear our prayer.” In both instances, we are together in a room, but I would not say that we are necessarily, praying </span><span id="E437">together.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E439" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E440">Another example that I use in the book is one of my first experiences at my church’s Wednesday night prayer meeting. We divided up into same sex small groups. I remember ours had about a dozen women. I’d say now, that was too many to pray effectively together. We all shared prayer requests, which were dutifully written down, ostensibly, so that we could keep praying on our own during the week. When we finished with the sharing of requests, there was not too much time left to pray. One person started and named each request one by one, so that there was not much left to pray for. I do not doubt the sincerity of the woman’s prayer</span><span id="E441"> or that she desired God to be at work in each of these situations, but </span><span id="E442">I also think we can do better at</span><span id="E443"> praying </span><span id="E444">together</span><span id="E445"> than that.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E447" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E448">I use this analogy of building a highway through the mountains in the book. Simply put, when you build a highway you have to know what is blocking the highway from going through and remove it, and then bring in what needs to be there in order to have the highway. So, when Paul is looking for a job, we just don’t ask God, “Lord, please give him a job.” We think of all the things that are in the way of Paul getting the job that he wants: short-sightedness, despair, </span><span id="E449">a lack of jobs in his field, </span><span id="E450">being stuck. Then we pray in what </span><span id="E451">we believe</span><span id="E452"> Paul </span><span id="E453">may </span><span id="E454">need: a connection, encouragement, imagination, </span><span id="E455">trust that God sees him, </span><span id="E456">etc. </span><span id="E457">A group of four could spend an energizing time praying for Paul’s job, if they used short sentences and added to what the previous person prayed. I call this “praying in agreement,” where we make an audible paragraph together, by one person praying 1-2 sentences, the next person taking something that the first person has prayed a little bit deeper, and the next person doing the same and so on and so forth, until there is a bit of a pause, and then a new subject is brought up. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E460" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><strong><span id="E461">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E462" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">Unpack for us what happens when we present our praise and petitions in a group (triad, small group, congregation)...</span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p id="E465" class="x-scope qowt-li-7_1 qowt-list qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E466">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E468">When I pray with other people in a group, and we pray well together, focused on something intentional, I understand that I am not the only person who cares about this, or sees something wrong. My hope grows because I hear other people asking God to work along some of the same lines I have asked God to work.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E469" class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E470" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•Our prayers are emboldened</span><span id="E471" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E472" class="qowt-li-3_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E473">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E474">Someone recently asked me if I had the gift of faith. I said, “No. In fact, I think I am mostly a pessimist. But when I pray with others, I hear their expressions of faith in God being at work in an area I no nothing about or have long ago given up on. When they pray passionately for something, as I listen to their prayer, something changes in me and my prayers are birthed in a new boldness.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E475" class="qowt-li-6_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E476" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•We can pray longer with increasing energy and inspiration</span><span id="E477" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E478" class="qowt-li-6_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E479">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E480">OH, this is one of the sweetest things about praying in agreement with other like-hearted followers of Jesus – I can pray for hours! </span></span></p>
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<p id="E482" class="qowt-li-6_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E483" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•We come to understand God differently</span><span id="E484" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E485" class="qowt-li-6_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E486" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">CAROLYN>>></span><span id="E487" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">And then after praying, not only am I drawn closer to God, I have a clearer understanding of his activity in the world. I see his grace and generosity, his authority and compassion, his steadfastness and condescension. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E490" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><strong><span id="E491">PHIL>>> Agree or Disagree: Most prayer meeting formats simply call for individuals to take turns around the circle praying their personal </span><span id="E492" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">need/fix/want </span><span id="E493">list rather than facilitating a group conversation. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p id="E495" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E496">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E497">Agreed. And this is why prayer meetings are typically boring to many folks. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E500" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E501" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"Prayer that transforms is the kind of prayer that helps to move mission forward."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E503" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E504">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E505" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How does corporate/group praying move mission forward differently than individual intercession?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E507" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E508">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E509">Corporate/group praying only moves mission forward when </span><span id="E510">mission</span><span id="E511"> is the central focus of why the group is gathering together to pray. If the group gathers to pray for individual needs, then mission will not move forward. But if groups gather together and pray the way that I suggest in the book, then I believe mission will move forward. </span></span></p>
<p id="E513" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E514" style="font-size:12pt;">We don’t like to be told that the way we are praying is wrong. It feels like an insult, because prayer is such a private matter. Well, it is, when we are praying in private! But when we are together as a group, we should pray differently. If a group is gathering together from a particular church, we should not be spending most of our time in prayer concerning ourselves with Aunt Susie’s hip surgery, because Aunt Susie lives a thousand miles away! </span></p>
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<p id="E516" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E517">What is the role of your church in the community? What could it be? What reach could the church have? These are the things that we need to be praying about and concerning ourselves with when we gather together to pray. It’s not that I don’t care about Aunt Susie, but is there not another place of prayer </span><span id="E518">where I can bring that important request? If the church has one evening a week where we gather together to pray, let’s make good use of that time. And if we do, if we pray with great intention about the mission of the church, then, mission will move forward. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E523" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E524" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"Praying in agreement is like constructing an audible paragraph together."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E526" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E527">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E528" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How does a prayer leader introduce then facilitate a conversational style of praying to a group or congregation?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E530" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E531">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E532">In the book I write </span><span id="E533">this about praying in agreement: </span><span id="E534" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">A paragraph, of course, is a cohesive group of sentences on one particular theme. Here’s how it works in prayer:</span></span></p>
<p id="E535" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E536" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> </span><span id="E538" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">A topic is raised. A number of people should pray on this topic, having each prayer BUILD UPON the previous prayer, as if you were constructing a paragraph. For instance, </span></span></p>
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<li id="E539" class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span id="E540" class="qowt-font6-Calibri" style="font-size:12pt;">The first person prays, “Lord, make us mindful of your presence tonight, that we might hear your voice and allow you to lead us.”</span></li>
<li class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Second person prays, “Yes, Lord. We confess our egocentrism and pride, our view that our way is right, that we know the way we should go. We need you to lead us.”</span></li>
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<p id="E543" class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E544" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">Third </span><span class="qowt-font6-Calibri">person prays, “Lord, the way that seems right to us, leads to death (Prov </span><span id="E547" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">14:12</span><span id="E548" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">). So, we seek your way tonight, we seek your voice tonight. O, lead us, Lord, in the way we should go.”</span></span></p>
<p id="E552" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E553" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> </span><span id="E554" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Every</span> prayer gathering will be helped by s</span><span id="E555" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">ee</span><span id="E556" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">ing</span><span id="E557" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> praying in agreement as the main means of praying together as a group. Praying this way keeps up the energy and doesn’t allow folks to ramble or dominate. We become more mindful of what others are praying. Since people are praying just a couple of sentences, it is much easier to follow what they are saying. You are saved from having to “pray it all” because you are only praying a sentence or two.</span><span id="E558" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> Those who are new to praying aloud are rarely intimidated by praying 1-2 sentences. Also, praying this way helps to keep people from being intimidated by the eloquence of a long-winded pray-er.</span><span id="E559" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> I depend on you to add to my thought. We are unified, we stay engaged, we stay on topic. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E564" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E565">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E566" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How do these descriptors apply t</span><span id="E567">o concerted (</span><span id="E568" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">'</span><span id="E569">performed together</span><span id="E570" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">;</span><span id="E571"> in cooperation</span><span id="E572" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">'</span><span id="E573">)</span><span id="E574" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> praying?</span><span id="E575" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> </span></strong></span></p>
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<li id="E576" class="qowt-li-4_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E577" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault" style="font-size:12pt;">Worship-bred (birthed in worship)</span></li>
<li class="qowt-li-4_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Spirit-led (yielded to ...)</span></li>
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<p id="E590" class="qowt-li-0_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-4"><span id="E591" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault" style="font-size:12pt;">CAROLYN>>> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E593" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">I have not used such a rubric for prayer, but I can see where, in many ways, it follows along with my thinking on group intercession. God invites us into partnering with him in prayer. It helps us to begin our prayer from a place of having God and his nature front and center (worship-bred). </span><span id="E595" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">We yield to the Spirit as we listen for directives about how to pray. Sometimes the Spirit directs by giving an image, a word, a Scripture. That can led us to pray in a particular way that we had not thought of logically. I have examples of this in the book. Scripture, of course, is critical to feeding intercession. Think even of how many times The Lord’s Prayer has been prayed through the centuries! It is Jesus’ answer to the disciples request to be taught how to pray. Then, lastly, is the agreement of the body of believers in conversational prayer. Here is real unity, oneness of heart and mind and soul. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E598" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E599">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E600" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">One more exhortation or encouragement to equip us to reset how we think about collaborative prayer?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E602" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E603">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E604"> Many churches have a mission statement. No doubt, there was much prayer undertaken when the mission statement was determined. But what prayer has happened around that mission statement recently? Brainstorming around the mission statement – what would the community look like, here in the pews, and outside the church walls, if we were to fully live into that mission statement and then focusing your prayer time on the outworking of that mission statement is a great place to start praying in an effective manner.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E607" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E608">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E609" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">Carolyn, please write a prayer pastors and prayer lea</span><span id="E610">ders can use to reimagine praying when "two or three</span><span id="E611" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> of my followers</span><span id="E612"> gather together</span><span id="E613" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">..." </span><span id="E614">(Matthew 18:20)</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E616" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E617">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E618"><em>Lord, teach us to pray.</em> </span></span></p>
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<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>NEXT STEPS ~ <span style="font-size:14pt;">This interview is included in the <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/leadership-lab-learn-the-art-of-facilitating-collaborative-prayer" target="_blank">Leadership Lab</a>: Learn The Art of Facilitating Collaborative Prayer or Planning</span></em></span></p>
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<h1 class="hidden-xs">Carolyn Carney</h1>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Carolyn Carney is the national director of spiritual formation for <a href="https://intervarsity.org/" target="_blank">InterVarsity Christian Fellowship</a>. She has a master of arts in spiritual formation and leadership from Spring Arbor University and serves as a spiritual director and retreat leader. She has led prayer groups and intercessory prayer training for more than thirty-five years. Carolyn lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with her husband, David, and their exceptional dog, Keeley.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Read her article "<a href="https://www.ivpress.com/pages/content/2-simple-ways-to-revitalize-your-church-with-group-prayer?source=carolyn-carney">2 Simple Ways to Revitalize Your Church with Group Prayer</a>."</span></p>
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<p> </p></div>SpotLIGHT: Reset Your Prayer Strategyhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/spotlight-reset-your-prayer-strategy2022-11-17T14:26:44.000Z2022-11-17T14:26:44.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>SpotLIGHT: Reset Your Prayer Strategy</strong></em></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>RESET Your Prayer Strategy</strong></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pastors, Business Leaders, Small Groups, Community</strong></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The <span class="il">SpotLIGHT</span> Interview + 10 Teachings/Templates from Prayer Assist</strong></span></p>
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<p>Thomas Bush, has been involved with prayer ministry since the early 1990’s. </p>
<p>He has significant background and experience with prayer and prayer ministry that ranges from working with individuals to establishing city-wide prayer networks.</p>
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<p>Thomas Bush currently serves as:</p>
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<li>Prayer Assist Director/Prayer Strategist</li>
<li>Member of America’s National Prayer Committee</li>
<li>Southern California Coordinator for The National Day of Prayer Task Force</li>
<li>Prayer Consultant, California Southern Baptist Convention and Volunteer Prayer Coordinator, San Diego Southern Baptist Association (200 churches)</li>
<li>San Diego County Regional Prayer Network Coordinator</li>
<li>Prayer Consultant/Advisor to: Child Evangelism Fellowship, Exponential, Family Resource Council, GoodCities, Luis Palau City (Vision San Diego), Mission America and Promise Keepers.</li>
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<p>Thomas has the character of Epaphras in Colossians 4:12 as one who “always contends for you in his prayers so you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.” (HCSB)</p>
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<p align="justify">"God’s people cannot become fully developed disciples without a vibrant prayer life. Developing the prayer life of disciples is the core of our ministry."</p>
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<p align="justify">PRAYER ASSIST supports pastors, congregations, prayer teams, ministries, business leaders, and individuals with enhancing their connection to God by providing prayer ministry coaching, prayer training, and customized prayer resources.</p>
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<p align="justify">The spiritual vitality of an individual or organization is an indicator of their connection with God. People with vital connection to God live with greater strength and purpose.</p>
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<p align="justify">Prayer Assist is committed to seeing prayer-energized individuals and organizations..</p>
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<p align="justify">Through its ministry expertise, gifting, and ministry partners, Prayer Assist aids individuals and organizations in achieving their spiritual potential by providing prayer ministry coaching, training, quality prayer resources, strategy, and prayer mobilization.</p>
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<p> </p></div>#ReimagineEVANGELISM...Out of The Seats; Into The Streetshttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineevangelism-out-of-the-seats-into-the-streets2020-08-15T22:02:43.000Z2020-08-15T22:02:43.000ZReimagine Curatorhttps://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC<div><h2 class="post-title">Prayer Evangelism</h2>
<div class="post-author">By Phil Miglioratti</div>
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<h2><strong>TAKING PRAYER OUT OF THE SEATS INTO THE STREETS</strong></h2>
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<h3>By Phil Miglioratti</h3>
<p>“It is time to get the people out of their seats and into the streets.” That thought scrolled across my mind as a clear and compelling message from the Lord in the late spring of 2005. As interim pastor of the Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago, I was responsible for the Wednesday evening prayer gathering and had been seeking the Lord’s direction for our summer months of praying together. His words to me that day would impact the congregation and my approach to prayer more than I realized at the time.</p>
<p>UBC met in a one hundred year old church facility situated on a busy urban corner: McDonald’s directly across the street, several nursing homes for emotionally damaged men and women, a wide diversity of ethic restaurants, and a homeless shelter. The corner was known throughout the community for clandestine drug buys and prostitution. It was time for the Body of Christ to act.</p>
<p>According to Associate Pastor Mark Jones, “UBC from its beginnings has always been a church deeply involved in our community. Founding Pastor Jim Queen had a vision to see people drawn to Christ by the church addressing the needs of the community. UBC focused on community outreach programs that intentionally embraced street people, ethnic/language groups, an institutional ministry, single parent families and seniors. In the 80s and 90s, ESL classes were offered to Asian, African, European refugees who were inundating the community.</p>
<p>More recently, several members of UBC had become active in CAPS (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategies), a partnership of city services and neighborhood-based groups to combat crime and constructively address community issues. “Historically UBC has been filled with Christians with a heart to see the church practically impact the community,” Jones reports.“</p>
<p>Our summer strategy was simple, yet truly strategic. Throughout June, we took our Wednesday evening prayer meeting out of the building. Each week, after a brief explanation or training on how to prayerwalk, we did just that. In pairs and triplets we strolled up and down the busy streets of Wilson and Sheridan. As we did, the Holy Spirit opened the eyes of our hearts (Ephesians 1:18) and allowed us to see the spiritual hurts and hopes behind the obvious physical circumstances. Our excursions into the neighborhood were followed by a debrief discussion of both what we had seen and prayed and what we were learning about not merely praying for the community but praying in the community. June was a month of asking the Lord to change the spiritual climate in Uptown.</p>
<p>According to Pastor Jones, </p>
<p>“these prayerwalks enabled church members to see the needs but also to get used to being out in the community. During July and August, we set up tables with lemonade along with church information, Bibles, tracks etc. Beginning with a brief time of prayer and preparation, we trained our people not to force the gospel but offer them free lemonade and free prayer and watch what happens.<br /> <br /> “When we would offer free lemonade and free prayer some people would only take the lemonade, some would refuse and walk away, but some were so moved by our offer to pray for them that they would open up and share personal prayer needs with us. Because we talked beforehand our people were prepared for these varied responses.”</p>
<p>The news of this simple act of kindness spread quickly. The CAPS Director asked me to speak to all 25 of its district organizers about what we were doing. When a British Broadcasting Corporation crew came to the USA to do a story on effective community policing, they asked the Chicago Police to give them their best practice site for community policing. The police sent them to us at Uptown Baptist Church! The BBC filmed an entire Wednesday night prayer meeting and then interviewed new senior pastor Michael Allen afterwards. When the story was aired several weeks later in the United Kingdom, it moved a pastor from Leeds to travel to Chicago to learn more about how his church could have a greater community impact for Christ.</p>
<p>“The Mayor’s staff in the CAPS office continued to highlight our efforts and invited me to meet the mayor to share first hand what we had been doing and the dramatic effect it had,” said Allen. “The Police Commander of the 23rd district sent me crime statistical reports which demonstrated a dramatic decline in reported crime in the Uptown Community and particularly around the Church and he credits in part our cooperation with the CAPS program in doing what we do best and being who we are . . . Christian.”</p>
<p>Both Pastor Allen and Pastor Jones agree, “one of the great blessings of this ministry is how God used everyday people to reach and touch the lost and hurting in our community. We were simply people who cared for our community and wanted to be a blessing. As we stepped out of our seats and into the streets the Lord blessed our faithfulness. I cannot tell you how many from the neighborhood expressed appreciation that our church was out in the community.”</p>
<p><strong>–Phil Miglioratti</strong> is the director of the <a href="http://www.nppn.org/" target="_blank">National Pastors Prayer Network</a> and a Community Reaching Facilitator for<a href="http://missionamerica.org/" target="_blank">Mission America</a>.</p>
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