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IPHC Prayer Leader's Training Conference
What a great experience to spend time with Bishop Dale Adams of the Pennsylvania International Pentecostal Holiness Conference, his pastors and prayer leaders. Many of them had read the book, Transforming Your Church into a House of Prayer and watched the companion video series.Doug shared with pastors and church leaders as they consider launching an ongoing prayer training effort, Prayer Leaders Continuing Education with Project Pray. Miami Pastor's Conference / Pastor's Consultation
Pastors from across Miami gathered for their 20th Annual Prayer Summit. Hundreds of pastors have participated in the tri-lingual event each year. As a result, eleven prayer groups of almost 200 pastors meet weekly throughout the two-county area from Homestead to North Miami. They are prayer-walking the city with powerful results. Former cult centers are now churches, as well as, former bars. Little by little, they are impacting the city of Miami and south Florida.
These prayer summits have reached beyond the pastors - to their spouses, and to the city, gathering as many as 15,000 people in a March for Jesus all-day prayer rally. Now the pastors are considering moving forward with a city-impact process that reaches the marketplace, intercessors, and brings their congregations together. Your city can do the same thing!
For more information on city-wide process complete this form and check PC2LN. 
Asheville, NC
Pastors and prayer leaders from the Asheville, NC area invited Doug to share on the prayer process. In a recent gathering, hundreds joined in a weekend of prayer and unity. Now the goal is to move from an event to a process of connection and ongoing training.
Leaders from the city connected in a consultation via conference call on the city-prayer movement with Doug Small. Doug works with the Mission America Coalition and the National Prayer Committee in establishing 'Prayer-Connect Community Leadership Networks' (PC2LN). These 'prayer councils' connect people of prayer across the city/county, but they are more than prayer efforts. They are a foundation for a prayer-care-share strategy.
Connect to the calls. You can also join a select group of city prayer leadership teams that meet with Doug, by phone, every other week for ongoing consultation and coaching on city-prayer processes. Email dougsmall@projectpray.org for more details.
 East Tennessee
What a great time at theHarriman Camp Meeting. Doug shared on Sunday morning and evening. Other speakers for the event were Dr. Mark Williamsand Dr. Tim Hill. Thanks to Pastor Jeff Blackburn and this growing church for a vision to reach out to their community with this annual spiritual life event.
Texas
More than a hundred pastors and leaders gathered for an equipping evening at the Church of God campground in Weatherford, TX. The following day, a hundred or so tarried for a six-hour prayer meeting. Using the 'prayer summit' model, participants prayed and sang, read scripture and repented before God. Maps of Texas were laid on the floor and many wept over the state for revival through a virtual prayer walk across Texas calling out the names of cities where churches needed to be planted. Thanks to Bishop Les Higgins, Texas Church of God Administrative Bishop for the vision for such a day of prayer and thanks to state prayer leader, Pastor Steve Molten.
Deland, FL - City Wide Meeting
It was Doug's privilege to speak at the Deland, FL special community prayer service on September 11. Folks gathered at the high school from a variety of denominations. Doug shared the story of the Appeal to Heaven flag and how God changed the nation, and how he might do it again. City-leaders were present as well as the school board chairperson. Thanks to Pastor Mark Schrade who is providing leadership not only for the Deland Church of God, but for the city. On Sunday, Doug shared with that congregation. On Saturday, he led them in a School of Prayer, Praying through the Tabernacle. The school is based on his book, Principles of Worship: A Study of the Tabernacle of Moses. The book is available along with a Power Point companion of more than 350 full-color, animated slide, keyed to the book.
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January 10-31 - 9:00pm EST Nightly Prayer with Jesus to Reset our Generation
Virtual Prayer Meeting Join this virtual prayer meeting at home via phone. The prayer meeting will be led by such prominent leaders as Dr. Mark Williams, Josh McDowell, Mark Batterson, Ronnie Floyd, Doug Stringer, Stormie Ormartian, George Wood, Steve Gaines, Harry Jackson, Michael Lewis, Mark Dance, Steve Hawthorne, Dave Butts, Jeremy Story - and others. At least a dozen different denominations will take part in this nightly call. Imagine hundreds, thousands, of people praying along with national leaders for revival and spiritual awakening. Look for more information on how you and your church can connect with this call. Doug Small and Claude King will co-host the calls, along with members of the City Prayer Vision Call team. Each night, you will hear fresh reports of revival and awakening across the nation. We are praying and fanning the flames of and for Great Awakening.
February 12-14
A Prayer Training event for Ministry to Military leaders in Europe
 Doug and Barbara will travel to Belgium to train leaders for the Ministry to Military effort across Germany. We are so grateful for Jennie Humann and her passion for the Ministry to Military Centers to become vital houses of prayer. Recently, God blessed Jennie's husband, Brian as Executive Director of Chateau de Thieusies' facility and ministries under Impact Youth Worldwide and Rawlings Foundation. Learn more about their ministry and give a donation. PCCNA Prayer Commission Consultation Plan to attend the first ever Pentecostal Charismatic Congregations of North America 'Prayer Commission Consultation' in Dallas, TX. The meeting is open to Denominational Prayer Leaders at the national, state and regional levels; para-church and specialized prayer leaders. The commission was recently launched by Dr. Jeff Farmer, the CEO of the PCCNA. P. Douglas Small is the chair of the commission, along with Lou Shirey (IPHC) and John Maempa (Assembly of God). Learn more> April 11-16 50 Nation Africa Training EventThe goal of this event is to train prayer leaders for fifty African nations. This could be a watershed, strategic endeavor. It is Doug's desire to put into the hands of these nation-changing leaders, every resource he has available.
Would you help with this project?
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World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk
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Great Day of Prayer
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The vision and focus of the Global Day of Prayer has remained consistent: the glory of Christ and the blessing of the nations. OnJune 8, Pentecost Sunday, Christians in nations all around the world will gather locally, but pray globally in repentance and hope. A unique element of this initiative is "A Prayer for the World" which is a prayer guide that takes about 5 minutes to pray together. It can be shared in church services or prayer groups.
In conjunction with this one of prayer, there is 10 days of focused, biblical prayers leading up to Pentecost Sunday. This 10 days of prayer begins today, May 29. These days of prayer will help prepare our hearts as we unite in "A Prayer for the World" on June 8. A prayer guide is available.
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World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk
July 28
Special Guest:
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Call 2 Fall
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June 27-July 28
30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World
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Great Day of Prayer
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Alive Publications is an outreach of Alive Ministries: PROJECT PRAY. Products featured are books, CDs and DVDs created by the ministry, written and produced by P. Douglas Small, as well as, many other prayer publications by other authors.
In addition to books and audio-visual teaching materials, the ministry offers other support materials such as prayer banners; a prayer kiosk; a prayer-box outreach kit and more.
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The Case for Community Leadership Teams
Read the stories of people who often as the result of some jarring event that served as a call to reality, concluded that their community would not change unless someone stepped forward to lead such change, and they often felt themselves the most unlikely person to do so.
The purpose of this book is to fan the flames of the movement, to offer ideas for those just beginning, and propose, a means to connect these grassroots prayer and impact movements.
Personal and Family Prayer, Volume II
A collection of substantive reflections on prayer. Contributors include global and national leaders, as well as Church of God authors, leaders and intercessors. Examines the history of prayer and the family, fathers and prayer, the family altar, the missional family and prayer, perspectives on personal prayer, establishing a prayer room.
The tabernacle is a template for prayer and worship, a roadmap into God's presence, a call for balance in prayer and worship. You will find the principles here dynamic. The Law and the Tabernacle, both given at the same time and on the same mountain, are a "schoolmaster" to bring us to Christ.
Pastors and prayer leaders from a half-dozen states and several denominations have now completed Prayer Coaching calls now being offered by PROJECT PRAY and Church of God Prayer Ministries.
Steve Molten, and the prayer leader for Church of God Texas,have extended the coaching calls to prayer gatherings. Recently, retired pastors and spouses on the Texas campground gathered for prayer. "It was a wonderful time of fellowship and our time of prayer was blessed with God's Holy Spirit presence. I wish you could have heard them as they testified and prayed."
In New Jersey and Michigan, the Church of God Administrative Bishops, Steve Smith and Dwight Spivey, and the State Councils led the way in the Prayer Coaching calls. Those who have gone through the experience have commented about 'new ideas,' 'new ways of viewing prayer,' 'a whole new perspective on scriptures,' 'a more satisfying prayer life.'
Doug Small says, "Our biggest obstacle is a narrow view of prayer. We tend to see it as acquisition. We see prayer leaders as intercessors. But the heart of prayer is neither petition or intercession - it is a love relationship with God. Communion. Entertaining God. It is about His Presence. The breadth of our prayer reach in intercession is determined by the depth of this relational aspect. Until pastors, prayer leaders, and people fall in love with the Lord again, and delight in daily times with God, for the sheer pleasure of His Presence, our prayer ministry efforts are doomed to fail."
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The calls are weekly, for six weeks.Email laura@projectpray.org to sign-up for the next session of coaching calls, which will begin in July.
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May 1
National Day of Prayer
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At each Regional Prayer Conference, Alive Ministries: PROJECT PRAY will offer a pre-conference focused on the Prayer Trainer's Network.
Individuals wanting more information about the network or interested in exploring the possibility of becoming a trainer are welcome to attend the event. There is no additional charge for the pre-conference.
This is a new model for prayer leadership training. The idea has been in development for some time. Small says, "The greatest need to move the prayer process forward in churches is the development of prayer leaders!" Prayer leaders, in many cases, have not been commissioned. Few churches have a definitive prayer leadership team. And the prayer process goes nowhere unless someone is committed to attend the altar and maintain prayer-fire.
The immediate goal is the identification of 'Prayer Trainers' who can facilitate groups of prayer leaders from various churches "creating a forum for prayer leaders to learn from and encourage one another, and also to hear about fresh resources and get bite-size training, just enough to move them down the road a bit."
The most effective use will be a group of churches who come together for training, at least once a quarter, who agree to walk together, to encourage one another's prayer process. These clusters of prayer learning groups can be denominational in nature; or interdenominational.
Next meeting for 2014:
Thursday, May 1
12:00pm-4:30pm
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Following each of the 2014 Regional Prayer Conferences,individuals and teams from cities are invited to a session led by Doug Small who will introduce this rare joint project of the Mission America Coalition and the National Prayer Committee. Dave Butts, chairman of the National Prayer Committee noted, "While the national leaders of prayer organizations gather at least annually for collaboration on the prayer needs of the nation, their local representatives have no corresponding on-going connection." The goal of the network will be to nurture the formation of new local networks, increase awareness of resources, and facilitate communication across the nation between these local community prayer efforts.
Next meeting for 2014:
Saturday, May 3
8:30am-12:30pm
The month of October
November 10
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
United Nations Prayer Initiative
Seek God for the City 2014
March 5-April 14
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Featured Publication
Principles of Worship
A Study of the Tabernacle of Moses
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Each state - almost all the states - have a representative that rallies prayer for the governor of that state, regardless of the political party. If you are interested in whether or not your state has a Governor's Prayer Team leader or being involved in this vital ministry check out their website>
This Christian ministry, led by Frank Allen, presents the love of Christ to the poor.
We praise God that collectively the ministry was able to make September's monetary goals, but the need is still great.
Read about a day in the life of Frank>
Read more about recent updates from the ministry>
Check out the ministry at their website>
Around the World
Maaloula, SYRIA
Conference Calls
Tuesday, Oct 8
Praying Church Movement Call
Thursday, Oct 10
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Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
October 14-20
EXPOSED 2013
Shining light on global corruption.
October 18-19
National Day of Prayer
Live Broadcast
October 27
November
United Nations Prayer Initiative
A network of local prayer leaders who are on a journey to bring
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of all they do.
Find out ways you can support the Prayer Effort!
Great Day of Prayer - Sunday, October 6
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The Billion Soul Global Prayer Task Force, commissioned by world leaders from the annual Global Church Linking Forum, is leading a global effort to challenge the Global Church to collectively pray at least one billion prayer minutes for the unreached peoples of the world. The overarching purpose is to bring awareness, aim and action toward praying for the salvation of the lost and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. It all begins on October 27, 2013! Be sure to join the global effort!
Learn more at billion.tv>Miami Pastors Prayer Summit Learn more
Sept 23
Pray, Randolph
County Pray!
Sept 25
See you at the Pole
Sept 18-26
Sept 29 - Oct 19
Middle East Prayer Assembly
Sunday, Oct 6
October 14-20
EXPOSED 2013
Shining light on global corruption.
October 18-19
National Day of Prayer
Live Broadcast
October 27
November
United Nations Prayer Initiative
Featured Publication
Principles of Worship
A Study of the Tabernacle of Moses
Read about it>
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Pray, Randolph County Pray!
Monday, September 23, 2013
6:00 PM
Sandy Creek Church
Join Doug Small and leaders from Randolph County on September 23, at the historic log church at Sandy Creek, for a county-wide prayer meeting. The event is sponsored by 'Pray, Randolph County Pray!' - a diverse group of churches that are seeking to engage the county in a prayer-care-share strategy.
Steve Sells, of the Randolph County Baptist Association reserved the historic site for the meeting, recalling that this site was the great-grandmother of Baptist churches throughout the south.
Some call it the 'ignored Great Awakening!' Beginning in 1755, its affects were felt for a century. The epic center was Sandy Creek, just northeast of Asheboro, North Carolina, but the radiating impact reached into Virginia and southward through South
He moved south and settled at the crossroads called Sandy Creek. On June 13, 1755, his infant church had 16 members. Over the next 13 years, 17 men responded to a call to preach the gospel. Sandy Creek had become a miniature preacher machine. In that season, the Piedmont region of
North Carolina was a veritable wilderness with a moral vacuum. Few churches and fewer preachers existed. So people began to beat a path to Sandy Creek. The population of central and western North Carolina was about 25,000, and the whole state had only 73,000 residents. The total number living in all of VA, NC, SC and GA were a bit more than a quarter of million. Still, between November, 1755 and January, 1758, over 900 were baptized - the equivalent of 3.6 percent of the regional population. Some 590 became members of the Sandy Creek congregation.
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n 1769, a business meeting drew 1200 people to the tiny church, almost 5 percent of the regional population, virtually one in twenty of all the folks in central an
d western North Carolina. Today, that would constitute a state-wide ecclesiastic gathering of a half-million Christians. With other churches popping up as a result of the revival, an association of churches was formed in 1758, the 3rd oldest in the nation. By 1771, the year Shubal Stearns died, the Sandy Creek church had given birth to 47 other congregations, birthing almost 3 per year. It is estimated that over 1,000 churches came from Sandy Creek.
One report provides a glimpse of the passion of those involved in the revival. On June 4, 1768, John Waller, Lewis Craig and James Childs were arrested and brought before a board of three magistrates who convened in the church-yard, and demanded that they appear in court or pay a stunning fine of one thousand pounds. The charge was disturbing the peace. The opposing
lawyer made their crime clear, "These men are great disturbers of the peace, they cannot meet a man upon the road, but they must ram a text of scripture down his throat."[1]Evidently, passionate witnessing abounded even on the roads, by Christian men impacted by the revival, and a community feeling the weight of such confrontation.
Join pastors and invited laymen at Sandy Creek onSeptember 23, for a 'back to the future' gathering. Space is limited in the log structure.
Monday, September 23, 2013
6:00 PM
Sandy Creek Church
[1] Robert Baylor Semple, History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1810, p. 15.
Sept 25
See you at the Pole
Middle East Prayer Assembly
Great Day of Prayer
and
October 14-20
EXPOSED 2013
Shining light on global corruption.
October 18-19
National Day of Prayer
Live Broadcast
United Nations Prayer Initiative
Featured Publication
Principles of Worship
A Study of the Tabernacle of Moses
Read about it>
"I remain convinced, that the only hope for the nation is the cultivation of a praying people, and that requires a major shift in our theology of prayer and the current practice of prayer. It is a sheer rock cliff we are scaling - but once the paradigm shifts, awakening is unstoppable," Doug Small noted. "What we need now are small, sure and certain steps, by pastors and prayer leaders - incremental changes, that though small, will yield great results in the long term."
The Prayer Trainers Network is now in its infancy. Mentoring training is available, and soon the manual - not only for the training, but also for the curriculum for the first year of on-going Continuing Education for Prayer Leaders will be available in one volume.
If you are interested in the training and in perhaps leading a group of prayer learner-leaders in your church or area, contact Project Pray,dougsmall@projectpray.org.
Proposition - we are considering regional Praying Church Conferences. Would you be willing to host one? If so, give us a call, 1-855-842-5483 or emailbarbarasmall@projectpray.org.
The Community Prayer Council
As a part of the post-conference in Cartersville, under the joint banner of the Mission America Coalition and the National Prayer Committee, Doug Small held a post-conference establishing community prayer teams. The website is up in basic form, and still be worked on, and the idea is still developing. Small says, "A ton of these are already functioning. But they are not resourced or well-connected nationally. The goal is to find a way to connect the grass-roots prayer effort and fan the flames of community transformation.
Check out www.pc2ln.org.
Special Central North Carolina Prayer MeetingMonday, September 23
6:00 PM
Sandy Creek Church
Tuesday, Sept 10
Praying Church Movement Call
Thursday, Sept 12
Sept 11
Cry Out America
Aug 4-Sept 14
Sept 16-18
Miami Pastors Prayer Summit
Sept 25
See you at the Pole
Global Day of Student Prayer
September 18-26
All People's Prayer Assembly
New Zealand
Sept 29-Oct 19
21 Days of Global Harvest
Pursuing God for Spiritual Awakening and Global Harvest
October 1-4
Middle East Prayer Assembly
Prayer for the Middle East
Sunday, Oct 6
Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
October 14-20
EXPOSED 2013
Shining light on global corruption.
October 18-19
October 27
It is in our DNA
A recent PEW report offered an interesting perspective on the changing religious landscape in America. Among those who are religiously affiliated, 66 percent say they pray daily; and 22 percent, monthly. Among the unaffiliated, the number drops to 21 percent daily; and 20 percent monthly. So, four-in-ten "nones" overall tell us that they pray at least once a month, and yet half say their religion is "nothing in particular," still more than half keep praying. Prayer is instinctive. Endemic. It is in our DNA.
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The Daily Tribune newspaper (Click through to the article). Pastor Joe Edwards, who hosted the conference at the Church at Liberty Square, noted "We were extremely honored to bring such a gathering of so diverse a group ... we're so excited to have people
like this come." Pastor Edwards called the conference "beyond anything we could have expected." Having the conference in Cartersville was an expression of the on-going interdenominational effort of the churches there to serve the community together.
The more than thirty workshops were crowded, often with overflowing crowds spilling into the hallways due to interest in various prayer ministry topics. "We had some outstanding and nationally known authors and speakers here - and the feedback about the conference has been excellent in content, not to mention inspirational moments," noted Doug Small.
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The Alive Ministries office is working hard to upload workshop recordings and handouts online. Check out
Among the more than thirty workshops presented were:
Workshop presenters included:
Project Pray hopes soon to have two key prayer resources available.
Second, the prayer office is also producing a guide for small churches called The Praying Church Made Simple. It is a tool to cut through the 700 page resource guide and simplify the process into what Small calls the '3-legged stool' of prayer ministries - persistent personal prayer, regular corporate prayer options, and the mentoring of a developing group of potential prayer leaders. Then watch the Holy Spirit work.
PC2LN
After three intense days, the room was still comfortably full of prayer leaders who remained for the post-conference on 'Community Prayer Teams.' Three members of the National Prayer Committee were on hand for the presentation, four including Doug Small, the presenter. Representatives from almost a dozen cities in ten states sat around tables and considered how a network of city-based, prayer leadership teams might network prayer across their city, and then connect literally across the nation.
Small announced the first phase funding need to be $100,000 for the project. He said that would be raised in $250 increments - '400 Mighty Believers' who, as did those who gathered at the cave of Adullum with David, seeking national renewal.
Want to find out how to begin a Community Prayer Leadership Team? Maybe you already have one! Want to support the initiative. Contact dougsmall@projectpray.org. Go towww.pc2ln.org. The site is still under construction. Keep checking back.
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