This handbook is a collection of substantive reflections on prayer. Contributors include global and national leaders, as well as Church of God authors, leaders and intercessors. The completed set includes 4 volumes: Volume II--Personal and Family Prayer; Volume III--The Pastor and the Congregation; Volume IV--Intercessory Prayer and Missions to be released in 2016. The chapters are sprinkled with prayer quotes, and interjected with prayer vignettes. Each chapter is introduced with an historic note or prayer story. The book is contemporary, relevant, addressing cutting edge issues--contextualizing prayer, prophetic and priestly intercession, spiritual mapping, unreached peoples and prayer, a history of prayer including a special focus on the family and prayer, fathers and prayer. Each chapter of the book opens with a wonderful Window Through Time--a story of our history including the call to prayer that led to the mysterious release of Herman Lauster from the Nazi Prison Camp; pioneer stories of such legendary figures as J. W. Buckalew and Paul H. Walker, the stories of prayer and our early Church of God history; profiles of praying leaders and churches; testimonies of God's intervention. It is a relevant book, one that will help you build a strong foundation for the future, without forgetting the past.

A complete guide to growing prayer in a local church, The Praying Church Handbook includes practical ideas and advice on becoming a praying church. The resource includes 30 chapters under 6 sections, all written by local and national prayer leaders who understand the dynamic of prayer in a church setting. The content, which originally appeared in the "Prayer Leader" column of Prayer Connect magazine, is divided into these sections: "Establishing Your Church as a House of Prayer," "Leadership and Prayer Relationships," "Enhancing Corporate Prayer," "Engaging the Family and Generations," "Creating Special Prayer Emphases," and "Special interest Prayer." Carol Madison is the editor of Prayer Connect magazine and the author of Prayer That's Caught and Taught.

This handbook is a collection of substantive reflections on prayer. Contributors include global and national leaders, as well as Church of God authors, leaders and intercessors. The completed set includes 4 volumes: Volume I--Foundations; Volume III--The Pastor and the Congregation; Volume IV--Intercessory Prayer and Missions to be released in 2016. The chapters are sprinkled with prayer quotes, and interjected with prayer vignettes. Each chapter is introduced with an historic note or prayer story. The book is contemporary, relevant, addressing cutting edge issues--contextualizing prayer, prophetic and priestly intercession, spiritual mapping, unreached peoples and prayer, a history of prayer including a special focus on the family and prayer, fathers and prayer. Volume II includes topics such as: Prayer--the Key to Intimacy with God; Humility and Prayer; Living in the Presence of God; The Bible as a Prayer Book; Creating a Personal Prayer Room; Prayer and Fasting; History of the Family Altar; Power of a Father's Faith; Praying for the Salvation of your Children; The Missional Family. It is a relevant book, one that will help you build a strong foundation for the future, without forgetting the past.

This handbook is a collection of substantive reflections on prayer. Contributors include global and national leaders, as well as Church of God authors, leaders and intercessors. The completed set includes 4 volumes: Volume II-Personal and Family Prayer; Volume III-The Pastor and the Congregation; Volume IV-Intercessory Prayer and Missions to be released in 2016. The chapters are sprinkled with prayer quotes, and interjected with prayer vignettes. Each chapter is introduced with an historic note or prayer story. The book is contemporary, relevant, addressing cutting edge issues-contextualizing prayer, prophetic and priestly intercession, spiritual mapping, unreached peoples and prayer, a history of prayer including a special focus on the family and prayer, fathers and prayer. Each chapter of the book opens with a wonderful Window Through Time-a story of our history including the call to prayer that led to the mysterious release of Herman Lauster from the Nazi Prison Camp; pioneer stories of such legendary figures as J. W. Buckalew and Paul H. Walker, the stories of prayer and our early Church of God history; profiles of praying leaders and churches; testimonies of God's intervention. It is a relevant book, one that will help you build a strong foundation for the future, without forgetting the past.

This handbook is a collection of substantive reflections on prayer. Contributors include global and national leaders, as well as Church of God authors, leaders and intercessors. The completed set includes 4 volumes: Volume II-Personal and Family Prayer; Volume III-The Pastor and the Congregation; Volume IV-Intercessory Prayer and Missions to be released in 2016. The chapters are sprinkled with prayer quotes, and interjected with prayer vignettes. Each chapter is introduced with an historic note or prayer story. The book is contemporary, relevant, addressing cutting edge issues-contextualizing prayer, prophetic and priestly intercession, spiritual mapping, unreached peoples and prayer, a history of prayer including a special focus on the family and prayer, fathers and prayer. Each chapter of the book opens with a wonderful Window Through Time-a story of our history including the call to prayer that led to the mysterious release of Herman Lauster from the Nazi Prison Camp; pioneer stories of such legendary figures as J. W. Buckalew and Paul H. Walker, the stories of prayer and our early Church of God history; profiles of praying leaders and churches; testimonies of God's intervention. It is a relevant book, one that will help you build a strong foundation for the future, without forgetting the past.

A complete guide to growing prayer in a local church, The Praying Church Handbook includes practical ideas and advice on becoming a praying church. The resource includes 30 chapters under 6 sections, all written by local and national prayer leaders who understand the dynamic of prayer in a church setting.

The Prayer-Saturated Church provides step-by-step, practical help for mobilizing, organizing, and motivating believers to make their church a house of prayer. Written by a veteran prayer leader with hands-on experience in local church prayer, The Prayer-Saturated Church will enable any church to take prayer to the next level.