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Welcome to the Promotional
and Informational network of
Leadership 21, where people can
begin to connect, grow, and
serve in God's plan for their
lives.
Doug often says that he “backed
into” the prayer movement. After
almost two decades of offering
teaching-training ministry to
local churches, prayer, he
discovered was the missing
element in both the life of the
church and the personal daily
life of the typical believer.
For that reason, Alive
Ministries refocused much of its
attention to prayer training,
offering Schools of Prayer and
coaching in the area of prayer
ministries.
The heart of prayer is
worship – a love
relationship with God through
Christ. And the edge of prayer
is always mission. The
goal of prayer is for us to so
experience the transforming love
of God in intimacy with him that
we end up as channels of that
same love to those who don’t
have a personal and vitally
transforming relationship with
God, through Jesus Christ.
Prayer can never be a
mere sweet private thing. The
goal is personal awakening,
spiritual renewal in us and
others, in the church and the
city, and finally, cultural
transformation.
Transforming Churches
into Houses of Prayer
Jesus said, “My house
shall be a house of prayer – for
the nations!” Project Pray
is working to help churches
bring prayer back to the center
of all they do. Doug’s book,
“Transforming the Church into a
House of Prayer”, and the
accompanying DVD training
series, are designed to coach
church prayer leaders in
establishing effective prayer
and evangelism ministries in
their congregation. The book is
now in its second printing.
A more recent book,
"Prayer - the Heartbeat of the
Church" comes with a
companion resource guide, a
six-week devotional guide, a
leader's guide, and a DVD. It is
great series for the whole
church. Chapters include: What
is prayer?; Personal prayer;
Family Prayer; the Church at
Prayer; Prayer Evangelism; and
Longing for a Great Awakening!
The entire kit is available with
multiple copy discounts. Use in
for a personal study or a Sunday
School class, or as a series for
the whole church.
Transformational
Prayer Encounters
Doug has conducted prayer
summits with pastors and
marketplace leaders of virtually
every denomination in the
nation. In these events, hearts
have melted and bonds of unity
have formed. In dozens of cities
where prayer summits have been
held, pastors continue to pray
together and conduct unified
efforts designed to demonstrate
the love of God to the
community.
Schools of Prayer
Six different "Schools of
Prayer" are available to be
hosted by local churches.
Each School is typically a
day-long, six-hour prayer
training experience. Schools are
offered in three different areas
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prayer leadership
training,
learning about
prayer and
experiencing
prayer. Some of the Schools are
available on DVD. Sponsor a
School of Prayer. The
registration threshold is only
100 participants.
Prayer Impact Sundays
When Doug speaks for local
churches, he encourages them to
make the day extraordinary by
packing it with
multiple learning and prayer
experience opportunities.
Consider hosting a "Prayer
Impact Sunday" at your church!
Family Life
Enrichment
Doug often speaks at couple's
events, men's retreats and
family conferences. Alive
Ministries offers a Family Life
Enrichment seminar. In fact,
there is a build-your-own option
available. The Couple's Clinic
is the family life seminar Doug
has presented to thousands of
couples. In that experience,
couples learn about the stages
of marriage - the tough times.
They discover their learned
conflict style and basic
relfective listening skills that
focus on conciliation. They look
at the Jesus-style of
forgiveness.
Build Your Own
In order to be flexible and
serve more effectively, Doug has
a number workshop topics ranging
from prayer to leadership, from
family life to men's issues, and
more. Those planning to have
Doug speak at conference might
want to review the list to be
more informed about options. And
then, we can style a conference
to meet your specific needs.
Call us.
A Leadership Prayer
Network
Join the Prayer Leadership
Netword and get connected to the
latest resources available,
prayer news, resource updates,
prayer events, and more. There
is no cost.
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