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The Prayer Coordinator
The prayer coordinator is a member of the church who organizes, schedules, and provides general leadership for the church's prayer activities. Together with the pastor, the prayer coordinator gives energy and direction to the church's prayer organization.
Appointing and publicly recognizing a prayer coordinator is vital for any church that wants to establish a separate prayer ministry. Appointing a coordinator:
- signals to the church that prayer is important.
- brings attention to the ministry.
- ensures that the ministry will not fade or be forgotten.
- provides a way to recruit ministry participants and to encourage greater participation in prayer.
(The above information is taken from Face to Face with God, by Bjorn Pedersen (Augsburg)
Qualifications of a Prayer Coordinator
- The prayer coordinator should be called of God as one with special gifting and desire to pray. He/She must exhibit a strong personal prayer life in order to lead with authority. You can only lead people to the depth in prayer you have gone yourself.
- He/She should exhibit proven leadership skills. It is often difficult to find a person who is both an intercessor and a leader, but it is essential that a prayer coordinator possess both qualities. Many pastors have made the mistake of selecting as a prayer coordinator the person in the congregation who has the greatest desire to pray. This may not be the best person for the job. Unless he/she also possesses qualified leadership skill, he will not be able to mobilize others to pray and the prayer ministry very often never gets off the ground.
- He/She must show proven spiritual maturity.
- The prayer coordinator must be committed to the pastor as a leader and to the vision and purpose of the church.
- He/she should have a good reputation in the congregation and the confidence of your church leadership
- The prayer coordinator must have the ability to lead or learn to lead small group and corporate prayer.
- It is helpful but not necessary if the person has the ability to teach.
- He/She must be a team player; much of the success of the prayer ministry will depend upon the prayer coordinator's ability to develop and work with a prayer team.
- He/She must have enough time to coordinate the activities of the prayer ministry and attend key prayer events in the church and the community.
- The prayer coordinator should have a teachable spirit with the time and desire to become further trained in his/her prayer ministry in the church.
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