We are committed to pray, as Jesus commands his followers in Matthew 9:38 – “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Indeed, we are not primarily a missionary-sending organization. We are a praying “league”, a community of men and women who are committed to prayer as a key methodology for advancing the Gospel of Christ. Prayer is the working method of our mission. (Handbook, 18).
You can become a member of our praying community by clicking here.
You can sign up your congregation by entering information here.
And here are a few related questions and answers about our praying community…
Yes indeed we do. Every day of the week, we pray at our offices in Minneapolis and Camrose. Every week of the year, we pray here and there in small groups. From time to time throughout the year, we gather in larger groups, too, to hear report of God’s activity around the world — and join him in pursuing it through prayer.
Our Handbook presents a few of the implications, from our point of view…
- Since God gives our resources in answer to prayer, we will not solicit human beings. We envision mutual accountability as we hold one another to this common commitment.
- Since God gives our resources, we will continue to treat them “as from the hand of God” – honoring financial designations explicitly.
- We will treat our personnel “as from the hand of God” as well – respecting insofar as possible each individual calling within our overall work and fellowship. (Par. 19, a-c)
On the one hand, we read that Jesus commanded his followers to pray: this seems a good place to begin. And then, we have come to believe that prayer changes things. We have seen its fruit with our own eyes. We believe that God invites us to join him in the transformation of the world by the power of his grace through partnership in prayer.
Many thousands have joined the team by becoming praying members of our community. Members receive a monthly guide to stimulate and guide their prayers, suitable for individual use or in a small group. You may sign up online, right here.
Entire congregations have affliated within our community as congregational members. We are happy to provide them with additional copies of our monthly prayer guide, and other printed and electronic materials that they may find useful. Congregations can sign up here.
Here are a few…
- Band together with like minded friends from around the world…
- Work and pray together for the transformation of the world, by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Explore the possibilities for cross-cultural service.
- Receive our monthly newsletter, “Together in Prayer.”
- Receive our occasional magazine, “Fellow Workers.”
- Members are also eligible to vote for our Home Council, the governing board of our community.
No, they do not. We have covenanted together never to ask our members for financial contributions. Our Handbook puts it this way: “No direct solicitation of funds is made, either to individuals or to churches and church groups.” (Par. 125)
