Modern technology keeps getting better and better. Skype, GoToMeeting, and other technologies are opening new opportunities for training people without travel and at little or no expense. More and more ministries are seeing the potential.
One ministry taking full advantage of this technology is Every Home for Christ (EHC) in Colorado Springs, CO. Its president, Dr. Dick Eastman (who wrote “Look What God Is Doing” in this issue), has for decades taught on the topic of prayer and revival. Tens of thousands of individuals and hundreds of churches have benefited from his Change the World School of Prayer. Designed to disciple everyone, from novice to seasoned intercessor, the Change the World School of Prayer covers a wide range of important aspects of prayer.
Prayer for the Nations
Now Every Home for Christ has made much of its teaching on prayer available via downloads at its website. In fact, EHC has a number of good prayer resources available at ehc.org.
There you can sign up for its Global Wall of Prayer, where intercessors commit to pray during a specific time slot (one hour or more) for world evangelization and the completion of the Great Commission. A visible wall shows you how many others are also praying during your time slot.
A free downloadable map features prayer points and information to keep you praying on target. The site also encourages prayer for a different nation each day, including up-to-date information about that nation. EHC nurtures these serious prayer commitments by emailing participants every three months to encourage them and to see if they are continuing with their commitments.
University of Prayer
But the aspect of greatest significance to prayer leaders is the downloadable video teachings of Dick Eastman. He regularly teaches in an ongoing ministry called the University of Prayer at EHC’s headquarters. These teachings are offered as downloads (most of which are free) in MP3 and video formats. But that’s not all. The site also includes a download of the corresponding PowerPoint presentation and a PDF of the note sheets.
The beauty of this is that any church can have a dynamic, internationally acclaimed speaker with powerful insights on prayer, teach its people how to pray! Why not bring Dr. Eastman to a Saturday morning prayer seminar—for free! Have him come to your church for a series of Sunday or Wednesday nights (via video)—for free! Or you might host him as a regular guest Sunday school teacher or have him show up at your small group with his teachings—all at no cost. You get the idea.
It is always a powerful thing to have someone teach your group live because it provides more interaction. But modern technology has invented a way for any church—no matter its size or financial resources—to have a gifted teacher train its people in the area of prayer.
To access information on EHC’s prayer wall, maps, school of prayer, and prayer watch, go to ehc.org and click on Prayer, then Overview. For downloadable teaching videos, at ehc.org, click on Videos, then Teaching.
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