State Prayer Leaders hold weekly one
hour statewide prayer conference calls and also participate
in a one hour national prayer call weekly. The State Prayer Leader is encouraged to
invite guest Prayer Leaders from the various prayer
ministries across their state to participate in their
statewide prayer calls (Every joint has something to
supply). Each guest Prayer Leader is encouraged to invite
those from their networks to participate in the call as
well. This offers the cross pollination of prayer focuses
and resources.
State Prayer Leaders are also
encouraged to raise up county Prayer leaders for each county
seat (or Borough & Parish) in their state. County Prayer
Leaders are encouraged to raise up City and Town Prayer
leaders and so on. Each holds conference calls or small
groups of prayer lifting up all those in authority.
We are also very supportive of
special projects and programs developed by our state
leaders. That would include things like prayer gatherings or
prayer walks in or around state capitals or county
courthouses. Another example is sponsored bible studies led
by State Prayer Leaders, recruited pastors or laypeople
taking place in business or government offices. We have also
been involved in the reestablishment of chapels and places
of worship in our state capitals and county court house
buildings.
This is about an 8 hour a week
commitment for those not already involved in prayer
mobilization or leading others to pray. Two of those hours
are spent on prayer calls and the rest is time used
networking with the body, preparing for a special outreach
or prayer focus like the ones I mentioned above.
Through these efforts we encourage
networks of prayer in all of our nation’s
3,140 counties, establishing leaders
of prayer and centering in on a 1 Tim 2:1-6 focus of
intercession.
In our search for statewide ministry
leadership we have been blessed to run across existing
ministries and ministry leaders on a similar path and focus
to our own and we have been honored to come alongside them
in our ministry efforts. Some good examples of this are WI,
IL, and OR. In Wisconsin we have Steven Springer of
www.AdvanceK.com an IHOP affiliate. In Illinois there
are Pastors Stan and Delbra Pratt. They have a church and
also lead as IL State Leaders in the National Day of Prayer.
In Oregon we have Pastor Aaron Auer of
www.RoarOregon.org. Still others have simply had a
mantle for bringing different prayer groups together.
Rev. Walker explains how this
ministry began:
I had been a part of the prayer
mobilization movement for 15 years. I started out as an
event coordinator for the National Day of Prayer Task Force
in Western PA (Erie). Five years later when I moved to the
Indianapolis area I accepted the role of Indiana State
Coordinator, a position I am humbled to still lead in today.
For these 15+ years my personal prayer focus has been based
around 1Timothy 2:1-6. As I spent two sessions ministering
to the Indiana State Assembly establishing bible studies and
outreach to leaders and staffers, the Lord stirred in me the
specific approach to praying for leaders and all those in
authority.
To begin at a common focal point in
the mind’s eye, at first it appeared as a lightning rod… the
Governor. This point quickly dispersed down to the
neighborhood level as the intercessors prayed for those
leaders geographically closest to them and then by applying
feet to their prayer in taking action in the form of simple
acts of kindness and home bible study groups.
Months later (Nov. 2004) a new
Governor was elected to our state and I received a call from
one of his staff simply asking if I was the guy or if I knew
someone who could offer an ongoing prayer covering for the
Governor. We all met a few days later to establish a
relationship and to actually continue something that had
already begun for him just as we had done for the previous
office holder.
Weeks later we had a revelation.
While our Governor and his staff were attending the National
Governors’ Conference someone on his staff had shared with
the other Governors’ staffers that a prayer team had been
established for them. They told of the blessings that the
prayer team’s intercession had brought to them and to their
state. The surprise came later that same day when our office
phone began to ring with requests for similar teams in other
states. Admittedly I found myself feeling a bit reluctant
about being in the midst of a nationwide ministry being born
in front of my very eyes. I was simply trying to do the
right thing for my state and its leaders. This website that
you are reading from stands as a testimony as to what
transpired that day and has since followed.
Consider joining this cause that is
simply driven by God's instruction on worship found in 1 Tim
2:1-6.
