Ideas For Evangelism - Way of Life Literature

“Of those responding to the survey were ‘manytestimonies from church leaders about themiraculous work of God after a new corporate prayeremphasis was begun, or after the leadership of thechurch called the people to an extended lime ofprayer and fasting. Not only did numerical andevangelistic growth result, but new ministries oftenbegan as well’” (Rainer, p. 152).“A pastor in Alabama described the organization ofhis church’s prayer room as follows. Six Rolodexfiles are placed on one long table. The files includecards in one of six categories.1. Lost persons -- by name or relationship tosomeone2. Physical needs, sickness, etc.3. Other intercessory needs: financial, job, relational,grief, etc.4. Church, staff, missionaries5. All church members’ names and their families6. The praise file -- answered prayers!“Each person is instructed to spend ten minutes ateach Rolodex ‘station.’ A colored clip marks the pointwhere the previous intercessor ended. The person inthe room moves the clip to his ending point as well.The pastor commented that many of the people hadnever before prayed for one hour withoutinterruption. They testified of their own spiritualgrowth as an intercessor” (Rainer, p. 73).Many churches in the survey indicated that the pastor andstaff meet regularly to pray for the lost.In one church the members volunteer one hour per weekto specifically pray for lost people. This church hasconsequently experienced much conversion growth.Rainer further observes:“I recently reviewed my consultation notes of dozensof churches I visited over the past few years. Most ofthem were in a slow decline that we sometimesmislabel ‘plateau.’ Perhaps more than any single