Note . . . This is an unofficial listing of national and state SBC servants
who have a recognized record of leadership in teaching & training in the area of prayer.
As the Spirit leads, you are encouraged to contact individuals directly
if you are curious about their ministry or want to invite them
to your congregation or conference.
This listing is provided as a service to pastors and
leaders of associational & congregational prayer ministries
but is not an official agency endorsement . . . Phil @ IBSA Prayer Ministries
who have a recognized record of leadership in teaching & training in the area of prayer.
As the Spirit leads, you are encouraged to contact individuals directly
if you are curious about their ministry or want to invite them
to your congregation or conference.
This listing is provided as a service to pastors and
leaders of associational & congregational prayer ministries
but is not an official agency endorsement . . . Phil @ IBSA Prayer Ministries
Ed CoxInternational Mission Board
Director of the International Prayer Strategy Office
804.219.1208
ECox@imb.org
Website
What is your prayer passion?
My passion is expressed in my office’s vision statement -- “Southern Baptists: a praying people impacting a lost world.” I’m ready to go anywhere and to do anything that will bring Southern Baptists closer to the fulfillment of this vision.
What is your strength in prayer ministry?
My strength is more in the line of teaching a workshop.
Sample Sermon titles
“Lord, Teach Me to Pray During the Storms of Life”
“Lord, Teach Me to Pray Your Kingdom Come”
Workshop titles
- “Praying for International Missionaries and their Ministries”
- “Prayerwalking”
- “Strategic Prayer for Kingdom Advance”
- “The Prayer of Adoration”
- “Fasting: A Neglected Spiritual Discipline”
- “Prayer Retreats” … Etc ... I enjoy leading all of the above, especially concerts of prayer.
Elaine HelmsNorth American Mission Board, SBC
Manager, Prayer and Spiritual Awakening
770-410-6356
ehelms@namb.net
Website
What is your prayer passion?
My passion is to see fellow believers grow to maturity in their walk with our heavenly Father to the point of enjoying believing-prayer lives that seek "God's will on earth as it is in heaven."
What is your strength in prayer ministry?
My strength in prayer ministry is associational and local church prayer ministry leadership consultation and training, that comes from having been a practitioner of both.
Sample Plenary titles
- "God is Able" to focus on how small we pray
- "Forgiveness, the Key to Being the Church God uses" both confession of sins and reconciliation with fellow believers
- "Journaling for Remembrance" to demonstrate the importance of giving God the glory and thanking Him
- "How to Develop a Church Prayer Ministry" to cover everything from why, how, and nuts and bolts of implementation
- "The ABC's of Praising God" to develop a greater vocabulary of God's names, attributes and what He has done
- "Growing in your Personal Prayer Life" to cover learning to walk by faith and developing the love relationship with our Father
I love to lead church-wide prayer retreats or training, women's prayer retreats or events, and consult with prayer teams to help them become what God has called them to be.
John FranklinFormer Prayer Specialist for LifeWay
615-902-0733
franklin_john@bellsouth.net
What is your prayer passion?
My passion comes from encountering God, and thereby wishing others to have that same experience.
What is your strength in prayer ministry?
Teaching and preaching
Sample Sermon titles
- Lord, teach us to pray - Focus is a motivational call to prayer
- What causes power with God? - Focus is teaching the difference between just praying versus connecting with God when you pray
- Prayer and spiritual warfare - Teaches how to pray when you are in warfare.
- Why Revival has not come yet - teaches what it will take for spiritual awakening in our day
- The heart God answers - teaches Christians the fundamentals of prayer
- How to Lead a Dynamic Prayer meeting - trains leaders on their 4 responsibilities that moves prayer meeting from dead to dynamic
Roger ByrdCalifornia Southern Baptist Convention
Healthy Church Consultant
Music, Worship & Prayer Specialist
(559) 259-9533 x257
RByrd@csbc.com
Website
I desire to see the church grow and be strengthened through worship, discipleship and prayer. I believe God can do a wonderful work of renewal through the rebirth of a ministry of focused prayer in His church.
I can teach a seminar on prayer ministry or lead a weekend retreat. I love to lead worship (voice, choral, guitar, worship leader) or lead prayer conferences on various types of prayer ministries. I really want to demonstrate that God will honor a disciple whose heart is wholly given over to connecting with Him through prayer. My personal testimony includes God’s changing work in me through a regular local pastor’s prayer meeting: “The Church of Modesto.”
Workshop titles