A Practical Guide to Launching and Leading Prayer Rooms
As God is sovereignly orchestrating a global day and night prayer movement around the world in the 21st century, houses of prayer serve as one of the powerful and unique expressions of this worldwide phenomenon. The term ”house of prayer” was originally used by Jesus to describe God’s praying people, but in recent years the term has come to identify a specific kind of prayer community that gathers throughout the week for multiple hours of corporate prayer.
Brad Stroup has spent nearly twenty years developing such a community “from the ground up” in Arlington, Texas. This handbook represents hard-earned lessons from his journey pioneering The Prayer Room DFW. In these pages, you will find fourteen sessions laying out practical steps of how to establish and maintain a house of prayer–even if you have limited resources and influence.
Whether you already lead a house of prayer or have a stirring in your heart to gather people to pray, this handbook will be an invaluable tool for you, filled with practical ideas and insights that have been proven to work.
“Brad Stroup’s pioneering spirit led him bythe grace of God to birth and sustain night and day prayerinthe Dallasmetroplex-noeasyfeat With acontagiouspassionand an architect’s precision, I have been encouraged as /watched Brad labor with tenacity and focus. Through doing the stuff, he has discovered many of the necessities to building a house of prayer. Brad isan authentic man of God and offers valuable resources to all ho desire to lead a house of prayer.” -Billy Humphrey, Gatecity Atlanta
Table of Contents
Session 1: Let Prayer Arise
Session 2: Identifying Your Expression
Session 3: Mandates of a Missions Base
Session 4: The Call to Build God’s House
Session 5: Building Your Team
Session 6: Things to Embrace and Things to Avoid
Session 7: Casting & Keeping the Vision
Session 8: Growth Strategies
Session 9: A Basic Prayer Model
Session 10: Taking a Look at TPR’s Departments
Session 11: Financing Your Work
Session 12: Administrative Steps
Session 13: From the Ground Up
Session 14: Expanding Once You’re Established
