Associational Prayer Coordinator Job Description

A Prayer Guide for Associations and Churches

Appendix B

This job description is adapted from the Bold Mission Prayer Thrust (BMPT)  Manual by the current BMPT interagency representatives. Please adapt it as needed for your congregation.

FUNCTION

• To raise awareness of the need for a comprehensive Great Commission Prayer strategy in the association and churches
• To help individuals reclaim or renew a personal passion to pray unceasingly (1 Thess. 5:17),
• To help reclaim or renew the congregation as a house of prayer with a passion for the lost (Matt. 21:13, Luke 19:10)
• To facilitate training opportunities to help them accomplish these two goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Be identified as called of God to the ministry of prayer
• Understand biblical prayer and be able to communicate it
• Recognize that God makes a difference through prayer in lives, situations, and nations.
• Be able to work cooperatively with associational and church leadership
• Be committed to the total associational program
• Have skills in planning, organizing, and delegating with a servant leadership style
• Be willing to attend an associational prayer coordinators training conference

ACCOUNTABILITY

• To God first
• Then the DOM
• Then the churches, especially the church prayer coordinators

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Pray and lead others to pray
• Work closely with the DOM and other associational and church leadership to develop a Great Commission Prayer strategy
• Set up and manage prayer activities, events, and prayer groups.
• Build a prayer team ministry with NAMB, WMU, IMB and Lifeway
• Create and maintain a relationship with existing church and associational prayer coordinators
• Enlist and train church prayer coordinators for all churches
• Participate in the associational newsletter to share prayer requests and answers to prayer, promote awareness, and communicate kingdom needs (i.e. spiritual awakening, evangelism, missions, et al)
• Acquire a library of associational resources for churches to use in prayer
• Facilitate local training conferences for prayer coordinators and churches
• Participate in the associational budget planning process
• Calendar all prayer events and training during the yearly planning process
• Stay current on state, national and international prayer needs and opportunities through NAMB (1 800-554-PRAY) and IMB (1 800 395-PRAY) prayerlines.