about One Prayer
LifeChurch.tv is partnering with hundreds of churches globally to do a series simultaneously called One Prayer. The series will begin on the weekend of June 7-8 and run for a total of four weeks. The premise of the series is, "If God would answer 'one prayer' for the church at large, what would you pray?"
why
This series serves several purposes. Specifically, we believe it will...
- Promote unity in the body of Christ.
- Expose churches to other great teachers and ministries.
- Empower churches to experiment with video teaching.
- Infuse spiritual passion into a typically challenging month.
- Give the senior pastor a three-week break from teaching.
- Raise money for a mission project.
- Teach our people to fast, pray, and seek God in concert with thousands of other believers.
- Participate in the larger work of God in His church.
how
"One Prayer" is designed to be flexible enough to serve the mission and schedule of each local church. Most churches will likely participate for the entire four-week series. However, other churches may choose to do it for fewer than four weeks, or even for more, depending upon the heartbeat of the church.
These are the general concepts:
- You will teach one week of the series, expressing what your "One Prayer" would be. Please title your sermon with the words, "Make us _________." (Fill in the blank to complete your prayer to God.)
- You will have the opportunity to show free video messages from world-class preachers. Each message will be available in advance for you to preview. Most churches will choose three other video teachers.
- You will receive an offering and combine it with hundreds of other churches to help people in need.
- You will mobilize your church to do something ministry-related in your local community. (If other churches in your town are participating, please try to work with them.)
- You will promote the unified website (to be announced) that will encourage your people to fast and pray with other believers.
- You will receive free resources online (including graphics, mailer templates, video promos, banners and other promotional tools).
important dates
- April 15 - Resource kits available to download
- May 12 - Deadline for message submission
- May 24 - Messages available to preview and download
- June 7/8 - One Prayer begins
how do I participate??
If you would like to submit a message for others to use, you're welcome to do so. I have produced an instructional video that gives you some pointers that might help you in your production and make the series consistent and usable at any location.
We need to receive your message by Monday, May 12.
If you submit your message, you must give us full permission to distribute it freely, and you must own all licensing for anything used within it. We will not sell your message, but we will be making it available for broader use. Please limit your message length to 25 to 35 minutes.
If you have specific questions, please email us at oneprayer@lifechurch.tv.
stand with us
If your church would like to participate in One Prayer, please sign up.
