House of Prayer Consulting
A Calling of Our Ministry
As a missions base we feel called not only to build night-and-day prayer in our local context but also to strengthen pioneers, houses of prayer and church planters who have a desire to see a culture of prayer established. Wherever we can, we want to be a part of the process of shifting mindsets and paradigms about ministry to begin looking more like the words of Jesus, “My house will be called a house of prayer" (Mt. 21:13). Therefore, the director of The Prayer Room, Brad Stroup, offers house of prayer consulting.
"Whenever it is helpful I like to come in and spend a couple of days meeting with the director and key leaders of a house of prayer in order to hear their specific vision and analyze how to help them get where they feel like the Lord is leading them as a prayer ministry. I lean on things we’ve seen work over the last 16+ years and the 100 things we learned not to do. There are some simple ideas for how to make things work better, how to make prayer more enjoyable and practical strategies on how to grow a house of prayer from stage one to stage two and from stage two to stage ten."
-Brad Stroup, Founder of The Prayer Room Missions Base
Brad Stroup is happily married to his wife Amy and they reside in Arlington, Texas with their 3 children. He has a passion for the Lord’s purposes in this generation and feels called to help strengthen the Church and encourage ministries to cultivate a culture of prayer. Brad has dedicated the last 20 years to teaching the Word of God and pioneering various works. He has served in a variety of leadership roles including senior pastor, church planter and as a full-time missionary in Muslim Africa. He now pastors a network of houses of prayer and praying churches as well as giving leadership to the National Missions Base Co-Op (a national coalition of houses of prayer which formed in 2012 when several larger missions bases across the U.S. came together relationally). Now Brad serves as the director of The Prayer Room Missions Base and travels as an itinerate speaker for conferences as well as offering consulting to houses of prayer and other ministries seeking to establish a prayer culture.
Our Story —
Early Beginnings:
As the director of The Prayer Room Missions Base, I want to tell you a little bit about our journey in the hopes that it may be helpful to you in yours. We began holding daily prayer meetings in my living room in September 2005 with no finances, only a handful of people in our midst and no perceivable inroads for growth. We had absolutely no idea what we were doing but we knew the house of prayer was something the Lord was really highlighting. In other words, we were the least equipped group you’ve ever seen which should give everyone hope because it means what we’ve done is very reproducible!
A Thriving Missions Base:
We are now a full time missions base with live worship 22 hours per day, 7 days per week and with missionary staff who raise their own support in order to serve at the house of prayer as their job. We offer a part-time Bible school and we host regional conferences and trainings. Presently people come from over 100 different churches in our area and we have approximately 40 people on our staff committed to building this house. We also give leadership to a couple HOP networks, from whom we have learned so much and who have exposed us to every imaginable version of what a house of prayer can look like.
Consulting Content
All consulting is tailored to the individual ministry and their unique needs and circumstances, so because of that we will focus on whatever areas are most helpful to you in your context. Below are several of the categories that we have given a good deal of attention to over the years. Below are some of the issues we can help with during a consulting weekend.
Prayer Room Administration Model Development and Coaching Recruiting Mechanisms
Growth and Expansion Efforts Events to Fuel Your Prayer Room Developing Your Training Programs
Staff and Volunteer Development Maximizing Use of Space Relating to the Church and Community
Branding and Increasing Influence Messaging and Resource Development Keeping Your Community Engaged
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