Harvest Prayer Ministries has started PrayerU, an online school of prayer for individuals, small groups, and churches.
“Our deepest prayer is that PrayerU will be a consistent training ground for Christians of all backgrounds and all generations to grow deep, loving attachments to God in and through prayer for the glory of God and his kingdom,” say Dave and Kim Butts, co-founders of Harvest Prayer Ministries and co-creators of PrayerU.
For an annual membership fee of $120, PrayerU provides unlimited access to an expanding catalog of courses and material. The on-demand video lessons cover a wide variety of prayer topics. The online platform enables churches to offer different PrayerU courses to multiple study groups simultaneously.
The Buttses, who started Harvest Prayer Ministries in 1993 to train local churches in prayer, started working on the PrayerU platform prior to the coronavirus pandemic. The courses reflect the lessons they have learned while leading others through the years. PrayerU’s timing actually was good, they say, as more people have become comfortable with distance learning.
PrayerU’s online tools will work with both in-person and virtual meetings. All course content is grounded in Scripture, guided by the belief that “the Bible is the best source for instruction on prayer and that Jesus is our best teacher.”
The annual membership includes the opportunity to participate in the PrayerU Community for discussion, interaction with instructors, support, and prayer. Regularly posted blogs by instructors will add depth to this practical learning platform. The site’s growing library of resources offers further insight and encouragement.
Learn more at prayeru.com. Try a free two-lesson mini-course at join.prayeru.com.
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News Briefs
On March 7, pastor Randy Cordell and his family celebrated 30 years of ministry with Lakeshore Christian Church in Antioch (Nashville), TN. Randy preached his first sermon at Lakeshore on March 3, 1991, to an audience of 46. During the last 30 years, the church has seen four building campaigns, two campus relocations, added a campus in Smyrna, TN, and grown to more than 2,500 members. The church family has also become very racially and ethnically diverse (more than 25 countries of origin). Lakeshore has also partnered with others to help plant four churches and has sent out more than 25 men and women now serving in church ministry.
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Phil Schlaegel, 90, who served as president of Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, Mich., from 1987 to 1991, died March 15 in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Schlaegel also had served on GLCC’s board of trustees. He retired from a career with the Standard Oil Company before becoming president. In Columbus, he was an active member (and a founding member) of Worthington Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Nancy. The funeral was March 19 at WCC. Click here to read a complete obituary.
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Crooked Creek Christian Church, Irvine, Ky., is partnering with IDES (International Disaster Emergency Service) to assemble 10 storage sheds for people in Estill County who are coping with losses due to recent flooding that damaged or gutted at least 200 homes, according to WKYT.com. The storage sheds are sturdy and dry structures where people can keep items they salvage from floodwaters.
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William Jessup University’s Give:24 event—a 24-hour online giving day—will feature a 24-minute comedy special by Michael Jr. Give:24 takes place on Thursday (March 24). This year, for the first time, students are leading the event. That’s fitting, since proceeds benefit current and future students of the Rocklin, Calif., school. Learn more at Jessup.edu.
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Boise Bible College announced it is freezing tuition for all degree programs for the 2021–22 academic year.
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Lifeline Christian Mission teamed with Brownstown (Ind.) Christian Church last Wednesday to prepare approximately 20,000 meals to send to people in Haiti. About three dozen people gathered in the church’s fellowship hall to combine and package meals that include rice, soybeans, enriched vegetables, and vitamins. It is the fifth time the church has held a packing event in the last seven years, according to the Tribune of Seymour, Ind.
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Southeast Christian Church in Bullitt County, Ky., supported Sunrise Children’s Services in a “rolling chair pick-up event” Saturday where people donated money for movie chairs that were part of recently closed Keystone Cinemas in Mt. Washington, Ky. The event raised more than $20,000 for Sunrise, which provides care for almost 1,000 children and family members throughout the commonwealth, according to WHAS11.com.
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Mid-Atlantic Christian University hosted a “Rise Up” event that included encouragement from alums including Aaron Cross, Tim Cyphers, Amon McElrath, Greg Coverdale, and Ajai Lall. View the Facebook video, which also included president John Maurice and friends of MACU.
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Brian Lowery, who has served as Lincoln (Ill.) Christian University’s campus pastor since July 2018, will add the additional role of assistant professor of preaching starting June 1. Lowery’s duties will include leading LCU’s BA in Preaching program.
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Kentucky Christian University defeated Point University in football 28-14 on Saturday in West Point, Ga. The KCU Knights are now 5-1 and have earned NAIA Top 25 votes for only the second time in their history. As a result of the loss, Point president Dean Collins had to wear a KCU shirt for a day.
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Dr. Wilbur Reid III will become Johnson University’s interim vice president for administration on May 1. Reid will lose the “interim” tag upon the retirement of Cliff McCartney on Aug. 31.
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Sayre Christian Village in Lexington, Ky., is having an Easter basket fundraiser, with the proceeds being used to purchase music therapy equipment, spectrumnews1.com reported. Click here for information on how to order a $10 Easter basket for a resident. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.
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