TN150 Prayer at church business meetings

First published on this website in December 2023

Synopsis

Prayer at and for church business meetings can become perfunctory. These notes first consider what a church business meeting should be all about and propose:

• To seek God’s will
• To work together
• To take action for the future.

Given these three purposes, the need for prayer becomes clearly apparent so the notes then seek to answer three practical questions:

• When might you pray?
• Who else should pray for the meeting?
• What forms of prayer might you use?

So instead of a short opening prayer and the Grace to close, think again as to the part praise and intercession might play in your church business meetings and use the ideas given here to underline the need for divine wisdom and guidance.