Prayer Strategies

In order to impact Maritime Canada with the Gospel, we believe there needs to be a focused prayer initiative. The following is a comprehensive strategy to foster prayer in the Region

Maritime Canada Prayer Strategy
Vision: A grassroots prayer movement to foster spiritual awakening in Atlantic Canada.
9 geographic sectors in Maritime Canada Plus Three Trans-Local Areas of Reconciliation
 
1. Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown/Summerside)
2. Nova Scotia – Cape Breton Island (Sydney)
3. Nova Scotia – Eastern Counties (Antigonish/Guysborough)
4. Nova Scotia – Central (Amherst/Truro)
5. Nova Scotia – Metro NS (Halifax/Dartmouth)
6. Nova Scotia – South Shore (Bridgewater), Western Shore (Yarmouth), and
                           Annapolis Valley (Kentville)
7. Northern New Brunswick (Chatham)
8. Central New Brunswick (Fredericton)
9. Southern New Brunswick (Saint John/Moncton)
10. Reconciliation with First Nations Peoples
11. Reconciliation between French and English
12. Reconciliation with African and other Ethnic Communities
The number twelve (12) is ‘governmental’ in the Scriptures.
Initiatives within each sector – Grassroots contact to build relationships, explore confluence of ‘streams’ (Mainline, Evangelical, and Charismatic/Pentecostal), and discern “what the Holy Spirit is saying/doing” in each.
Potential Initiatives Within Each Stream
Mainline
  Research Project – Discerning God’s Original Design
  Prayer Resources – Daily Devotional (Based on Seek God For The City)
  Liturgical Prayer Actions – Fasting, Prayer Vigils, etc. (esp. Advent/Lent)
Evangelical
   Concerts of Prayer – Twice per Year (Spring and Fall)
                      November 1st (All Saints Day) and Pentecost (World Day of Prayer)
   Seminars on Prayer – Materials on “doing” prayer (Engagement & Listening)
   Pulpit Exchanges – Across Denominations and Provinces (Develop “Partnerships”)
Charismatic/Pentecostal
   Apostles and Prophets Quarterly Gatherings
   Prayer Walking
   Strategic Level Spiritual Mapping
Cross-Stream Initiatives
   Leaders’ Prayer Summits – Annual Retreats
   Reconciliation – French/English; 1st Nations/Dominant Culture
   Cross-Pollination Among Segments (Twining/Partnering Segments)
Northern NB/Western Shore NS/Cape Breton – French/English Reconciliation
Central NB/Metro NS/PEI – Governmental/Economic/Cultural
Southern NB/Central NS - 1st Nations Reconciliation
Northern NB/NS Eastern Counties – Rural Atlantic Issues
    Father Daniel Nash Strategy – Grassroots connecting
Father Daniel Nash Strategy – Visiting each sector and identifying key leaders in each who have –
A Call beyond their local church (A broader ‘metron.’)
A specific Call to prayer or to foster prayer
A love for the whole Body of Christ
A burden for spiritual awakening
Purpose – to build relational bonds in each sector, province, and region.
Father Daniel Nash worked closely with Evangelist Charles Phinney in the mid-19th Century. He “went before” Phinney into specific cities and towns to draw believers in denominational churches together to pray for spiritual awakening in their communities - in the unity of Spirit and in the bond of love. Phinney would follow with crusades in which over 70% of the people would be retained as responsible church members. Phinney would not conduct any meetings without Father Nash's groundwork in prayer.
Conferences/Gatherings –
Annual Provincial Gatherings
An Atlantic Canada Prayer Council – meets once a year (face-to-face) with monthly “skype-meetings.”
Quarterly Apostles-Prophets Meetings in each sector
Annual Atlantic Apostles–Prophets (Catalytic Leader-Intercessor) Meeting 

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