Greetings,
Here is some information regarding the Agape Prayer Ministry School to be held in Southwestern NY State. The school will be held 25-26 April 2008 at the Park Church in Sinclairville, NY.
Anyone who is not a pastor is not free to attend a training school for the first time unless his or her pastoral leader has attended one School or is registering for the current one. The pastor must be committed to overseeing the ministry in his or her local church. If your pastor has questions, please let me know and I will be glad to send out an information packet or suggest an area pastor he or she could call to discuss the Agape Ministry. [Roy Miller, 716-488-9918 or ].
A Registration Form and the accompanying Profile Form may be printed from this site. A School Schedule is also available for printing.
Please return your Registration and Profile as soon as possible. Applications must be postmarked by 14 April 2008. Registration is $65 for individuals who have not previously attended an Agape School. [A $5 late fee will be assessed for registrations postmarked after the 14th of April.]
Please make your check payable to The Better Place, Inc.
The goal of the Agape Prayer Ministry School is to equip Christians to sensitively and compassionately minister the freedom of Christ from the bondages of sin and Satan, thus freeing more and more people to live in the fullness of Christ and to minister to others the fullness of Christ. The training experience includes foundational scriptural teachings on the healing of wounds, breaking of bondages, forgiveness of sins of others, confession of sin, receiving God's forgiveness, and spiritual warfare. There are also three ministry sessions during the School where participants have the opportunity to observe and directly participate in the Agape ministry pattern. Ideally, each participant observes one ministry session as a prayer backup, receives a ministry session him/herself, and serves as a prayer warrior in a prayer vigil during a third session.
All trainees must be born-again in Jesus Christ and be peacefully open to the full workings of the Holy Spirit.
Before attending, participants should read Healing for Damaged Emotions, by David Seamands. (Victor Books, available at most Christian bookstores.)
The School is an intense two-day experience running from 8:00 AM until 9:00 PM on Friday, and from 7:45 AM until 6:00 PM on Saturday. Please make every effort to arrive at the School in a rested condition. The dress in the School is casual and modest. Please bring your Bible and a notebook; and if you have previously attended an Agape Prayer Ministry School, bring your three-ring binder. Plan your schedule to be able to stay for the total School, except in a dire emergency.
The people involved in teaching the sessions of the Agape Prayer Ministry School are pastors and lay people from various churches, who have participated in and have been certified by the Agape ministry as leads and teachers, because of their gifting, experience, and their on-the-job training in a number of Agape Prayer Ministry Schools.
The Better Place is helping to equip the Church to be a house of prayer by promoting, supporting and giving leadership to the Agape Prayer Ministry. This is a very methodical and thorough ministry of spiritual cleansing and deliverance. A growing team of trained Agape Prayer Ministry leaders is being raised up. These leaders minister in their own congregations and also in other congregations of the Church. A two-day training school is offered each spring and each fall.