Prayer Ministry and You - Bringing Balance

In my previous two posts, I emphasised the importance of Jesus ministering to guests directly and that our role as prayer ministers is similar to that of stretcher bearers. We bring the guest to Jesus’s feet, and He heals them.

And in the second article, how effective it is when the guest prays themselves at their point of need, even when their prayer is short and perhaps expressed for the first time. This was the case when Peter was at the point of sinking beneath the waves and he cried out: “Lord, save me!” And Jesus did.

Today, I am minded to bring a bit of balance to those previous articles because they tend to play down the role of prayer ministers and those in training.

Skill and deft handling are required for stretcher bearers because even one or two missteps can affect the well-being of the person being carried! It is why in CPM we place so much importance on training volunteers who are called to the ministry and why so much time and energy is put into events such as the training weekends at the Pioneer Centre in Cleobury Mortimer, with one more planned for October 2026.

Experienced prayer ministers are only too aware of the complexity of CPM’s teaching and that all the paperwork can feel overwhelming to trainees at times.

So I am very pleased to say that Ruth Street and Sarah Braithwaite are taking a fresh look at the way CPM trains CPM trainees and we look forward to seeing the progress they make with the Training Subgroup over the coming year or two.

CPM aims to use the best methods in its teaching and training so that guests receive the very best they can from the Lord who loves them and wants to set them free.