Two of the early milestones that any church planter must accomplish is developing a prayer support team and financial supporters. When God begins to plant a vision for a church in a pastors mind, fundraising and support letters are not part of the vision that keeps them up at night. (That’s comes later when they start dreading it.) But most don’t stop to consider how significant it is for a supporter to receive updates and prayers.
Most people never get an intimate look at the prayer life of a pastor. By receiving updates and prayers, your supporters can see how your faith handles difficult obstacles, takes on the impossible, perseveres, and trusts God. That open window into your life will help stretch their faith and serve as a model for how they approach God. Essentially your prayer letters will serve as discipleship tools to your supporters. As you share stories about lost people coming to know Jesus, your supporters will be inspired to reignite their passion to reach out the lost in their midst.
So the next time you realize its been over a month since your last prayer update, don’t dread it. Take it as an opportunity to teach and inspire the people who are making a sacrifice of time and money so that this new work of God can exist.
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