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Father's Heart Children's Prayer Conference: Raising Child Intercessors

Father's Heart Children's Prayer Conference: Raising Child Intercessors

Photos courtesy of the National Children's Prayer Conference

 

 
Children in a worship session.

CHILDREN'S Houses of Prayer (C-HOP) will soon be a reality following the second Father's Heart Children's Prayer Conference in Malaysia held last year.

A group of young intercessors has already been started in Sibu, with plans for similar C-HOPs in Penang, Johor and Selangor.

These initiatives came about after over 200 children of primary school age to age 13 attended the conference at the GA611 Bread of Life Prayer Tabernacle in Petaling Jaya, on 21 and 22 Nov, 2011. They came from different churches across Malaysia and in Singapore.


Rev Anton Cruz speaking.
 

The C-HOP ministry was started by Rev Anton Cruz of the Royal Kids Ministry in India with the goal of raising child intercessors. The Malaysia conference was held to teach children ministry leaders and pastors about grooming children in prayer.

"For Malaysia, the children were taught about praying for other children - Orang Asli and other people groups - as well as for the nation," said prayer conference assistant coordinator Chong Lei Wah. The children also learnt about God's Father love in healing hurts.

 
The children in rapt attention.

Chong said altogether, the children learnt about five prayer focus areas: salvation of family members; prayer for other children; for the pastor of their church or welfare home leader, since many of the participants were children from orphanages; for the nations, including Malaysia; and, for the current needs of people around them.

"Our vision is to see houses of prayer by 2,000 children praying for the nation across Malaysia," said Chong. She said this included plans to eventually organise round-the-clock or 24/7 prayer chain sessions.

In this ministry to children, Chong added, adults and youths were very important in taking on the roles of "spiritual elders and parents".



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