local church tries new outreach, your comments?

[ayin jade]

A local Phoenix area church has an event this week. I would love to know what you think of this.

Church drive-through: 1 prayer to go please

Need some prayers but too time-strapped to do it yourself?

Chandler church-goers will help you out, slotting your requests for divine assistance into the prayer pipeline.

And you don

[Guest yod]

The answer is in how it goes.

If people respond, this is brilliant.

If they don't, not so much.....

would you drive through? Depends on the day for me.

[Believer1997]

It is certainly a unique way to reach out... I cannot condemn anything that would cause someone to reach out in prayer - no matter how... "unique".

[Guest man]

Bad idea.

But that's just me.

[Believer1997]

Bad idea.

But that's just me.

I do wonder about someone getting run over by a vehicle... but I worry too much anyway.

[~candice~]

On the surface it looks OK, but I wonder what kind of message it is sending to those who are "I believe in God and am therefore a christian" type people. I wonder if those attending believe that they can receive answer to prayer without true belief (faith) in God, or whether this is akin to the catholic type approach to prayer where you appeal to someone else to pray on your behalf. I hope that those doing the prayer explain correctly what they are doing and why.

It is kinda strange that people could pray in their cars while driving, but instead would pull into a drive-by prayer station. Confuing . I would hope that the Holy Spirit convicts those who attend to turn and repent and believe. In the end, that is what will make the difference.

[Guest man]

This is what comes to mind whenever I see stuff like this.

Matthew 6

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[Trusting Jesus]

My first thought was that this is a gimmick and not good. At first I though that it is just one more way to make thing un-personal. But as I read it I got to thinking about what a good idea this really is. What if there is a young man who sees no hope and drives by this parking lot prayer outreach - and stops for prayer before he commits suicide? Or maybe the woman who is one her way for a "fling" with her boss and drives by, stops for prayer, and her adultry is averted? Maybe someone is on their way to the hospital because the got an emergency call that their daughter was in an accident? There are many scenarios where this could help. I believe that we always should be available to pray with someone, and this sounds good.

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Nathele

[Openly Curious]

A local Phoenix area church has an event this week. I would love to know what you think of this.

Church drive-through: 1 prayer to go please

Need some prayers but too time-strapped to do it yourself?

Chandler church-goers will help you out, slotting your requests for divine assistance into the prayer pipeline.

And you don't have to set foot in the church. Or even get out of your car.

Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, members of Chandler Christian Church will stage a Drive-Through Prayer event.

Just pull into the church parking lot, roll down your window, and a church member will pray for you on the spot, said Matt Myers, associate pastor.

"We know that people are hurting," Myers said. "We're just saying, 'Hey, if you're hurting, drive on through. Can we pray for you?'"

Myers said the church is trying to reach out to the community and help people who might not want to come into a church but could use a little heavenly help dealing with life woes.

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I think this one is a toughy, as there are those who would put there names on a piece of paper for others to stand in prayer for their needs. I do realize that we are living in a very fast pace world. They are more of these drive by prayers in my area.

I even heard of drive by weddings, which I think is absurd IMO. But it is really hard to take a stand when there is nothing to be said, about it one way or another in the word. I don't think we should go around attacking people on this issue as Jesus did teach us to pray, The effectual prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

I do admire their zeal in wanting to reach out to others and their maybe those who give their life to God as a result who knows.

oc

[nebula]

Not enough info to decide.

It depends on how the prayers are actually given, I'd say.