Creating a Culture of Prayer with Trudi Sayers
In this episode of the Innovative Church Leaders podcast, Dr. Eric Bryant interviews Trudi Sayers, the national director of 24-7 Prayer in Australia and prayer director at Red Church in Melbourne.
They discuss the origins of the 24-7 Prayer movement, the importance of building a culture of prayer within churches, and the renewal that can come through prayer.
🔥 Top 5 Takeaways:
- Discover how the 24-7 Prayer movement, born in 1999, has evolved from a bold challenge to pray nonstop for a month into a powerful catalyst for personal and community transformation.
- Learn how a renewed hunger for prayer is sweeping through churches worldwide, fostering greater unity across denominations through shared prayer initiatives.
- Explore practical ways to build a vibrant prayer culture, including starting small, leveraging resources like the Lectio app, and creating prayer spaces that inspire ongoing worship.
- Uncover personal stories of how prayer deepens faith, providing strength and support in challenging times, and how intercessory prayer can be a lifeline for individuals and communities.
- See how fostering a culture of prayer requires both individual preparation and collective effort, leading to lasting change when people are equipped to pray both alone and together.
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Key Moments with Timestamps:
00:00 The Origins of 24-7 Prayer
03:17 Building a Prayer Culture
06:05 Renewal in a Post-Christian Context
10:37 The Impact of Prayer Rooms
15:12 Personal Journey Through Cancer
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In this free resource from Dr. Eric Michael Bryant, you’ll discover why innovation isn’t optional - it’s biblical. Learn how God’s own nature reveals a bias for creativity, renewal, and transformation - and how you can lead your church to thrive in our post-Christian world.
Inside, you’ll find:
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Insights from churches on the frontlines
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About Dr. Eric Bryant
Eric has been with Gateway Church in Austin since 2011. Currently he serves as the Campus Pastor for Gateway South Austin with Senior Pastor Carlos Ortiz, Jr.. Gateway’s founding pastor is John Burke and is known for their mottos: “no perfect people allowed” and “come as you are.”
From 1998-2010, Eric served as part of the leadership team with Erwin McManus at Mosaic in Los Angeles, a church known for its creativity and diversity. The four years prior to that he helped plant a church in Seattle, WA.
Eric is the author of Not Like Me: Loving, Serving, and Influencing Our Divided World and Fruitful: Becoming Who God Created You To Be. He was a contributing author with Rick Yamamoto for Uprising Experience: A Personal Guide for a Revolution of the Soul by Erwin McManus.
Eric has taught courses at Bethel Seminary and coaches pastors. He is also the founder of Innovative Church Leaders which helps pastors experience and bring renewal.
Eric lives with his wife, Deborah, in South Austin, TX near their young adult children – son Caleb, daughter Trevi, and son-in-law Adrien.
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