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Requests have come to us from
around the world from other couples who share the vision of renewing the
church through helping people in ministry reorient their lives around
prayer and the Word of God.
We are currently seeking God's guidance
in how we should proceed.
It is possible that a
training/certification process will begin during 2002. If that is the
case, here are some basic guidelines that we will follow:
- Preliminary Evaluation
- An extensive written application
process that will explore the candidates' background, spiritual
experience and beliefs, ministry and/or work experience, a
description of current prayer life and patterns, personal
fruitfulness, personal references, description of the proposed host location
- A telephone follow-up interview
- Provisional Acceptance and Covenant
- After the successful completion of
the evaluation process, candidates will receive a provisional
acceptance
- "Counting the Cost"
prayer period. Candidates will be asked to pray for whatever
period of time necessary to make a definite commitment to the
Mary's Place ministry pattern and philosophy. The only financial
commitment we expect is to the direct costs of hosting people.
- Recruit an intercessor prayer team
for personal and ministry support
- At this point, candidates will
sign a Ministry Covenant. This is not a legal contract, but a
covenant before the candidate and the Lord.
- Training and Final Evaluation
- Three-month correspondence course
involving extensive reading (10 books) and writing
"reflection" papers.
- One-week training on location at
Mary's Place
- Final interviews
- Developing a ministry plan
- Upon successful completion of
these steps, candidates will receive a provisional certification
and will be approved to conduct Mary's Place retreats.
- Final Certification will be
granted after hosting two Mary's Place retreats and passing a final
assessment based on further prayer, conversation and "Retreat
Follow-up" evaluations.
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