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Megachurch Pastor Leaves Pulpit to Launch Vision for National Renewal

CNTNewswire.Com - Daniel Henderson — author, speaker and long-time pastor has announced that he will transition from his pastoral role at the 5,000-member Grace Church of Eden Prairie, MN to full-time ministry as President of Strategic Renewal International.

“The mission of Strategic Renewal is to ignite the heart of the church through personal renewal, congregational revival, and leadership restoration for the glory of Jesus Christ,” said Henderson.  “That is why I am committing my full-time effort to lead prayer events, speak at conferences, write more resources and raise money to help hurting pastors.”

Henderson launches into this new effort with years of ministry experience:

25 years of pastoral ministry leading multiple weekly prayer meetings for over 20 years overseeing 40 local church prayer summits leading hundreds of Fresh Encounter prayer services hosting seven national renewal conferences leading scores of pastor’s conferences and renewal events across the country and around the world.

John MacArthur, pastor-teacher of Grace Church in Sun Valley, California, said, “Daniel is the man to write on prayer.  It’s the passion of his life.  I have been blessed to spend many hours on my knees with him personally and have also seen him leading a whole church in effective prayer.  In our day of human methods, his teaching is desperately needed!”

Cheryl Sacks, co-founder of BridgeBuilders International Leadership Network and author of The Prayer-Saturated Church, said, “Daniel Henderson knows how to lead a church in prayer.  As a successful pastor, he has learned the necessity of modeling a strong prayer life, training effective prayer leaders, and conducting powerful church prayer meetings.”

In recent months, Henderson has prayed with the elders of his church and the board of his renewal ministry in seeking direction for this decision.  The unanimous sense of agreement among these leadership teams has made it clear that it is time to launch this fresh missionary endeavor in the arena of revival.

“God has been opening many doors and instilling a fresh passion and vision in my heart,” Henderson commented.  This has been evidenced over the last eight years as he has ministered in many significant congregations around the country, numerous national renewal events and scores of pastors’ conferences.  In each instance, Henderson states, “the Lord graced us with very fruitful ministry and stirred even deeper passion in my heart.”

Henderson’s newest book — PRAYzing!  Creative Prayer Experiences from A to Z — is set for release in bookstores later this summer through NavPress/Pray! Books. Emphasizing that we pray to a creative God, from His creative word and by His creative Spirit -- PRAYzing! boldly declares war on boring prayer times.

Tim LaHaye, in his foreword says of PRAYzing, “Daniel’s ideas have been a personal help to Beverly and me.  For many years, we have read the Bible and prayed together as a couple.  Daniel gave me some fresh ideas about how we could use the Psalms in our devotional time.  What a difference!  We are grateful for his creative insights and can personally attest to their practical impact.”

For more information about the book, this release or the outreaches and resources of Strategic Renewal, visit strategicrenewal.com.  On the site, you will find a video on the vision or Strategic Renewal. You can also hear Henderson’s personal description of his decision and vision for the future, at StrategicRenewal.com by clicking on the IGNITE THE VISION INTERVIEW button.  

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