Hughes begins Prayer Initiative

Following the completion of the renovations in Liberty’s Prayer Chapel, the Prayer Center has also launched a new program, officially known as the Strategic Prayer Initiative.

The vision for the Strategic Prayer Initiative comes from Prayer Center founder Dr. Charles Hughes. Although the Prayer Center has long been a central location for students to receive prayer, the new initiative will serve as a platform for faculty and staff members to receive these same benefits.

According to Hughes, the Strategic Prayer Initiative will see the faculty and staff in every department connected through prayer. This will include opportunities to both receive support for requests as well as share the testimonies of answered prayers.

In order to facilitate the department-wide initiative, Hughes plans to target one department and five departmental offices each week. These weekly email memos will include department updates, important campus-wide prayer requests, specific scripture and prayer, answered prayer requests and testimonies, and personal prayer requests.

In addition to the information disseminated through email, Hughes will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis to personally host prayer meetings in each department. Furthermore, Hughes will be available on a daily basis for a faculty and staff lunchtime prayer in the Prayer Chapel.

According to Hughes, this process will ensure that each academic department and office will be prayed for by the end of the semester. More importantly, offices will have the unique opportunity to join in prayer for one another, uniting the campus on a new spiritual level and providing a sense of interdepartmental community.

For more information on the Strategic Prayer Initiative, email prayercenter@liberty.edu.