Daniel Henderson - Fresh Encounters: Experiencing Transformation Through United Worship-Based Prayer

Daniel Hendersons book Fresh Encounters could revolutionize the way every pastor does ministry. Church leaders will see prayer in a whole new light and with renewed motivation. I do not know of a more practical resource to spark a spirit of genuine revival in a congregation.

Dr. Jerry Falwell
Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church

It is an extraordinary thing to find a local pastor so distinguished by a life of prayer and leading his church to be a benchmark in the real work of prayer. Dr. Daniel Henderson is such a person. It is our privilege to look inside his life and ministry through this book and read about not only how to have a life of prayer, but how to lead your church into a being a church of prayer a church built on prayer. I enthusiastically commend this book to you. At the same time I thank Dr. Henderson for making the extra effort of writing it. I believe this book has the potential of powerfully changing a multitude of churches Gods way.

Dr. Bob Ricker
President, Baptist General Conference (19872003)

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. You can learn to do the same. This book will show you how. Fresh Encounters will inspire, equip, and envision you to the New Testament realities of a church on her knees. Dont stand on the sidelines any longer, just because you dont know what to do. Open the pages of this book and discover how you can lead your church into a fresh encounter with the living God.

Cheryl Sacks
Co-founder of BridgeBuilders Intl. Leadership Network
Author of The Prayer-Saturated Church

Daniel is the man to write on prayer. Its 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, this book is desperately needed! How can we ignore the promises that God has attached to prayer? Nothing is more important for those who desire to walk the path of righteousness.

John MacArthur
Pastor/Teacher, Grace Community Church
Grace to You Radio Broadcast

Daniel Henderson does not study prayer; he breathes it. This book not only called me to prayer, it drove me to my knees. The hunger for the presence of God is palpable in this book, and Dr. Hendersons thirst for righteousness is contagious. Do not read this book casually. It will call you to new levels of intimacy with God.

Dr. Ergun Mehmet Caner
Professor of Theology and Church History, Liberty University
Author of the Gold Medallion-winning book Unveiling Islam

Daniel Henderson knows what he is talking about when he shares about prayer. I have watched in amazement as God has used him to awaken the sleeping church to the kind of real, vital, fresh prayer that we first read about in the book of Acts. I commend this book as a must read for anyone searching for the awakening of their church through a Holy Spirit driven prayer movement.

Hans Finzel,
President of World Venture
Author of The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make

As one who has spent over two decades praying for a massive Christ-awakening in the church, and traveling the world gathering others to do the same, I could not be more delighted with any book on prayer than I am with Fresh Encounters. Not only does it refresh our vision for what a true awakening looks like, but it provides invaluable insights and tools for those who are so key to every fresh encounter with Christ among His people: spiritual leaders. Fortunately, as much as any leader I know today, in his own ministry Daniel Henderson has incorporated in extraordinary ways the spiritual and practical dimensions of the renewal of which he writes. The scent of authenticity springs from every page of this book!

David Bryant
Founder, PROCLAIM HOPE!
Author, Christ Is All! A Joyful Manifesto on the Supremacy of Gods Son

I confess that I wish that this helpful book had been written a number of years ago. I believe I could have profited greatly from it as I attempted to help the congregations I served to become more effective in prayer. At the same time, I am delighted it has been written now. I recommend it to you highly.

Paul Cedar
Chairman, Mission America

Simple and straightforward, practical and personal, written by a man who has done and is doing it. This is the best source I know of to help a congregation really become a house of prayer. The chapters on hindrances alone are worth the price of the book. A great proof of this pudding for me has been when I have been with people who have been under Daniels prayer leadership. I have consistently heard them comment about how much more they loved Jesus because of their times of prayer. They did not point to the vehicles of prayer, they pointed to the destination.

Dennis Fuqua
Executive Director, International Renewal Ministries

Many pastors are saying, I want my church to be a house of prayer, but I dont know how to make it happen. I dont know how to move from here to there. This is the tool you have been waiting for. Written by a pastor who has walked it out, this book is the map he has drawn for those on the same journey.

Jennifer Kennedy Dean
Executive Director, The Praying Life Foundation
Author of Live a Praying Life

Rev. Terry Cuthbert
President, Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada

On two occasions I have had the opportunity to speak in Daniel Hendersons church. Both times I have sensed the presence of God as soon as I stepped foot on their campus. I sensed it too in his peoplethey are loaded with joy! The reason: his church praystogether. Pastor or prayer leader, nothing will change your church more than developing a vibrant, passion-filled corporate prayer meeting. This book will give you the encouragement, challenge, and principles to take you there.

Jonathan Graf
President, Church Prayer Leaders Network
Editor of My House Shall Be a House of Prayer

Perhaps the most strategic issue facing church leadership today is how to initiate and sustain a genuine work of God in a specific geographic community. Daniel Henderson, with great clarity and precision, lays out the essence of such an awakening in Fresh Encounters. Dont miss this one.

Joseph C. Aldrich
President Emeritus, Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary
Founder, International Renewal Ministries/PrayerSummits.Net

Daniel Henderson has sounded the trumpet call to prayer summits in the local church. Rekindling of faith and renewed passion for Christ become the experience of individuals, families, and an entire congregation as you read this story about one church engaged in prayer summits for more than a decade.

Luis Bush
International Director, World Inquiry

Here is a book that can truly change lives! As a cancer survivor, I know well the power of prayer. I have seen the incredible things God can do around the world when His people get on their knees. This book captures the power of true biblical prayer. Prayer that will change you prayer that will change your church prayer that will change the nations!

Vernon Brewer
President, World Help

NavPress is the publishing ministry of The Navigators, an international Christian organization and leader in personal spiritual development. NavPress is committed to helping people grow spiritually and enjoy lives of meaning and hope through personal and group resources that are biblically rooted, culturally relevant, and highly practical.