dopt-A-Leader is a one year Strategic Prayer Initiative (SPI) developed by Shirley Dobson and the National Day of Prayer. It helps Christians fulfill their Biblical mandate to pray for those in authority (1 Timothy 2: 1-2) and offers churches and prayer groups an opportunity to focus prayer on specific elected officials or anyone who is in authority at the local, county, state, federal or global level.

While Adopt-A-Leader is an excellent tool for families to incorporate into family devotions time, it has magnified power when implemented on a large scale by churches as a congregational project. Local churches in our area who have run Adopt-A-Leader programs include Olive Branch Community Church (Pastor Ike Riddle), Calvary Church (Pastor Michael Lantz), and New Hope Family Worship Center (Pastor Dave Tanner and Ken Peters). Prayers were offered for specific government leaders and most recently for members of the Corona-Norco School District. A church in Temecula will be launching their Adopt-A-Leader program in January, 2006.

We have a complete packet of materials already prepared to help you promote an Adopt-A-Leader program at your church. Please contact us at 951-734-5001 to help you establish the Adopt-A-Leader program as a regular part of your church's outreach activities. These materials include instructions, wall charts, contact cards, etc.

A key element of Adopt-A-Leader are the tools available from National Day of Prayer in the form of their unique "Prayer Kit." This Prayer Kit, designed by Shirley Dobson for the National Day of Prayer, contains a Prayer Journal, an initial announcement card to be sent to the "Leader" that has been adopted, 12 additional cards and envelopes to be sent to the Leader once each month as a reminder that they are being prayed for and to solicit prayer requests, etc., a refrigerator magnet to remind the sponsor to pray and 12 calendar stickers to remind the sponsor to send a card once each month.