Renewal Fellowship is offering a six-week online study group of Philip Yancey’s book, Prayer: does it make any difference? Dates are May 2, 9, 16, 30, June 6 and 13 beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT. There is no fee to register, but there are limited spaces available. … Read more
Category Archives: Prayer
May Renewal Café – Stand Our Ground
Renewal Café is a Zoom community offered by the Renewal Fellowship. It is open to members, adherents, elders, and ministers, and caters to believers who identify as evangelical, traditional, orthodox or conservative. On the menu: conversation with a serving of prayer. The flavour will vary, according to the occasion and need. It is open on the first Thursday of each month ... Read more
A Prayer Testimony
This is a testimony of a couple who for many years, were homeless and travelling around Canada, destitute and struggling with addictions and hopelessness, surviving by living in parks, alleyways under tarps, tents, and receiving handouts in community centres and shelters. They lived “welfare cheque to welfare cheque” and often taking advantage of the compassion … Read more
Prayer and Care in a Divided World
As we work towards the renewal and revival of the church in accordance with Biblical orthodoxy, The Renewal Fellowship is focusing on two priorities in 2022: prayer and pastoral care. To be effective in those two things, we need to understand our church and the world in which we exist. The following essay is intended … Read more
Dedicated Prayer: Let’s Make it Happen
What’s the first thing we give up when life gets busy? Time for ourselves. We can easily ignore our personal needs with fewer immediate repercussions than skipping commitments at work, church, in the community and with family. But I’m going to suggest there’s something that’s pushed aside even before our personal downtime. Take my life as an example. ... Read more
Start with Prayer
Let's begin correctly. The church of my youth gathered each New Year's Eve to usher in the New Year with prayer. It was the acknowledgement that the enormity of the challenges ahead could only be faced with divine help. It was the idea of focusing individually and corporately on surrendering our agendas to the Lord. … Read more
Regional Prayer Meetings
There are regular Renewal Fellowship-sponsored prayer meetings for pastors and laity in Ottawa and Hamilton. … Read more
The Blessings of the Power of Prayer
Having been raised in a praying family, the author chronicles the rise of a large, interdenominational Prayer Fellowship. She shares the Prayer Group Covenant and some other helpful aspects of the Prayer Fellowship's characteristics. … Read more