Begun in 1993, Our vision is to bring revival to the Lord's church by motivating and training God's people to devote themselves to prayer.

Keith Roberts / Bob Danklefsen / Church Staff

Keith Roberts

Keith's educational background includes White's Ferry Road School of Preaching, Southern Christian School of Religion, Harding Graduate School of Religion and Theological University of America, where he received the Doctor of Ministry degree.

Since 1981 he has served the Calhoun Church of Christ as the Preaching Minister, and now serves also as an elder. Keith and his wife, Judy, have two children and three grandchildren.

Keith serves as Dean and one of the Instructors of CrossView College of Prayer, a correspondence school leading to the Certificate of Prayer Ministry diploma. The College of Prayer, which is a ministry of Calhoun Church of Christ's School of Prayer, focuses on distance learning for Christians who wish to study prayer more deeply.

He has conducted 70 Prayer Enrichment Workshops in 24 states & on two Caribbean Christian Cruises since 1993. He speaks often about prayer on church lectureships programs, such as, the Pepperdine Lectures (1999), Jubilee in Nashville (1999), the Tulsa Soul Winning Workshop (several years), South Houston Bible Institute Lectures (2000) & David Lipscomb University Lectures (2005.) He also wrote and broadcast several 90-second radio spots entitled A Moment In Prayer on World Radio, and is the speaker on a SonWords audiocassette seminar called Why God Waits For You To Pray.

His recent book on prayer, titled "Why God Waits For You To Pray", is available at several online bookstores, and at www.WhyGodWaits.com. And, he has a blog on prayer that can be found at http://whygodwaits.wordpress.com.

He has also written extensively, often about prayer, for national publications, including Pray! Magazine, Church Growth, Magnolia Messenger, Wineskins and World Radio News, and has authored several tracts on prayer including the 40 Days With The Bible's Great Prayers series. He also served as staff writer and Associate Editor for World Radio News, and Response Director for CrossView TV ministry's HopeLine telephone prayer ministry from 1995-00.

From 1985-92, he served as an Instructor at the White's Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies, where he taught The Minister's Prayer Life, The Book of Jeremiah, The Gospel of Luke, The Gospel of Matthew, Advanced Preaching, The Preacher And His Work, The Minor Prophets - I, Wisdom Literature, Hermeneutics, Ephesians & Colossians, and The Study of Prayer.

Keith has received many national awards, including Outstanding Young Men of America - 1982, Who's Who in American Christian Leadership - 1989, Who's Who in America - 1992-00, Who's Who in Religion - 1992-93, International Men Of The Year - 1992-93, and Who's Who in The South and Southwest - 1994-96.

Link to information about Keith's Prayer Seminars

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Bob & Shirley Danklefsen

Bob, formerly a staff evangelist with We Care Ministries, now currently works with our Prayer Ministries here in Calhoun to help combine the two endeavors of prayer & evangelism. Bob graduated from Perdue University in Bio-Chemistry and formerly served as an Instructor at the White's Ferry Road School of Evangelism in West Monroe, Louisiana. Having conducted over 8000 individual Bible studies, Bob is one of the most experienced evangelists in Churches of Christ.

Shirley is not only a consistent prayer intercessor for others but has been involved in personal evangelism for many years in several ways, one of which was through the We Care campaigns. She teaches ladies' classes upon request when Bob teaches evangelism seminars. She is in the process of taking the CrossView College of Prayer courses and working in the area of prayer journaling.

Link to information about prayer & evangelism seminars

Email Here for info on Bob's tracts

Please make a special effort to pray for these staff members, that they may continue to emphasize prayer in their personal lives and in their work.