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 / Hugh Gower / Bob Danklefsen / Church Staff

Keith Roberts

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 over 55 Prayer Enrichment Workshops in 20 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 (1997, 2000, 2002 & 2005), and South Houston Bible Institute Lectures (2000). 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.

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.

His 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 two grandchildren.

Link to information about Keith's Prayer Seminars

Hugh & Jo Gower

Hugh & Jo serve as Directors of Prayer for our College of Prayer, conduct Prayer Workshops and Retreats, and help local churches set up their own prayer rooms and intercessory prayer ministries.

Hugh entered full-time preaching ministry in 1975 and soon began to emphasize prayer in his ministry, seeing it as the main link in helping churches become centered on Christ. He worked with World Radio and CrossView Ministries from 1996 - 2001, promoting these ministries at 12 to 14 workshops a year while also serving in the prayer ministry.

Since that time, he has conducted prayer workshops in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Virginia and at the CrossView Prayer Ministries retreats in Louisiana, Missouri and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He is a graduate of the White's Ferry Road School of Biblical Studies & School of Evangelism; holds the BA degree in Commercial Art, an MA degree in Counseling & the Doctor of Ministry degree from Theological University of America; he also serves on the Board of Nations University.

In 2001, Hugh began working full time with CrossView Prayer Ministries and the School of Prayer at Calhoun, Louisiana . He also serves with the church in Calhoun. Not only do Hugh & Jo have many years of experience in prayer ministry, they have both completed the entire College of Prayer curriculum and hold the Certificate of Prayer Ministry diploma.

Link to information about Hugh's seminars & retreats

Bob & Shirley Danklefsen

Bob once served as a staff evangelist with We Care Ministries; he 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

Click 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.