The Unity Set

I've been circling around this one a bit and it's time to land on it.

If Sunday mornings are the axle in the flywheel of my weekly schedule then Wednesday's 7-9 PM at the House of Prayer - Siloam are the apexes.

It was the second half of last year (2008) when the Lord was really working with me on a vision for the 52 churches of Siloam Springs. I’ve had a number of people ask me how this idea came about and I will try to spend some time soon trying to unpack this more and more. For now, just keep in mind that as I saw 2009 approaching and as I studied the local church and the number of congregations I quickly figured out that in the 52 weeks of 2009 I (and we) could pray for one church each week of the year. There are some more additional interesting details to share later but that’s good for now.

I knew the Lord was speaking to me on this and I shared this vision with a handful of individuals I knew walked in wise counsel. I had varying responses, naturally. Some didn’t surprise me, some did. But one of the responses that pleasantly surprised me the most was that the Unity Set team I was working with on Wednesday nights. They quickly and wholly welcomed the idea of praying for the 52 churches, one each week. Think of it this way, each week someone was going to hand me a 50-lb bag of coal and the Unity Set team said, “You can use our furnace”. Without it, I’d be sparking a whole lot of little fires everywhere.

I am grateful that they have continued to embrace it. I believe the Lord has called them as much as He has called me to this, each playing our own different parts, and skillfully well at that.For example, I have plans to attend Eastgate Freewill Baptist Church this Sunday. My calendar indicates their service begins at 10:30 AM. That entry was made months ago so one of the first things I’ll need to do is confirm that. It looks like I will need to do a "drive-by", probably some time today.

I’ll keep you posted.

- Wade Baker