The following questions are some of the most frequently asked over the past eight years. If you have a question that is not contained in this list, send it to us and we will try to find an answer. We expect to expand this list with feedback on the Evaluation Forms submitted to SERVE at the end of each stage. Significant questions will be posted on a regular basis on the SERVE Website (www.kingdomprayer.org) under the tab marked "Frequently Asked Questions". Check there whenever you have a question and see if you find an answer. If not, please ask your question by way of email at info@kingdomprayer.org.

1. Individual leaders, following the guidelines in "Starting from Scratch," (see Appendix One) use the training manuals and start KIT in their local church or ministry.

2. Groups of churches in a city or region host a Kingdom Campaign Leadership Training event; which equips many pastors and church leaders in a geographical area to begin the Kingdom Campaign in their own churches. Sometimes this approach is also used in larger churches to equip key leaders.

3. A local church hosts Kingdom Intercessor Training; which provides the vision, tools, and training necessary for a pastor and congregation to launch the Kingdom Campaign in their local church.

Both of these "events" build momentum and train many people at one time in the basic principles of the Kingdom Campaign. Therefore, hosting or attending a training event is strongly encouraged. A schedule of events is posted periodically on the Website at www.kingdomprayer.org.

A. Yes, you can have less than or more than three persons, but you need to be aware of potential difficulties if you try to work with too few or too many on a team. Scripture is very clear that we are to multiply, which precludes mere addition and certainly eliminates subtraction and division. One person with the leader produces only addition. Two is the smallest number that will produce multiplication. More than three compounds the difficulty of getting together for the monthly meetings, and the larger number of people works against the most fruitful exchange of ideas. Experience proves that three is the optimal number for the best training of the most people. If you decide to consistently have less than two or more than three in a team, please do not call what you are doing Kingdom Intercessor Training.

A. Paul encourages us, I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6 ESV). The best way to deal with loosing team members is to preclude it by frequently asking God in His sovereign providence to prevent it from happening. Having said this, we must recognize the reality that sometimes God may have something else that He desires in the life of His people. Remember as we have said before, KIT is not the same as the Kingdom Campaign. If God allows a team member to be taken out of the training, seek to discover what He is telling you. If someone is providentially hindered from completing a stage in your fireteam, the team may complete that stage with the members that are left. Make special effort to fill the vacancy prior to the start of the next stage with a qualified candidate. If the person moves away, encourage him to start KIT at their new location.

A. Once a person becomes a corporal he/she has two roles, receiving from a leader in the R-Team and giving leadership to the G-Team. Filling the gap in the R-Team is one thing; filling the gap in a G-Team is something else. Filling the gap requires people who have successfully completed the previous stage. Believers who complete KIT’s four stages may chose to become gap fillers. In addition, gap fillers may be people who have completed the KIT beyond the stage where the gap has developed, and have both the time and desire to lead more than one G-Team.

God’s work done in God’s way and in God’s time will never lack God’s supply. Remember Jehovah Tsabaoth is also Jehovah Jireh; that is, the LORD will provide (see Genesis 22:14). Review Spurgeon’s comparison of God’s promises to checks made payable to the holder (pages 255-256). Then, Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7 ESV). Ask the Lord to guide in the use of the following possibilities for financing your training materials and be open to other ways the Lord may desire to use.

A. Fireteam leaders may purchase the materials for each stage for their fireteam members, and the members may reimburse the leader when they receive their materials.

B. The fireteam members may be responsible to purchase their own materials directly from the SERVE Website at www.kingdomprayer.org.

C. The church or ministry might include the cost of these materials in their annual Sunday School/Bible study curriculum budget.

D. The church or ministry may make the initial purchase of the materials in order to take advantage of volume pricing and lower per unit freight charges, and then have participant’s reimburse the church or ministry when they use the materials.

E. Many times, there are individuals who have a special heart for prayer and/or disciple-building ministries that also have resources to invest in kingdom work. Approach these individuals, and provide them a copy of Ignite Your Leadership. Ask them to prayerfully consider underwriting the cost of this vital ministry in their church or community.

Remember, helping Christians to pray more biblically and more regularly is clearly in the will of God. He has all of the resources needed to do His will. Pray that He would provide the necessary resources for this work. God says, For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.… Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me (Psalm 50:10-11, 14-15 ESV).

A. In the strict sense of the word, KIT is not "military" but it is "militant". (Appendix Four, Improve Your Prayer Life) To be faithful to Scripture, we must be spiritually militant (see Improve Your Prayer Life; also see "What is the Church," Invigorate Your Church). John Piper is right, "We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war." The decision to use a military model was arrived at after much prayer, reading of the Word, and discussion with many people, some with military experience and others with no military experience.

The Bible makes it very clear that spiritual warfare is the real war; all military warfare is but a dim reflection of this real spiritual war. Having experienced the horror of combat with the Marines in Korea, I wish there was another model to use, but after years of wrestling with the issues, I’m convinced that while this is not the only biblical model for disciple making, it is the best model to properly deal with present realities.

When Christ’s Kingdom Campaign concludes, war will cease. The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever! (Revelation 11:16). KIT seeks to equip believers to be more effective coworkers with Christ in His ministry of intercession as we move toward the conclusion of His Kingdom Campaign.

A. Two things need to be said in response to this question. First, while Scripture describes clear and distinct roles for men and women, it sometimes applies masculine images to both genders. At other times, it applies feminine images to both genders. Brides are feminine, but both male and female believers are the Bride of Christ, the Church. Sons are masculine, but both men and women are called the sons of God. Soldiers are usually thought of as masculine, but both believing men and women are called to be soldiers for Christ.

Having said this, I also must confess that KIT is heavily designed to involve men in the ministry of prayer. Christian men have for too long left prayer to women. That is unbiblical, and, quite frankly, sin. KIT is definitely for both men and women, but women have been leading the way in prayer for generations. It is time for men to take their biblical role as Kingdom Intercessors also.

A. In KIT’s four-stage process, participants recruit only once. They only recruit three persons, and this is done at the end of Stage I (see Appendix Eight, Stage I Recruiting Chart, page 221).

A. The leadership required for a KIT fireteam was described earlier in this book (see "Helping Others to be on God’s Agenda," pages 121-163). Leading a fireteam is not like a pastor leading a congregation or a CEO leading a Fortune 500 Company. God will guide you to choose three persons to be your fireteam. You will experience being trained in the manual for each stage before you lead your fireteam through those same materials. Agendas and leader guides are provided for each stage. You are not being asked to "teach". You are being asked to share with your team members your understanding of the training manuals and your experience with these materials as they work through the materials themselves.

NOTE: Many leaders in the Bible felt unqualified to lead: Moses, Isaiah, Paul, etc. Trust God; He will lead your fireteam through you.

A. All of us have a father and mother (if they still live in this world, they need prayer). Many have brother(s) and/or sister(s). Many have been married and have grown children. If any of these people still live in this world, they need your prayers. If you have none of these, then adopt a family in your church family.

All Christians have family; the Church is the family of God (see Ephesians 3:14-15). God is our Father, Jesus is our Brother, and members of the visible Church on earth are our brothers and sisters. Fireteam members who are single should "adopt" a family in their local church to pray for and with, and they should invite the family to pray for them, using the prayer guides in the training manual.

A. Questions about time are usually matters of priorities. If your prayer life is everything it ought to be then you do not need this training. On the other hand, if your prayer life has room for improvement, perhaps God wants you to rearrange your priorities. When your prayer life is what God desires it to be, it adds more meaning and power to the rest of your life (see in this book, "The Rest of Your Life," page 67).

"Large commitment of time" is a phrase that must be put in context. Most people put four years in to getting a high school education; many take another four years to get a college degree. Compared to the time we invest in basic education the time required to complete KIT’s four stages is not so "large".

The practical reality is that most of the time commitment for KIT is daily one-on-one time with your Heavenly Father. If you are already spending daily time with the Lord, you can use the KIT material for this. In addition to this daily time, KIT involves only one meeting each month with your G-Team and one meeting each month with your R-Team.

A. The strategy outlined in Appendices One and Two assume a commitment by all participants to establish an ongoing equipping ministry in prayer discipleship by building the Chain of Encouragement. In the early development of KIT, some believers may want to be in a fireteam, but the Chain of Encouragement has not yet grown enough to accommodate everyone. Other very conscientious people may be hesitant to make this commitment. For some, the time element is too long. Others do not feel capable to lead a fireteam and multiply through three other believers. Sometimes an ongoing small group decides that it wants to use the KIT manuals as curriculum for a study on prayer. In Becoming A Kingdom Intercessor, we pointed out that there are legitimate deferments from this training, so we should not try to force everyone into one mold. It is wise and proper to encourage believers to grow in their prayer lives in every legitimate way we can. Even within these groups, it is best to form the participants into fireteams, each with a leader. We would call these "Reserve" fireteams. In the military the classification of "Reserves" is used to designate people who want to be available for emergencies, but believe they are not to be full time soldiers or "Regular" soldiers. KIT "Reserve" fireteams can work through the manuals one at a time, starting with Improve Your Prayer Life. Each member of a "Reserve" fireteam should commit to do the preparation described in the manual Discussion Guide, including the daily discipline of prayer.

Having said this let me give a word of strong caution. Building an ongoing training process should be the first priority of local churches and ministries. Masses in classes usually produce flashes and ashes. Do not let "Reserves" become a substitute for "Regulars". (see page 213)

A. Churches with small group ministries frequently make two mistakes. Some try to force all their existing small groups to do KIT, others decide not to do KIT at all because they are already doing "small groups".

There are many legitimate types of small groups. Small groups operating with assumptions that differ from KIT should not be forced to conform to KIT standards. For example, most existing small group ministries do not require recruiting and multiplication like KIT does. If you try to force KIT on existing small groups, you will probably experience a break down of morale and the number of people involved in your groups may even shrink. Therefore, we suggest you do NOT force KIT onto your existing small groups.

However, people who have been blessed by small group ministries know the powerful dynamics for learning and applying knowledge to Christian lives that small groups offer. One thing small groups CAN do with KIT is to:

The second mistake churches with small groups make is not to do KIT at all because they are already doing "small groups". Believers need to be equipped to pray. If you are not equipping your people to pray biblically, with kingdom focus, don’t expect them to do it instinctively. KIT provides your local church an ongoing process for equipping believers to become Kingdom Intercessors. In response to these Kingdom Intercessors, God will release increasing power for all the ministries of your church.

One last thought, to start KIT requires only a very few key people. You do not have to reorganize your small group ministries. Just start a fireteam and see what God does through you!

A. In some situations whole groups want to study the KIT manuals but they do not want to make the four-stage commitment and multiply. When this happens be sure to study the manuals in their order, starting with A Simple Way to Pray, Becoming a Kingdom Intercessor, Improve Your Prayer Life. If possible, these groups should be formed into Reserve Fireteams (see Regulars … or Reserves, page 213). There can be both benefits and problems when this happens. The benefit is that some members of these groups will move into the regular KIT and multiply. The problem is that others see no significant difference between regular KIT and what they have done. The end result is that they never multiply and they never receive the full benefits God gives those in the regular KIT.

A. First of all, it is not likely that all the members of any church will be called to enlist in KIT; however, your community may have many believers who will be thus called. Remember, this is "kingdom" focused ministry. The best recruiting works through your network of existing relationships and these relationships usually cross local church and denominational lines. Reach out to other evangelical Christians in your community to build your fireteams, particularly those of other age groups, denominations, and/or races and cultures.

A. In the "What’s Next" section of this book (page 161) we said, "When you complete Stage IV, you should be a Kingdom Intercessor; investing one hour daily in disciplined kingdom-focused prayer that strengthens your heart, your home, your church, and your world. Out of this discipline should flow reflexive prayer so that you pray everywhere, all the time, about everything with conscious communion with the King and focus on His kingdom. And you have the training and tools to multiply other Kingdom Intercessors. This prayer disciple-making ministry will empower you for all the work to which the Lord calls you." Think what YOUR life will be like when this is reality! Think what your Church will be like when this is a reality in the hearts and lives of a significant number of its members!

In addition to these benefits, we described four other opportunities for ministry you should consider:

1. Becoming a company-builder

2. Becoming a gap-person

3. Build your family fireteam

4. Start or join a Key Covenant Team. Practically speaking, you and each of the other fireteam members will be deciding at the end of Stage IV where to go from there.