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Friday, May 2, 2003
2.8 MILLION GOAL FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER TEAM REACHED IN JUST 600 DAYS
By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) -- The Presidential
Prayer Team have reached their goal of enlisting 2.8 million Americans to pray
daily for the President of the United States and his cabinet. The announcement
came on May 1, the National Day of Prayer.
“Answering the president’s call for our nation to pray after the tragic events
of September 11, 2001, The Presidential Prayer Team reached its 2.8 million
participant goal in just 600 days. The effort is considered the fastest growing
nonprofit organization in the United States, growing by over a million
participants in the last three months alone,” said Sally Barton, spokesperson
for the group
“With our Commander-In-Chief as a model, himself encouraging prayer before
cabinet meetings, millions of Americans are following his example. They pray
daily for the president and the crucial decisions that he makes. They pray for
the protection of his family, and they pray for the future of our country. All
2.8 million of them!” said Barton.
“Throughout his term, President George W. Bush has been outspoken by calling
America a ‘nation of prayer,’ and declaring that prayer is a part of his daily
life. Last March he told Americans, ‘One thing that's really great about our
country, is there are thousands of people who pray for me that I'll never see
and be able to thank.’”
The Presidential Prayer Team’s immensely popular website (www.presidentialprayerteam.org
<http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/> ) features stories of God’s hand on our
nation’s history, as well as quotes from presidents and leaders on prayer and
faith in America. The site has been visited over 100 million times in 20 months.
President Bush has repeatedly stated, “…the greatest gift you can give anybody,
is to pray on their behalf.”
Today, The Presidential Prayer Team can say that 2.8 million Americans are doing
just that for the president each and every day.
For more information on The Presidential Prayer Team, visit
www.presidentialprayerteam.org <http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/> .
Membership and participation is free.
** Michael Ireland is an international British freelance journalist. A former
reporter with a London newspaper, Michael is the Chief Correspondent for ASSIST
News Service of Garden Grove, CA. Michael immigrated to the United States in
1982 and became a US citizen in Sept., 1995. He is married with two children.
Michael has also been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian
radio station.
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