John 17 Pastors' Fellowship

Bringing Unity to Montgomery for the sake of the Gospel!

Our Vision: Community Transformation

Our Mission: The whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole city.

John 17 Pastors' Fellowship meets the third Wednesday of every month at Montgomery House of Prayer and Worship.

 Reservations at 277-3502.

John 17 is a ministry of:

"...I pray...that all of them may be one..."  

John 17:20-21

Articles:

John 17: What is it and how did it start?

Our Values and Goals

Evidence of God Moving

Our Plans

Our Structure

John 17: What is it and how did it start?

John 17 was birthed in 1982 as a monthly prayer fellowship of pastors. John 17’s outreach to pastors was deepened in 1999 by the first Montgomery area Pastors’ Prayer Summit. Thirty-three pastors, pastoral staff, para-church and other ministry leaders came together to pray for four days at Blue Lake Assembly. God used this time to break down barriers in the relationships of these men who came from various denominations and organizations. Through the Pastors’ Prayer Summit, God planted in their hearts a passion to see the city of Montgomery and all of central Alabama trans-formed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This season of prayer together resulted in a covenant and mission statement articulating the pastors’ commitment to the vision God had given them. Since that time, John 17’s impact has grown and developed into a citywide movement God is using to strategically impact Montgomery with the message of Jesus Christ.

Our Values and Goals

Utter Dependency on God
Trusting and Respectful Relationships
Pastoral Leadership
Intentional Strategic Planning
Great Commission Completion
Engage the Whole Church

Evidence of God Moving

Annual Prayer Summit for pastors
Quarterly prayer and praise gatherings for pastors and local churches to join together in worship
Prayer clusters for ministry leaders to share and pray together
A Montgomery servant leadership team
Forming of Church Prayer Leaders’ Network

Our Plans

Hold citywide prayer evangelism events
Encourage combined church services throughout the city
Be a part of community service projects
Develop relationships between pastors
Develop a network of intercessors for the city and ministry leaders

Our Structure

John 17 is led by a service-oriented team of pastors and ministry leaders called a servant leadership team. The functions of the servant leadership team include the following:

To cast a vision for the whole church, city and Gospel initiative
To provide a bridge linking every part of the Church of Jesus Christ
To identify problems or tensions between various parts of the “Body” and begin facilitating relationships God can use to reconcile these gaps in the wall of the city

PRAYER
John 17 pastors are empowered by the Lord through times of united prayer. The prayer time is modeled after the Pastors’ Prayer Summit and includes singing hymns, reading a scripture (with no commentary) and praying with one another in a way that is common to all denominations.

FELLOWSHIP
John 17 pastors grow in love for each other as they break bread together over a fellowship lunch each month and as they share intimately with each other at Pastor Prayer Summits.

SERVING TOGETHER
John 17 pastors serve the Lord together during city-wide events such as March for Jesus, Project Hope and the National Day of Prayer. Many also swap pulpits or have joint services with churches of different races or denominations as they grow in love and unity.