Meet our team of pastors
Every blog entry of The Praying Pastor is written by an author who either is, or has spent time as a local church pastor. The six pastors listed here make up our team of regular authors. Each has spent years in the pastorate and have experience moving their churches into becoming strong praying churches.
We are looking for other pastors to write guest blogs for us. If you are a pastor, and have something about prayer you would like to share with other pastors, please consider writing for The Praying Pastor. Information is at the bottom of the page.
Dr. J. Kie Bowman recently became pastor emeritus of Hyde Park Baptist Church, a mega church in Austin, Texas, he pastored for more than 25 years. Bowman then became the national director of prayer for the Southern Baptist Convention. He has become a prolific writer on the subject of prayer and revival. The author of 7 books, his two most recent are Evangelistic Prayer: Engaging the Power of God for the Lost
and City of Prayer: Transform Your Community through Praying Churches (both PrayerShop Publishing).
Dr. Ronald Morrison (Ron) is the founding and senior pastor of Hope Alliance Bible Church in Maple Heights (Cleveland), Ohio, which was planted in 1995. He and his wife, Anita, have been married since 1979. Ron served in the U.S. Army (1971–1973) and worked in a factory for 21 years before going into full-time ministry.
Ron and Anita have spent time with Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) international workers in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, and Brazil. Ron is also the president of the African American Association for C&MA licensed workers. Ron has served four terms on the C&MA Board of Directors, including four years as chairman. He earned his DMin from Alliance Theological Seminary, enjoys being an adjunct professor at various schools, and is a mentor for younger urban C&MA pastors.
Ron recently released a book, Losers and Leaders: The Kings and Prophets of Israel and Judah.
Dana Olson currently serves as Director of Prayer First Heartland, calling churches and leaders to a movement of earnest, biblical prayer. He has a heart for encouraging people to study, understand and apply the Scriptures, and has devoted his life to inspiring people to pray God’s Word.
Dana is a veteran of over 40 years as a pastor and prayer leader. He previously served on America’s National Prayer Committee and is chairman emeritus of the Denominational Prayer Leaders Network. For 13 years Dana directed the prayer mobilization ministry of the
Converge movement of churches.
Dana and his wife Christa have three adult daughters.
Dr. David Earley is an author whose books have sold over 700,00 copies. His two newest books are 21 Keys to Answered Prayer and The 21 Most Effective Prayers in the Bible (both PrayerShop Publishing). He is Lead Pastor of First Baptist of Grove City, Ohio. He is also Assistant Professor of Pastoral Leadership for Liberty Graduate School of Divinity. Previously, Dave was founding Lead Pastor of Grace City Church and the Grace Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out more at www.daveearley.com
Rev Tom Swank is currently the Director of Prayer Ministry for the Missionary Church. In this capacity, he oversees its prayer ministry PrayFirst! A longtime pastor, who has led a number of churches into becoming strong praying churches, Tom also serves on the leadership team of the Denominational Prayer Leaders Network.
Rev. Richard W. LaFountain retired in 2012 as the senior pastor of Grove City Alliance Church in Grove City, Pennsylvania, where he has served since 1999. Under his leadership the church grew from 180 to 850 and became a place known for the manifest presence of God where revival, repentance, healings, and conversions became every day experiences.
In his "retirement" Dick loves to help pastors, church leaders and local congregations discover the power of the presence of God through an intimate walk with Him in disciplined daily prayer.
Dick's passion is to motivate a renewed love for prayer and the presence of God in our churches. He is available as a speaker for churches, retreats, conferences, prayer summits, and church prayer weekends and other revival themes. In his retirement he also mentors and coaches pastors in the ministry disciplines, prayer disciplines and in strategic planning. His website prayertoday.org has gobs of free downloads and helps on prayer.
Would You Like to Submit an Entry?
We are always looking for guest blog entries. The only stipulation is that you must be either currently in pastoral ministry or have been a local church pastor and can write from that perspective. For more information on submitting an article, email Jon Graf at [email protected] for writing guidelines.
