ALTAR WORKER MANUAL By Evangelist Luis Gutierrez 12003

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ALTAR WORKER MANUALBy Evangelist Luis Gutierrez
1/2003
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ALTAR WORKER MANUALBy Evangelist Luis Gutierrez
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• Definition Altar work is instructing, assisting
  and leading people to God. It is a place of
  encounter
• Where God meets man!
• At times it entails praying people through to the
  Holy Ghost, deliverance, healing.
• At times it may require just comforting, talking,
  listening or giving a bible study.

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• Biblical Basis For Praying People Through
• Apostles and Disciples in Acts 1 2 had spent 3
  ½ years with Jesus, learning how to pray, repent,
  and praise.
• The Jews, being very indoctrinated in their
  religion, had a very good understanding in
  repentance and praise.
• The tabernacle plan required both repentance
  (brazen altar), praise (golden altar).

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• Who Should Work At The Altar?
• When at the altar, you are a priest (priestONE
  WHO STANDS)
• Everyone that has received the Grace and wants
  to return the Gospel.
• Why is The Altar Important?
• It is a place of
• Sacrifice Repentance
• Salvation Deliverance

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• Healing Praise
• Praying Through Supplication
• Laying on of Hands Intercession
• Receiving the Holy Ghost Restoration
• Why People DO NOT Pray With Others At The Altar?
• Lack of knowledge
• Fear
• Lack of self confidence
• Poor habit- not going to altar when altar is
  given

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• 5. Lack of a burden
• 6. No desire to win souls
• 7. Not committed
• DO NOT
• Hit/shake watch any type of physical contact
• (lay hands on no man suddenly) I Tim. 522

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• Spit (use good hygiene)
• Scream in ears
• Put words in their mouth to get them to speak in
  tongues
• Mess up their clothes or their hair
• Dont tell them they have the Holy Ghost
• Dos
• Be Observant and alert! But the wisdom from above
  is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
  reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits,
  unwavering, without hypocrisy. JAMES 317

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ALTAR WORKER MANUALBy Evangelist Luis Gutierrez
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• Dos (cont)
• If possible pray for someone that would
  best identify with you. Are they coherent? Are
  they under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Are
  they hurting? Are they sick? Ask them! Talk to
  them!
• Get their consent
• Be sensitive (inoffensive)
• Be positive (encourage a word of Faith)
• Pray out loud with them
• Be patient (longsuffering)

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• Dos (cont)
• Work as a team with other altar workers
• Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matt.
  1016)
• Basic Steps of Altar Work
• Search and Destroy (the works of the devil)
• Search out someone in the altar or in the pew.
  Remember, where is the altar? Anywhere. Decide
  who to pray for, approach the person, preferably
  woman to woman, man to man. Remember to be
  gentle.

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ALTAR WORKER MANUALBy Evangelist Luis Gutierrez
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• Basic Steps (cont)
• Assess the needs observe/listen/be sensitive to
  the spirit.Watch body language, and (note
  intensity, if they are kneeling down, crying,
  quiet, excited, shaking, smiling, scared, tight,
  etc)
• If necessary, instruct the person through
  repentance repent with them. Ask the Lord to
  forgive me of all my sins and help me to never do
  it again.
• Assist them through the transition of
  repentance to praise and worship. Ask them if
  they believe God has forgiven them.

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• Basic Steps (cont)
• Quote 1st John 19 If we confess our sins, he
  is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
  and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
  (learn this verse by memory).
• Ask them if they would lift their hand (a gentle
  nudge with the finger on the elbow) You must get
  their consent, dont force their hand in the air
  and thank God for forgiving you of your sins.

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• Basic Steps (cont)
• Assist them through the transition from praise
  and worship
• to receiving the Holy Ghost. Watch body language,
  you can
• watch facial expressions and body movements such
  as stam-
• mering lips, hands shaking, etc.
• After praying with them ask them about baptism
  Have you
• been baptized in name of Father, Son, and Holy
  Ghost?, if yes
• explain Jesus name baptism (or set up a Bible
  study).

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• Follow up with them
• Introduce yourself, ask who brought them, ask
  them how
• they feel, offer them a Bible study, register
  them at the visitor
• table or booth. Get their number (dont give out
  yours becau-
• se more times than not they wont call you, be a
  wise fisher-
• man). Note 75 of people are won through
  Personal Evan-
• gelism. Winning a soul is based on a
  relationship, People
• Dont care how much you know until they know how
  much
• You care. John Maxwell.

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• Tips on leading them through repentance
• Definition of Repentance Its asking God to
  forgive you of
• all your sins, and being sorry for your sins. A
  180 degree
• turn- Turning around and going the other
  direction (walk
• towards Jesus)
• Repent with them (kneeling is a good position).
• Encourage Godly sorrow. It worketh repentance
• II Cor. 710.
• 3. Make sure they understand that God loves them
  and

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• Tips on leading them through repentance
• (cont)
• Will forgive them. 1st John 19 He is Faithful.
• Note While working with backsliders, remind them
  that God
• still loves them and that he has never left them.
  All they have
• to do is believe his promises that God has
  forgiven them and
• that they have every right to speak in tongues
  again.

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• Tips on leading them through repentance
• (cont)
• Get them to say (any combination of these)
• I repent
• Jesus forgive me of my sins
• I surrender all to you
• I need you in my life
• I need more of you Jesus

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• Transition From Repentance To Praise
• Get consent
• Ask them to raise their hands and start thanking
  God
• for forgiveness (raising hands is an act of
  surrender)
• Get them to stand (with hands raised)
• Praise is acknowledging God for his greatness,
  excellence,
• mercy, perfection and all that he is.

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• Transition From Repentance To Praise
• Encourage them
• To lift their voice, clap, etc.whatever is
  appropriate to
• create an atmosphere of worship and praise.
• Tell them
• Speak it out
• Say it louder
• Lift up your voice

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• Transition From Repentance To Praise
• Love him, let him know it
• Praise him with all your heart, mind and strength
• Dont hold anything back
• Ask them to say
• Hallelujah (in GreekPraise The Lord)Praise
  means to shout with a loud voice)
• Thank you Jesus
• I love you Jesus

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• Transition From Repentance To Praise (cont)
• Speaking in tongues is the evidence of receiving
  the Holy
• Ghost. This happened in Acts 1045, Acts 2.
• Tell them not to be afraid to speak in tongues.
  Tell them the
• Lord is very close to you.
• When they start speaking in tongues, celebrate,
  ask them not
• to stop in order to have more confirmation.

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• Once They Have Received The Holy Ghost
• Encourage Them
• To keep praying until they are satisfied
• Dont let them get a little taste and stop
• To continue to speak in tongues as much as
  possible
• Tell Them
• About the necessity of Water Baptism in Jesus
  name.
• Benefits of orientation and follow up classes.

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• Other Instructions
• Try and sit next to or close to someone that
  needs the Holy
• Ghost. Invite them to the altar or pray with them
  at their pew.
• If someone in the service or at the altar has not
  explained to
• them about receiving the Holy Ghost, take the
  time to expl-
• ain to them what will happen and how to yield to
  the spirit.
• Stay with them until they have finished praying.
  Then ask
• them if they heard the different words they were
  speaking.

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• Rejoice with them and let them know, speaking in
  tongues
• is the sign of receiving the Holy Ghost.
• APPOINT AN ALTAR WORKER CAPTAIN!
• When the person you are praying with receives the
  Holy
• Ghost you should do 3 things 1. Lift your hand
  and wave it
• so the altar captain can give you an altar card
  for follow up.
• 2. You should fill out the card with them after
  they are
• through praying and give it to the altar captain.
  3. Ask them
• if they have been baptized, explain it to them if
  necessary.
• Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it Psalms
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