About this Event
Prayer First Conference 2026: It Happens with Prayer
Join Pastor Clarence and Lady Joy Newton at New Life Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 8:00 AM–1:00 PM for a powerful morning devoted to prayer, spiritual growth, practical equipping, fellowship, and encouragement.
Prayer First is FREE to attend, but advance registration is requested to help us prepare for breakfast, seating, conference sessions, and materials.
The morning begins with Continental Breakfast & Fellowship at 8:00 AM, followed by worship, prayer, breakout sessions, special sessions, Prayer Parties, and a closing session designed to equip and encourage participants to make prayer a priority.
Conference Highlights
Continental Breakfast & Fellowship
Begin the morning with food and fellowship before the conference.
Practical Breakout Sessions
Choose from sessions addressing prayer in everyday life, ministry, relationships, caregiving, intercession, spiritual breakthrough, worship ministry, and more.
Special Session for Pastors
The Pastor’s Prayer Life: Leading from the Secret Place — Bishop Jack Vaughn, Sr.
A special session for pastors emphasizing the importance of maintaining a personal prayer altar and intimacy with God while carrying the responsibilities of pastoral leadership.
The conference schedule describes this session as an encouragement for pastors to prioritize their own personal prayer lives—not only intercession for others, but intimacy with God for themselves.
Special Session for Pastors’ & Ministers’ Wives
A Daughter Before a Pastor’s or Minister’s Wife
Panelists:
Lady Carolyn Vaughn • Lady Chantel Lassiter • Lady Joy Cofield
A thriving ministry begins with a woman whose first love remains Christ. This special session encourages pastors’ and ministers’ wives to protect their personal prayer lives, cultivate intimacy with God, establish healthy boundaries, and serve from the overflow of His presence rather than the depletion of constant demands.
Luke 10:38–42
The session’s focus on intimacy with God, healthy boundaries, and serving from spiritual overflow is also reflected in the conference schedule.
Prayer Parties
Experience energizing times of united and targeted prayer for our churches, communities, nation, and world.
Closing Session
Bishop Jack Vaughn, Sr.
A final word and impartation designed to encourage, strengthen, and equip participants to make prayer a priority.
The conference schedule identifies Bishop Vaughn as the speaker for the final closing session.
Registration
The Prayer First Conference is free and open to the community.
Please select the registration type that best describes you.
Each person attending should have his or her own attendee registration/ticket, even when several people are registered in the same Eventbrite order.
Event venue & nearby stays
New Life Baptist Church, 3601 Southwest 10th Avenue, Topeka, United States
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