Quarterly Book Club

The 8-week reading arc

A new week opens each Wednesday, following Rees Howells, Intercessor and its accompanying study guide.

1. Week 1Open Foundations of Faith & SurrenderReading: Chapters 1–5Early Years, Two Shocks, Meeting the Risen Lord, Welsh Revival, Holy Spirit Takes PossessionTheme: The difference between a converted life and a fully surrendered life.Focus: Rees’s "Personal Pentecost" and what it means for the Holy Spirit to take total possession of a believer.
2. Week 2Open The Training Ground of IntercessionReading: Chapters 6–11Loving an Outcast, The Tramps, Binding the Strong Man, A Branch in the Vine, The Tubercular Woman, A Village Untouched by RevivalTheme: Identification and sacrifice.Focus: How God trained Rees to identify with the poor, sick, and outcast before granting him the authority to intercede for them.
3. Week 3 Opens Wed, Oct 28Defining the Call & Breaking Worldly TiesReading: Chapters 12–17What Is an Intercessor?, Challenging Death, Father to Orphans, Hidden Life, Hatless BrigadeTheme: The cost of the call.Focus: Dissecting Chapter 12 ("What Is an Intercessor?"). Discussing the radical, public steps of obedience required of him.
4. Week 4 Opens Wed, Nov 4The School of Faith & ProvisionReading: Chapters 18–21Vow of a Nazarite, Uncle Dick's Healing, Called Out from Wage-Earning, MadeiraTheme: Living by faith, not sight.Focus: Stepping away from financial security. Learning to trust God for physical healing and material provision.
5. Week 5 Opens Wed, Nov 11Multiplied Ministry & Corporate RevivalReading: Chapters 22–24Marriage and Missionary Call, Standing in the Queue, Revivals in AfricaTheme: Expanding the boundaries.Focus: Teamwork in intercession through marriage, and witnessing the Holy Spirit move on a corporate level during his time in Africa.
6. Week 6 Opens Wed, Nov 18Building the VisionReading: Chapters 25–28Buying the First, Second, and Third Estates, The Bible College of WalesTheme: Establishing a house of prayer.Focus: The practical grid of establishing a physical place dedicated to God's work and training the next generation.
7. Week 7 Opens Wed, Nov 25Global Intercession & World War IIReading: Chapters 29–36The Every Creature Commission, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, D-Day, etc.Theme: History-shaping prayer.Focus: How a small group in Wales directly pushed back darkness during WWII, and the concept of "praying through" until victory is secured.
8. Week 8 Opens Wed, Dec 2The Legacy & Our CommissionReading: Chapter 37 & Review of the Study GuideHome CallTheme: Passing the mantle.Focus: Personal activation. Translating Howells' radical lessons on obedience into our current cultural moment.