Acts 4 is an account of a church at prayer. And as we read this account, we can’t help but be struck by one thing: What wonderful things happened as this church prayed! The prayers of this body of Christians shook the realm of nature; we read in v. 31 that [...]

A survey was done a few years ago to try to determine what makes churches thrive and grow. That survey found that 71% of so-called “breakout churches” (formerly plateaued or declining churches now growing) report an increased emphasis on prayer in the past several years (C. Kirk Hadaway, Church [...]