Why Pray Together?
Short video stories from churches who have started praying together or individuals who have led prayer groups and initiatives.
Peter Anderson
Pete, from City Hill Church [City on a Hill - a church in Edinburgh] in Edinburgh talks about a pastors prayer meeting that he helped launch a few years that has gradually grown in depth, strength and numbers.
Mike Betts
Mike, who leads the Relational Mission [Relational Mission] family of churches, explains what is so important about corporate prayer in the life of the local church.
Jim Cymbala
Jim Cymbala, who leads The Brooklyn Tabernacle Church [The Brooklyn Tabernacle] in New York explains the priority that prayer needs in the local church. The Brooklyn Tabernacle has hosted a weekly Tuesday night prayer meeting for decades that has been the engine room of the local church.
Dave Hill
Dave is part of Kings’ Church West Lothian [kingschurchwl.org] and talks about how prayer during lockdown worked for their local church.
Michael Rollo
Michael Rollo provides a brief account of how Found Church Scotland [www.foundchurch.co.uk] part of the Assemblies of God [www.aoggb.com] churches has approached corporate prayer. The leaders have always prayed whenever they meet as a priority.
Euan McCrindle
Euan explains how he and Romona of Every Nation Glasgow [www.everynationglasgow.org], part of Every Nation family of Churches [www.everynation.org] have seen the pivotal role of corporate prayer as they have launched a new church plant in Glasgow and how their times of prayer as a church have become an engine room for their church plant.
John Piper
John Piper who was a pastor for decades and who is founded Desiring God [Desiring God] - a ministry that ‘aims to help people everywhere embrace a profound truth that changes everything about life and eternity’ in the Gospel and the Glory of God - explains how praying in groups of believers is more powerful than we imagine.
Daniel Goodman
Daniel is part of City Church in Cambridge [Home | City Church (citychurchcambridge.org.uk)], describes the Enough prayer events that the ‘Prayer of Many’ have held over many years, and what hosting large scale prayer could look like.
Chris Ashurst
Chris is part of King’s Church Edinburgh [King's Church Edinburgh | A Church For All Of Edinburgh (kingschurchedinburgh.org)]. He talks about how God brought him to Edinburgh and called him to begin praying in his block of flats with groups of believers.
Jonathan Stanfield
Jonathan leads Living Hope Church [Living Hope], a multisite church on the Isle of Man. He discusses how his family of churches has grown in corporate prayer recently with an encouragement for any church to persevere in prayer.
Terry Virgo
Terry Virgo led the Newfrontiers [newfrontierstogether.org] family of churches, a global movement of churches for decades. He always talks about the key role of prayer in the local church and how by praying together, a movement grew beyond imagination. Here he looks at how Elijah prayed.
Rob McFarlane
Rob, grew up in Zimbabwe, but now leads a growing church called River Church in St Neots [River Church (riverchurchstneots.co.uk)]. He discusses prayer in the local church and his experiences.
P.J. Smyth
PJ gives some really practical thoughts on how to really make prayer work in the local church when praying together.
Steven Anderson
Steven has been a prominent church leader in Glasgow for many years. He led a very successful and sustained prayer initiative involving many of the Glasgow pastors for many years. He discusses corporate prayer and the power of prayer. He is now based at Glasgow City Church [Glasgow City Church – All of Christ … in All the Church … to All Creation]
Anneli Daines
Anneli is part of King’s Church West Lothian [kingschurchwl.org]. She offers some very heart felt thoughts about the difficulties and joy of prayer despite all the challenges that life throws our way.
Steve Dunn
Steve, who leads a church, shares how as a church [www.beaconhernebay.org.uk] they have sought to raise the thermostat of prayer by creating rhythms of prayer in the life of the church. Creating a culture of prayer by praying when they meet and not just prayer meetings.
Dave Hill
David started a prayer initiative that has taken root in churches across the world called Try Praying [trypraying]. He tells us how this got going.
Libby Hill
Libby goes to King’s Church West Lothian [kingschurchwl.org]. She talks about how beneficial small groups of prayer are and how powerfully they impact our lives.
Gordon Watson
Gordon leads a church plant in Sittingbourne [hopesittingbourne.org]. He talks about how they as a church have enjoyed praying together and what this looks like in Hope Church.