· The church was born in a 24-7 prayer room in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, and it was said of them 'they all joined together constantly in prayer.' (Acts 1:14)
· Early Christianity was incubated by the monastic prayer centres of the Desert Fathers, the Celtic communities of Northern Europe, and eventually the Benedictine and other orders.
· In the 18th century a Moravian community, under the leadership of Count Zinzendorf, prayed night-and-day for more than 100 years, thereby launching the great missionary thrust of the Reformation.
· In the 20th century a multi-racial 24-7 prayer room in Los Angeles sparked a movement bringing spiritual renewal to nearly 500 million people today.
Source: www.24-7prayer.com
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