20th August, 2008
The 24-7 movement is made up men and women from many streams of the body of Christ and many different cultures and contexts. The greatest joy when we gather is the melting pot of experiences, wisdom and stories of praise.
16th August, 2008
When I left school, I didn’t have many dreams and visions about what the future held for me. In fact, I had little real idea what I wanted to do.
4th August, 2008
"The presence of God was so intense that I almost couldn't keep away from the Prayer room"
How do you transform a city? The 24-7 Prayer community in Oulu, Finland are pushing through church and gender divides to cry out with one voice to the Father for change.
When I first received an email from a young Finnish woman organizing a 24-7 Prayer Room in a city I was uncertain I could pronounce, the first thing that shone through the type on the screen was her heart.
31st July, 2008
There are plenty of places where I've seen prayer and community meet or where prayer has inspired mission or even mission that's birthed community, but its not often I witness the convergence of all three. Today has been one of those occasions.
23rd July, 2008
Just go an email from Jill McLachlan from London's City Temple church, where they're praying 24-7 this week. Jill tells an amazing story from their last prayer room where 'within the first two hours of starting it, two guys walked in off the street and gave their lives to the Lord.
22nd July, 2008
It’s 3 am in this lofty-ceilinged art gallery space at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. The air conditioning’s nighttime pause in this humid place has made it sticky in here, but it’s somehow appropriate.
10th July, 2008
“Is it okay for strippers to use your centre?” This was the question we were asked by a beautiful young lady who had popped into our prayer room and drop in centre in the middle of the west end of San Antonio. Our answer of course was a resounding “YES!”
It’s been two months since we opened our new premises, and all I can say is that it has been an amazing success.
19th June, 2008
Whilst on my way to help pioneer 24-7 in New Zealand, I decided to visit my friends across 24-7 America and ended up getting much more than I expected.
My first stop was Madison, Wisconsin.
17th June, 2008
When responding to enquirers this year about just what Transit is, Salem Settlemeyer always began by stating, "Transit is not a program. It's an experience.
11th June, 2008
The incredible journey of a Church on their knees: Lyndall Bywater interviews Gillian Best about the story of the Methodist 24-7 Prayer community in Ireland and how devoting themselves to prayer has impacted a denomination across two nations.
Q: So what kind of community are you part of, Gillian?
A: I feel like we don’t really fit into any of the categories for 24-7 communities! We are a family of believers who call themselves Methodist! As a community we stretch across the whole Island of Ireland.
6th June, 2008
Two drunk girls walked into the prayer-room in a former ‘Accessorize’ shop in Northern Ireland at about 11pm. ‘What is this?’ they demanded loudly.