What are some examples of houses of prayer through history up to the present time?
Contemplative and continuous prayer are relatively new concepts for many modern-day Protestants, but they have been fostered in the Catholic church for centuries. Most cities (including Chicago) have at least one Catholic church that practices “perpetual adoration”, which involves 24/7/365 reverence and prayer before the Eucharistic host, usually in a set apart chapel/prayer room. Our house of prayer differs somewhat from Catholic perpetual adoration in that it is multi-denominational and involves a concept of team prayer and worship. Three fairly well-known examples of this type of house of prayer are the Moravians, Taize, and the Kansas City IHOP. The reformed Moravian community, founded by Count Zinzendorf in Germany in 1727, is well known for two things: a prayer meeting that lasted over 100 years, and the creation of the modern missions movement through the sending of missionaries into nations all around the earth (for more info. see www.countzinzendorf.org/moravians/). The commun
