What are some examples of houses of prayer throughout history?
Here are several among many examples: • Bangor, Ireland – in 555 A.D., a Celtic monk named Comgall and his co-worker Columbanus gathered 3,000 monks to a place called Bangor (the High Choir). They began a prayer meeting that continued with singing 24 hours a day for 300 years, resulting in the first Celtic missions movement in history. • Clairvaux, France – in 1120 A.D., a Catholic monk named Bernard gathered 700 monks to a valley called Clairvaux (Valley of Light). They began a prayer meeting that continue d 24 hours a day for many years, resulting in a dynamic release of evangelism through signs and wonders across all of Europe. • Herrnhut, Germany – in 1727 a German nobleman named Nicholaus Ludwig Count von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) gathered persecuted Christians to his large estate in Germany that he named Herrnhut (the Watch of the Lord). They began a prayer meeting that continued 24 hours a day for 120 years, resulting in the Moravian movement, the first Protestant missions movement
