Prayer is the engine for church evangelism JN361-2. If you seek to be cutting-edge, you should not imitate what other people do. Prayer is the engine for church evangelism By John Mark Terry Evangelistic churches emphasize prayer, especially prayer for the lost. In recent years, church growth experts like Charles Chaney and Peter Wagner have stressed the necessity of prayer in evangelism and church growth.
Correct methods are important, but they are no substitute for prayer.
The power of the Holy Spirit must animate the principles and methods. They also place a greater emphasis on prayer. There is little passion to our praying and little confidence that it really does matter. Too few Christians and too few Christian churches are characterized by the anointing of the Holy Spirit. If they do not deny the power of the Holy Spirit with their lips, they deny it with their lives.