All in direct contradiction to the word of God. That people prayed corporately in the Bible is not denied, but it was a rarity in comparison to personal prayer alone. Mostly, in prayer meetings where people gather together, they pray to one another. The gathering in many ways becomes nothing more than a religious parliamentary debate. Sadly prayer meetings are considered successful by the numbers that attend, the quantity of prayer uttered, the urgency and quality of arguments presented.
Prayer is the issue of a love relationship.