You know better than I the wonderful ministry of those early monasteries and convents in this part of England where prayer formed the base of mission and ministry. If our Lord knew of the necessity of prayer, so must we. And those who live in the Spirit and pray in the Spirit will also act in the Spirit. Pentecost is all about the Spirit giving us his gifts and us allowing him to use us in his service. God takes our weakness the offering of our lives and harnesses it to his enormous strength.
Power is the result.
Power through the combined efforts of thousands and thousands of people. It has issued in health care, in education, in social concern, in welfare. Evangelism which is not harnessed to social concern is not the evangelism that Jesus did. And social action by churches which is uninterested in discipleship and making Jesus Christ known, is not the social witness that Jesus Christ spoke about. So, every Faith Zone is called to reach out in faithful action to the world around.