Day of Prayer
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A Day of Prayer is a day allocated to prayer, either by leaders of religions or the general public, for a specific purpose. Such days are usually ecumenical in nature.
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[edit] World Day of Prayer for Peace
The first one was held in Assisi on October 27, 1986, when more than 120 representatives of different religions and Christian denominations spent a day together with fasting and praying to their God or Gods. The only religion organization that was not there were Jehovah's Witnesses.
[edit] National Day of Prayer
This is a day designated by the United States Congress as a day when all Americans regardless of faith are asked to come together and pray in their own way. It is held on the first Thursday in May. A 'National Day of Prayer Task Force' was created in order to coordinate the event.
[edit] Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
This is a challenge from pentecostal evangelists and authors Jack W. Hayford and Robert Stearns through their organization 'Eagles Wings' to like-minded people around the world to pray for Jerusalem on the first Sunday of every October, close to Yom Kippur. The event began in 2004.
[edit] Haystack Prayer Meeting
Held in August 1806 this is viewed by many scholars as the seminal event for the development of Protestant Missions in the subsequent decades and centuries. On a hot summer day, a few Williams College students gathered in a field to discuss the spiritual welfare of the people of Asia. When a thunderstorm developed over the field, the students took refuge in the lee of a large haystack and continued their prayer meeting.
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