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Paganism is on the march in our beloved country. W ha t can be done to stem the tide? What • can we do? The author shows us.
A Church at Prayer
By K. OWEN W H ITE * Washington, D. C.
H AVING been a pastor for the last eighteen years, it is natu ral that I should think of the There can be no substitute for strong, spiritual, evangelistic, New Testament churches. The pattern is laid out in the New Testament and particularly in the Book of Acts. * Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church . Wash - ington, D. C. Dr. White was graduated from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in the class of m
What is it that characterizes the churches of the first century? Read once again with open heart and mind the first six chapters of Acts. Notice the pre-eminent place of earnest, be lieving prayer (Acts 1:14, 24, 25; 2:42; 3:1; 4:24-31; 6:4, 6). No decision was made, no step undertaken, no problem attacked, no danger faced without im mediate and united prayer. A ll the work grew out of intercession, and was saturated in it. If the churches of the New Testament found their
victory through combined prayer why should not we? Conditions in the Nation Consider the conditions that exist in our nation as a whole. It is au thoritatively stated that less than two per cent of the population go to church anywhere on Sunday evening. Com mercialized sports and amusement^ have made a “field day” of- Sunday. Profanity, smoking, and drinking are [ Continued on Page 46]
Lord’s work in terms of “church life.”
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