THE GREATER NYC PRaYeR MOVEMENT
MOVEMENT.ORG’S NYC IMPACT STORY
KEY METRICS, 1988-PRESENT
Mac and Marya Pier arrived in New York City in 1984. Mac was on staff with InterVarsity where he supervised 15 campus ministries with his team for a decade. In 1984, New York City could be described as nearly bankrupt, increasingly violent, and in some communities, severely underchurched. It is estimated that just 9,000 people (out of a population of 1.5 million) attended Bible-believing churches in Manhattan. Mac, along with colleagues from Cru Inner City, organized the first concert of prayer on February 5, 1988, at First Baptist Church of Flushing. This historic gathering of 75 churches inspired the birth of Concerts of Prayer Greater New York (the forerunner to MOVEMENT.ORG) later that year. Over the next 37 years (1988-2025), more than 2,000 churches and 250,000 people have engaged in an unprecedented New York prayer movement. In the past four decades we have witnessed two macro answers to prayer. The murder rate in New York City declined by 70–80% from the early 1990s to approximately 2009. Secondly, evangelicalism in Manhattan grew 300% in that same period due to our partnership with Tim Keller and Redeemer City to City. Our impact in Greater New York continues today with three major initiatives. Each January, MOVEMENT. ORG hosts the Pastors’ Prayer Summit for 350 key regional leaders—the largest, longest running, and most diverse gathering of its kind. In October, Movement Day NYC unites marketplace, church, and parachurch leaders for collaboration around the greatest needs of the city. Rounding out these efforts, MOVEMENT.ORG’s Advanced Leadership Intensive is a nine-month cohort program for training, developing, and equipping the next generation of emerging leaders.
2,000+ CHURCHES MOBILIZED 250,000 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PRAYER INITIATIVES
PASTORS PRAYER SUMMIT (36 YEARS) AGGREGATE ATTENDANCE OF 11,000+
MACRO ANSWERS TO PRAYER 1989-2009
NYC MURDER RATE DECLINED 70-80% EVANGELICALISM GREW BY 300%
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