Brown also said God answers prayers based upon believers’ faith. The study is the largest ever to weigh the effectiveness of third-party prayer, also called intercessory prayer.

"I have no doubts that intercessory prayer works, (just) not all the time." Even Christ's prayers in the garden of Gethsemane weren't answered, Higgins said. "At the end, it's God's will be done.

Unleashing the Power of Intercessory Prayer By Joseph Hollcraft Foreword by Dan Burke Sophia Institute Press, 2020 160 pages; $14.95 To order: SophiaInstitute.com or (800) 888-9344 ...

What should they cut? Attention turns to “the pastoral prayer” or “intercessory prayer.” “It’s too long. It’s boring. We’re all yawning during it.” Such responses come from a basic misunderstanding of ...

Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School lead the most rigorous and comprehensive study to date on the effectiveness of intercessory prayer (also called "remote prayer"). His team wanted to ...

The team’s final report said, “We have not proven that God answers prayer or that God even exists. “It was intercessory prayer, not the existence of God that was tested here.

In the Reformed tradition, John Calvin’s 1542 Form of Church Prayers sets the pace. It calls for a 1,500-word intercessory prayer each week after the Sunday sermon.