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In May 2018, in Nigeria, 500 former Muslims gathered at night to pray and learn something from God's Word. Hearing about the meeting, Boko Haram Islamists attacked. They captured 72 men, women and children and demanded they all return to Islam. Should they refuse, the next morning, their children would be killed while they watched. What happened next is the reason prayer matters.
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Why doesn't it happen in the West? Reinhardt Bonnke saw millions attend his meetings across Africa and thousands miraculously healed. But in two visits to Australia — not one. Meanwhile, a movement of 452,319 members in 20,651 churches operates with no buildings, no Bible colleges, no paid clergy. The contrast demands an explanation.
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In 979CE, Caliph Al-Mu'iz of Egypt presented Christians with three options: pray to move a mountain, leave Egypt, or be killed. In East Germany in 1982, 10 people gathered to pray for reunification. By 1989 they were 50,000. By 1990 the Berlin Wall was down. The evidence from history is overwhelming. The question is whether we believe it.
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