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Confidence
Belief overview
Prayer and communal worship
Personal and communal prayer is a structuring part of Christian life.
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Neutral
What it is: Christianity gives great importance to prayer, both individual and communal, and to public worship gathered around biblical reading, hymns, preaching, sacraments, and intercession.
How the religion understands it: Prayer is seen as relationship with God, supplication, praise, confession, thanksgiving, and attentive listening. Worship can take more fixed liturgical forms or freer formats, depending on the tradition.
Context: This practice marks daily devotion and the weekly life of Christian communities throughout the world.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Acts 2:42
The community perseveres in teaching, fellowship, and breaking of bread.
Reference: Acts 2:42.
Content: The text describes the first Christians persevering in the apostles' teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers.
Use in debate: It helps show the centrality of communal worship and ritual meal.
Matthew 6:9-13
Classic model of the Lord's Prayer.
Reference: Matthew 6:9-13.
Content: Jesus teaches the prayer known as the Lord's Prayer.
Use in debate: It is central to Christian prayer practice in almost all traditions.