Union of Evangelical Students of India-Delhi

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. Acts 12:5 (NASB). In the ministry of UESI , corporate prayer is one of the important ways that  the students, the graduate, and the staff can participate together and do the ministry more effectively. Private prayer life is a discipline we teach to our students in every camp. As breathing is vital for physical life, personal prayer is important for spiritual life. In the same way, corporate prayer is vital for the body of Christ the Universal Church. In the 1970’s and 80’s there used to be all night prayers at local level EGFs and 3 day prayer conferences at district level and state level. In those gatherings, we usually had a short time of praise and worship followed by short exhortation and then a time of corporate prayer. During these sessions, we never used to be bored or felt like dragging. It used to be a conscious participation by all the members interceding for the need

Dear friends, Some of you in our Facebook group on Engaging the University were not at the IFES World Assembly, but have been in conversation with me for some time about the topic. Others who were at the World Assembly seem to have discovered these issues for the first time. Still others are excited, but also somewhat confused as to what it does and does not entail for IFES ministries. So, I thought I should lead with a brief historical preamble by way of orientation. My wife and I first met Prof. Terry Halliday at an IVCF-USA Following Christ conference in Atlanta, in the last week of 2002. This was a conference for graduate students and faculty (called postgraduates and lecturers in the British-influenced universities!). I was a plenary Bible expositor and Terry led a track for social scientists. It was a fruitful encounter and we have remained friends with a shared concern for the intellectual credibility of our IFES movements in the world of the university. Over the

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