Talk:Christian prayer

Three level structure
The articles were organized into the generally recognized 3 level structure, with uniform naming, as in Talk:Prayer,_meditation_and_contemplation_in_Christianity. History2007 (talk) 14:07, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

List all of the Kinds of Prayer: (This list is not yet comprehensive.  Let's add to it and come up with ALL of the Possible types of Prayer).

Homage Worship Song and Music Poetry Adoration Glorification Praise Honor

Prayer for Others Prayer for Family Prayer for Friends Prayer for Nation and Community 2605:A601:704:9F01:4F6:B53D:E40D:2D48 (talk) 22:19, 21 April 2019 (UTC) 2605:A601:704:9F01:4F6:B53D:E40D:2D48 (talk) 12:44, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Let us discuss silent prayer
It is indeed a well used type of prayer. One denomination leader Mary Baker Eddy even alleged that ``Silent prayer is a desire, fervent, importunate: here metaphysics is seen to rise above physics, and rest all faith in Spirit, and remove all evidence of any other power than Mind; whereby we learn the great fact that there is no omnipotence, unless omnipotence is the All-power." As someone who has done it church myself, I suggest non-Christians should know it for secular reasons too.InsulinRS (talk) 21:33, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * You wrote, "Prayers held in silence are commonly practiced during church sermons by parishioners so not to cause disruption to things such as the clergy speeches and music.
 * First, this is not a reliable source. Second, where is this supported in the source cited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magnolia677 (talk • contribs)

First, it is reliable source which serves as Institute for Christian theology. Second, it notes ways to enforce the "discipline of silence" as a way "to offer the gift of spiritual hospitality." I may have made a mistake in original wording, which I used in part from my own experience with church silence, but it doesn't excuse the fact that it is quite a reliable source. I do not intend to revert now, so blocking me would suggest conspiracy.InsulinRS (talk) 22:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose merging Prayer in the New Testament into Christian prayer. The whole lead for Prayer in the New Testament is already included in the background section of this article. There is other information on the prayer in the new testament page that could be merged to this, and then a deletion for the stand-alone article could be proposed. Vojo2024 (talk) 21:09, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Updated edits and future suggestions
I deleted the section "Prayer in the New Testament," as the majority of the content in the section originated from one single source and was not notable enough to warrant a whole section within the article. I took the main information from the section (the name/ideas of the theologian) and added it to a new introduction section that I began beneath the "types of prayer" heading. This introduction can be expanded upon in the future to better introduce the section, specifically information about why all of the types of prayer exist. Moving forward, this article still needs work in terms of organization. I think that expanding on the introduction to the types of prayer section will be a good start, as it will give the section as a whole a clearer purpose. Vojo2024 (talk) 15:09, 18 April 2022 (UTC)