That there is power in prayer is undeniable. More than just communication or communion with God, it is a union with Him. Through prayer we pour our lives, our longings, into God and receive His character, mind, and authority in return. When we gather with fellow believers for prayer, as we are taught in Matthew 18, our hearts are joined together in God's divine purpose. This is the very wisdom and power of the church. Yet such extraordinary prayer is something too few Christians understand, and therefore rarely practice.

Like many Christian leaders past and present, Robert Bakke believes that the effectiveness of the church's ministry is dependent upon this type of prayer. The evidence from history is clear. Time and time again, when Christians of all denominations unite as one body with one purpose, God moves. Thousands of people commit or rededicate their lives to Christ, missionaries rise up, and revival sweeps across geographic lines.

In telling the stories of history's awakenings and the praying believers behind them, Bakke will stir in your heart a vision for similar revival. And the lessons he brings forth from biblical examples reveal how such renewal can happen again today. Though Bakke's passion for prayer is clear, his work is a powerful reminder that it is God who calls us, privately and corporately, to pray.