Scotland Hosts International Prayer Meeting via Zoom
What is believed to be the largest Prayer Meeting held in Scotland since the Reformation has been conducted via Zoom this week, with around 400 people joining.
What is believed to be the largest Prayer Meeting held in Scotland since the Reformation has been conducted via Zoom this week, with around 400 people joining from as far afield as the USA, Germany and Sweden.
Rev. James Gracie, of Arthur Street Church, Edinburgh started the Prayer Meeting in March as his parishioners were unable to attend services due to the government lockdown.
The first Monday evening meeting attracted around 50 attendees, but as word spread, numbers rocketed, causing a few challenges for Rev Gracie.
He said: “I had to become tech-savvy very quickly. I initially had a licence for 100 people and managed to set up our first Zoom call. I had no idea how many would attend, but the response was fantastic.
It was mainly members of my congregation, but there were several attendees from other denominations, and a few folks from overseas also joined in.
After that, the word just spread and spread. We have now had to purchase a licence for 500 people, and we’ve had people joining from Canada, Holland, Romania, the USA and Sweden. Indeed, the number of attendees has grown every week since it began.
I’m not sure how much bigger we can get, but to my knowledge, it’s already the largest Prayer Meeting in Scotland since the time of the Reformation.
For something that we started as a way of bringing our people together to have snowballed as it has been nothing short of a miracle. With isolation and so much uncertainty, the chance to join together in prayer can provide a great deal of comfort and reassurance.”
Anyone looking to join the prayer meeting, which is held at 7pm on Monday evenings, can do so by contacting Rev. Gracie at jig.edin@gmail.com.
Last Updated: 18 May 2020 13:03
Source: BIG Partnership
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