Welcome
The Augsburg House of Prayer initiative is part of the Catholic Charismatic Movement. It is our goal to establish perpetual intercession and worship: day and night. The House of Prayer is not a confraternity or a fellowship where people live together but basically just a prayer room which is open to the public about 50 hours per week. Teams made up of the 30 staff members take shifts in filling two-hour-slots of prayer meetings. These prayer times are
- team-oriented
- music combined with spoken prayers
- charismatic (giving room to the gifts of the Spirit)
- focussed on the word (the Bible is prayed and sung)
There are two main distinctive prayer formats:
a. Intercession
b. Worship with the word
Intercession is the more active, „aggressive“ type of a prayer meeting. We intercede for the church(es) of our city, for a breakthrough of the gospel in our nation, our church and state leaders, for Israel and for the ending of abortion - just to name some major topics.
Worship with the word is the more „contemplative“ type. We sing and meditate on a certain passage of Scripture aksing the Holy Spirit to enlarge our understanding.
A worship and teaching night with Johannes Hartl is held every Thursday in the local parish church (12 Apostel Kirche) at 7:30 pm, drawing many visitors from all around.
With its emphasis on ecumenism the House of Prayer initiative is open for both Catholic and non-Catholic visitors, staff-members etc.