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Prayer Retreat Center (Kidowon)
A prayer retreat center, known in Korean as a kidowon, is a Protestant facility, usually built in the mountains or on the outskirts of a city, where people can devote themselves to prayer and fasting. Equipped with meeting halls and lodging, it is used for individual prayer and group retreats.
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- Church RetreatChristian Life
A church retreat is a gathering in which church members leave their daily routines and stay together for several days to focus on worship, prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. In Korean Protestant churches, retreats are usually held by individual church departments during school vacations.
- PrayerChristian Life
Prayer is an act of faith in which believers offer praise, thanksgiving, confession, and petition to God; Protestants commonly describe it as "conversation with God." Korean Protestant churches are known for their active prayer gatherings, such as early morning prayer meetings and praying aloud together (tongseong gido).
- Prayer in GethsemaneBible
The prayer in Gethsemane is the prayer Jesus offered in Gethsemane, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, on the night before his arrest, in which he said, "not as I will, but as thou wilt." The event marks the beginning of the Passion narrative.
- Prayer of ManassehBible
The prayer of repentance offered by Manasseh, king of Judah, during the affliction of his captivity. It is recorded in 2 Chronicles 33, and a short Greek prayer bearing the same name has been transmitted among the Apocrypha (writings outside the canon).
- Jesus PrayerChristian Life
The Jesus Prayer is the short prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," recited repeatedly. It originated in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- National Salvation Prayer MeetingChristian Life
A national salvation prayer meeting is a church prayer gathering held for the well-being of a nation and its people when the country faces a crisis or a matter of great national importance. In a broader sense, the practice is also called "prayer for the nation."
- Dawn Prayer MeetingWorship & Rites
The dawn prayer meeting is a gathering held at church in the early hours before sunrise for hymn singing, Scripture, and prayer. It is regarded as one of the most characteristic devotional practices of Korean Protestantism and is also called dawn prayer or the dawn service.
- Friday Prayer MeetingWorship & Rites
The Friday prayer meeting is a regular prayer gathering in Korean Protestantism, held from Friday evening into the night and consisting of worship songs, preaching, and prayer. Because participants once prayed through the night, it is also called the Friday all-night prayer meeting.
- Representative PrayerWorship & Rites
Representative prayer is a prayer offered aloud by one person on behalf of the entire congregation during a worship service or gathering. In Korean churches it is usually led by lay officers such as elders, senior deaconesses (kwonsa), and deacons.
- Intercessory PrayerChristian Life
Intercessory prayer is prayer offered to God on behalf of other people, the church, the nation, and the world. It is associated with the "intercessions" named in 1 Timothy 2:1.
- Contemplative PrayerControversies
Contemplative prayer is a form of prayer that uses few words and rests silently in the presence of God. Some embrace it as a spiritual discipline, while others regard it as a departure from biblical prayer.
- Silent Prayer (Mukdo)Worship & Rites
Silent prayer is prayer offered inwardly in the heart rather than aloud. In Korean Protestant churches, the term *mukdo* is also widely used for an element of worship in which the congregation prays quietly together at the beginning of the service.
- Commitment PrayerChristian Life
Commitment prayer is prayer for which the period, time, and subjects are determined in advance and then continued without interruption for the entire period. In Korean Protestant churches it is often undertaken by individuals or whole congregations for a fixed number of days, as in a "40-day commitment prayer" or a "21-day commitment prayer."
- Silent PrayerDoctrine & Theology
Silent prayer is prayer offered inwardly without speaking aloud, or prayer in which one ceases speaking and rests quietly before God. In Korean Protestant churches, it is also referred to as mukdo (wordless prayer) or meditative prayer.
- Suneung Prayer MeetingChristian Life
A Suneung prayer meeting is a prayer gathering held by churches in South Korea for students preparing to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (Suneung) and for their families. It is also called a senior-year prayer meeting.
- Lord's PrayerWorship & Rites
The Lord's Prayer is the prayer that Jesus Christ taught his disciples. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and nearly all churches, regardless of denomination, recite it together in worship and use it in instruction.
- Special Dawn Prayer MeetingFeasts & Seasons
A special dawn prayer meeting (teuksae) is a dawn prayer gathering that a church holds for a set period and around a chosen theme, with greater intensity than its regular dawn prayer meetings. The practice grew out of the dawn prayer tradition of Korean Protestantism.
- High Priestly PrayerBible
The High Priestly Prayer is the extended prayer of Jesus Christ recorded in John 17. Jesus offered it just before his Passion for himself, for his disciples, and for those who would later believe. It takes its name from the idea that he intercedes for his people as a high priest does.
- Land-Treading PrayerChristian Life
Land-treading prayer is a devotional practice in which believers walk through a particular area or building and pray for it on site. Practitioners ground it in passages such as Joshua 1:3. Among Korean Protestant churches it is used in preparation for evangelism and mission, but prayer conducted at the sites of other religions has also provoked public controversy in South Korea.