The Mission, Purpose, and Calling of our Ministry is Found In and Based Upon Three Scripture Verses:
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"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." -James 4:8
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"But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word." -Acts 6:4
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"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." -Mark 16:15
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Monks are primarily non-resident lay persons (ordinary people as monks). Single or married, male or female; with jobs, careers, some with children. Often these say that they have previously felt that they been monks "in their hearts" for many years, and some even for decades.
The Purpose and Mission of The Prayer Foundation Knights of Prayer Monks ™: to Promote and Encourage an Increased and Deeper Life of Prayer Among All Christians, while Presenting a Clear Gospel Message
Properly speaking, Evangelical Monasticism and all of these other "movements" are themselves actually all a part of (subsets of) the World Evangelism movement. A movement of attempting to fulfill Christ's"Great Commission" in our current generation.
This movement was of course begun by our Lord Himself, and in recent times has received much inspiration through the leadership, examples, and ministries of Billy Graham and Bill Bright.
We are simply ourselves (The Prayer Foundation) just being Christians---teaching prayer and doing our small part toward the fulfillment of Christ's "Great Commission" of the evangelization of the entire world.
"Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace."
“The expansion of Christianity and the increasing secularization of the church caused the awareness of costly grace to be gradually lost… But the Roman church did keep a remnant of that original awareness. It was decisive that monasticism did not separate from the church and that the church had the good sense to tolerate monasticism.
Here, on the boundary of the church, was the place where the awareness that grace is costly and that grace includes discipleship was preserved…. Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.”
Anabaptist Christians "retained many elements of the monastic understanding of a 'holy life' that followed true faith". The Hutterites and Bruderhof, for example, live in intentional communities with their big houses having "ground floors for common work, meals and worship, the two-story attics with small rooms, like monastic cells, for married couples"
New Monasticism is primarily (but certainly not exclusively) a movement of Evangelicals, and, like the early Celtic monks and the early Franciscans, stresses evangelism and missionary activity in one's own locality, and in many cases a deep concern for the poor. The emphasis is on going beyond the necessary beginning step of receiving Christ to actually living the Gospel out in one's daily life. Again, like the early Celtic monks and early Franciscans, the New Monasticism communities often combine singles with married couples, and some of these are families with children; St. Francis in the same way instituted his Third Order for lay persons, whether single or married.
As someone who is introverted, I love nothing more than being alone. I do not do well in large crowds or groups of people, I do not even enjoy parties because of the noise. Also I have sensitive hearing, certain sounds simply ring or explode in my head and cause much discomfort to me. Therefore, even though I am married and have children, I actually relish the idea of a monastic life-style. That is why I support this idea of a New Monasticism, it gives people like myself an opportunity to take time out of our day and focus on the quiet moments we can be alone with God to pray, read the Bible and study His word.