Christians Highlight Personal Relationship above Medical Prayer Study
Thursday, Apr. 6, 2006 Posted: 10:08:11AM EST

Results from the largest study to examine the effects of intercessory prayer have caused waves of skeptical reaction among Christians who refuted the conclusions drawn from the multimillion dollar investigation.

Featured on the American Heart Journal, the Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) found that having people pray for heart bypass surgery patients had no effect on their recovery and that patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher rate of complications - findings that Christians are refuting.

"I don't think everything can be proved subjectively," widely-recognized author and prayer specialist T.W. Hunt told The Christian Post.

"My reaction is that [the effects of intercessory prayer] can only be understood personally by the many people who have seen personal healing that was unquestionably from God." story