Writing in Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, one of the most popular books in Redeemer’s early history, Jack Miller contrasted “frontline” prayer with “maintenance” prayer. Most people only know prayer meetings as maintenance. Christians share concerns for the physical well-being of known members. But frontline prayer confesses sin, seeks humility, pursues the lost, and yearns to know God face-to-face, to encounter his glory.14
