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Can God Answer Prayers???
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21 min readOct 22, 2024
Did the Templeton Foundation do a study on prayer for people in hospitals?
Yes, the John Templeton Foundation funded a large, multi-hospital study on the effects of intercessory prayer on patients recovering from coronary artery bypass graft surgery. This study, sometimes called the “STEP Project” or “Great Prayer Experiment”, was conducted in 2005 and involved over 1,800 patients.
Here’s a summary of the study:
- Patients were divided into three groups:
- Group 1: Received intercessory prayer and were aware of it.
- Group 2: Did not receive intercessory prayer but were aware they might.
- Group 3: Received intercessory prayer and were not aware of it.
- The prayers were standardized: Participating prayer groups were given the patients’ first names and last initials and instructed to pray for “a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications.”
- The primary outcome was the…