There's plenty of worshipping afoot at the International House of Prayer
(NEWSER) - In Kansas City, Missouri, IHOP doesn't just stand for International House of Pancakes. It's also an acronym for International House of Prayer, a church that started praying on Sept. 19, 1999, and hasn't stopped. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, live music is playing and the church is packed—even at 3am one recent morning, more than 100 people were worshiping as an 11-member rock band played, the Los Angeles Times reports. People visit from as far away as South Korea; recently, 27 US states and Mexico were represented in the parking lot—around midnight. More»