Sinner's prayer

Evangelical Christian term for any prayer of repentance

The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) refers to any prayer of repentance and is most often associated with evangelical Christian denominations. Denominations that use this prayer often do not consider it to be mandatory for membership or conversion. Some Christians see reciting the Sinner's prayer as the moment defining one's salvation, others see it as a beginning step of one's lifelong faith journey, while still others understand it to be a form of "re-commitment" for repentant believers.

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