Healing has always been a central practice in Pentecostal and
Charismatic churches throughout the world. The chapter focuses on a
modernized practice of traditional Pentecostal faith healing implemented
by the Healing Rooms, a globally expanded predominantly Charismatic
Christian intercessory prayer service. The underlying purpose of
this activity is undoubtedly evangelization. However, this mission is
carried out exclusively by praying for clients individually according to
their personal requests at local prayer clinics. In Finland, the
Healing Rooms functions are based on a systematically organized lay
network that connects people from different Christian backgrounds,
including non-Charismatic ones. The leaders of the Finnish branch have
consciously modified the practice to fit the post-Lutheran culture of a
Nordic society. Thus, the Healing Rooms crosses and blurs the borders of
traditional Pentecostal evangelizing methods by drawing closer to the
methods of late modern Western psychologized therapy culture.