Prayer lines have been around since the 1950's and today have made great advancements
in the way parishioners and people in general pray for other people and situations. If you look at the prayer lines of old, they were just recordings of some general words that pertained to general subjects. This was not very personable and did not go over well with the die hard parishioners. The new systems that can be offered now and the amount of information that can be given is to the point that not only can you hear prayers from others but chat with them live and not have to record the conversation to get a response.
Prayer lines are the easiest way to get prayer requests and to give them. This new technology gives a very powerful tool to the pastors of today. It allows them to get their message out to so many more people. The situations that come up in life can sometimes affect the time you spend in church. With prayer lines, if for some reason you missed the sermon, you might be able to catch it if it was recorded and either put online as video or a recording or even both and your parishioners could call to find out what you talked about in the sermon. This could also benefit the handicapped in your congregation. If medical issues have them bed ridden then all they would have to is log on and see, hear, and pray for the issues at hand.
This type of prayer line may take a longer time to be tested and up and running but is well worth it in the long run if you are in the business of spreading Gods word. If you are looking to get this done for your ministry then you would be wise to hire a professional that can handle what you would like to offer. There are a lot of aspects to what has to be setup on line and in the website for this situation to work properly. The new advancements in software and the way the Internet is presented to us has grown dramatically and small church entities have to keep up with the times.
There are many different avenues to go with how you treat your parishioners and how you deliver that information to them. The situations mentioned here I hope, will give you some knowledge of what has to be done to have prayer lines and live chat available to all who want to hear what you have to say.