Yeah, exactly, and the Christians from the book of Acts as well. So it goes from these churches directly to those who were wrongly termed "anabaptist" by people who had founded a state church. The problem these sacerdotal entities ran into is that they could never change the scriptures from their original words despite their attempts to destroy it and create a new standard. Those words of scripture stand in contradiction even to this very day to their numerous personal teachings, their attempts at wiping it out rendered useless.
Baptist Thread
Daniel Hernandez
Levi Hernandez
I don't know an exact answer for the first two, but I can answer the third. You don't need to ask others to pray for you to be saved or anything, but does it really hurt to have someone else praying for you? It's not a requirement, but rather an option. And that option is extended to saints as well since we are all one body in christ, and the saints are alive in heaven. At least that's the argument I've heard, I'm sure I'm not doing it justice since it's been a while since I heard it.