Add install/upgrade script, and run migration.
Method saveConfig() has 2 required parameters ($path and $value) and 2 optional ($scope that equal default by default and $scopeId that equal 1 by default). More info you can see in class Mage_Core_Model_Config.
<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();
/* @var $setup Mage_Core_Model_Config */
$setup = Mage::getModel('core/config');
$setup->saveConfig('customer/address/street_lines', 4);
$installer->endSetup();or
<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();
$setup = new Mage_Core_Model_Config();
$setup->saveConfig('customer/address/street_lines', 4);
$installer->endSetup();