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• Combining 24/7 Prayers for Justice with 24/7 Works of Justice
• Thrive in Community
• School Begins
• Bethel’s Kris Vallotton apologizes to abuse victims after declaring ‘I love Mike Bickle’
• Former IHOPKC worship leader Misty Edwards accused of affair with Kevin Prosch
• How can you be loved yet also under God's wrath?

Demonstrators entered the International House of Prayer’s Prayer Room in Kansas City Tuesday morning to call for a true third-party investigation into sexual misconduct claims against the ministry’s founder and leader Mike Bickle. Academic excellence meets spiritual formation in a prayer-saturated, family oriented, and spirit-filled learning community. Faculty and staff seek the Lord together as we contend for revival and transformation in this generation. Our first priority is to burn with love for Jesus and to serve the ones He entrusts to us with a spirit of excellence.

Combining 24/7 Prayers for Justice with 24/7 Works of Justice

IHOPU obtained permission to accept international students, and the first students from outside the US arrived for the fall semester of 2010. Today, students come from countries as diverse as China, Tajikistan, Egypt, England, Korea, Canada, and Brazil to encounter Jesus in His Word and in prayer with worship. Our newly renovated university campus opened its doors to returning and incoming students, offering much-needed additional space from its previous building. For the first time at IHOPU, students from all three schools—Forerunner School of Ministry, Forerunner Music Academy, and Forerunner Media Institute—were united on the same campus that year. The prayer room webstream began with only one camera in 2003, exposing worship with prayer to a global audience. Over the years we’ve received many reports of believers from all over the world (including Christians in persecuted lands) who are encouraged by watching the prayer room.

Thrive in Community

In the future we plan to provide homes and restoration programs for victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, and prostitutes who respond to the gospel. On May 7, 1999, the International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOPKC) was founded by Mike Bickle and twenty full-time “intercessory missionaries,” who cried out to God in prayer with worship for thirteen hours each day. Four months later, on September 19, 1999, prayer and worship extended to the full 24/7 schedule. We celebrated twenty years of 24/7 prayer with worship, grateful to the Lord for His grace and leadership. We are thankful for all those who have served on staff—from the first worship song in the old trailers on September 19, 1999 to today. A few years after the prayer room opened in 1999, prayer meetings began in Spanish, Korean, and Chinese.

School Begins

IHOPKC’s 24/7 prayer room will remain open, with the statement saying the prayer “remains a main stay” of the organization’s existence. Bickle agreed to pause from preaching and teaching while the church engages “outside parties to assess and arbitrate the allegation,” IHOPKC leaders announced during Sunday’s service and on social media. The Kansas City Star reported that Bickle preached on false allegations last Sunday. In honor of Earth Week, Newsom announced a plan last week to transform more than half of the state’s 100 million acres of land into multi-benefit landscapes that absorb more carbon than they release. The plan is part of Newsom’s strategy to curtail emissions and reach carbon neutrality in California by 2045.

Visit our city page to learn more about the many facets of the “City of Fountains” you can expect as an on-campus student. The Church today needs to be mobilized with continual prayer to release the harvest in the nations. Bickle admitted, in a personal statement released at the time, he had engaged in “inappropriate behavior” more than 20 years ago. The last several months have included an investigation into founder Mike Bickle, which eventually led to the separation of Bickle and the church in December. Mike Bickle’s online teaching library launched in 2009, offering its resources to anyone for free. Equipped with audio and video teachings, study notes, and other resources, the library spans over 30 years of Mike’s ministry.

We believe we are better equipped for ministry when our lives are rooted in prayer and worship and focused on intimacy with God, as we intercede for a breakthrough of the fullness of God’s power. Francis is the first pope to make climate change a top priority of his papacy, seeking to marry scientific facts about greenhouse gas emissions with a moral call to the 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide and leaders across the globe to protect the planet for future generations. Critical of the lack of urgent action, the Pope called climate deniers “foolish” in his first interview on U.S. television last week. Found at the core of our campus is the Global Classroom, an interactive learning experience designed to facilitate discussion between on-campus students and online students at the same time. Train leaders to partner in the Great Commission by advancing 24/7 prayer with worship and proclaiming the beauty of Jesus and His glorious return. During our 19th anniversary, about 1,000 Chinese church leaders from across the globe joined us in Kansas City.

“To state the obvious, the last six months have been a test to the strengths and fortitude of our missions-based organization. Over the course of these last months, our leadership team has tirelessly endeavored to review and analyze the entire IHOPKC organizational structure and the many missions we have undertaken over our 24 years of existence,” IHOPKC’s attorney said in a statement. The leaders who released the statement—former executive leadership team and board members Dwane Roberts and Brian Kim, along with former Forerunner Christian Fellowship pastor Wes Martin—said they first attempted to bring the allegations directly to Bickle, as the Bible instructs in Matthew 18. They said Bickle refused to meet with them and then tried to intimidate and discredit the victims. On September 19, 2009, while celebrating our ten-year anniversary together, we made a sober commitment before God to combine 24/7 prayers for justice with 24/7 works of justice until the Lord returns. However, at that time, we set our heart to significantly increase our outreach and ministry to others outside our missions base.

IHOPKC changes course, hires new law firm to investigate sex abuse claims against founder - Kansas City Star

IHOPKC changes course, hires new law firm to investigate sex abuse claims against founder.

Posted: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMT [source]

Wood’s childhood friend and younger sister also recounted that the pastor had a strangely close bond with her as a high school freshman. On Thursday night, the display read, “IHOPKC is entering a season of prayer and repentance.” The day before, the Kansas City Star ran a story on a woman who said Bickle abused her as a 14-year-old in the ’80s, when she was his family’s babysitter and he was a pastor in St. Louis. Bickle’s charismatic megachurch—which has offered round-the-clock prayer and worship since its founding in 1999—was informed of the allegations on Friday, according to The Kansas City Star, which obtained a recording of the announcement. Bickle, 68, has been accused of sexual misconduct “where the marriage covenant was not honored,” according to a statement released Saturday from a group of former IHOPKC leaders who investigated the claims.

How can you be loved yet also under God's wrath?

As different ethnic groups continued to grow in our community, more languages were added to prayer meetings. On June 10, 2013, we dedicated the All Nations Prayer Room to the Lord where prayer with worship was led 85 hours per week in nine languages—Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Portuguese, French, and German. On May 7, 1999, the International House of Prayer began in the “old trailers” on Grandview Road, with 13 hours of prayer and worship each day. Mike Bickle and a small group of intercessors and worship leaders staffed the prayer room.

The vibrant community of IHOPU is strengthened even further through connection with our local church family. Students attend weekly services at Forerunner Church, allowing them to serve with and learn from multiple generations in the larger Body of Christ. This aspect of our campus life offers our students personal outward expressions of ministry and relationships with lasting impact, helping them to grow both individually and corporately. From serving in youth ministry to receiving pastoral support, every aspect of Forerunner Church empowers our students to be unified with Christ and with one another. The best thing we can offer you isn’t our biblical training, experienced faculty, or vibrant student life experience— it’s a place to fall deeper in love with Jesus.

Biden is considered a friend of the climate movement and his Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 law to increase renewable energy production and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, is one of the nation’s largest climate investments. The president has sought to reduce the country’s reliance on coal and gas plants, which Trump has said he would reverse. Isaac Bennett, lead pastor of Forerunner Church, along with other IHOPKC leaders, will aim to give messages that combine prophetic themes with pastoral encouragement and practical applications. Whether you are studying theology, learning graphic design, or writing songs for the nations, our immersive online experience is structured to help you become a messenger without ever setting foot in Kansas City. Through cutting-edge technology and trained faculty, this one-of-a-kind educational model gives you the ability to step into a conversation with a global family of believers.