Posts in the category: ‘General’
David Pawson at the International House of Prayer of Kansas City May 13–20, 2011
David Pawson will be joining us May 13–15, 2011, for the Israel and the Church in the End Times conference. David is widely considered to be one of the world’s finest Bible expositors and prophetic preachers. He has preached for over sixty years in England and around the world. He is the author of multiple best-selling books and preaches boldly in his uncompromising declaration of biblical truths.
David’s teaching often addresses deep and complex theological, end-time issues related to God’s love in the midst of human suffering. His teaching on the book of Revelation and the second coming is unique in its depth of understanding. David also has compelling understanding of Israel, the Holocaust, and its relevance to the end times.
In addition to being the main speaker at the conference, David will stay at IHOP–KC May 16–20 to teach a series of free teaching seminars. He will teach a new series entitled The Uniqueness of Christ: The Wonders of HiStory, covering the conception and birth, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, return, and judgment of Jesus. David will also speak on the topics of grace, divorce and remarriage, and salvation. You won’t want to miss this unique, in-depth series. Below is a full schedule of David’s teaching.
Israel and the Church in the End Times Conference
May 13–15
David Pawson will teach two sessions each morning, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Free Teaching Seminars
May 16–20
Monday, May 16, through Thursday, May 19
10:00am – The Uniqueness of Christ: The Wonders of HiStory
7:00pm – Various topics, including grace, divorce and remarriage, and salvation
Friday, May 20
10:00am – The Uniqueness of Christ: The Wonders of HiStory
6:00pm – David Pawson preaching at Encounter God Service
No registration necessary. All are welcome.
All events take place at:
Forerunner Christian Fellowship
12444 Grandview Road
Grandview, MO 64030
Passion for Jesus Conferences London/Berlin Postponed
The Passion for Jesus and Pastors & Leaders conferences, which were due to take place in May 2011, have been postponed due to circumstances beyond our control. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope to reschedule these events in the future.
All registrants for the London events will be refunded by the International House of Prayer. Registrants for Berlin events should contact ihop@gadw.org regarding registration refunds.
An important message from John Mulinde
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03/01/11 – John Mulinde
John Mulinde of World Trumpet Mission, based in Kampala, Uganda, spoke to the entire IHOP–KC staff on Tuesday, March 1. John spoke of God’s zeal for the holiness of the believer by relating a powerful encounter he had with the Lord. Listen to this message and let it pierce your heart with sobriety and strengthen your determination to live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way (Col. 1:10).
Thoughts on the Incarnation
This time of year inevitably evokes thoughts of Christ. All over the earth, Christmas is a time to dwell on the mystery of the incarnation. Believers and unbelievers alike will most likely find themselves pondering the life of Jesus at some point or another during these yearly festivities and rightly so, for it is in memory of His coming, His incarnation, and His birthday that people stop to dwell on this mystery—Immanuel, God with us.
But I always wonder if we truly grasp the implications of the incarnate Lord. To stop and think, to ponder, to consider or reflect is not sufficient to truly grasp the weight of God’s redemptive plan for all of mankind. Eternity’s cumulative expression is voiced now in one little helpless baby boy. This is a miracle, not merely a historic happenstance to be remembered once a year at Christmas. The reality of this miracle is as powerful now as it was to those shepherds and wise men on that evening in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago.
Imagine with me for a moment what this means. A baby born to one of the weakest clans in Israel, to a poor family of the least tribe, said to be conceived by the Holy Spirit, born in an oppressed nation during an era of foreign domination at the hand of pagan Rome, considered by His peers as an illegitimate child, He was forced to flee with his humble family because a murderous tyrant was seeking His head. Fast forward through His life as a young child and teen. As a young man He had no reputation, no prospects, no wealth, and considered Himself homeless for He had nowhere to lay His head. He was ostracized by the religious leaders of His day in a country where religious status meant everything, and He came claiming Messiahship—as the savior of Israel—only to be scorned, rejected, mocked, and eventually crucified as a trade-in for a murderer; all of this simply because He was being obedient to His Father.
The company He held was with the most despised class of people; namely, prostitutes, the sick, tax collectors, sinners, and vagabonds. All the hopes of Israel, from her first prophet all through her turbulent history, spoke of this man. All Israel’s expectations for a king for thousands of years and here Jesus is, claiming to be that man. One begins to wonder that had we been His contemporaries, would we have clung to our confession of Him as we do now, post cross and resurrection.
Do we really understand what He did? The cross was not a brief moment in time for Him. The cross was His entire life, from humble birth up until His extravagant passion. At every moment in His life He was driven by one thing—the will of His Father and joyfully submitting His life as a living sacrifice.
Christmas is not just a celebration of His birth, but of the nature, character, humility, and culmination of that birth and the life of exemplary love that followed it. As we celebrate Him this Christmas season, let us think and pray over what His incarnation means. And we will likewise declare with the apostle Paul, “Let this mind be in you which also was in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:5-11).
IHOPU Fall Semester Now in Session
We are pleased to announce that the fall 2010 semester has officially begun at International House of Prayer University (IHOPU) with 1,400 full-time students and interns in attendance this academic year. Doors opened for classes at the new campus with anticipation of a new year to equip young adults in the Word, prayer, and the power of the Spirit for the bold proclamation of the Lord Jesus and His return. Even as IHOPU pours into the students and interns, these dedicated young disciples, both new and returning, will stir up our zeal to lay hold of the promises of God in the place of prayer and worship. We are excited to begin the process of witnessing the powerful work of the Lord in the lives of the students, interns, and IHOP–KC community members as He leads us forward in this new academic season.
IHOP-KC Staff Interview – Brian Kim
We recently interviewed Brian Kim, a senior leader at IHOP–KC and director of Luke18 Project, a missions movement that exists to train 10,000 young leaders to plant communities of prayer and fasting in the hardest and darkest places of the world. In this interview, Brian comments on the urgency of the hour and the necessity for revival in America.
Nate: We have heard much about the merging of the missions and prayer movements. As a representative of both, how do you think the convergence of the two will impact this generation?
Brian: We are living in one of the most unique times of human history. Missiologists tell us that we are within reach of fulfilling Matthew 24:14 in this generation, which promises that the gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed to every people group. In tandem with this growing missions movement, we are seeing a burgeoning prayer movement explode across the nations of the earth. The Lord is bringing together both the missions movement and the prayer movement—which I believe from heaven’s perspective are, and always have been, one movement—in a glorious convergence to finish the task of world evangelization and to pray for Jesus’ return.
Nate: What do you see transpiring in the coming years through this convergence?
Brian: I believe that over the next five to ten years, we are going to see traditional field missionaries, church planters, and evangelists teaming up with intercessory missionaries, and that together they will reach some of the least-reached peoples of the world. I believe that God is establishing intercessory missionaries to gain “air supremacy” over regions with intercessory worship and prayer so that the “ground troops” can reap a great harvest in the hardest-to-reach places, among the least-reached peoples. I am excited to see prayer and missions come together in a more dynamic way for the task of the Great Commission.
Nate: Will you tell us a little bit about the upcoming Luke18 Project tour of California? What is the heart and vision of the Purple Pig Tour?
Brian: The Purple Pig Tour is a two-week journey (September 26–October 9) through the state of California to call college students and young adults to plant prayer furnaces, or communities of prayer and fasting, on their campuses and in their cities. We plan on visiting college campuses, churches, and houses of prayer in California. We believe that California is in a critical hour, and we must contend for revival and pray for another Jesus Movement to sweep across the state.
Nate: What is the purple pig? Why use that name?
Brian: “Purple pig” is taken from a book written by Dick Eastman called The Purple Pig and Other Miracles. That book has been foundational in the mission and vision of Luke18 Project. Eastman describes a vision of a movement of young people who are radically and totally given to 24/7 prayer, evangelism, revival, and missions. Eastman is a true father and statesman, not just in the missions movement, but even more so in the prayer movement. Dick had visions of 24/7 prayer and worship in the late 1960s and early 1970s, long before people in this generation were even talking about night-and-day worship and prayer. Both Mike Bickle and Lou Engle say that Dick Eastman and his teaching ministry gave them a vision for prayer and revival in their early years.
Today, 24/7 prayer and worship is normal and accepted in the Body of Christ, because men like Dick Eastman have been calling people to the place of persistent worship, adoration, and intercession for over forty years
Our hope is that through this tour, many young leaders will give themselves afresh to the vision of planting prayer furnaces, where people can pray for God’s justice to be released on the earth, and where Jesus is worshiped and adored.
For more information about the Purple Pig Tour, please email purplepigtour@luke18project.com or visit www.thepurplepigtour.com.
Nate: Why do you feel California is strategic right now?
Brian: As the popular saying states, “As California goes, so goes the nation.” California is one of the most strategic—if not the most strategic—states in our union. California exerts more cultural influence than any other region, perhaps more than anywhere around the world.
Even more important than its cultural reach, however, is the history of revival and movement of the Holy Spirit that have been sustained in California over the past 100 years. Beginning with the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles in 1906, California has been a hotbed of revival activity, especially among the youth. From Azusa Street to Aimee Semple McPherson and the Foursquare, and from Billy Graham to the Jesus Movement, California has seen the moving of the Holy Spirit. I believe, as Lou Engle states, that “where there are godly roots, at the first scent of fresh water, new shoots can still spring forth.”
Nate: Do you know how many houses of prayer or prayer furnaces exist on college campuses?
Brian: We are connected to about 400 prayer furnaces on college campuses in our nation. Our goal is to serve students by planting prayer furnaces on all 2,600 four-year, accredited colleges in the U.S. by the 2012/2013 school year.
Nate: What is the goal for these houses of prayer?
Brian: Our goal is to call students to pray for revival, and to create an environment for training and discipling—where students are discipling other students and growing as leaders. We believe that these prayer furnaces can help students cultivate the gifts of leadership, communication, and discipleship, which will prepare them to be the next generation of Christian leaders.
We believe that college campuses are particularly strategic in missions and prayer because, historically, they are epicenters of missionary activity. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, God used college students in the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions to serve in one of the greatest missionary enterprises in history. In just forty short years, the Student Volunteer Movement mobilized nearly 20,000 students to give themselves as missionaries under the guiding principle, “the evangelization of the world in one generation.”
Moreover, college campuses are important because they are melting pots of different cultures and peoples. While it may be difficult for some Western students to serve as missionaries in some parts of the 10/40 window, college campuses are filled with students, often the most privileged and influential, from those regions. This provides a unique opportunity for Christians on campus to share Christ’s love with those people and disciple them, with the knowledge that they will go back to their regions as carriers of God’s love.
onething Cranford, New Jersey July 23-24
A onething regionals conference will be held to minister the Word and to contend in prayer for the Lord to send revival to the Northeast from July 23–24 in Cranford, New Jersey, at Calvary Tabernacle. The International House of Prayer Eastern Gate, which is serving the Body of Christ throughout the Metro New York and New Jersey area, will be hosting the conference. Their ministry is committed to calling forth, training, and empowering worshiping intercessors to operate in the forerunner spirit as end-time messengers of Jesus’ return.
We are praying for the transformation of lives, the healing of bodies, the restoration of hearts, and the exaltation of Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords during this conference. Please stand with us in prayer for the onething weekend, and come expecting the Holy Spirit to move in power.
Wes Martin and Brian Kim will speak, and Matt Gilman and Justin Rizzo will lead worship. We will report on each of the services and provide behind-the-scenes news through Twitter and Facebook.
Pray with us for the Word of God to go forth in power in New Jersey!
Highlights from IHOP–KC’s Fascinate I high school conference with David Sliker
More than 1,000 teens, parents, and youth pastors gathered for Fascinate I. Many encountered the power of God in healing, deliverance, freedom, and joy through the worship and teaching from the Word. Lives were changed, and many teenagers will never be the same again, having been called to a life of intimacy with God.
Register now for Fascinate II, as seating is limited.
Speakers and worship leaders include Mike Bickle, Lou Engle, David Sliker, Corey Russell, Misty Edwards, Matt Gilman, and Cory Asbury.
onething Fremont CA, – July 4-5
Forerunner Christian Church (FCC) is hosting Mike Bickle and IHOP–KC’s onething regionals team in Fremont, CA, over the July 4th holiday weekend. On July 2 and 3, Mike Bickle will be speaking in extended teaching times. Then on July 4 and 5, FCC will host onething Fremont. There will be three sessions each day, and Dwayne Roberts, Luke Wood, and others from the International House of Prayer’s onething regionals team will minister as we seek to exalt Jesus during worship and the teaching of the Word.
The onething conference will have Chinese translation for all sessions.
IHOPU faculty’s Shelley Hundley shares her healing testimony
Shelley Hundley is vice-president of curriculum and teaching for International House of Prayer University and director of the Forerunner School of Ministry. Shelley serves in various programs of IHOPU, such as the Apostolic Prayer and Preaching program, as well as providing pastoral care for students and teachers. She also helps give leadership to the International House of Prayer’s prophetic department. Read on, as Shelley shares a powerful testimony about her walk with the Lord and His faithful leadership and willingness to heal.
I came to know the Lord during my sophomore year in college and quickly met Allen and Rachel Hood and joined their discipleship group. We traveled around America to different churches, visiting Pensacola and Toronto, because there were revivals going on, and also spent time in Kansas City.
I later moved to Kansas City to attend Grace Training Center, the Bible school which was part of Mike Bickle’s church in the eighties and nineties. At first I didn’t have a car or a place to live, and I cleaned movie theatre bathrooms to pay my way through classes. Grace Training School was small then, but the teachers were phenomenal. I loved my two years there.
The prayer room began in 1999, followed shortly by the Forerunner School of Prayer, our Bible school. It was around that time that I became sick.
I thought I had the flu, but it went on for days. I went to a hospital and they ran some tests. When I woke up, my close friends and leaders were in the hospital room. They told me I had Crohn’s disease. I didn’t even know what that meant. Crohn’s disease causes internal hemorrhaging all the way from the esophagus to the stomach and intestines. There is a lot of bleeding and inflammation. I almost lost my vision at one point, and had excruciating pain that would make it very hard to walk. I used to crawl from my bed to the bathroom.
As a child, I went through some pretty horrendous physical and sexual abuse, and Crohn’s disease mimicked that abuse. Crohn’s disease hits hard, and then pulls back into remission, much like the cycles of abuse that I received. I was in the hospital every month. I had never been sick like that before in my life.
I would be covered in bruises from the IVs, looking like I had taken a beating. I remember coming home, taking a shower, and seeing the bruises and battle scars. The physical feeling was like being beaten, and I would weep before God.
It was the very same valley that I went through as a kid, but this time I had a family fighting for me. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. I was not one to ask for help, but I had friends that would never leave me in the hospital by myself. There wasn’t a time when I didn’t have intercessors or musicians in my room, interceding and praying. Nurses and medical staff came to the Lord because of them.
I was sick with Crohn’s for three years, and during that time, Mike Bickle and Allen Hood gave me assignments. Mike said, “This will be your seminary training.” Mike came to the hospital once, slammed a three-volume theology set on the hospital tray, and said, “OK, Allen will give you the assignments.” I had to do a church history assignment, an assignment on a book of the Bible, and a theology assignment. Allen and Mike kept me going.
I remember being very sick at one point, and Allen came over to my house and asked, “Do you have your assignment done?” I said, “No! I can’t read, I can hardly talk to tell you this right now, and I’m crawling around my house because I can’t walk. I can’t even go to the house of prayer. No, I did not get my assignment done.” The assignment that I was supposed to have done was a written, paraphrased version of the Song of Songs. I had only done the first chapter. Allen said, “It’s time for you to memorize all eight chapters. I’m going to talk to your roommates. They will record it for you on some tapes, and you will memorize all eight chapters.” He said this stone-faced, and then he walked out. I didn’t know until years later, but he went out to his car and wept, because it was one of the hardest things that he had to do, to push me through those years.
Another aspect of the disease was that it kept me from speaking. I had a very limited amount of time per day that I was able to talk. If I chose to accuse the Lord in my heart and turn from Him, I would be cutting off the one person that I could really fellowship with.
At first I kept asking God why He wouldn’t heal me if He loved me. It was like I wanted Him to prove to me that He loved me. Then I realized that He doesn’t have to prove His goodness and kindness and love towards me. He proved it on the cross. Even if He had never spoken another word to me, He would be righteous and kind in all His ways. I began to have the revelation that He would heal me because it’s in His nature.
Sometimes it was so hard to ask Him to heal me. Sometimes I would go through a whole day without asking Him. I would lie there at night and say, “Ah, I didn’t ask Him to heal me today. I can’t stop asking Him. To stop asking Him is to make a judgment about Him; it is to assume that my Father is not good and doesn’t want to heal.”
Eventually, I began to play out the drama in my mind as I was sitting in my bed, saying, “You didn’t heal me today. It must have been very difficult for You to hold back that part of who You are. I thought You couldn’t handle it one more day, but I know that you are doing something in me every day. What if tomorrow I’m healed, and today is the last day to love You in the darkness?” I felt like the clock was ticking and I would be healed soon.
By the time He healed me, in my heart it was as though I was already healed. It was bizarre, but it felt like He had already kissed my heart with His justice.
I was healed in an everyday, mundane prayer meeting. I raised my hand and stood up for prayer. People came around me to pray. They didn’t say anything profound. There was no prophetic download. They just prayed for me and sang in the Spirit, and within five minutes I knew it was my day. I felt “electricity” throughout my body, and I fell to the ground. No one else in the room seemed to be getting touched. Misty was singing on the worship team, and she looked over at me in surprise at the timing of the Lord.
I got up, and Kirk Bennett walked over to me, grinning. I think he already knew. He asked, “How do you feel?” I had not had a painless day like that one in three years.
I went to see my doctor, who had been an atheist, and she said, “There is a God! He does miracles! You do not have Crohn’s disease.” I told her, “His name is Jesus.” My brother, who was also an agnostic doctor at the time, looked at all the medical charts and later came to the Lord. They removed the diagnosis completely.
My experience with Crohn’s disease fuels my teaching; because, at the end of it all, when I was healed, the Lord had put life messages in me.
When I was healed, the Lord gave me the passage, “Comfort, comfort my people.” I came up with a plan to teach about God as the Judge in order to understand suffering and His heart through it.
A year or so after that, the school became the Forerunner School of Ministry and Allen Hood became president. More recently, the music academy and the media institute were added, and we became IHOPU. Our school exists to train and call forth forerunner messengers. We want to send out ones who will prepare the Church and the earth for His return.
