The World
Prayer Centre
(Editor’s
note.
In our last issue we included a report of
“A
Day to Stand” held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
It was organised by The
World Prayer
Centre
which is led by Ian Coles who had the vision for this centre, he
is also part of the Pray
for Revival Team.
To put you in the picture I am
reprinting some of their brochure Change
your world.
I hope and pray that this Centre
will become a real focus for prayer in Britain and enable us to link with other
Christian groups throughout the world. )
Why a
World Prayer Centre ?
The world is changing.
Evidence of globalisation is all around us.
While to many the world seems out of control, God is fully in command of
all that is happening, and is consistently and surely working out His purposes.
And He is calling His Church to take up its global mandate with renewed
vision and purpose.
The World Prayer Centre is part of the new thing that God is doing around
the world.
As the Church begins to strategise and think globally, so we must pray
globally.
A united and consistent flow of strategic prayer is needed now:
*
to open the way for us to reach the remaining peoples of the world who
have
not yet heard the good news of Jesus.
*
to equip the church to reach out with love and grace to a hurting
society.
* to enable us to meet, with the authority of Christ, the challenges and
opportunities of national and international power structures.
*
to strengthen the Church to meet its end-time calling.
A new concept for our time
Change Your
World
Our mission statement
‘change your world’ reflects our profound conviction that prayer makes a
difference.
The main focus of the World
Prayer Centre is to encourage and develop strategic prayer, both corporate and
individual, and to demonstrate the Kingdom of God in the 21st century.
We believe God has given us four foundation stones on which to build -
prayer, world mission, concern for the family, and love for the poor.
Already, we have a large
World Prayer Room at our current office base, and we are extending our prayer
network around the country and the world.
Work with parents and families is increasing all the time, bringing hope
and practical help to enable people to stand amid the incredible pressures faced
by families today.
Building the vision
In due course, the World
Prayer Centre will be housed in the building which was seen by Project Director
Ian Cole of Pray
for Revival, in a God-given vision in the early 90s.
Other Christians have also seen the same vision.
It will, as far as we know, be the largest permanent prayer centre in the
world, and a project quite beyond anything the UK church has been called to in
recent years.
The fact that God has placed It in the UK is something to celebrate, and
we believe it will be a blessing to the whole nation.
A strategic information hub
Equipped with satellite links
and the latest global communications technology, the World Prayer
Centre will gather and disseminate strategic prayer information from around the
world.
Churches, prayer groups and individuals will be able to focus on
strategic prayer needs and targets, both for the church itself and for its
global commission.
The World Prayer Centre will be a centre of excellence, and a place that
many will want to visit.
Its attractive steel and glass structure will house a huge range of
resources and amenities.
A place for prayer
Prayer facilities at the new
centre will include: a 4000-seater dished prayer auditorium, dedicated prayer
rooms for each continent of the world, plus rooms for Israel and the UK, 86
individual private prayer rooms and a chapel for visitors’ use.
A place for the family
Families will be able to use
the purpose-built family centre, young people’s action zone and day care
facilities
. In addition, there will be a leisure pool, a well-equipped fitness room
and a variety of restaurant facilities.
Families of all kinds will benefit from the support and positive
encouragement which are part of the very fabric of the World Prayer Centre.
We have launched a prayer
strategy to move the project forward, which is open to all who would like to
pray.
The strategy is built around two streams.
The
Ezra stream concentrates on strategic world issues in the areas of
mission, the family and the
poor, and on the development of world vision;
whilst the Nehemiah
stream forms the foundation of prayer for the development and
construction of the World Prayer Centre building, and the establishment of the
ministries of the Centre
Why Birmingham?
Birmingham - at the heart of
the nation - is already an international hub.
It hosts the nation’s foremost conference and exhibition facilities,
and is ideally situated for national and international travel.
Birmingham has always been England’s industrial powerhouse, with
worldwide export markets.
Now we are creating a powerhouse of prayer - prayer which will touch
people’s lives in profound and life-changing ways.
The World Prayer Centre is,
we believe, a call of God on the UK.
We intend to meet that call, and invite you to partner with us.
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