Greetings from Bundaberg city where we first established the vision for the 'House of Prayer.' In February 4th 2005 I met with the Mayor of this city and shared with her the vision to establish a 'Prayer Ministry' which will endeavour to unite the five Melanesian nations (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia) and two western nations (Australia & New Zealand). In July 14th, 2005, the late Bishop of the South Sea Evangelical Church, Rev. Bishop Festus Suruma of the Solomon Islands with a team of 40 islanders engaged in the 'Ground breaking Ceremony' at the South Sea Islanders Complex on Johnston street in Bundaberg.  In July 14th, 2006, Mayor Cr Kay McDuff and the late Bishop of the South Sea Evangelical Church officially launched the 'Bundaberg City House of Prayer.' Prayer meetings were held everyday from Monday to Friday in the morning at 5 am and Tuesday & Friday at 7 pm for the last 6 years by intercessor teams from Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. Four nations have been united with hundreds of intercessors connected with this 'Prayer Hub' called, 'Bundaberg City House of Prayer' and many denominations and missions agencies have become partners with this 'House of Prayer Vision.'

In the last six months of 2012, rich mission partnerships have been established and consolidated with churches and intercessors from Fiji and New Zealand. We have also established new connections with some world bodies in the whole area of prayer movements since May this year when we were invited to join the second 'World Prayer Assembly' held in Jakarta attended by some nine thousand delegates from around the world. The launching of the 'SECOND WAVE' on the 17th May at the national stadium in Jakarta which attracted 120,000 Christians has given us further boosts and mandated us to stay focus on the three aspects of this New Wave which are: Prayer, Worship and Mission. We are challenged to encourage the three generations of Children, Youth and Adults to have an equal engagement in the platforms of Prayer, Worship and Missions. We are looking forward to greater mission prayer partnerships with our two island nations, Fiji & New Zealand and the world bodies in this coming year 2013.

THE HOUSE OF PRAYER MINISTRY REFOCUS...

At our 5th Anniversary in July 14th, 2011, I shared a brief revised vision of the BCHOP which God gave Jezriel Graham and me. We were trapped in Egypt for almost three weeks when all our personal belongings were stolen in September 2009. We spent hours in our bedroom praying, crying and reading the scriptures trying to encourage ourselves in our helpless situation. God spoke very powerfully to us both from Zechariah 4 about the Gold Lampstand with 7 lights with its 7 channels. The whole chapter came to live, and we were challenged to develop a 'SEVENFOLD MINISTRY CHANNELS' namely:

-Channel One…    House of Prayer Ministry
-Channel Two…    Evangelism & Missions
-Channel Three…    Awakening the Nations
-Channel Four…    Administrations & Business
-Channel Five…    Education & Training
-Channel Six…        Building God’s Community (Church Plant)
-Channel Seven…    God’s Channel

In the last 6 years of our operations, little did we realize that we have already done some work in the areas of Channels 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. We have prayed consistently everyday for the last 6 years. We have led and organized evangelism and missions events locally, regionally and internationally. We have co-sponsored 3 annual “Awakening the Nations” events in three different nations. Our next one will be in Papua New Guinea in November 2013. We have trained 4 young men with Global Evangelism Training in the Kuala Lumpa. We are currently looking at sending several more of our young people in Melanesia to do “Student Mission Mobilizer Internship” with Student Volunteer Mission Training in Thailand next year. These were the things God Himself have accomplished in the last five years of our first phase.

In this second phase of development in the “International House of Prayer – Linking the Islands”, our focus will be on “Administrations & Business” and “Building God’s Community” to stand behind this vision. Of course, Prayer, Worship & Mission will become the life-blood of this vision of the IHOP on the Sunshine Coast.

Under the House of Prayer Channel One, we are also going to encourage and establish 'National Houses of Prayer' in the island nations. Our first one of these national Houses of Prayer will be launched in Honiara, Solomon Islands in July 10th - 14th, 2013. We believe that it is important to call our island nations to be united under the banner of the 'National House of Prayer' which will give us a strong Kingdom Base for the recruitment of the intercessor teams to come and help us man our International Base here in Australia.

Please stay in touch with us in this second phase of the developments of the vision of the HOUSE OF PRAYER in the region of the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit. God will work powerfully in transforming lives, families and nations. The 'New Wave of God's Glory' is breaking all around us. The challenge is for us to ride on the crest of God's wave TOGETHER in 'Prayer, Worship & Mission' giving equal opportunities to our Children, Youth and Adults as prophesied in Joel 2:28. The greatest days of the Church of God is just before us. Come join us for Prayer, Worship and Mission at our Buderim Base. We will advise you when we start.