About the International House of Prayer

On September 19, 1999, a prayer meeting began in Kansas City that has not stopped since. What started as a small community of singers, musicians, and intercessors has continued hour by hour, day after day, for over twenty-five years. 

Based in Kansas City and connected to a global community of partners and intercessors, IHOPKC is a missions base built around the conviction that night-and-day prayer with worship is central to the Church’s calling. Our community includes full-time intercessory missionaries, volunteers, and daily livestream participants from nations around the world –– gathering in person or online to seek God together.

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Our Mission

The IHOPKC Community exists to partner in the Great Commission by advancing 24/7 prayer with worship and proclaiming the beauty of Jesus and His glorious return. 

We seek to sustain a night-and-day sanctuary of prayer and worship in Kansas City, cultivate a community of intercessors who sing, play, serve, pray, and equip the global Church in its call to prayer and missions. From Kansas City, we give ourselves to prayer with worship for the sake of Jesus, the Church, Israel, and the nations.

“IHOPKC will always have a very special place in my heart. It was this place where I was introduced to the beauty of our Lord in a way that marked me forever."

— Hannah

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The 24/7 Prayer Room

Each day is divided into twelve two-hour sets of worship-led prayer, staffed by singers, musicians, and intercessors who have given their lives to this calling. Some serve full-time as intercessory missionaries. Others volunteer — joining a prayer meeting before work, after a shift, or from thousands of miles away through our live stream.

What happens in the room is straightforward: prayer and worship, offered to Jesus without ceasing. Not a performance. A meeting with God, repeated every hour of every day.

Partner with the Mission 

The Prayer Room stays open because of people around the world who believe in night-and-day prayer with worship enough to make it part of their monthly commitment. If that’s you, we would be honored to have you as a monthly partner. 

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What We Believe

Night-and-day prayer is rooted in who we believe Jesus to be. His nature, His work, and His return. Our Statement of Faith articulates the theological convictions that anchor everything IHOPKC does.

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The Biblical Foundation

Two Figures from Scripture have shaped how we understand this calling. Anna prayed and fasted in the temple for decades before Jesus’ first coming and was there to proclaim His arrival when He came (Luke 2:36-38). King David organized thousands of musicians and singers to worship God night and day in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 23-25). Both understood that sustained, devoted worship and prayer have always been part of how God moves in the earth.

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A History of the Prayer Movement

The pattern of night-and-day prayer did not begin in Kansas City. Around 1000 BC, King David established a tabernacle in Jerusalem where worship and prayer continued without ceasing. Throughout history, communities in Ireland, Germany, South Korea, and elsewhere have established similar centers of prayer and worship. In 1999, IHOPKC joined that tradition in Kansas City, believing that God's purposes for the earth are connected to sustained, devoted intercession.

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Come Be Part of It

The room is open. The livestream is always on. You’re invited.

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