News & Updates.

The following report is from Rev. Fred Hartley, IV, Church Relations Director for the College of Prayer International. 

This past June I traveled to Kenya to assist Rev. Willy Muyabwa (Regional Director for Central & East Africa) in the launch of a College of Prayer Hub Campus in Eldoret, Kenya. Two pastors from Kenya, Matthew and Joel, attended our annual iGNITE Conference in Atlanta last February and left with a vision to bring the College of Prayer to their nation. They gathered key influential pastors throughout Kenya for the launch. We were expecting 65 pastors to attend and we had well over 100. There were pastors representing every county in Kenya. In addition, three pastors from Uganda came and another pastor traveled two days by bus from Tanzania. God moved in our time together, transforming the hearts of pastors, taking them deeper in their prayer lives and empowering them to go back and launch Regional and Local Church Campuses in their towns. The Pioneer Proposals indicate that there will be 133 Campuses launched this next year, by the grace of God. I was able to teach four lessons and facilitate several prayer times. I am receiving emails from pastors who were in attendance with reports of all that Christ did, and is continuing to do, in their lives. These are exciting days for Kenya and I’m humbled and thankful to be a part of it.

In January 2017 the College of Prayer International began an official partnership with the Ethiopian Kale Heywat Church (EKHC), the largest Evangelical denomination in Ethiopia. EKHC has over 9,000 churches and 9,000,000+ members. Throughout 2017, College of Prayer Campuses, called Prayer Centers in Ethiopia, have launched all across the country. There are now over 5,000 Prayer Centers utilizing the College of Prayer curriculum and mentoring, training, and equipping thousands of church leaders. One of our primary leaders in Ethiopia overseeing our work there recently wrote us:

We have officially launched the College of Prayer in our 48th country--Ethiopia! We talk often in our ministry about having opportunity to impact whole nations. That cannot be overstated as it pertains to Ethiopia. We literally have before us an opportunity to mentor, train, and equip almost 10% of the population. There are roughly 99 million Ethiopians, and over 9 million of them are part of the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church, the denominational movement that has asked us to serve them. We also had another unexpected opportunity come to us while we were there. EKHC leaders asked us to come minister to a group of 100 Christian parliament leaders. So, Fred Hartley went while Jon Mitchell continued teaching our module. About 75 parliament leaders showed up and after Fred spent some time ministering to them, they voted unanimously and eagerly to have their own College of Prayer campus for parliament leaders which will launch in June 2017. Talk about discipling a nation! The EKHC also has over 140 Bible Colleges and 10 Seminaries. Over time they want the College of Prayer taught at each location along with establishing Regional Campuses in 10 zones and 9,000 Local Church Campuses throughout the country. It's quite overwhelming. Thank you so much for your prayers. God is responding!

We give all the glory to God for the impact of the College of Prayer in Swaziland. The recent launch of a new campus there had a good representation from various denominations. We thank the Lord for their involvement and support of the College of Prayer. Pastor Lewis Chomba, the President of the main campus in Swaziland, wrote “From this strategic [gathering], two more Servant Leadership Teams were selected in response to the call from leaders who attended. So, we are expecting an explosion in Swaziland.” By February we will have three campuses in Swaziland. This is the result of the leadership summit held in Nairobi, Kenya last Fall. Pray for Pastor Lewis Chomba, that God would grant him wisdom and strength as he promotes the values and vision of the College of Prayer in Swaziland. Pray for his protection and revelation as he trains new leaders who will reach different regions of Swaziland.

The following is a recent report from Rev. Willy Muyabwa, Regional Director for Central, East & South Africa:

Our dream has come true. We now have two campuses made up by youth from different denominations in Niamey. "IMPACT" Campus and "YOUTH FOR THE KINGDOM" Campus. God is good. I am so grateful for the support I am receiving from the College of Prayer Servant Leadership Team in Niger and the way they have caught the vision. God is moving through the College of Prayer and the way of revival is being paved. Praise God!

• Pray that God will strengthen the new leaders of the College of Prayer in Niger and grant them wisdom and more spiritual gifts.
• The unity of the church is highly spoken of in Niamey, especially among the next generation because of the College of Prayer's influence. Pray that these young people can reach other regions of Niger.
• Pray that the Lord will grant us more strategies in order to fulfill the vision of "commissioning the next generation of revivalist" and promote the values of the College of Prayer.

I am excited to see the youth involvement in the College of Prayer. This increases my hope about the future of the College of Prayer in Africa!

In April 2015, Regional Director Rev. Willy Muyabwa relaunched the ministry of the College of Prayer in Uganda. We are so excited about the opportunities to mentor, train and equip Christian leaders and pastors throughout this great nation. As, you'll see in the video, they're pretty excited too!