News & Updates.

The following report is from Jon Mitchell and his recent trip to Ethiopia.

We’ve had an incredible 4 day prayer and fasting conference in Hoisanna, Ethiopia. This is the third such conference here that I’ve preached at during  the last nine years of partnership we (College of Prayer) have had with the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church. During these last nine years the Kale Heywet Church has grown by thousands of new churches and millions of new members, and they attribute the foundation of that growth to prayer. Testimony after testimony was given of how these annual prayer and fasting conferences that they have hosted for 15 years now have brought about societal, spiritual, and political transformation in Ethiopia. While the situation in Ethiopia is far from perfect, the overall advancement of the kingdom of God here is evident, and it is incredibly humbling to know that God has allowed us to partner in this advancement. College of Prayer is being taught throughout this nation in virtually every Kale Heywet Church. Even the compound where the conference was held had College of Prayer signs all around it.

During the conference I would watch as hundreds and hundreds of people would begin praying as early as six in the morning and there would be well over 1,500 by the afternoon. On the last day we had over 5,000 people. It was truly an honor to bring the word of God, but more importantly it was an honor to continue learning from them how to be persistent, bold, and fervent in prayer and touch the heart of God. I have been in many places around the world and developed relationships with denominations and church movements and I have to say I have never seen anything like this. Personally, I do not know of anywhere else on earth that a denomination is annually calling for four straight days of prayer and fasting around the country with millions participating in person in their local churches. In fact, on the last day, hundreds of thousands of people were participating on top of mountains. Pastor Lee Denton, who traveled with me, went to one of those mountains to preach a final message while I stayed at the main conference to preach. You can see in the picture the many thousands of people that climbed this mountain (which equal 77 stories of a building) to spend three hours praying,  worshiping, and receiving the Word. Praise God for what He's doing across such a strategic African nation.

The following report is from Sherry Hartley.

"He says, 'Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" Psalm 46:10

Fred and I just returned from Trinidad and Tobago. I am thankful for the opportunity to go with Fred to see firsthand how God is using the College of Prayer in another nation. We were grateful to see how the people embraced the teaching that he gave them back in January. The church has really become aware of God's manifest presence and are welcoming his presence and ministering to his presence. Their prayers were full of gratitude and faith and declaring his names. There were several pastors from other churches in Trinidad and from 2 other countries. The people have been reading and using Fred's books in their small group clusters. How we praise God for the hunger that these people have for him and how he is at work around the world. I was blessed and encouraged by worshiping and encountering the Lord with the people in Trinidad.

It really is amazing as we come to the close of this year that we have pioneered 26 new nations this year. We look forward to reaching the nation of Andorra this month and we are close to reaching two or three others. Thank you so much for continuing to pray for the nations!

We had a powerful gathering of pastors and church leaders from across the US at our annual Ignite Gathering in Atlanta, September 12-14. 

There were significant times of lingering in God’s presence in worship and prayer. After the teaching "Hearts on Fire" on Thursday, people flooded the altars and for over 40 minutes spontaneous songs erupted around the sanctuary leading us deeper and deeper into the throne of grace. 

On Saturday, person after person testified of how they met God over the three days. From physical healings to repentance, God moved on our hearts. Fred Hartley gave a powerful final message on "Lampstands" and being commissioned to lead a church on fire. Attendees left empowered, equipped, and activated to be carriers of God’s presence and to lead people deeper into the Father’s love. 

You can access alll of the teachings from the conference by clicking here or through our Revival Now Media app.

For several years now the College of Prayer has been serving churches across Nigeria. But beyond churches, we’ve developed a nation-reaching partnership with the Fellowship of Christian Students, a discipleship ministry which has influence over 10 million students across Nigeria. Through this partnership with FCS, the College of Prayer has now impacted almost 1 million students in revival prayer and intimacy with God, including impacting every university in the nation! Listen to the full interview below.

The following report is from Rev. Fred Hartley, III, President of College of Prayer.

I and my team had significant ministry in Armenia, serving several churches in the capital city of Yerevan. The people were hungry for God, highly responsive, and ready for the College of Prayer training. We found Armenia to be a land of God's favor. Let me give a little background to this little known nation.

Armenia is a land of God's favor because the Gospel of Christ came to their land as early as the first century. History records that two of Jesus' apostles, Thaddeus and Bartholomew, traveled to Armenia to make disciples and plant churches before they were both martyred.

Armenia is a land of God's favor because it was the first Christian nation on earth. In 301 AD, Gregory, a Persian (Iranian) missionary, came to Armenia and had a significant impact, leading many to faith in Christ. The king resented the people's enthusiastic response to Gregory's message, persecuted him, and eventually threw him in a pit thinking he would die there. However, Gregory was miraculously sustained, thanks to an unknown woman who daily threw a piece of bread into his pit. When the king later grew deathly sick, the king's sister had a recurrent dream that, against all odds, Gregory was still alive. She told the king that if he would ask Gregory's forgiveness, Gregory would pray for his healing, and God would restore life to the king. Against his better judgment, when the king humbled himself and went to the pit, he found that Gregory was, in fact, miraculously alive. Gregory forgave the king for the years of persecution, and prayed for his recovery. God mercifully healed the king and he declared Armenia a Christian nation—the first fully Christian nation on earth. 

Armenia is a land of God's favor because their nation is still thriving although they were the victim of the first, and one of the worst, genocides in the twentieth century. In the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire in Turkey initiated the genocide of the Armenian people, capturing the Armenian-owned land of Mount Ararat. They proceeded to mercilessly kill 1.5 million Armenian people.

Armenia is a land of God's favor because Armenia remains the only Christian nation full of peaceful people, surrounded on every side by adversity, with Iran on the south, Russia and Azerbaijan to the northeast, and Turkey on the east. It is an honor for the College of Prayer to serve the church in Armenia, a land of God's favor. Thank you for your prayer and financial support that makes possible our extended partnership with the church in Armenia.

The following report is from College of Prayer President Fred Hartley, III.

God is doing something extraordinary in Japan today—something historic! Thirty years ago I preached in several cities in Japan and returned to Atlanta with a profound burden for the small churches, and the 121 million unreached Japanese, one of the largest unreached people groups in the world today. When I returned to Japan last week, I was overwhelmed with joy to witness the spiritual hunger for God's manifest presence and to see how the Revival Prayer Group (RPG) movement is impacting the Church throughout the nation. 

The RPG movement began in Taiwan 5 years ago, where there are now 17,000 Revival Prayer Group's throughout the nation. In order to understand the depth and significance of the RPG movement in Japan today, you need to understand some history. 

There are 3 phases to the church development in Japan. Phase 1 was the missionary church that taught the gospel and formed somewhat of a subculture of mission-based churches. Phase 2 was the denominational church growth of many denominations throughout the nation. Prior to World War 2, when the emperor insisted that every church declare their worship and allegiance to the emperor first, many churches sold out their faith in allegiance to the emperor. Today, however, the church in Japan is experiencing Phase 3, the growth of the grassroots, indigenous Japanese church, which is being fueled by the RPG movement. 

Coming out of the COVID shutdown, 25-30% of the churches in Japan have closed, and those that are still open have lost 50-70% of their members. However, because the Christians are hungry for God, and eager to meet in fellowship with one another, the RPG movement, which gathers 3-5 believers together in weekly prayer, is meeting a profound felt need. In addition, God is using GOOD-TV Japan to fuel the movement, because they are a non-threatening organization that is able to give kingdom leadership to the movement and attract churches from virtually every denomination. God is using them for such a time as this. GOOD-TV began in Taiwan and the Japanese have great respect for Taiwan. GOOD-TV is available on every smart TV and streaming service. All of their videos are of top quality, and they already have a full archive of the 36 lessons of the College of Prayer curriculum being taught predominantly by "Papa" Don Young. Up to 80 million Chinese Christians have viewed these videos and they are now all subtitled into Japanese. 

When I accompanied Don Young last week to teach the RPG curriculum in 5 different locations, we were overwhelmed by the strong response of Japanese Christians. We discovered that they have already started close to 1,000 RPGs, and it is only the beginning. In addition to fueling the RPG movement, we were surprised to hear their desire to be taught the full College of Prayer curriculum. Praise the Lord! For the past 10 years, I and our Give Us The Nations Prayer Team of the College of Prayer have been praying for the 121 million unreached Japanese, and for revival in the Japanese church. It is overwhelming to see that Japan is now becoming the land of the RISING SON. All glory to Christ! 

Please take 10 minutes to listen to this inspiring video interview with Dr. Paul Arigo, a church father in Japan.

Every February College of Prayer leaders from around the world gather in Atlanta for fellowship, prayer, learning, impartation, and activation. This year was no different. Leaders from Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, South America, and North America came together to share what God is doing in their nations through the College of Prayer.

We were grateful to hear about pastors whose entire families have been changed by the College of Prayer teachings in Pakistan. And then there are Russian Christians who have been challenged to go deeper into the Presence of God through prayer. We were excited to hear that the College of Prayer is being taught in Bible Colleges and Seminaries, helping a new generations of church leaders learn to move from religion into relationship. Praise God for what He is doing on the earth today to build His house of prayer for all nations!

The following report was submitted by Pastor Joshua Bencomo.

January 18-20 marked the date we held our first ENCIENDE (Ignite) Conference in Mexico. There were more than 150 pastors and church leaders in attendance. We spent three days in the Upper Room, and it made a significant, long-lasting impact in the lives and ministries of those who came hungry for God. Pastors and leaders came from all over Mexico, from big cities to small towns, and even from the remote areas in the mountains. Some drove for days to get to Ciudad Juarez,  with great expectancy and with great need of an encounter with God. During our time together, we were led by Pastors Don Young, Luis Calderon, and Joshua Bencomo. We were invited to minister to the presence of God, and each moment was led by the Holy Spirit. Prayers were lifted in the various languages that were represented, including Spanish, English, Tarahumara, Huichol, Nahuatl, and Sapoteco.

As we worshipped, Christ's manifest presence filled the place. At one point, a room sized map of Mexico was laid out on the floor. We experienced an "only God" moment when Don and Luis invited the pastors to step onto the map, specifically on one of the 19 states that had not yet been reached by the College of Prayer. One by one each remaining state was filled with someone standing and interceding for each state in Mexico.

We continue to receive testimony after testimony of what God did in the lives of the pastors and leaders. The purpose was accomplished—God ignited each pastor and key leader to go out and reach a lost world through a revived church!

You will be thrilled to learn that the College of Prayer is now being taught in every university in Nigeria. Praise the Lord! 

Five years ago the Fellowship of Christian Students (FCS) invited the College of Prayer to train their leaders, and they adopted the goal to take the College of Prayer to every elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and university student in Nigeria. This means that over 30 million students in Nigeria will have the opportunity to receive training in the College of Prayer.

For further testimony on this miracle, enjoy this video: Revival Updates: Every University and College in Nigeria
Thank you for your partnership with the College of Prayer in making this happen.