International House of Prayer (IHOP) Celebrates Ten Years of Non-Stop Praying
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Mike Bickle doesn't take prayer lightly. Not that anyone else who prays does either, but for the sheep in Pastor Bickle's flock, it's something else. It's a "job description." According to an article in Christian publishing titan Steve Strang's Charisma Magazine -- Strang is also the publisher of Texas madcase megapastor John Hagee's books -- Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer (IHOP) "has spent the last 10 years developing a 'culture of prayer,' with some 1,500 full-time committing to 12, two-hour prayer times each week. 'It's part of people's job descriptions,' Bickle said. 'We tell them, "You are intercessory missionaries; you're not just [employees]." Part of their task is to be in the prayer room crying out for justice.'" Sounds more like the cruel pep talk of a Wal-Mart deputy manager than someone to reach out to for inspiration, but it appears that at least 1,500 people think otherwise.
10 straight years. Now it's time to mark -- not "celebrate," that's a bit over the top for this crowd -- this decade of constant praying with prayer.
In case you can't make it in person yet want to pray along, put your hands together and hold them there -- the marking will broadcast live, starting tonight Sept. 17, and continue for four consecutive days. Continuity is the IHOP way.
Bat-shit crazy quotes from Bickle meant to tempt people to watch the anniversary service from the Charisma article below:
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