Full-time intercessor

My first and foremost capacity of serving at the Missions Base is that of an intercessor. Being an intercessory missionary is seemingly weak in the eyes of the world. I gather with other believers and intercessory missionaries for hours a day in prayer with fasting, asking the Lord to bring His kingdom and release speedy justice to the earth. My “work week” averages about 50 hours in prayer, study, and service to the Missions Base and the city. As with all of the other missionaries on the base, I raise my own financial support to live in Kansas City and pour out my time and energy at IHOP.

Prophetic musician

I play keyboards on one of the worship teams at IHOP. I am currently playing with Justin Rizzo, one of the main worship leaders at IHOP. Justin's team ministers to the Lord in the mornings and early afternoons between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Before playing with Justin, I previously played with Marcus Meier and Tim Reimherr’s worship team, also known as “Merchant Band” outside of IHOP. I have also played for Todd Ganovski, who has since been sent to Nashville by the Lord to assist with a house of prayer there.

I believe the Lord has called me to be a prophetic musician, or one who prophesies with his instrument the very melodies and rhythms on the heart of God. In 1 Samuel 16, King Saul was being tormented by a demon. The king called the young man David to play his instrument before him, in hopes of it alleviating his torment. Whenever David played, the demon would depart from him. I believe the Lord is raising up musicians and singers who will have this same anointing – that when they sing and play, angels and demons would move and the spiritual atmosphere of a room, neighborhood, city, and nation would shift.

Justin and the team travel occasionally with “onething”, a conference ministry that hosts gatherings across the nation to equip young adults in lifestyles of prayer and extravagant devotion to Jesus.

Prayer room oversight

I supervise groups of intercessors as a prayer room oversight team leader. The twenty-four hour schedule at the house of prayer is blocked into four 6-hour sections, and I provide oversight and direction for all of the full and part-time intercessors in the afternoon section (noon-6pm). I help cast vision, bring organization to prayer burdens, and equip intercessors to be faithful to the place of prayer in the afternoons.

Teaching assistant

I help David Sliker with one of his courses at the base’s bible school, the Forerunner School of Ministry. David teaches “Biblical Foundations of Eschatology”, a course that outlines what the Word has to say about the circumstances, events, and motivations of God leading up to and beyond the second coming of Jesus. The subject of eschatology fascinates me and causes me to pursue Jesus with an even greater fervency, so helping with this class year after year has been such a privilege.