TRUMPET CALL 2015 - A NATIONAL DAY OF WORSHIP & PRAYER
Date: Saturday 4th July 2015
Time: 11am - 5pm (Doors open at 10am)
Ticket price: £10 (order online below)
Location: The International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA
The World Prayer Centre, Birmingham believes that this is a significant time for our nation and that God has asked us to ‘sound the alarm’ and proclaim the Good News to the nation. The World Prayer Centre invites all Christian believers to come for a National Day of Worship and Prayer to TRUMPET CALL 2015 at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham on Saturday 4th July 2015.
In the bible, trumpets were used to gather leaders, assemble the people, move the people forward, sound an alarm for war and celebrate God’s goodness. At TRUMPET CALL 2015, we will release a trumpet blast over our nation. The alarm alerts us to the dangers we face, and the opportunities we have to live out our Christian faith, and act by praying for our nations.
Ian Cole, Founder of World Prayer Centre said, “If we, as the Christian Church, do not stand together and pray on behalf of our nations and their future generations, who will?” We welcome churches, youth groups, and prayer groups from all denominations and none, and we hope they will go from the International Convention Centre inspired to blow the trumpet in their village, town and city, across the nation and into Europe.
Other event details
Directions: View directions on getting to the ICC.
Car parking: There are a number of car parks situated near the International Convention centre.
Hotels: The nearest hotel is the Hyatt Regency but check out Visit Birmingham for other hotels and offers.
Lunch venues: There are many cafes, restaurants and shops in nearby Brindley Place.
Promote Trumpet Call 2015
Please feel free to promote Trumpet Call 2015 in your church, organisation, or prayer group. Here's some resources that may help you:
Trumpet Call 2015 - Promo video series
Trumpet Call 2015 - Promo brochure
Trumpet Call 2015 - Postal Booking form
Trumpet Call 2015 - Press release
Trumpet Call 2015 - PowerPoint slide
Over the years as the team has grown, we have sought to learn, encourage, teach and facilitate prayer on local, national and global issues. From local church prayer to national conferences and prayer events, we have sought to bring together Christians from across the denominations to pray and work together to see the presence of God released in our nations.
WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH:
- Many churches around the UK
- Prayer & Mission organisations
- Redeeming our Communities
- Local Churches and many ministries in Birmingham & the West Midlands – seeking to bless in whatever ways we can
- Supporting the Persecuted Church by praying with them and promoting prayer for them
AS A TEAM WE ARE PART OF:
- Hope 2014
- The European Prayer Forum
- The International Prayer Council
- Praying into G8/G20 summits
- Praying for national and international Governmental issues
THE WPC TEAM:
- Hosts annual conferences for prayer leaders
- Maintains a regular weekly & monthly rhythm of prayer
- Hosts regular Days of Prayer for the UK from a Birmingham base
- Hosts National Days of Prayer
- Takes Prayer Teams around the UK and abroad, standing with, praying and encouraging Christians as they seek to serve God in difficult circumstances
Ian & Pauline Cole
Ian & Pauline Cole
The vision for the World Prayer Centre was first given in 1990 to Ian Cole, who is founder and chairman of the Birmingham-based charity Cornerstone and formerly leader of the national prayer network Pray for Revival.
Pray for Revival started in Birmingham in 1986 with a group of leaders who met to pray for the city, but whose vision over the nineties was extended to the nation and then to the world.
Cornerstone Christian Charity (founded in 1980) was pioneered and developed through the 1980’s and 1990’s and ran up until 2010 – concluding after 30 years of life. It made a large impact on the lives of many young people, through reaching out to homeless young people and families in need and had a strong emphasis on the poor.
Pauline Cole is the World Prayer Centre Financial Administrator.
World Prayer Centre is a member of the Evangelical Alliance, and as such subscribes to its statement of faith:
We believe in:
- The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
- The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
- The dignity of all people, made male and female in God’s image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
- The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
- The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
- The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
- The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
- The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
- The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers—given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
- The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.
The world is changing.
Evidence of globalisation is all around us.
While to many the world seems out of control, God is fully in command of all that is happening, and is consistently and surely working out His purposes. And He is calling His Church to take up its global mandate with renewed vision and purpose.
The World Prayer Centre is part of the new thing that God is doing around the world. As the Church begins to strategise and think globally, so we must pray globally. A united and consistent flow of strategic prayer is needed now:
- to open the way for us to reach the remaining peoples of the world who have not yet heard the good news of Jesus
- to equip the church to reach out with love and grace to a hurting society
- to enable us to meet, with the authority of Christ, the challenges and opportunities of national and international power structures
- to strengthen the Church to meet its end-time calling
The Centre, as seen in a vision by Project Director Ian Cole, is yet to be built, but even now there is a growing tide of prayer across the world which the World Prayer Centre will join in facilitating in due course.
Download the Vision brochure (A5 size pdf file)
In June 1992, God gave Ian Cole what he describes as a vision. Over a three day period details of a building and its ministry became very clear. Prior to and during this time, Ian had been reading through the story of Nehemiah in the Bible and through Isaiah, particularly chapters 56 – 58.
THE BUILDING
The building was to be a place of prayer and mission in the heart of the UK. Out of both Scripture readings and his personal journey, it became clear to Ian that there were to be four foundations stones to the Centre:
- PRAYER
- MISSION & SOCIAL ACTION
- THE BLESSING & ENCOURAGMENT OF FAMILY LIFE
- HELPING MARGINALISED PEOPLE
At the heart of the building is a large globe; the building contains a large prayer auditorium; separate prayer rooms for each continent of the world; individual prayer rooms; a 24/7 prayer room; a prayer training school. It also includes a Family Centre with action zones, learning areas, play areas and a leisure pool. There is a theatre for presentation of Christian life and witness in many forms and a strategic centre for global communications. Restaurants, book shop, coffee shops and an information centre are also included. Around the outer edge of the building is a boulevard of nations; attached to the centre is accommodation for visitors and around the centre there will be gardens and quiet areas. Plans can be seen on the World Prayer Centre web site here.
THE JOURNEY
Over the last 15 years the vision has remained strong. Even at times of doubt and uncertainty God has kept reminding us of His promise that this vision is a Heaven to Earth promise. In other words, there would come a time when we would know that it was right; just as Abraham and Sarah knew when Isaac would be born, so we would know the right time to plant the seed and see the building come into being.
In 1992 Ian was leading the work of Cornerstone Christian Charity involved in word and action in communities around the Midlands area. At the same time, Ian was also involved in a prayer ministry – Prayer for Revival – led by Rev Bob Dunnett.
In 1997, Ian left working for Cornerstone Christian Charity, and together with his wife Pauline set up April ’97 Trust to support them personally in the development of the vision. The World Prayer Centre was registered as a charity, Trustees were appointed and the ministry began to develop. Over the years, friends have joined us and helped us carry the vision for a time and then moved on.
THE MINISTRY
Today, we have a team involved in regional, national and international prayer and worship ministry. The World Prayer Centre is linked to many initiatives, serving Prayer, Mission, Social Action, Family Life and Marginalised People. These include The International Prayer Council, Global Day of Prayer, The Prayer Association of the British Isles & Ireland, Redeeming our Communities and Hope08. The team also leads small and large prayer events and conferences and sends Prayer Teams, around the UK and overseas. In remaining true to our foundational vision, the Trustees agreed that we would tithe 10% of undesignated gifts received. As a result of this, The World Prayer Centre has blessed those involved in prayer, mission, family and the marginalised in many places around the world and in the UK. In this entire journey, we have begun to understand that we are part of a worldwide prayer army that God is raising up the size of which has not been seen in the history of the church. We realise that a building 15 years ago was not the right time; but that when the promise given 15 years ago crosses God’s timing, the resources for the land and the building would be released. We humbly submit that we believe we are approaching that moment.
THE NEXT STEP
Have the plans changed over the years? In principle, no. However, our architect now tells us that the design of sustainable, climate enhancing buildings has so moved on that we want this building to have the smallest carbon footprint possible. We have been given (subject to planning) an area of land within the Birmingham boundary that will enable us to build a “Global Centre for Prayer in a sustainable community.” We await the necessary finance to see the plans set in motion and the building completed.
The World Prayer Centre, Birmingham will, as far as we know, be the largest permanent prayer centre in the world, and a project quite beyond anything the UK church has been called to in recent years. The fact that God has placed it in the UK is something to celebrate, and we believe it will be a blessing to the whole nation.
A strategic information hub
Equipped with the latest global communications technology, the World Prayer Centre will gather and disseminate strategic prayer information from around the world. Churches, prayer groups and individuals will be able to focus on strategic prayer needs and targets, both for the church itself and for its global commission. The World Prayer Centre will be a centre of excellence, and a place that many will want to visit. Its attractive steel and glass structure will house a huge range of resources and amenities.
A place for prayer
Prayer facilities at the new centre will include:
- a 4000-seater dished prayer auditorium
- dedicated prayer rooms for each continent of the world, plus rooms for Israel and the UK
- 86 individual private prayer rooms
- a chapel for visitors’ use
A place for the family
Families will be able to use the purpose-built family centre, young people’s action zone and day care facilities. In addition, there will be a leisure pool, a well-equipped fitness room and a variety of restaurant facilities. Families of all kinds will benefit from the support and positive encouragement which are part of the very fabric of the World Prayer Centre.
Ground Floor
Ground Floor
This level includes: (text colours approximate to colours on plan to show locations)
| Foyers | 8-lane, 82ft leisure pool |
| 1000 seat theatre | Health and fitness rooms |
| Family Centre | Restaurant |
| Creche | Coffee Shop |
| 4000 seat ‘dished’ prayer auditorium | Book Shop |
| River of Life | Accommodation |
and outside:
Gardens / parking
Boulevard of Nations (national flags around the perimeter)
SANTA FE - On one side, the Anika Island Resort faces a glittering stretch of azure sea. On the other three, it faces the remains of homes and coconut palms minced by wind into the white sand.
The hotel is the only one of 32 to avoid demolition by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in Santa Fe, an idyllic tourist town on Bantayan island flattened by one of the world's biggest storms.
The destruction here reflects the damage to the tourism industry in many parts of the Philippines since the category-5 super typhoon struck on Friday. Hundreds of tourists have been stranded for days by the storm, which has killed thousands of people and leveled the coastal city of Tacloban.
The scale of the storm and its carnage have made for a week of international headlines, frightening away tourists across central Philippines and triggering mass cancellations at resorts, though the record-breaking typhoon struck only six of the country's 7,107 islands.
Resorts at major destinations such as Boracay, Palawan, Cebu and Bohol, however, have seen cancellation rates of 30 to 40 percent since the storm hit, said Cesar Cruz, president of the Philippine Tour Operators Association in Manila.
"The cancellations are still coming in," he said.
Just three days ago, more than 400 tourists from 26 countries were stranded in Palawan alone, turning the scuba-diving center with its dozens of gorgeous islands into a terrifying travel nightmare. Many were evacuated.
Anika's owner, Nelson Yuvallos, attributes the survival of his hotel to divine intervention, after he "prayed like Moses" that winds of nearly 315 km per hour (195 miles per hour) would part around it. Across Santa Fe, local officials say 95 percent of buildings were severely damaged.
"Tourism is very important here. It's the only income," Yuvallos said. About 4,000 tourists come to the island, just off the northern tip of Cebu, in a regular month, peaking to 10,000 during the northern winter, he said.
In some ways, local tourism has been lucky. The ferries that run to the mainland were back in operation within two days of the storm, taking the remaining weary tourists with them.
"It's like people are thinking all the Philippines is gone. If you look at the international media that is the impression you get," Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez told Reuters. "But tourists who were meant for one place have been diverted to another and most of this has been successful."
Bringing them back, however, will be a challenge.
A squeeze on tourism
Hotel owners have agreed to try to rebuild by December. Too much of a delay, and tourists will pick another palm-fringed paradise - one where twisted fallen powerlines have not been repurposed for drying the clothes of people living in the open.
The mayor, Jose Titing Esgana, is less optimistic. "Rebuilding by December is a very high expectation," he said.
Esgana said tourism may only be able to recover in time for Easter, when the island famously fills up with Catholic tourists who come to feast on pork, thanks to a belief that the island was granted papal license in the 19th century to eat red meat on Good Friday. In the meantime, up to 400 people will be out of work.
Tourism is a growing business in the Philippines, where the number of visitors climbed to 4.3 million last year from 3.9 million the year before. It generates about 5.9 percent of the fast-growing $250 billion economy.
The government has set an ambitious target to more than double tourist arrivals in the next three years to 10 million. Typhoon Yolanda undoubtedly makes that harder.
"It might temper the trajectory a little bit," said Jun Neri, an economist at the Bank of the Philippine Islands. "But it should be able to bounce back in the latter part of the first half of next year."
He expects some of the billions of dollars in reconstruction that awaits the Philippines to offset tourism losses. German-based CEDIM Forensic Disaster Analysis has estimated the typhoon could cost the country as much as $19 billion in reconstruction.
"Mercy for my children"
In Sante Fe, almost all the fishing boats have been destroyed and the chickens - which supply the whole province with eggs - are being killed to feed locals.
Food aid is trickling through to the people, but so far no shelter or reconstruction material has arrived for more than 6,400 displaced families. The destruction is so complete that "the structure is totally zero," Esgana said. "There is nothing to reconstruct with."
Arsolin Ofiasa is trying to do just that. The small shack where he lives with his pregnant wife and five of his seven children was almost completely flattened on Friday, saved only by a sturdy wooden cabinet.
Ofiasa is now salvaging the nails from wrecked planks from his house in the hope of using them again to hammer a firmer structure into place.
"All I want is to be able rebuild a house and live decently, and I hope for mercy for my children."
Dear Friends,
We have received these prayer concerns for the Philippines from one of the Christian leaders here. Let's please keep these concerns in our hearts before God during the coming days.
Thanks for praying,
John Robb
Thank you for your messages, prayers and concern for our current situation in the Philippines. As you know, a super typhoon named Haiyan (deadlier than Hurricane Katrina that had swept the US) ravaged the provinces in the central part of our archipelago last Friday. These cities are a plane ride away from Manila, so those of us live in the capital city are safe. Before the typhoon struck, Christians were praying that the Lord would change the typhoon's course. As it was however, fierce winds and tsunami-like waves totally whipped these provinces, killing an estimated 10,000 helpless victims. Warnings and preparations for evacuation and relief work were no match for the winds and rain. Many cities now look like no man's land.
But our Lord is sovereign over all; He never fails us and we believe that as a nation, this is an opportunity to show our spirit of unity, deep faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and demonstrate our selfless giving. We have not seen in our history such a generous outpouring of aid and supplies from within the country (through the private sector), and from countries around the world, (some of them erstwhile 'enemies' of the Philippines). Everywhere, we see people wanting to help out and give their support. Please pray with us through the weeks and months ahead of relief, rescue and rehabilitation work, on behalf of the millions of Filipinos who are helpless victims of this tragedy.
These are our specific prayer requests:
1. Pray that our Lord will give an extraordinary amount of wisdom, steadfast spirit, keen insight, quickness to respond and political will among our national, regional and local government officials in mapping out and implementing a sustained plan of action for relief, rescue and rehabilitation. Pray that the Lord will give them the mind of Joseph who knew how to direct the people when the seven years of famine struck Egypt. Such was his wisdom that no one lacked. Pray that the millions of aid will be wisely distributed and allocated.
2. Pray for our Compassion Philippines Rapid Response Team to be able to carry out relief assistance and to provide comfort, prayers and support to our afflicted children, their families and local churches. Pray for the safety and health of Noel (our Ph Country Director), Toyditz (our Asia Regional Advocacy Director), and the rest of the Rapid Response Team as they are in Cebu and Leyte for a few days to carry out the relief work.
3. Pray that Satan, the Enemy will be 'padlocked' so that unscrupulous people/thieves/robbers will not be able to carry out looting, robberies, or resort to killing; pray that no corrupt officials will be able to lay their hands on any of the relief money or goods for their own selfish motives.
4. Pray that the Lord will give our Filipino brothers and sisters with unwavering faith in the Lord that they will receive timely help in terms of food, water, medicines and a safe place to sleep for the weeks and months ahead.
5. Pray that the US military personnel sent to help will be able to quickly train Filipino local officials so that all (and not only a few) affected towns and provinces will receive timely relief help. Pray that the aircraft sent to airlift goods and supplies will be safe and will help bring food especially to those towns where people have not eaten a single food since Friday.
6. Pray for miracles of healing to those who are ill, and for thousands and millions of Filipinos in central Philippines to come to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior through the mighty work of the Holy Spirit. Pray that the body of Christ in the Philippines, represented by the thousands of local churches will be a source of sustained blessing to the typhoon victims, in word and deed.
7. Pray that as we see the rehab work successfully accomplished, we will be able to declare: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20,21)
With sincerest thanks,
Menchit
These suggestions and recommendations come from the Children in Prayer global consultation. For more information or to get involved, please contact Tety Irwan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Irma Chon This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
MIDDLE EAST
Strategy to connect children of Egypt and the Middle East in a new real effective and practical way. (From different backgrounds)
Creative arts to children (Music, dance and painting) and also other creative ideas.
New ideas in media to reach out to children of this time in a challenging and encouraging way.
NORTH AMERICA
A. Identify prayer networks that currently exist. Ask people to share what they are doing as a report. We can categorise what's happening.
B. Identify existing ministries to support these especially focused on the youth ministries, many of which are already interdenominational to bring these to a different level.
Connect these (intergenerational to 4-14 window)
Vision to see 24-7 house of prayer (intergenerational vision)
Follow-up to determine next step.
Possibility: local pages on IPC website
EUROPE
Start from one church locally à pilot project
Do family- oriented activity. Legislation/parents need to be present.
Music/ musicals/ discipling (JCPPII- Choirs in Finland)
Moms in prayer/ Deborah arise!
Prayer triplets for children
AFRICA
Prayer: Pray for open doors in order to be able to reach out to the children and youths.
Action: Reaching out to them in local churches, neighborhood and communities and also networking with those that are children workers so that we cab bring/share our prayer elements with them.
Identify youths and support youths and children with talents.
Find/discover the needs of these children and youths and get them supported.
INDIA
Database development of churches, denominations, Para churches working among children and youth. Deadline 31st Jan 2014. Onasis will send in the available information
Vision Casting and Networking ( State or Regional ). Regional leaders will host this.
Identifying challenges faced by children and youth. Regional meetings will carry out this task.
IPC - SOUTH EAST ASIA
Raise Awareness among churches through advocacy (also using the website as a tool)
Provide information on what and why to pray in order to ignite prayer
Collaborate- partnering for training.
SOUTH AMERICA/ BRAZIL
To equip and train teams to reach children and youth according to the context where they live. Example: Teams to go to street kids, who are often drug addicts and pray for them. To young people in universities or college students.
To make the website available to entities like daycare and schools offering them the availability to the team to go and develop nuclei of prayer with them.
To create an App, a prayer application for teenagers and youth
The app should also include:
- Request of prayer à international, national
- Prayer strategies
- Contact young intercessors
- How to become a young intercessors
- And more