WPC Team

15 Jun 2015

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

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.

Dawn Green

Dawn is officially the the Data Controller and Conference Bookings Co-ordinator for the World Prayer Centre. She keeps the database updated with all the vital information that helps us keep in touch with you. However, she also handles many other aspects of WPC’s life:

She is involved in many other areas of admin:
Providing various resources
Facilitating and managing all of our mail shots
Dealing with merchandise available on the RESOURCE page
She is the mastermind behind making our Annual Conference run smoothly
When you call the office, you’ll normally get answered by Dawn

Dawn has a heart for prayer, praise and the prophetic, so if you spot her during worship at one of the days of prayer, she may often be found attached to the end of a flag, as one of her passions is creative and expressive worship!

You can email Dawn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any changes to your contact details, queries relating to booking tickets for our National Days of Prayer at the NEC, or conference bookings for our annual conference at Swanwick.

Jane Holloway

Jane Holloway joined the team in May 2005. Prior to joining WPC, she was involved in various jobs linked with prayer and mission, including working for the UK Evangelical Alliance as Prayer Co-ordinator for 7 years and Prayer and Evangelism Co-ordinator for 2 years.

Jane is passionate about helping the church rediscover the centrality of prayer in its life and mission. Her job enables her to teach, write, mobilise and network in prayer across the British Isles & Ireland.

She currently serves on the HOPE National Leadership Team, is part of the Prayer Forum of British Isles and Ireland core team and is on the Evangelical Alliance Council of Reference. She is a member of the Prayer Alert team which produces a weekly strategic prayer resource email; on the editorial board of the Prayer For Today and acts as a consultant to churches and organisations as required.

Current publications:
Prayer – a beginners guide by Bible Reading Fellowship
Community Prayer Cells – how to be good news neighbours is a small group prayer resource that is now out print. PDF copy is available from the World Prayer Centre.

Contact Jane at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Laurence Sharman

Laurence joined the World Prayer Centre team mid 2005….. just around the time that God had been speaking to Ian and Pauline about expanding the Operations of WPC.

As Operations Manager, he is experienced in organising and managing events and working with teams of volunteers. He also has experience in leading large and small groups of people in worshiping our wonderful Saviour Jesus Christ. So although his primary role in the team is Ops Manager, he also carries a heart for worship.

Laurence’s passion is to lead people into a deeper place of worship with God. He has been worship pastor in a local church, and has run his own worship ministry for longer than he can remember. His desire to see a paradigm shift in the spiritual life of the City through worship, prayer and praise rubs off on many people around him.

As Operations Manager, he works closely with all of the team, trying to keep everyone together, looking at all the different ministries and networks that WPC is in relationship with, and carries overall responsibility for managing, organising and maintaining events in line with the WPC vision.

You can email him at:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.