National Gathering

Praying in Color

A gathering for the 24-7 Prayer family from across the US to remember our identity as a people of prayer, mission, and justice and be inspired and equipped to call the church to an awakened prayer life. Join us for a powerful few days of prayer, worship, learning from Scripture, and responding to the Spirit.

The theme of this year's National Gathering is Praying in Color. The focus of our time will be broadening our vision for a life of prayer to include the varied prayer practices handed down through church history.

We will be exploring being with Jesus through silence and solitude, prayer as emotional and spiritual formation, prayer as lament, prayer that leads to reconciliation, listening and prophetic prayer, intercession and petition, and more.

We are so excited to be gathering in beautiful San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square for what we expect to be a rich and deeply inspiring time.

Keynote Speakers

Tyler Staton

24-7 Prayer USA, Bridgetown Church

Tyler is the Lead Pastor of Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, and the National Director of 24-7 Prayer USA. He is the author of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools.

Katia Adams

The Table Boston Church, Frequentsee

Katia is Senior Pastor of The Table Boston Church and Director of Frequentsee. She is an apostolic teacher who is known for releasing revelation and breakthrough. She is the author of Equal.

Rich Villodas

New Life Fellowship

Rich Villodas is the Lead Pastor of New Life Fellowship, in Queens, NY. He is the author of The Deeply Formed Life.

Jon Tyson

Church of the City

Jon Tyson is a Pastor and Church Planter in New York City. Originally from Adelaide Australia, Jon moved to the United States over 2 decades ago with a passion to seek and cultivate renewal in the Western Church. He is the author of Sacred Roots, A Creative Minority , The Burden is Light, and Beautiful Resistance. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Church of the City New York.

Pete Greig

24-7 Prayer, Emmaus Road Church

Pete Greig is a pastor, award-winning author, and bewildered founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement. He’s also a director of Waverley Abbey, and Senior Pastor for Emmaus Road Church.

Mark Sayers

Red Church

Mark is the senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia. He is passionate about spiritual renewal and the future of the church. Mark is the author of a number of books including A Non-Anxious Presence and Reappearing Church.  Mark lives in Melbourne with his wife, Trudi, his daughter, Grace, and twin boys, Hudson and Billy.

Contributors

Jonathan and Melissa Helser

Cageless Birds, 18 Inch Journey

Jonathan and Melissa love the global Church and are passionate about leading worship around the world. Jonathan and Melissa long to see a generation encounter the love of God. Their music reflects their desire for the Earth to look just like Heaven.

Mark McGovern

Experience Church, Pray the Bay

Mark is a passionate man of prayer. He and his wife, Amanda, are church planters that serve as Lead Pastors at Experience Church and pioneers of Pray The Bay. They are contending for a united praying church in revival that sends out laborers to bring in the greatest harvest the Bay Area has ever seen.

Thay Freitas

Experience Church, Pray the Bay

Thay burns for Jesus. Her Brazilian fire, boldness, and energy are infectious. Thay has a passion to raise up GenZ into the fullness of their calling and serves as a Young Adults Pastor at Experience Church in San Francisco. She also serves as Executive Director at Pray.

Jonathan Tremaine Thomas

Civil Righteousness

As a movement mobilizer, Jonathan has spearheaded strategic prayer and missions initiatives including Azusa Now LA, Awaken The Dawn, OneRace Stone Mountain, The Send, and Pray On MLK. As the President of Civil Righteousness, he pioneers prayer fueled holy activism, reconciliation, and community transformation initiatives in cities around the world.

Pete Portal

Tree of Life

Pete serves on the Core Leadership Team of Tree of Life, a 24-7 Prayer Community based in Manenberg, Cape Town. Tree of Life is a ministry focused on doing life with young men coming out of gangsterism and drug addiction; helping them find faith, freedom and wholeness. Pete is also on the board of 24-7 Prayer South Africa, and is the author of two books: No Neutral Ground and How to be (Un)successful.