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Who is Kingdom House of Prayer

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
— 2 Chronicles 7:14

Kingdom House of Prayer is a ministry house dedicated to worship and intercession.

Kingdom House of Prayer is a place for worship and prayer, modeled after the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. KHOP is located just outside Chicago in Algonquin, IL, central to many of the city's suburbs. Our prayer room was designed to serve the region, cultivate a spirit of revival and develop healthy community within the Body of Christ. KHOP is open to the public and we love to network with local churches. All are welcome to freely come and go within our hours of operation (see schedule for details). We look forward to worshipping with you in our little gem outside the city!

The Need:

Our community, our nation and our world are in crisis. We seek the transformation that results from prayer. We will be a dynamic part of a global prayer movement, used by the Lord to release an outpouring of His Spirit that will touch the most destitute generation in history with unprecedented salvation, healing, deliverance and restoration (Joel 2:12-17, 28-29).

The Opportunity is to impact our world and advance the Kingdom of God through prayer and obedience.

We will pray for the release of the fullness of God's power and purpose, as we actively win the lost, heal the sick, feed the poor, make disciples, and impact the seven spheres of society—family, education, government, economy, arts, media, and faith. Our vision is to work in relationship with the Body of Christ to serve the Great Commission, as we seek to walk out the two great commandments; to love God and to love people.

As a result, those who were formerly His enemies, the ones lost and broken and bound, will begin to declare the excellencies of Him who called them out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).

The Goal is to develop an intimate and effective worship and prayer-based sending center that reaches beyond our four walls, into our community and the earth.

Our goal is to facilitate the ongoing development of a surrendered generation that seeks to honor God, desires unity and values a lifestyle of prayer and worship. We want to model this at KHOP and create a place where believers of all generations, cultures and backgrounds can come together and learn how to become "houses of prayer" in their own lives. Some of the strategies to accomplish this will be:

  • Diverse worship teams and prayer sets
  • Training in the arts: music, dance, communications, and media
  • Justice initiatives, prayer and action
  • Healing and ministry rooms with opportunities to minister
  • Community outreach and regional unity
  • After school programs for youth and children

The Strategy is to build a House of Prayer in our community that reaches out to all members of society.

We seek to call forth, train, and mobilize people to live a life of prayer as they preach the gospel, heal the sick, help the needy, make disciples, and bring transformation and justice to society. We make it our aim to live as fully devoted disciples of Jesus and raise up a generation of worshipers fluent in the arts.

Our Values: We will prioritize intimacy with Jesus Christ, this is the core of who we are and what we do.

As a result, we will focus on these four values:

  1. Enjoyable Prayer through combined worship and intercession; engaging with The Word as a singing seminary.
  2. Unity through praying scripture; establishing unity within the Body of Christ, the prayer movement and like-minded individuals and organizations.
  3. Raising up a generation of worshipers in the arts, honoring family values and relationships, training in the arts and the fullness of discipleship.
  4. Justice initiatives: taking Biblical action, living in and establishing freedom.

Get involved, there are many ways: If this vision resounds in your spirit, please consider partnering with KHOP. Your support can come in the form of prayers, personal involvement and financial donations. Also, we want to pray for you as you partner with us.

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Meet the Leadership Team

Carl and Kathleen Thiessen

Carl and Kathleen Thiessen

Kathleen Thiessen: Director of KHOP
Carl Thiessen: Director of Finance

Carl and Kathleen bring passion for worship, the Word, and prayer from a heart of love to KHOP. Kathleen has directed music, taught voice and prepared people for auditions in Youth Theater. Now she is training on "enjoyable prayer" and offering lessons in voice and worship piano for KHOP.

Jill Mursewick

Jill Mursewick

Director of KHOP

Jill has a passion to see people become facinated with God and thrive in their destinies. She is a Prophetic Intercessor and longs to see the Kingdom of God advanced throughout the community and globally. As a visionary leader, she oversees the development and direction of KHOP.

Mark Oliver

Mark Oliver

KHOP Worship Director

Mark has been involved in the mentoring and development of worship teams, leaders & musicians for over 15 years. He has worked with worshipers and creatives of all ages and has a passion to see them surrender their gifts and lives, and come to know who they are in Christ. He also serves as Founder/ Director of Mighty Warrior Music, Int'l., a ministry, called to cultivate a new generation of worshipers.

Julie Kresl

Julie Kresl

Director of Worship Arts

Julie longs to see every believer cultivate a heart of worship for God, walking in the freedom that Jesus paid for and the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. She has a deep commitment to the Word of God. She brings her experience as a teacher, small group leader, choral singer and life of worship to KHOP in order to train the next generation of leaders for the Glory of God.

Schedule

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7-8a Devotional
WL: Mark Oliver
Devotional
WL: Mark Oliver
Devotional
WL: Mark Oliver
Devotional
WL: Fred Becker
Devotional
WL: Mark Oliver
8-9a Webstream Webstream Webstream Devotional
WL: Lex Pegues
Webstream
9-10a Webstream Webstream Webstream Webstream Webstream
10-11a Devotional
WL: Alana Becker
Intercession
WL: Leadership Team
Devotional
WL: David Biga
Intercession
WL: Leadership Team
Devotional
WL: Rachel Payauys
11-12p Webstream Webstream Devotional
WL: David Biga
Webstream Webstream
12-1p Devotional
WL: Kathleen Thiessen
Webstream Webstream Worship with the Word
WL: Kathleen Thiessen
Devotional
WL: Kathleen Thiessen
1-2p Webstream Worship with the Word
WL: Kathleen Thiessen
Webstream Webstream KSC Intercession
PL: Deb Corso
2-3p Webstream Webstream Webstream Webstream KSC Intercession
PL: Deb Corso
3-4p Webstream Webstream Webstream Webstream *CLOSED at 3pm
4-5p Closed at 4:30 Closed at 4:30 Closed at 4:30 Closed at 4:30  
5-6p CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  
6-7p Webstream *CLOSED for TWELVE KSC / KHOP Electives CLOSED  
7-8p Intercession
WL: Youth Team
*CLOSED for TWELVE KSC / KHOP Electives CLOSED  
8-9p Webstream *CLOSED for TWELVE KSC / KHOP Electives CLOSED  
10p - 1a     Intercession
Night Watch
   
WL: Worship Leader, PL: Prayer Leader— All webstream times are looking to be filled with live worship teams.
Webstream: The webstream is a live feed from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, the ministry that originated the harp and bowl model.  IHOP–KC has been worshipping 24/7 since September 1999 and has not stopped since.

Download a PDF of the June Schedule

Upcoming Events:

Special Weekly Events

Night Watch! Every Wednesday night from 10pm - 2am, a live night watch will be happening at KHOP. Three teams lead a one-hour set with intercession and passionate prayer. Come join in!

The Prayer Room is open Monday-Thursday from 7am-4:30pm and Fridays 7am-3pm. We will reopen for evening events at 6pm.

Summer special hours: KHOP will be closed July 4 & 5 and will open at 9:45am July 8-22.

Contact Us

Location / Address:
Kingdom House of Prayer
1146 N. Main Street
Algonquin, IL 60102

Email:
info@kingdomsendingcenter.com

Directions to KHOP

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