Hannah, alongside her husband Adam, is Senior Pastor of House Church in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. Hannah has Master of theology degrees from St Andrews and Oxford University and loves teaching the Bible. She and Adam are proud parents, beach-dwellers and advocates of the healing properties of a single origin coffee and a good book.
Lucy is the National Coordinator for 24-7 Prayer in Ireland. 24-7 Prayer was hugely formative in Lucy’s life as a teenager and student! All these years later she is delighted to be part of the Irish team and seeing how God is using prayer across Ireland, North and South.
Growing up in Belfast and now having spent more of her adult life living in Dublin, Lucy is passionate about unity and is excited about the ways in which God is bringing people together through prayer. She loves being part of and helping lead a local 24-7 Prayer Community in Dublin with prayer, mission and justice at its heart.
Lucy lives in Dublin with her husband, Ross, and their three daughters – Maddie, Ruby and Iris.
Sam is the pastor of Bay Vineyard church in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and serves as the National Coordinator for 24-7 Prayer New Zealand.
Kumi is the National Coordinator for 24-7 Prayer Japan since September 2025. She is in the process of making 24-7 Prayer resources available in Japanese to encourage prayer rooms to emerge all over Japan. Her passion is to see people discover the joy and wonder of being loved by God and loving Him in return. Kumi first encountered 24-7 Prayer in its early years whilst living in England.
Kumi and her husband Jeremy have been pioneering and ministering in Japan for over 20 years. They are the founders of WILDBRANCH, a registered non-profit, and are planning to open a creative hub with a permanent prayer room in central Tokyo. Kumi and Jeremy have three teenage children: Manon, Jude and Jase.
Carla is 24-7 Prayer’s International Strategy Director and a writer and host for the daily devotional app Lectio 365. God hijacked her life in the first 24-7 Prayer Room and since then she’s spent over 25 years helping other people encounter God. Born in Ireland, Carla now lives in England with her husband and two children.
Pete is an author, pastor, and bewildered instigator of the 24-7 Prayer movement. He’s also the Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd. He loves art galleries, live music and knocking down walls.
A songwriter, community builder, podcaster and author – Joshua is a poet for the people. He’s the founder of Orphan No More: a record label and creative community. And founded The Psalmists, a charity helping the lives of offenders through creative expression. He tours and speaks at conferences about spiritual formation and creativity around the world.
Christine is the author and developer of Reframing The Prophetic, and recent release About the Voice of God.
Puno Selesho is a South African poet and entrepreneur who has spent over fifteen years using words to awaken hope, challenge perspectives, and reimagine the African story. She is also a dog mom to Mango, an unapologetic coffee snob, and a proud millennial. She is learning to live missionally, following Jesus with obedience, creativity, and a nervous yet wholehearted yes.
Charlotte is an author, speaker and the site pastor of CFC in East Belfast. Her greatest joy is studying and unpacking Scripture and her deep desire is to see a fully devoted Church, reawakened to the beauty of God and his word. Charlotte is married to Drew and they have two teenage sons.
Aisha Sharifa was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She loves music, movies, cinnamon rolls and just plain old good times with plenty of laughter. Aisha is the co-founder of The Toronto House of Prayer and National Coordinator for 24-7 Prayer Canada.
Brian is the International Prayer Director for 24-7 Prayer helping to establish 24-7 Prayer teams and offices in nations around the world. Brian and his wife Tracy pioneered the work of 24-7 Prayer in Ibiza, Spain, where they developed rhythms of prayer and mission. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Brian now lives in England.
Daniel is part of the pastoral staff at Corazon church in Cusco, Peru and has worked with 24-7 Prayer Peru for the last two years.
Izwe Nkosi born in South Africa living in England with His wife and 2 daughters. A gardener at heart and host of the Lectio365.
Sr. Kathryn Press is an Apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a blow-in from America. With a Master of Divinity and a background in religious studies, she has taught every grade from creche through secondary school. At present, she has no job description and wears more than just the one hat on her head. Most recently, the Lord has asked her to work in the areas of evangelism and accompaniment and that suits her just fine. In addition to loving Jesus, she also likes dark chocolate, cliff walks, and roller coasters.
Juan Pablo Daza is a filmmaker and photographer based in Bogotá, Colombia. He got involved with the 24-7 Prayer movement when studying a master's degree in Scotland and is now developing a new role as Latin American Coordinator.
Aitor and Loida lead Oración 24-7 Spain and adapt 24-7 Prayer resources for Spanish speakers. They’ve always been linked with worship, and have their own musical project called Radär.
They love walking on the beach and the mountain and enjoy good food with their community. They live with their little girl Meghan in Santander, Northern Spain.
Jordan and Vanessa moved from California to Grenoble to pastor Refuge Church, a bilingual church. They’ve also opened a House of Prayer that they use as a coffee shop to reach their neighbours. They love the outdoors, reading and travelling.
Father of 4 children 3 boys aged 20,19 and 17 and 1 daughter aged 15, married to Leann. Different roles in an earlier life as a physical trainer in the police, personal trainer and PE teacher for 14 years coaching Rugby and Athletics. Studied at WTC and completed Grad dip in Kingdom Theology while planting new church for CFC in Holywood. Now senior pastor at CFC overseeing our 7 locations across Northern Ireland.
David Yeghnazar is Executive Director of Elam Ministries, which strengthens the church in Iran and the Persian-speaking world. From a family rooted in the Iranian church, David leads Elam’s work training leaders, distributing Persian Scriptures, and supporting believers. He also developed Safar, a multilingual discipleship resource used by thousands worldwide to build faith-filled communities.
Harry first developed a heart for Iran as a teenager after receiving an Iran 30 prayer guide from an Elam team member. He now serves with Elam UK’s Development Team and participates in Send Hope Back Home, sharing the Gospel and discipling Iranians in the UK. Harry lives in South West England with Claire and their daughters.
Emma Scott lives in Bangor, NI, with her husband Matthew. She's mum to two young boys, and together their family opens their home to foster. Emma serves as Coordinator for Prayer Spaces in Schools Ireland (North). When off the clock, you’ll find her with a hot mug of tea, crafting, or tending to her ever-growing houseplant collection.
Phil and Emma Sokell-Miles live in the North-East of England with their extended family (daughters, foster mum/baby, lodger, dogs). Phil is the International Director of Prayer Spaces in Schools and a regular host on the Lectio for Families resource. Phil runs a lot and he still plays Pokemon Go.
Emma lives in Dublin with her husband Pete and their children Selah and Micah, along with their fur baby Arthur. Emma leads the Prayer Spaces in School team in Ireland with a specific focus on the South of Ireland and has been about Prayer Spaces in Schools since it early days. Emma loves houseplants, good coffee and sea swims and the beach is her favourite place.
Lou Moore is the Communities Operations Director for 24-7 Prayer. Part of Revelation Family Church in Chichester, she’s passionate about connecting communities and facilitating networks of prayer.
Dot is the National Director for 24-7 Prayer GB, and is passionate about the intersection between prayer, mission and justice. She’s based in Cardiff, Wales.
Roger has pioneered many things: starting churches, national Christian movements and fishing businesses. Over the last decade, Roger has led the 24-7 Community Networks and recently handed over the leadership. He spends his time coaching leaders, supporting church networks, writing, and where possible fishing.
Hugh Marcus is married to Pamela and they have five grown up children. They’ve also fostered vulnerable children for nearly 30 years.
Hugh is one of a ‘gang of of four’ who are stewarding a prayer movement around their local town of Ballymena. One of the Group’s main activities is Crack of Dawn – which is an early morning prayer gathering. The group meets to pray strategically on the streets every Wednesday morning at 6.30am.
One of the most beautiful things that has come from this group is a growing sense of unity. Typically around 15 churches are represented weekly, from right across the spectrum, including members of a Catholic Community.
Hugh says that growing tighter in unity and learning from each other’s traditions has been one of the main things that’s deepened personal relationships and strengthened the group. As well as blessing, there’s been challenges and criticism from some quarters.
However the Group continues to grow and solidify as they continue to pray for the local community with all its social needs, especially drugs and criminality.
Alain Emerson is Director of 24-7 Prayer Communities Network, lead pastor of Emmanuel Church Portadown, and author of Luminous Dark, The God Story and The Cruciform Leader.
Pete has been deeply connected with Houses of Prayer and New Monastic Communities since the 1990’s, and leads that steam of 24-7 Prayer’s Communities Network. Having been around 24-7 Prayer since the very beginning, he was one of the founders of the Reading Boiler Room, 24-7 Prayer’s first House of Prayer. He was also part of the team that created the Order of the Mustard Seed’s constitution and membership formation process, serving as the Order’s Associate Convener until 2023. Pete is passionate about seeing New Monastic Communities and other Houses of Prayer flourish in who God is calling them to be. Pete and Andrea live in the Lake District in the North West of England, where they co-lead the Poiema Community and Retreat House.
Stu is a local lad who, along with his wife Emma and their little girl Eliza, is loving life in Lisburn. Together, they are part of the family at Lagan Valley Vineyard. Stu serves the team at 24-7 Prayer, developing content for Lectio 365 and Inner Room.
Maria Reyes is a journalist and anthropologist, as well as a leader of the 24-7 Prayer Colombia team. She works in communication for the advocacy of human rights, cultural awareness and environmental issues.
