By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, July 25, 2024 Isaac Bennett is the former lead pastor of IHOPKC’s Forerunner Church in Kansas City, Mo. | YouTube/International House of Prayer After months of deliberation, the board of the embattled International House of Prayer Kansas City has decided that the vaunted 24/7 Prayer Room will not be … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Forerunner Church Senior Pastor Isaac Bennett receives prayer from his congregation on Sunday May 19, 2024. | YouTube/International House of Prayer International House of Prayer Kansas City continues to unravel amid founder Mike Bickle’s sex scandal as its Forerunner Church held a final service in the fellowship … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, April 17, 2024 International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle. | YouTube/Mike Bickle Official International House of Prayer Kansas City has denied a report that the ministry is in the process of shutting down but says it’s in a restructuring phase that will shutter some aspects of its operations … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, February 16, 2024 International House of Prayer founder, Mike Bickle. | YouTube/Mike Bickle Official Tammy Woods, a now 57-year-old mother and grandmother who claims she was groomed and sexually abused by International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle in the 1980s when she was just 14, has … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, February 01, 2024 International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle. | YouTube/International House of Prayer Embattled International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle has confessed to engaging in “consensual sexual contact” with a woman connected to the 24/7 prayer ministry in addition to a previously confessed relationship … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, January 26, 2024 Mike Bickle | YouTube/International House of Prayer International House of Prayer Kansas City’s ongoing dispute with a group of former leaders known as the advocate group over an investigation into allegations of abuse against founder Mike Bickle is now an “international crisis” that has been corrupted … Read more
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Eric Volz of the David House Agency presents an update on the investigation of misconduct allegations at Forerunner Church on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2023. | YouTube/International House of Prayer Though reports of misconduct at the International House of Prayer Kansas City have been relatively low, … Read more
By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor Wednesday, December 27, 2023 International House of Prayer founder, Mike Bickle. | YouTube/International House of Prayer The International House of Prayer in Kansas City has cut ties with its founder, Mike Bickle, after receiving new information related to allegations of clergy abuse against him. In a video announcement posted … Read more
