YWAM Intercession Is Missional and Biblical

People often ask this question.
“YWAM intercession seems different from the intercessory prayer practiced in local churches. What is the difference?”

[YWAM intercession must be missional.]

  1. YWAM intercession seeks the Kingdom of God

    In many cases, people share prayer requests so that what they desire may be fulfilled.
    Praying for acceptance into a school, success in business, or marriage can all be valid prayer topics. However, beneath those requests, one essential question remains. “Do we desire that God’s will be done through what we are asking?”
    Rather than focusing on visible outcomes, intercession is about longing for God’s Kingdom to be established in our lives and choosing to live under His rule and reign.

  2. YWAM intercession prays for God’s will to be done within communities and society
    God loves the world we live in, and through Christ, He desires this world to be restored.
    The reason is clear. Jesus Himself is our intercessor. God’s will is for a world broken by sin to be restored, and intercession is the prayer that seeks that will. What begins within a small community expands into society, and ultimately, into the world.

[YWAM intercession must be biblical.]

  1. Praying according to God’s character and principles
    We pray according to how much we know God. To know God means to understand who He is and how He works. Prayer is loving what God loves and hating what God hates, and therefore relying fully on Him. We cannot love what God hates, nor hate what God loves. For this reason, intercession is not a prayer offered according to our own methods or principles, but prayer that follows the leading of the Holy Spirit and depends on His help.

  2. Balance is essential
    The foundation of intercession must always be found in Scripture. The Bible holds the answers. Intercession that goes beyond Scripture cannot stand. Prophecy without foundation can wound people. If prayer becomes detached from Scripture, it can easily turn into a form of spiritual manipulation. Difficulties arise when intercession is understood only as a prophetic activity.
    Biblical prayer does not mean simply quoting Scripture, but rightly interpreting and applying biblical principles. When the events of Scripture are properly understood and applied, we encounter God through intercession.
    Just as we grow healthy by learning what is biblical and reading Scripture biblically, prayer also grows when we learn biblical principles and pray in a biblical way.

Intercessory Prayer Ministry Gathering

From November 10 to 12, 2025, approximately seventy intercessory prayer ministers gathered to seek God’s presence through the Intercessory Prayer Ministry Gathering.

On the first day, we shared strategies for interceding for NK and prayed together.
We recognized that for God’s will for New Korea to be fulfilled, those who pray must first be renewed. Prayer changes when the perspective of the intercessor aligns with God’s perspective.

On the second day, twelve hours of continuous worship and prayer followed. We sang the songs God gave, prayed in the Spirit as the Holy Spirit led us, and proclaimed and interceded according to the burdens God placed on our hearts. We also confessed sin, repented, and earnestly prayed for the fire of prayer to be rekindled.

The reason we pray is not to receive what we want, but to see what God desires established on earth. If we cannot lay down our own perspectives and fail to discern what God wants at this time, prayer becomes nothing more than empty noise.

In the days of Elijah, King Ahab and Jezebel killed the prophets of God. Elijah felt as though he alone remained, but God told him that He had already preserved seven thousand who had not bowed their knees to Baal.

Those who pray often experience spiritual loneliness. However, if we believe that we alone remain, that we alone understand God’s heart, or that we alone proclaim the truth, such thinking can become spiritual pride.

God hides His people in many places. He watches the new generation and raises up people like Samuel, Jeremiah, and Daniel in His appointed time.

Even if Eli the priest grew dim in vision and God’s revelation seemed faint, God’s lamp never went out. There are times when those who once served God faithfully become dull in spirit and mistakenly believe God is still using them in the same way. Yet God does not stop. He prepares the next generation.

On the third day, we shared and prayed for intercessory prayer ministries from various YWAM bases across Korea. Over twenty years ago, intercessory prayer schools were established in more than ten cities, and many prayed for revival in their cities. Now, it seemed as though the fire had faded, leaving only embers.

However, God is once again igniting the fire of prayer within a new generation. A generation where worship and prayer walk together, and in whose midst the pillar of fire and pillar of cloud will dwell will arise.

Intercessory Prayer Center (IPC)

The Intercessory Prayer Center exists to help intercession continue as a biblical and spiritual inheritance within YWAM. Through prayer movements, prayer networks, the Seven-fourteen prayer initiative, and intercessory prayer training, the center serves so that intercessory prayer ministries may rise and grow throughout Korea, East Asia, and all nations.

[Turn2 Online Prayer Gathering]

From January 19, 2026, for four consecutive weeks, Turn2 Online Prayer Gatherings have been held every Monday evening at 8 PM.
Based on the Scripture “to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers,” this gathering calls every generation to turn toward one another and toward God.
The theme for January focused on the younger generation, and additional themes will follow beginning in March.

[YWAM Intercessory Prayer Internship]

Beginning in June 2026, an intercessory prayer internship will be launched in Seoul.
Through this program, intercessors will be trained not only in Seoul but across multiple cities in Korea, raising up intercessors for East Asia and all nations.

[Prayer Movements and Prayer Networks]

Thirty days of prayer for the Muslim world, Prayer Movements for NK, Prayer Initiatives for the Hindu world, and Prayer Movements for the Next Generation are taking place.
Prayer is not a ministry reserved for those with a specific gift. All believers are called to pray. God hears the prayers of His children, and He delights in answering them. Through our prayers, God will do new things among the nations.

Prayer networks gather those who pray and send them back into their individual callings to seek God’s will within the Kingdom of God. They help believers stand together with one heart and one mind, seeking God’s face and longing for His presence.

The Intercessory Prayer Center serves as a platform that supports and connects. We help connect places in need of prayer with people who pray and provide prayer resources thoughtfully so that healthy, effective prayer can take place.

We hope to be a place that offers direction and momentum with discerning insight, while providing prayer resources.

The Intercessory Prayer Center is praying for fellow laborers to rise and join in partnership. We especially long to see the younger generation inherit the legacy of intercession and release deeper and broader influence.

God is the God of every generation. The Intercessory Prayer Center is a place of prayer and a place that raises up prayer. We earnestly desire to walk together with those who will join this work.

ㅡHyoungsob Chong, Intercessory Prayer Center