24-7 Prayer is an international, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice that began with a single, student-led prayer vigil in Chichester, England in 1999 and has spread, by word-of-mouth, into 100+ nations.

Along the way, this unusual prayer meeting has given rise to numerous new initiatives, communities and ministries particularly focusing on the poor, the marginalised, students and those outside the reach of normal expressions of church.

Leadership structure

A team of volunteers leads 24-7 Ireland from various church backgrounds.  The role of the national leadership team is that of the day-to-day running of the movement here in Ireland whilst also being a prophetic leadership who are able to hear from the Lord and take that word to the movement. It reports to the international movement through close liaison with the Irish director, Brian Heasley. The leadership have set out the following as key areas of development over the next five years:

• Multiple expressions of prayer rooms, rhythms of prayer and communities across Ireland
• Continued commitment to facilitate unified prayer through the church in Ireland
• Web of networkers and regional hubs representing all 32 counties
• A commitment to training, developing and sending within the movement to resource the movement locally and internationally
• A functioning and efficient operational plan
• A commitment to regular and intentional regional and national gatherings to inspire, share stories and maintain our core value of relationships.

3 functional teams also support the national team. The role of the wider teams is two-fold (1) to provide a means for implementing key areas of interest as identified by the national team (2) to provide a means by which decision-making is much more driven by those who are closest to the ground and allow for fresh approaches and ideas to be generated.

Operations Team: Team Leader – Adrian Eagleson

The ops team takes core responsibility for areas of communication, finances, dealing with policies & procedures and any legal requirements.

Prayer Team: Team Leader – Gillian Best

The prayer team is responsible for the development of resources for existing prayer rooms, and prayer room support. The prayer team is also responsible for the development of prayer initiatives & strategic partnerships with church denominations and Para-church groups.

Communities Team: Team Leader – Alain Emerson

The communities team is responsible for the wider networking of the movement. It also develops the network of regional hubs in Ireland. The communities team also assists with emergent 24-7 boiler room communities in the journey towards developing sustained rhythms of prayer, mission & justice.