International Centre For Prayer
Charity 1143862
Overview
Summary
International Centre For Prayer appears to operate as a faith-based community support organisation whose primary mechanism is collective prayer, supplemented by informal advice across family, health and financial concerns. Its role may be less about specialist service delivery than about creating a spiritually framed space where community connection, pastoral support and practical concerns meet. The affiliation with Prophetic Prayer and Revival Family suggests an operating model that extends its reach through aligned prayer-focused groups.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify the venues, wards or neighbourhoods in which its Community Prayer Conference, Night Cry event, or advice activity are delivered.
- The registered address cannot confidently be treated as an operational service site because the Charity Commission says that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- Birmingham City Council's public premises register associates the registered address with a Coral betting premises. This further weakens any inference that the address is a charity-operated physical venue.
- Prophetic Prayer and Revival Family (PPRF) is described as an affiliate and as involved in Night Cry, but the available evidence gives no location, venue, service area or independent source confirming how this affiliation extends the charity's reach.
- The evidence supports a Birmingham-wide declared operating area, but does not show whether delivery is routinely citywide or concentrated in one or a small number of localities.
Additional evidence needed
- Current event listings, flyers or official social-media posts identifying venues and dates for Community Prayer Conference and Night Cry.
- Confirmation from the charity of the locations where it provides family, prayer, health and finance advice.
- An official PPRF source or written clarification describing its location, activities and relationship with the charity.
- Evidence of any hired, shared or regularly used Birmingham venues, as distinct from the registered correspondence address.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Prayer is used as a community-building mechanism
The organisation appears to use shared religious events not only to advance Christian faith, but also to bring people together around collective concerns for their community.
Why it matters
This suggests its civic role may include relationship-building and social cohesion, rather than being limited to individual worship or religious instruction.
Show evidence
“Our charity have been organising Community Prayer Conference with the aim of bringing the community together in seeking God's blessings upon our community.”
Source:Organisation“To advance the Christian faith in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit.”
Source:Charity Commission
Pastoral support may bridge spiritual and practical needs
Advice on family, health and finance suggests the organisation may position prayer alongside broad pastoral guidance, treating personal difficulties as interconnected rather than as separate specialist issues.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a purely event-based religious group: it may be an accessible first point of support for people facing multiple pressures, while its limits as a specialist advice provider remain unclear.
Show evidence
“We offer advice on family issues,prayer,health, finance and other related issues.”
Source:Organisation“Provides Advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may work through a small faith-network model
The affiliate relationship with Prophetic Prayer and Revival Family indicates that the organisation may develop activity through allied groups, rather than operating entirely through a single organisational identity.
Why it matters
Understanding this relationship could reveal whether the charity functions as a convenor, umbrella body or platform for related faith communities, and where its practical reach comes from.
Show evidence
“We currently running a new event called Night Cry with our affiliate group PPRF.”
Source:Organisation“Prophetic Prayer and Revival Family is now an affiliate member of our charity.”
Source:Organisation
- There is no evidence about where the organisation operates, how frequently its events occur or how many people it reaches.
- It is unclear whether advice is delivered by trained practitioners, volunteers or external referral partners.
- The nature of the charity's relationship, oversight and resource-sharing with PPRF is unknown.
Remaining uncertainties
- Event records, attendance data and geographic information for Community Prayer Conference and Night Cry.
- Information on advice processes, safeguarding, volunteer training and referral arrangements.
- Details of PPRF's role, governance relationship and contribution to the charity's activities.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our charity have been organising Community Prayer Conference with the aim of bringing the community together in seeking God's blessings upon our community.We currently running a new event called Night Cry with our affiliate group PPRF. We offer advice on family issues,prayer,health, finance and other related issues. Prophetic Prayer and Revival Family is now an affiliate member of our charity.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION'S ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH [IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS] IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT: