Beginnings 2008
House of Prayer Everywhere
In 2008 Holy Spirit began to initiate a change in the atmosphere in the Ozarks Region. Chuck and Terry Davis who we recognize as Apostles of Prayer, began to lead prayer meetings in various churches, businesses and homes, anywhere people hungry to pray could gather. For 12 years they continued nurturing prayer meetings in the Branson and Springfield areas. Growth was slow at the beginning as they encouraged people from all walks of life to commit to corporate prayer. Chuck especially encouraged men to attend the prayer gatherings and become leaders in prayer.
Regional Growth 2020
Regional Prayer Gathering
January 1, 2020, Chuck and Terri Joined Pastor Tim Snider and approximately 20 other praying people in the first Regional Prayer Meeting held at Healing River Worship Center on Wednesday morning at 6:00 am. A short time later, the leadership called for a 2-week prayer push; Prayer was held daily from 6 am to 6 pm for 14 days and people came from all over the region to pray. This stimulated a growing hunger for corporate prayer in the region and has yielded an increased number of prayer meetings held in homes, businesses and churches over the past 5 years. Today, prayer meetings in the Ozarks Region are held every morning and several evenings each week, as praying people come together to worship, pray and ask God to awaken this region.
Legislative Prayer Begins 2023
Prayer Senates
Early in the summer of 2023, Holy Spirit instructed us to begin hosting what we call "Prayer Senates" where prayers from the region gather together to "legislate" and pray God's plan into the Ozarks Region. We conduct two senate events per year, one in the March and one in September. As of the last gathering in September of 2025, approximately 145 prayer leaders met to seek the Lord, establish prayer directives and legislate as God's Ekklesia in this region. Every Prayer Senate held since the first one in September of 2023 has been marked by a profound unity and the Glory of the Lord as He has directed us in prayer and the declaration of His Will in the earth.
2024 Prayer Center of the Ozarks
'In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.' Ephesians 2:21
Continued growth requires support and structure so in 2024, a handful of area ministry leaders joined together to become Prayer Center of the Ozarks . The Prayer Center exists to promote and facilitate planting new prayer groups, host Prayer Senates so praying people from the region can gather for fellowship and encouragement, and as led by Holy Spirit, take on projects that support Chuck and Terri Davis' vision of House of Prayer Everywhere. This vision encompasses preparing an "habitation" for Holy Spirit and bringing prayer back to the Body of Christ as the central focus, instead of a novel idea practiced by a few.
10,000 Prayer Meetings 2025
Our Mandate
Upon arriving back in the Branson/Springfield area after the July 2025 trip, Holy Spirit gave further instruction to enlarge the circle of this territory as He desires 10,000 prayer meetings to be established in the central region of the United States. The new assigned area stretches from Des Moines, Iowa to below Shreveport Louisiana and from Woodward Oklahoma to Nashville Tennessee.
Our desire is to connect with prayer groups that are already established and churches committed to the mission of prayer. We also want to help to start and nurture new prayer meetings wherever we find people who are hungry for the abiding habitation of God. To connect with us, you can send an email to:
Susan @prayercenteroftheozarks.org
OR
call 417.830.9126
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