Pastor Chris, our interim lead pastor at the time, first planted the idea of a 24/7 space in 2022. We were all excited by the thought, especially as it would relieve the pressures of our growing children’s ministry, not having to set up each Sunday, and having a space to more fully live out our value of hospitality. We had no idea what it would look like to pursue a 24/7 space since we definitely didn't have the means for it, but we wanted to seek God and his heart for us in this. So in September 2023, we formed a prayer team that met monthly to discern whether or not God was leading us to pursue this. We didn't sense any red lights, and in the summer of 2024, we contacted over 100 churches in the area to put out feelers. Nothing came of it, but God continued to encourage us.
In November 2024, as our prophetic prayer team was waiting on the Lord in their biweekly meeting, Angae Kim out of the blue said, “Has there ever been thought about a permanent church building?” She had no idea a different prayer team had already been praying or that a search team had been contacting churches.
In early 2025, Kathryn felt God pressing us into revival through prayer, and we had the thought that if we weren't stewarding the space that we already have '24/7' (the office in Culver City), why would he entrust us with a building? So we made the small office room a prayer room, and began sowing prayers there. Meanwhile, we found out that the Culver City office was going to be demolished and repurposed at the end of 2026, and that our meeting space at the synagogue where we’ve been renting was to undergo a major renovation in the spring of 2026.
Our prayer culture grew over the course of the year. In addition to the office prayer room, we started monthly Boiler Room worship and prayer nights with increasing attendance. In September 2025 we launched a 70-day Breakthrough Prayer Campaign, and that’s when the miraculous happened.
