Our Testimony

How God Brought Us Here

Since our church was planted in 2012, our offices and Sunday worship spaces have been in separate locations, and we have not had a true sense of “home.” At the same time, God has placed his heart of hospitality deep within us, so much so that it is the central theme of our mission statement. So, over the last two years we’ve been seeking the Lord for a 24/7 space. In Fall 2025, we initiated a 70-day prayer campaign. Everyone, including children, joined in asking God for breakthrough in different areas of our lives, and corporately asking for breakthrough towards a 24/7 space. And God responded powerfully…

Prayer Commitment blocks and our “Prayer Thermometer” of prayer pebbles from our 70-day Breakthrough Prayer Campaign

Prophetic words and images from our 24 hour prayer relay at the end of our 70 day Breakthrough Prayer Campaign

Three days after our prayer campaign ended, God led us into a providential meeting with Redeemer’s leadership. Immediately, there was a sense of kinship and unity as we got to know each other’s stories and saw how many of the words and images God had given our church during our prayer campaign overlapped with Redeemer’s story. For example, multiple people had drawn or written the idea of God preserving an old building or reviving something that was dying – and these were the exact words that the Redeemer leadership used to describe their recent history.

The story of Redeemer church and their school is remarkable. They have been in the Palms / West LA community since the 1940s. In the past decade they have endured many hardships, but God has raised up a small group of leaders who have committed to preserve their spiritual legacy. When they met us, they immediately sensed that this was the work of God. They have chosen to share their space with us for below market value, far less than they would have gotten in rental income from other groups wanting to use their space. They are giving us priority in scheduling and are inviting us to take the lead in renovating the sanctuary.

So after more than a decade of renting from Adat Shalom synagogue, we are moving across the street into our new church home, entering a beautiful partnership with Redeemer Church and Redeemer Christian Academy. One of our members, Billy Ferdinand, will be leading the renovation project. And we believe that God has brought us to this new season for a reason. 

What’s Ahead

God is weaving our stories together to accomplish his purposes in Palms and West LA. Our church network (Antioch)’s word for this year, established prior to everything that happened with Redeemer, is “strengthen the family to multiply.” We believe that through this 24/7 space God is preparing Epicentre West LA to multiply His blessing (Genesis 12:3, Isaiah 54:2-3) to our neighborhood. 

God has been calling us to pray for revival – a season of breakthroughs in word, deed, and power, that ushers in a new normal of kingdom experience and fruitfulness. And he has clarified that we are to be a house of hospitality and healing – hospitality has always been in our DNA, and over the last two years he has called us to the ministry of healing. And as we’ve gotten to know Redeemer’s, we see that these words have been part of their story too. Thus, the Revive Campaign seeks to restore both the physical house and the spiritual legacy of the house. 

EWLA Lead Pastors Quen and Kathryn with long-time member Daniel Msubi (center)

Prophetic Words and Images

From September to November 2025, we launched a 10-week 'Breakthrough Prayer Campaign' (instead of a 'giving campaign') for the building and for other breakthroughs, personally and in the world. The Prayer Campaign culminated with a 24 hour prayer relay in our office prayer room. During this time, the Lord deposited many prophetic words and images that came to pass, assuring us that Redeemer was where he wanted us. 

REMEEDER

The word “Redeemer” spelled backwards, as one would view it in a mirror looking back at the sovereign plan of God (Genesis 50:20)

Stained Glass

Images of stained glass - that God is preserving an old building for us. This was the exact word that Gracia and Daniel used to describe what they felt was their calling at Redeemer. 

Dead Tree Coming Back to Life

The first time we met Gracia, she told us, “I cannot let the things of God die.” 

Jeanna's Block

Jeanna prayed in faith that God would provide a 24/7 space between November 21 and December 15. That was the exact timeframe when we established a relationship with Redeemer. On 12/2, we met with Redeemer leadership for the first time. By 12/7, we had shared with our staff and elders how God was moving. By 12/14, we shared with our church-wide leadership team that God was on the move and we were celebrating in worship that '“we sought the Lord, and He heard, and He answered.”

Isaiah 54:2

On the day we finalized the contract with Redeemer, we noticed a Bible verse posted on the wall of the school office. At the beginning of the school year, Gracia had gotten this verse from the Lord and taught the students about it. She put it up on the wall. Then over the last few months, she felt like God kept telling her, “Don’t take it down.” What verse is it? Isaiah 54:2, the anchor verse for the Antioch movement! 

1. “REMEEDER” - The word “Redeemer” spelled backwards, as one would view it in a mirror looking back at the sovereign plan of God (Genesis 50:20)

2. Images of stained glass - that God is “preserving an old building for us”. This word of “preserving” was exactly what Gracia and Daniel used to describe what they felt was their calling at Redeemer. 

3. Dead tree coming back to life - the first time we met Gracia, she told us, “I cannot let the things of God die.” 

4. *Jeanna’s block - Jeanna prayed in faith that God would provide a 24/7 space between November 21 and December 15. That was the exact timeframe where we established a relationship with Redeemer. On 12/2, we met with Redeemer leadership for the first time. By 12/7, we shared with our staff and elders how God is moving. By 12/14, we had shared with our whole church-wide leadership team that God was on the move, and we were celebrating in worship that “we sought the Lord, and He heard, and He answered.” 

5. On the day we finalized the contract with Redeemer, we noticed a Bible verse posted on the wall of the school office. At the beginning of the school year, Gracia had gotten this verse from the Lord and taught the students about it. She put it up on the wall. Then over the last few months, she felt like God kept telling her, “Don’t take it down.” What verse is it? Isaiah 54:2, the anchor verse for the Antioch movement! 

6. Back in 2024 when we first started asking God about a 24/7 space, we sensed that the person who would lead us to the space was wearing a brown coat. The day Quen met Daniel, Ms Bahati was wearing a brown coat.

Redeemer's History

Redeemer Church and Redeemer Christian Academy were established in the 1940s and have been faithfully serving West LA out of their current building for over 80 years. From 1979 to 2020, Redeemer Church was led by Pastor Rich Frazier. Pastor Rich was a man of deep prayer, regularly spending four hours a day praying in the church sanctuary. He had a passion for healing prayer, frequently fasting and praying for the sick, visiting the terminally ill in their homes and contending for miracles. 

Over the last decade, Redeemer has suffered numerous hardships, culminating with the unexpected death of Pastor Rich in 2020. But God raised up a small but mighty leadership team to preserve the legacy of Redeemer.

Daniel Mbusi, a real estate developer, has been a member of Redeemer church for over 40 years. Pastor Rich had been like a father to him, and after his passing Daniel felt a deep calling to honor and preserve the spiritual legacy of Redeemer. So he took out a loan and rescued Redeemer from financial debt. Together with Pastor Gabriel Frazier (Rich’s son), Mrs. Jacobs the new school principal, and Ms. Bahati who has been part of Redeemer for over a decade, Daniel and team have not only kept Redeemer alive but have begun restoring it, initiating renovation projects throughout the campus believing for a fresh move of God.

In mid-2025, the Redeemer team began looking for opportunities to rent their space. While the decision to seek tenants was initially driven by practical financial needs, the deeper desire of their hearts was to find a church who would become family for a long time. Prior to meeting Epicentre, Redeemer had been in conversation with numerous other organizations that were interested in their space and willing to pay market value. But when they met Epicentre in November 2025, they sensed that this was a sovereign move of God. They turned down the other opportunities that would have given them greater rental income, and they have joyfully invited Epicentre into a long-term spiritual covenant where we are stewarding and building on this sacred space together.