About Us

Meet the Leadership

Beti StanghelliniBeti Stanghellini
Director of IHOP El Paso

Beti Stanghellini has worked with youth and young adults for about 7 years since 1999 though 2005. In January 2006, the Lord began to release a burden for revival in her heart and was called to leave her successful secular career as Purchasing Manager and become a full time prayer missionary. 

Her secular background includes a Bachelor of Science and a Master Degree in Business Management from a college in New York State. While working in the business industry she had also served several years in Ministry as Youth Coordinator and Pastors Prayer Partner Coordinator. Beti assisted several trainings and seminars all over the nation on ministry for teenagers, deliverance, and leadership in the church.

Beti was consumed with the call to return to her home town (El Paso TX) and establish a House of Prayer in the model of the Tabernacle of David. Following this calling, she went for training in the Houses of Prayer in IHOP-Kansas City and ZHOP in Fort Mill, SC. She also served in Israel as she joined the staff at the 24/7 House of Prayer in Jerusalem and helped a church that ministers to Palestinians living on the Jericho’s West Bank impoverished refugee camps.

Beti has ministered in Jerusalem and Jericho in Israel, Fort Mill, South Carolina; Watertown, NY; Richmond, Virginia; St. Louis MO as well as several cities in Mexico, to churches, youth groups, street evangelism, men and women in rehabilitation centers, inner healing, deliverance, spiritual warfare amongst other relevant topics.

Beti’s passion is to establish a 24/7 House of Prayer in El Paso TX, to see the end of abortion and to reach people who don’t know about God’s love and salvation. She is in the process of writing her first book and getting ready to start a thesis as she is currently enrolled in a Christian Seminary pursuing a PhD in Theology. Upon completion she will be pursuing ordination.

 

Chris and YvetteChris and Yvette Ferguson
Pastoral Care Team at IHOP-KC and our Spiritual Covering for IHOP El Paso

Chris and Yvette are currently serving in the “INTRO TO IHOP-KC” Internship at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City as Pastoral Care team. These 3 months Internships have around 100 students and go year round. As staff members they have devoted their life to prayer, fasting, preaching the Gospel, and serving the poor. They are missionaries to the city, the nation, and the globe through intercession. They also serve on the Board of the ministry  in Tekoa 211, which is a non-profit organization to help fund adoptions. Chris and Yvette have two wonderful children, and maintain a rigorous prayer life, while being encouraged to embrace regular times of fasting and to serve the poor.

 

Peter and GloryPeter and Glory Karl
Prayer Missionaries

Peter and Glory moved in 2008 from California to El Paso TX. They have over 25 years of volunteer ministry and have been missionaries, traveling to Indonesia, Thailand, Nicaragua, Russia, and Mexico. Peter and Glory served for more than 5 years as Prayer Group leaders; for about 3 years in children’s ministry and for 5 years as leaders in the Healing Rooms in their church in Laguna Nighel, CA. They are part of the staff at IHOP El Paso. They are currently developing curriculum for training and equipping those whom God calls to serve in the Healing Rooms.

Shaun and RaeleneShaun and Raelene Frankland
Prayer Missionaries

Shaun and Raelene Frankland Married October 27th, 2007, at the time they were serving as adult staff at Revolution Youth Movement ministering to youth and young adults. The very next year on October 15th 2008 they had their daughter, Jesca Reign Frankland. They heard a call from God during '09 to be full time intercessors in El Paso. So later that year they met with Beti Stanghellini and knew that God was bringing people from all over to accomplish His goal of a house of prayer in El Paso. In order to undergo discipleship in a 24/7 prayer environment they served as interns at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City from July to  September of 2009 and have since returned to serve as full time staff at IHOP-EP (International House of Prayer in El Paso TX). They are now expecting their second child in July of 2010.

 

What is IHOP El Paso?

At IHOP El Paso our primary goal is nothing less than seeing the fullness of God’s rule and will established in the earth.

"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven'". (Matthew 6:9-10)
We see the outworking of this in the following primary ways:

We believe that this is accomplished only when the Body of Christ stands together in agreement and prays to the Father in Jesus’ Name, as Jesus taught us to. 

At IHOP El Paso, we are trying, in the grace of God, to establish a place of 24 hour a day, 7 day a week, non-stop worship and prayer. We are inviting any Christian fellowship in the El Paso - Las Cruces - Juarez area to join us. We desire for IHOP El Paso to be a unified, city-wide voice that cries out night and day before the Throne of God for the coming of His Kingdom and the fulfillment of His will in this region.

Main Focus

What IHOP is Not

IHOP El Paso History

In January 2006, God called Beti Stanghellini, -prayer missionary- while she was attending a Conference in MD on January 2006 with Lou Engle, Dutch Sheets, Francis Frangipani, and others. During that conference, the Lord called her to go back to El Paso TX and start a Day and Night House of Prayer. She started praying about it since the burden of the Lord upon her was immense. One year and a half later, she quit her secular job and  took a “leap by faith” to follow this extravagant adventure that her Beloved had called her into. He impressed in her heart to pass for three seasons of three months each (9 months) then she realized… that she was pregnant!!

  1. The first three months: She spent three months at IHOP (International House of Prayer in Kansas City, MO), attending an intensive internship
  2. The second term of three months: He lead her to Israel, as part of the staff of Succat Hallel, 24/7 House of Prayer in Jerusalem.
  3. The last term of three months, in ZHOP (Zadok International House of Prayer) in Fort Mill, SC.

This is How Beti Describes the Journey:

Pregnant with the vision to birth a 24/7 House of Prayer in El Paso.
While attending Ramp USA Conference in MD on January 2006 (Lou Engle, Dutch Sheets, Francis Frangipane, Eddie James, Karen Wheaton, etc), the Lord called me to go back to El Paso, TX and start a 24/7 House of Prayer. I prayed about it since the burden of the Lord upon me was immense. I was living in St. Louis MO at that time.

March 2006
I talked to my pastor in St. Louis MO about it and we continued praying for the right time.

March 2006
I contacted some key leaders in El Paso TX that I had met personally in the past, and arranged a meeting there. I flew to El Paso TX and attended the meeting. You have in your hands a copy of the presentation that I gave them in that meeting. I shared the vision that the Lord gave me to start a 24/7 house of prayer in El Paso TX. All of them agreed to pray about it. I still receive emails asking me when I am going back to El Paso TX

May 2006
Finally (1 year 3 months later) I quit my secular job as Purchasing Manager of an Aerospace Company based in St. Charles MO. and moved to IHOP in Kansas City, MO to attend “Intro to IHOP” to receive training about the House of Prayer model. The program included training in harp and bowl worship and prayer models, various outreach ministries, the message of the Bridal paradigm, intimacy with God as we come to the end of the age, new paradigms in healing and prophecy, and the urgency of the times.

The Call Nashville 07-07-07
After the Call Nashville, I learned that Lou Engle was going to launch the Call Institute at the beginning of August in KC, and I wanted to apply, but the Lord impressed me to go to Jerusalem to serve in Succat Hallel, 24/7 House of Prayer.

August 2007 - Succat Hallel, 24/7 House of Prayer in Jerusalem
The Lord sent me to Jerusalem for impartation. I was accepted to join Succat Hallel, 24/7 House of Prayer in Jerusalem, which is a dynamic community of worshipers and intercessors to stand as “watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem”. We all have the common desire to minister first unto the Lord, to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and intercede for Israel and the nations, seeking wholeheartedly after God together. My service as part of the Staff in Succat Hallel included worshipping, extended hours in the Prayer Room, and working with a church that ministers to Palestinians living in the Jericho, West Bank’s impoverished refugee camp. We were reaching out with the love of Christ that conquers all. Some of the refugees were survivors to terrorist’s attacks; some were widows, victims of the war.

Coming back to the United States
Right before Christmas, I came back from Jerusalem to the US; I had the opportunity to spend Christmas with my family before the Lord took me to my next assignment.

ZHOP (Zadok House of Prayer) in Fort Mill, SC
The Lord moved me to join ZHOP in Fort Mill SC, where I served in the first shift in the House of Prayer. It was from 6:00 a.m. to noon; my time there was worshipping and intercession. This was be the last “training/impartation” season that the Lord will take me through before moving permanently to El Paso TX with the mission of building a 24/7 Hours of Prayer in this border town.

July 2008
The prayer room started in the facilities of a local ministry “El Paso for Jesus” where we started our “prayer watches”. We are in a transitional time where will move to another location to continue building 24/7 House of Prayer. The task is immense… the hours are short… but we are patient, a house of prayer is not built overnight. We will continue praying and interceding until the “Tabernacle of David” is built in this region.

I believe that the Holy Spirit is orchestrating an unprecedented global prayer movement that will shake the nations and result in the harvest of millions of souls throughout the earth. Established in the Spirit of the Tabernacle of David, IHOP-El Paso TX is seeking to be a 24/7, city-wide prayer furnace serving the Southwest Region (El Paso TX – Juarez MX – Las Cruces, NM) as an interdenominational, inter-racial, and cross-generational prayer ministry, committed to developing forerunners given to lives of extravagant worship, prayer, fasting, and holy activism, fueled by intimacy with God's heart.

I certainly am extremely blessed for being called to work in establishing a 24/7 House of Prayer in this region of El Paso – Juarez – Las Cruces. I am available to serve in whatever capacity the Lord deems appropriate.

Statement of Faith

WE BELIEVE that only the sixty-six books of the Bible are the inspired and therefore inerrant, Word of God. The Bible is the final authority for all we believe and how we are to live. [Matthew 5:18; John 10:35 and 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21]

WE BELIEVE that the one true God exists eternally in three persons—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and that these, being one God, are equal in deity, power and glory. We believe that God not only created the world but also now upholds, sustains, governs and providentially directs all that exists and that He will bring all things to their proper consummation in Christ Jesus to the glory of His name. [Psalm 104 and 139; Matthew 10:29–31 and 28:19; Acts 17:24–28; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 1:9–12 and 4:4-6; Colossians 1:16–17; Hebrews 1:1–3; Revelation 1:4–6]

WE BELIEVE that Satan, originally the great and good angel Lucifer, rebelled against God, taking a multitude of angels with him. He was cast out of God's presence and is at work with his demonic hosts to establish his counter-kingdom of darkness, evil and unrest on Earth. Satan was judged and defeated at the cross of Christ and will, at the end of the age, be cast forever into the lake of fire which has been prepared for him and his angels. [Isaiah 14:10–17; Ezekiel 28:11–19; Matthew 12:25–29 and 25:41; John 12:31 and 16:11; Ephesians 6:10–20; Colossians 2:15; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Revelation 12:7–9 and 20:10]

WE BELIEVE that Adam was originally created in the image of God, righteous and without sin. In consequence of his disobedience, Adam's posterity are born subject to both imputed and inherent sin, and are therefore by nature and choice the children of wrath, justly condemned in the sight of God, wholly unable to save themselves or to contribute in any way to their acceptance with God. [Genesis 1–3; Psalm 51:5; Isaiah 53:5; Romans 3:9–18 and 5:12–21; Ephesians 2:1–3]

WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, that He was conceived and born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and offered Himself as a penal, substitutionary sacrifice for sinners. By His blood shed at the Cross, He obtained for us eternal redemption, the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. He was raised bodily on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father, there to make intercession for the saints forever. [Matthew 1:18–25; John 1:1–18; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:1–28; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:10–14; Ephesians 1:7; Philippians 2:6–11; Colossians 1:15–23; Hebrews 7:25, 9:13–15 and 10:19; 1 Peter 2:21–25; 1 John 2:1–2]

WE BELIEVE that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. No ordinance, ritual, work or any other activity on the part of man is required or accepted in order to be saved. This saving grace of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, also sanctifies us by enabling us to do what is pleasing in God's sight in order that we might be progressively conformed to the image of Christ. [John 1:12–13, 6:37–44 and 10:25–30; Acts 16:30–31; Romans 3–4 and 8:1–17, 31-39 and 10:8–10; Ephesians 2:8–10; Philippians 2:12–13; Titus 3:3–7; 1 John 1:7, 9]

WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ baptizes believers in the Holy Spirit, in whom we are also sealed for the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit regenerates, forever indwells, and graciously equips the Christian for godly living and service. Subsequent to conversion, the Spirit desires to fill, empower and anoint believers for ministry and witness. We also believe that signs and wonders, as well as all the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament, are operative today and are designed to testify to the presence of the Kingdom and to empower and edify the Church to fulfill its calling and mission. [Matthew 3:11; John 1:12–13 and 3:1–15; Acts 4:29–30; Romans 8:9 and 12:3–8; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22; Galatians 3:1–5; Ephesians 1:13–14 and 5:18]

WE BELIEVE that water baptism and the Lord's Supper are the two ordinances of the Church to be observed until the time of Christ's return. They are not a means of salvation, but are channels of God's sanctifying grace and blessing to the faithful in Christ Jesus. [Matthew 26:26–29 and 28:19; Romans 6:3–11; 1 Corinthians 11:23–34; 1 Peter 3:21]

WE BELIEVE that the Church is God's primary instrument through which He is fulfilling His redemptive purposes in the earth. To equip the saints for the work of ministry, God has given the Church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. We also affirm the priesthood of all believers and the importance of every Christian being joined with and actively involved in a local community of the saints. We believe that women, no less than men, are called and gifted to proclaim the Gospel and do all the works of the Kingdom. [Matthew 16:17–19; Acts 2:17–18, 42; Ephesians 3:14–21 and 4:11–16; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Hebrews 10:23–25; 1 Peter 2:4–5 and 9–10]

WE BELIEVE that God has called the Church to preach the Gospel to all nations, and especially to remember the poor and to minister to their needs through sacrificial giving and practical service. This ministry is an expression of the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ and is an essential part of the Kingdom of God. [Isaiah 58:6–12 and 61:1; Matthew 5–7, 28:18–20; Luke 4:18 and 21:1–4; Galatians 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:8]

WE BELIEVE in the literal Second Coming of Christ at the end of the age when He will return to Earth personally and visibly to consummate His Kingdom. We also believe in and are praying for a great end-time harvest of souls and the emergence of a victorious Church that will experience an unprecedented unity, purity and power in the Holy Spirit. [Psalms 2:7–9 and 22:27–28; John 14:12 and 17:20–26; Romans 11:25–32; 1 Corinthians 15:20–28, 50–58; Ephesians 4:11–16; Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:3–12; Revelation 7:9–14]

WE BELIEVE that when the Christian dies they pass immediately into the blessed presence of Christ, there to enjoy conscious fellowship with the Savior until the day of the resurrection and glorious transformation of the body. The saved will then forever dwell in blissful fellowship with their great triune God. We also believe that when the unbeliever dies they are consigned to Hell, there to await the Day of Judgment when they shall be punished with eternal, conscious and tormented separation from the presence of God in the lake of fire. [Matthew 25:46; Luke 16:19–31; John 5:25–29; 1 Corinthians 15:35–58; 2 Corinthians 5:1–10; Philippians 1:19–26 and 3:20–21; 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10; Revelation 20:11–15 and 21:1–22:15]

Vision

To prepare thousands of full-time intercessory missionaries who, like John the Baptist, live a lifestyle of discipline and devotion as burning and shining lamps. As forerunner messengers, their lives and voices cry out, “Prepare the way of the Lord!” We invite you to visit us. Join with us as we set our hearts to love God, worship Him alone and dedicate our lives to serving Him.

Purpose and Values

The International House of Prayer in El Paso TX is aiming to become a day and night worship and prayer community. We are committed to worshipping Jesus continually through music and prayer. Our purpose is to maintain a continuous fire of prayer and worship before the Lord. Our prayer room is staffed around the clock so anyone could come and spend time in prayer before the Lord. We hold teaching services throughout the week, where we train believers in intimacy with Christ and the urgency of the hour.

Links

 

www.twitter.com/ihopep
www.facebook.com/ihopep
www.bound4life.com
www.luke18project.com
www.exoduscry.com
www.exodus-international.org

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