Pete Greig is a British author, church-planter and International Director of 24-7prayer, a Christian charity which has grown in eight years from a single night-and-day prayer room into an international, interdenominational youth movement committed to prayer, mission and justice. Thanks to an innovative approach to spirituality and culture, 24-7 has captured the attention of newspapers and magazines from Rolling Stone to Readers Digest and was the subject of a British television documentary. Proposed by Relevant Magazine as one of the top fifty 'Revolutionary Leaders' of his generation, Greig is a popular speaker and writer whose books have been translated into a number of languages.

 

Pete has authored, co-written and contributed to the following publications:

	Awakening Cry  An exploration of Christian revival movements, with particular regard to the Scottish Hebridean Awakening of 1939-43. A prophetic call to the contemporary church to 'prepare the way of the Lord' in every sphere of life and society. [Kingsway UK, 2003 Menora Press Bulgaria]
	The 24-7 Prayer Manual  A practical guide to Establishing & Sustaining 'Holy Space In the Real World'. How to set up and run a 24-7 prayer room. [2003 Survivor UK, 2005 Cook USA, 2007 Gideon Boek Netherlands)
	Red Moon Rising - The Adventure of Faith & the Power of Prayer The amazing story of 24-7 Prayer's first four years [2003 Relevant USA, 2004 Survivor UK, 2005 Brockhaus Germany, 2008 French, 2008 Swedish
	The Vision & The Vow - Rules of Life & Rhythms of Grace A contemporary call to Christian discipleship and a radical exploration of Rules of Life. [2004 Survivor UK. 2004 Relevant USA. 2007, Brockhaus Germany
	Practitioners - Voices Within The Emerging Culture Ed. Greg Russinger & Alex Field [2005 Regal, USA]
	God On Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer [March 2007 USA. May 2007 Survivor UK.]
	PunkMonk: New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing with Andy Freeman. [October 2007 Regal USA. 2007 Survivor UK.]
	Red Moon Rising Audio Book The book that has inspired nations has now become this awesome Audio book. Get the 6CD's  and listen at your leisure! [May 2008 UK]

 

It was amongst drug addicts in Hong Kong, whilst working with the missionary Jackie Pullinger, that Pete Greig really found his Christian faith and received what he describes as 'a clear call from God to go home to England'. Inspired by his experiences in Hong Kong, Pete decided to read Theology & Sociology at the University of Greenwich in London.

 

After graduating with a B.A. (Hons) Pete moved to Chichester on the South Coast of England and worked in a Care Home where he looked after young adults with severe Learning Disabilities.

 

In 1994 Pete married Samie, and for seven years served vocationally on the senior leadership team of Revelation Church, a non-denominational group of congregations in and around Chichester. During this time, Pete and Samie established two new congregations amongst young people beyond the reach of traditional church culture.  Pete also served nationally on the core team of Cultural Shift, a catalytic gathering of young leaders  experimenting with fresh expressions of church within the emerging, post-Christian culture.

 

In 1999, sensing a call to a deeper life, Pete surrendered his pastoral responsibilities and mobilised the student congregation of Revelation church to establish a single, simple, night-and-day prayer room inspired by the Moravian hundred year prayer meeting. The idea caught on unexpectedly and became the 24-7 Prayer movement as it is known today. Soon after the conception of 24-7 and a few weeks after the birth of their second child, Samie became seriously ill and nearly died. This event profoundly altered the way they thought about life, prayer and eternity. The story is told in Pete's books Red Moon Rising and, more particularly, in God on Mute which explores unanswered prayer.