Pete Greig

Biographical Information

Pete Greig is one of the founding champions of the 24-7 Prayer movement, and the Director of Prayer for Holy Trinity, Brompton in London, and a facilitator for the Campus America initiative.  24-7 Prayer has grown rapidly and unexpectedly from a single night-and-day prayer vigil into an interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice that has touched more than a third of the nations on earth since 1999. 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.

Communication

Pete Greig lives in Guildford, England with his wife Samie and two children, and they are actively engaged in a missional community and training hub called the Boiler Room. He preaches and teaches all over the world, and has authored or co-authored the following books:

Red Moon Rising
 The adventure of Faith & the Power of Prayer
(currently available in Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Korean, Macedonian, Slovakian, Ukrainian, Braille, and audio-book format))

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In Depth

It was in Hong Kong, whilst working with the missionary Jackie Pullinger in her outreach to the poor, that Pete Greig 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, Pete moved to Chichester on the South Coast of England and worked with 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 on the south coast of England. During this time, Pete and Samie established two new congregations for 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.

From 2004-05, the Greig family returned to England from Kansas City where they spent a fun year establishing a national office for 24-7 Prayer (USA) and eating Krispy Creme doughnuts. They now live in Guildford, Surrey, on the outskirts of London, where Pete helps lead a church and training centre (‘Boiler Room’) whilst serving as Director of Prayer for Alpha International at Holy Trinity Brompton and International Director of 24-7 Prayer.  Pete also sits on the Executive of the International Prayer Council.

And finally...

Pete enjoys pubs with log-fires, decent comedy, real coffee, Asterix comics, art galleries, sailing, hiking in the Scottish mountains with his dog Noodle, lots and lots of music, watching football, bursting bubble-wrap, eating Chicken Tikka Biryani. And God. Not necessarily in that order.