The 24-7 Community Networks is a family of Churches, Missional Communities and Houses of Prayer. These Communities find their place of belonging and accountabilityin the 24-7 Prayer movement, and are aligned to 24-7 Prayer’s values of prayer, mission and justice in their local contexts.
This short video from Director of Community Networks Alain Emerson explains the heart and vision of the community networks:
The growing 24-7 Community Networks spans across the globe with churches and is made up for communities who align themselves with the vision, values and practices of 24-7 prayer.
The global 24-7 Community Networks are each unique but deeply connected to one another.
Communities are connected to a network, or multiple networks, depending on the shape of Community (Ecclesial Networks) and/or geographical location (National/Regional Networks).
Individual networks provide specialist support to communities, but all of them are connected to one another by 24-7 Prayer’s shared vision and practices and have opportunities to gather as a whole.
These are networks are formed by Communities of a similar shape.
The House of Prayer Network gathers houses of prayer worldwide, including ‘third spaces’ and new monastic communities with shared life and purpose. It is led by a team facilitated by Pete Ward
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These networks are formed by Communities linked by geographical location:
Tobar, launched from Emmanuel Church, Lurgan, is a growing network of churches, houses of prayer, and missional communities. Its name, meaning ‘wells’ or ‘springs’ in Irish, reflects their vision for spiritual awakening. The network is led by Alain Emerson. Visit their website to learn more.
Tribe is a growing network of churches, now organised into regional and type-based collectives. It is led by Sim Dendy and Simon Benham. Contact them to learn more.
The Lage Landen Network (‘Lowlands’), commissioned in 2025, gathers churches, houses of prayer, and missional communities in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is resourced by Rotterdam House of Prayer and led by Esther and Jonathan Westerkamp. Contact Esther for more information.
The 24-7 Community Networks International leadership team is made up of Alain Emerson, Pete Ward, Roger Ellis and Lou Moore. This team gets up each morning ready to serve the 24-7 Community Networks! They are joined by a band of co-workers called the CN International Coaches Team.
Alain is husband to Rachel and dad to Annie, Erin and Finn. He serves as Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Church, oversees the Tobar Church Network in Ireland, and directs the 24-7 Prayer Communities Network. Alain is the author of Luminous Dark and co-author of The God Story. He is passionate about seeing a ‘new thing’ in Ireland and being part of a global network of 24-7 Prayer churches and communities united by prayer, mission and justice. He also enjoys reading, time with friends, most sports, and Liverpool Football Club.
Pete has been deeply connected with Houses of Prayer and New Monastic Communities since the 1990’s, and leads that steam of 24-7 Prayer’s Communities Network. Having been around 24-7 Prayer since the very beginning, he was one of the founders of the Reading Boiler Room, 24-7 Prayer’s first House of Prayer. He was also part of the team that created the Order of the Mustard Seed’s constitution and membership formation process, serving as the Order’s Associate Convener until 2023. Pete is passionate about seeing New Monastic Communities and other Houses of Prayer flourish in who God is calling them to be.Pete and Andrea live in the Lake District in the North West of England, where they co-lead the Poiema Community and Retreat House.
For over 40 years Roger has pioneered in leadership, being involved in starting Churches, Christian movements (including 24-7 Prayer and Fusion), and Fishing businesses. In several of these contexts he has been involved in healthy succession, enabling him to move forwards and the teams behind to flourish.
Over the last decade Roger has led the 24-7 Community Networks team as the network has been formed, recently handing the leadership to Alain Emerson. He spends his time coaching leaders, church teams, supporting church networks, writing, and where possible fishing. He’s also on the board of Westminster Theological Centre where he lectures, his passion being Church, Leadership, Theology and Ecclesiology. Roger is part of the leadership team in Revelation Church. He’s married to Maggie, and they have two children who are now grown-ups!
Lou is married to Will and mother to Martha and Rupert. She has led in a variety of settings where her passion is creating safe, transformational spaces to help people connect with God and each other. After being part of the core leadership team at Revelation Church, her and her family are currently planting a house church in Chichester, UK. Alongside supporting and developing the growing 24-7 Network of Communities – she enjoys reading, being creative and has never knowingly turned down a trip to the mountains to snowboard.
