Mike Bickle

Mike Bickle (born 1955) is an American Charismatic minister and founder (1999) of the International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) — a sustained 24/7 prayer-and-worship ministry that became one of the principal contemporary "houses of prayer" institutions globally. He authored multiple influential charismatic-evangelical books on prayer, the Song of Solomon, the End Times, and Bridegroom theology. He led IHOPKC and the Forerunner movement / Joel's Army-adjacent stream for decades. After the October 2023 allegations and his December 2023 confession of past misconduct, IHOPKC cut all ties and the institution restructured. The substantial Firefly / Tikkun investigation report (2025) documented the pattern of abuse. The MannaFest registry includes Bickle for his substantive teaching contribution to the prayer movement and the Bridegroom-theology stream, with full transparency about the documented misconduct that ended his public ministry.