Last year Bickle resigned as pastor of Metro Christian Fellowship, the 3,000-member charismatic church he founded in 1982, to devote himself to IHOP, where volunteers pray and worship for up to 50 hours a week. The marriage of worship and intercession is based on Revelation's description of Heaven, and is essential to see real breakthroughs, he said. Worship is agreement with who God is. Intercession is agreement with what He's going to do. In both, you are telling God what is true about Himself.
Worship gives faith and longevity to intercession.
An IHOP has also been started in San Diego, with plans for another in Chicago. A church gave away its building fund - and received an even bigger blessing. The center bought the former Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles and is refurbishing nine buildings as a massive center for its ministry. Crone said he felt God wanted the money to go to the Dream Center, not the church. Soon money began pouring in for Vaca Valley's building project from unexpected sources, such as a nonprofit foundation and ministries, as well as individuals.