Our Contact Information
Prayer Missions International Pastor Jon DeBruyn 4121 Garden Court, Traverse City, MI 49684 231-947-3526
Our Vision
Prayer Missions International exists to build and strengthen the ministry of prayer among Christian people in order that the Kingdom of God may be supported and strengthened in our world.
It does this through teaching people the Biblical basis of prayer ministry, through training people in the fundamentals of the ministry of prayer, through holding prayer mission trips around the world to pray for mission fields, missionaries, pastors, churches, towns, cities and strategic locations.
Our Ministries
Prayer Mission Trips – Our primary ministry is developing and coordinating short term prayer mission trips to various mission situations throughout the world. The primary activity of these mission trips is prayer for the missionaries and ministers, the various ministries carried on in a particular area and generally prayer for God’s blessing and movement in the community as a whole.
These mission teams will consist of 4-10 people recruited through supporting churches and agencies. The trips will last from 7-14 days depending upon the location and the ministry needs and opportunities.
A more complete description of the activities can be found under the itinerary section of the Trips tab.
The dates and locations of the trips are also found under the Trips tab.
It is the desire and hope of Prayer Missions International to strengthen and spiritually encourage and refresh our missionaries and Christian workers in various mission settings. As we call upon our God with strong, faith-filled and courageous prayer, our belief is that he will move and act to bless and encourage, to open doors and strengthen ministry through our intercessions. Not only do we believe our prayer teams will change and effect things on the mission field, we believe they will change things back in their home communities through ongoing prayer and support for the ministries and missionaries they know in new and intimate ways.
Praying With Power – Praying With Power is the educational aspect of Prayer Missions International. Our Executive Director, Rev. Jon DeBruyn, is able to lead seminars, adult education classes and retreats, as well as preaching messages, focused upon the ministry of prayer.
The following are retreats/seminars/educational topics that can be arranged:
- Learning to Love to Pray Seminar – This six hour seminar was developed by Dr. Alvin VanderGriend and Rev. DeBruyn is a trained national presenter of this material.
- Rediscovering Spiritual Disciplines – This six hour seminar focuses upon the spiritual disciplines of the Christian faith such as solitude and silence, prayer and fasting, discernment and spiritual reading.
- Power and Passion in prayer
- Developing a Healing Ministry in Your Church
- Releasing Spiritual Gifts in our Churches and Lives
- Growing in Spiritual Authority
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
- Developing a Dynamic Ministry of Prayer
- Listening to God
- Goal Setting and Expanding the Kingdom of God.
The Center for Strategic Prayer –This ministry, still on the drawing board, will bring together men and women who have worked and written in the area of prayer ministry. The purpose will be to explore different aspects of the prayer ministry and how we as a larger Christian community can broaden and strengthen the ministry of prayer in our nation and world.
The concept is that these individual will gather for several days to present papers and discuss the ministry of prayer with the hope of developing publishable materials which will impact our world.
Our Board
Rev. Jon DeBruyn, Executive Director – Pastor Jon DeBruyn has been an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church for thirty years. His ministry began in Rudyard, Michigan where he was instrumental in starting New Hope Community Church in Kinross, Michigan. In 1982, he accepted the call to begin a new church in Traverse City, Michigan. Pastor Jon was the pastor of Fellowship Church for 26 years before retiring from the pastoral ministry to begin Prayer Missions International.
Pastor Jon has been involved in the ministry of prayer throughout his years in the pastorate. He has been a teacher in the Dunamis Project since 1995 and has taught and led Dunamis retreats in Michigan, Peru and Haiti. Pastor Jon was awarded a Lilly Foundation Clergy Renewal Grant in 2002 and spent months exploring the topic, Developing a Praying Church.
Since that time, Pastor Jon developed the concept of prayer mission trips and has led teams to New York City, London, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Haiti. His overseas ministry has also led to ministry in Guam, South Africa, and the Philippines.
Pastor Jon has also worked within the Traverse City community to build the ministry of prayer. He was instrumental in beginning Church of the Bay, a meeting of pastors to encourage and pray for each other in Pastor’s Prayer Clusters. He has also been involved in coordinating the Global Day of Prayer celebrations in the Grand Traverse area.
Maellen DeBruyn – Mae is the wife of Pastor Jon DeBruyn and has traveled with him on most of his prayer mission trips. She is a teacher of 6-8 grades at Woodland School, a charter school in the Traverse City area.
Jim MacIntosh – Jim is President and CEO of Maxell, an aluminum wire manufacturing facility in Traverse City. A long time family friend, Jim brings excellent administrative skills to the PMI Board.
Rev. Dr. Rick Rice – Pastor Rick is pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Traverse City. Pastor Rick is active in Church of the Bay and Safe Harbor, a housing ministry for the homeless. Pastor Rick brings a heart for prayer and a legal mind, having a law degree from Notre Dame.
Michael DeBruyn – Michael is the treasurer of the Board and is the eldest son of Jon and Mae. Michael is the Vice President of Operations for Great Lakes Stainless in Traverse City.
Our Partners
Prayer Missions International has as its initial partner the World Missions of the Christian Reformed Church. Our desire is to serve the Christian Reformed Church and other churches and agencies which work to extend the Kingdom of God. Other partnerships may develop as Prayer Missions International grows.