Our history, milestones

My house will be called the house of prayer... (Mt 21.13)

The House of Prayer of the Guardian Fires in Budapest is an inter-denominational service that aims to be a place of incessant glorification and prayer, meeting God. The essence of our calling from God is that the glorification of God, the intercession, the prayer should not be interrupted for a single minute, and the praise of the Lord should be spoken day and night in Budapest.

Since ecumenism, inter-denominee, is our fundamental value, we are open to welcoming all Christians who wish to glorify and pray, as well as those who do not yet know God but are looking for the opportunity to meet Him. We are especially open about young people and young adults.

 The Birth of the House of Prayer of the Guard Fires in Budapest – invitation to incessant prayer

This desire of Jesus has appealed to many in recent years. Fwe revived the pre-Pentecostal prayer initiated by Kim Collins, we gathered in spirit in the "upstairs room", where prayers alternated day and night. We have all asked the Holy Ghost to come and renew the face of the earth so that we may witness a new Pentecost.

In January 2012, several of us from Hungary attended the MEHR prayer conference in Augsburg, where the Spirit of Glorification poured out to us, and we deeply understood that our most basic vocation is the uninterrupted praise of God. We felt God's call for stronger prayer Hungary renewal, so many of us in the country began to organize glorifying and intercessive prayers, asking for the holy spirit to be outpoured.

We understood that today we still need those who stand before God day and night to worship, glorify, and fall upon the spiritless world of the Holy Ghost.

Desire for spirituality and false sources

In the spring of 2013, several programs of national importance confronted some of us with how many people have a deep desire for spirituality. However, very often they try to quench their thirst from false sources, because they are thought to give real, clean water. We have studied the deeper message of these programs, and it has become clear to us that the New Age, in conjunction with esotericism, is increasingly calling people to false spiritual experiences, promising to have life-changing special experiences. It has also become clear to us that the ousting of God from the life of society is even more intense.

Lord, what's your answer? What are you calling us?

We knew that we could not go along with these challenges, because God seemed to have grasped our insides, we felt his powerful call.

Therefore, in May 2013, we invited several people to find a common path from different communities and together we asked the leadership of the Holy Ghost to understand what God's vision is in this situation and what He calls us. How can people be led to Jesus, who gives the real living water? How could the Church (as a community of reborn people who believe in Jesus Christ) become a school of authentic prayer? Where are the spiritual centers where people can learn about the good taste and many ways of Christian prayer and glorification? Is it time for us to have a house of prayer, a place of incessant prayer and glorification, of meeting God?

During our meetings we shared our insights, the fruits of our prayers. We have experienced the clear and powerful leadership of the Holy Ghost in prayer, through the words of Scripture, and through prophetic insight.

In the fall of 2013, the answer came to us: Yes, we believe that God's desire is for His house to be a house of prayer. Yes, it is time to praise God incessantly, exalt His name, and allow us to be gripped by the love and beauty of Jesus. Yes, it is time for the thirsty to find the real living water that only Jesus can give and draw from it for free. Yes, it's time for the water from the shrine spring to grow the desert. Yes, it is time for the house of prayer to be lifted incessantly to God by the request: Send your Holy Spirit, and all will come to life, renew the face of the earth.

That's when our name was born: House of Prayer of The Guard Fires. We want to be the guard fires ourselves, and we hope that in many places all over the country the watchfires of prayer and glorification will be lit.

On your walls, Jerusalem, I have ordered guards; all day and all night, never listen. Those who remind the Lord should not rest; and do not leave him a reassurance until he restores Jerusalem and makes it glory on earth! (Iz 62.6-7)

Franciska Berkecz was the founder and leader of the House of Prayer of the Guard Fires. He was called to you by the Heavenly Father in August 2021.

The First House of Prayer Conferences, the First Prayer Room

From December 2013, we came together for a two-hour prayer a week at the Queen of Peace Church on St. Pack, and once a month in the Holy Spirit Chapel of the social brothers in Cool Valley. These occasions were also an opportunity for more people to join in the joint prayer.

In 2014 we held a House of Prayer Conference in Máriabesnyő and then in 2015 in Budapest, to our surprise nearly 750 people came from all over the Carpathian Basin, including some who are not Hungarian-speaking.

After the 2014 conference, new brothers and sisters came forward, who were specifically invited by the Lord to serve regular prayers and praise. We prayed with them weekly throughout the year, so the number of hours spent in prayer slowly increased.

In the summer of 2015, we were given a small room on St. Mary's, in the church building of the Heart of Jesus, where regular prayers and prayer classes could begin. Prayer groups were organized from the servants so far, and new ones joined.

The second prayer room - the beginning of expansion

Soon, due to the collision of prayer classes and local programs, we felt that we needed a new prayer room. In prayer, we begged the Lord to give us a place where we could continue to serve prayer and glorification. And God has shown once again that the calling of the House of Prayer of the Guard Fires is real. In 2019, we received the community space under the Church of the Hungarian Saints, which includes not only a prayer room, but also service rooms. We thank the parish priest Gábor Écsy for hearing the word of God and for giving us a place to serve.

In the meantime, our trainings have also started, where the training of the immamisionarians who wish to join has been carried out in the last two years. We are delighted that many people have already applied for our second training, many of whom were young people. They are now committed members of his AIH, who serve with their glorification and intercession, while maintaining, of course, their own ecclesiastical and denomitational identity.

The present

Currently, about 20-22 hours a week, 25 brothers praise the Lord in the prayer room. We already have a brother who will build the house of prayer as a full-time prayer mass from July 2021. In addition to prayer classes, we regularly hold prayer evenings, 12-hour glorifications, trainings and other spiritual programs.

We strive to ensure that our programs are characterized by diversity. Many churches, denomnominated churches, and congregations have had guests with whom we have glorified and prayed.

We desire to have a 24/7, or 24-hour service, 7 days a week, and to have our own place of glorification and prayer in Budapest.

Our core values

HeIH has certain points and values that are of paramount importance to us and which God has placed in our hearts:

• God, and He alone is worthy of praise
• Inter-denomitality, ecumenical, unity of Christians
• Glorification and intercession based on the word of God
• Authentic and attractive, novel prayer
• Meeting God in prayer, glorification, intercession

You can find our current schedule here, and you can check the place of the prayer room here.