About
Who We Are
Presence Pioneers is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that exists to build day & night worship & prayer for revival that touches the nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to connect, equip and plant presence-centered worship & prayer communities. We want to help you experience and host God’s presence, because we believe God’s presence changes everything.
Whether planting houses of prayer, connecting leaders, producing resources or traveling around the world, our desire is to strengthen the global prayer movement and give glory to Jesus.
Since its founding in 2004 (originally as 6:22 Ministries), the organization has carried the spirit of David’s Tabernacle – a passion for God’s presence, extravagant worship & prayer and a desire to see cities transformed by Jesus.
President of Presence Pioneers
Matthew Lilley
For over fifteen years, Matthew Lilley has served the body of Christ as a prayer missionary, worship leader, intercessor and Bible teacher. He is the author of David’s Tabernacle and Enjoying Prayer and hosts the Presence Pioneers podcast.
Matthew has helped pioneer three houses of prayer in North Carolina and has previously directed nationwide leadership networks with Burn 24-7 and Awaken the Dawn. He is a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary (Greenville, NC) and is based in eastern North Carolina with his wife Shepard and their four children.
Board of Directors
Oversight & Affiliation
Matthew Lilley is a member of Pioneering Ministries Network (PiNet), a network of like-minded pastors and leaders that are pioneering prayer-based ministry expressions across the US and abroad led by Brad Stroup of Forerunner Fellowship in Arlington, Texas. Brad serves as Matthew’s pastor, with PiNet providing outside covering and support as needed.
Brad Stroup
Pastor of Forerunner Fellowship & Director of The Prayer Room DFW
Statement of Faith
What We Believe
We believe the Bible is the inspired, only infallible and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)
We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (1 John 5:7-8)
We believe that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18-23)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died as a substitute for us and that the only means of being cleansed from sin and to be saved is through repentance and faith in the redemptive work of Jesus. (Acts 2:38-39)
We believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ascendance into heaven and His present life as our High Priest. (Hebrews 4:15-16)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ empowers believers through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:8)
We believe that signs and wonders, as well as all the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament, are available today, and that spiritual gifts have been given as a witness of the character of the Lord Jesus, to edify the saved and help win the lost (1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Acts 1:8)
We believe that the one true Church is the whole company of those who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27, Ephesians 5:23)
We believe that marriage is designed by God and is a life-long, covenantal relationship between one man and one woman, and is intended to give a picture of Christ’s loving relationship with His bride, the church. (Genesis 2:24-25; Matthew 19:4-6; Ephesians 5:31-32)