Ian & Pauline Cole


The vision for the World Prayer Centre was first given in 1990 to Ian Cole, who is founder and chairman of the Birmingham-based charity Cornerstone and formerly leader of the national prayer network Pray for Revival.


Pray for Revival started in Birmingham in 1986 with a group of leaders who met to pray for the city, but whose vision over the nineties was extended to the nation and then to the world.

Cornerstone also started in Birmingham in 1980, developing a ministry of outreach to homeless young people and families in need, with an emphasis on the poor.

Pauline Cole is the World Prayer Centre Administrator.