America Prays is a movement of united prayer. We are a family of believers, churches, ministries, and businesses covering America in day and night prayer. We are a multiethnic, interdenominational, Jesus-centered prayer movement.

Our vision is to unite and equip 40,000 churches in prayer for a national spiritual awakening.

We believe that America is in desperate need of spiritual awakening and that only united prayer can revive our nation. As J. Edwin Orr observed, “No great spiritual awakening has begun anywhere in the world apart from united prayer.”

There are about 400,000 Christian churches in America. We are believing for a tithe of American churches (40,000) to adopt a monthly day of prayer and join us in praying for the greatest spiritual awakening in the history of our nation. It’s as simple as every church covering one day a month in unceasing prayer. Together, we can create a canopy of united, strategic, sustainable prayer for our nation.

In January 2009, churches in Austin, Texas under the leadership of Pastor Trey Kent, and churches in Bellingham, Washington under the leadership of Pastor Jason Hubbard began covering their communities in 24/7 prayer. Their model was simple—each church adopted a monthly day of prayer or half day of prayer. Believers prayed in 30 or 60-minute segments from home, school, work, or church. Pray anywhere, everywhere.

On January 1, 2017, Pastor Brian Alarid and a group of pastors launched New Mexico Prays using this same model. On October 9, 2017, we launched America Prays to unite and equip churches in 24/7 prayer for a national spiritual awakening. By Spring 2018, the movement had spread to other nations and we launched World Prays to serve as a relational network of pastors and leaders who are covering their nations in 24/7 prayer.

Brian was born in southern California and spent much of his childhood in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, where his parents served as missionaries. While on the mission field, he became fluent in Spanish and developed a passion for missions. He gave his life to Christ at the age of four in Guatemala. He was water baptized and received his call to ministry at the age of twelve in Costa Rica, went to Bible school at the age of seventeen, and has been in full-time pastoral ministry since 1993.

Brian is the President of America Prays & World Prays and Chairman of Pray Beyond. He has 28 years of experience in pastoral ministry and executive leadership. He is the author of When People Pray: What Happens When Ordinary People Pray to an Extraordinary God. He has preached the Gospel and trained thousands of leaders in over 25 nations through conferences, churches, crusades, prayer rallies, television, and radio. He previously served as a Regional Manager for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Brian has a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Theology. He has been married to Dr. Mercy Alarid for 25 years, and they reside in Austin, Texas with their three children: Chloe, Colin, and Lauren.

You can connect with Brian at brianalarid.com.

We are a movement of Jesus-followers and Christian churches and ministries who believe in the Trinity—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; the authority and infallibility of God’s Word; the virgin birth, sinless life, deity, crucifixion, and bodily resurrection of Jesus; salvation only through faith in Jesus; and the physical return of Jesus Christ to earth. We affirm the Statement of Faith adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals. With regard to all other doctrines, we adopt this approach: “In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity.”