12/04/2025
Ministry Partners and Friends,
For the last 18 years, my wife, Shepard, and I have given ourselves to full-time ministry by leading worship, building prayer rooms, teaching the Bible, writing, traveling, and connecting with leaders. The vision that God has given us is to build day-and-night worship and prayer for revival that touches the nations with the Gospel of Jesus. How we have done that has changed as we have followed God’s voice from season to season, but the mission and vision remain the same: 24/7 prayer, revival, and the great commission.
Shepard and I took a step of faith over the last few years, stepping away from larger churches and ministries to pioneer again. We are going deep in prayer and discipleship locally through the Greenhouse, and we are equipping the global praying Church through Presence Pioneers. Local and global. We desire to give ourselves to this ministry fully, like some of the Levites in King David’s day:
These are the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night. I Chron 9:33
Thus far, we have been able to serve Presence Pioneers and The Greenhouse while being “free from other duties”, but we are at a crossroads. We are in a uniquely challenging financial moment. A few of our major Presence Pioneers partners are unexpectedly transitioning their giving at the end of 2025, and we now need to fill a $30,000 gap in next year’s budget to keep moving forward.
We will host His presence and minister to Him. We will keep building a house of prayer here with the Greenhouse. We will keep equipping the Church through Presence Pioneers. We will keep making disciples. But our ability to fully commit to this vision will be severely limited if we don’t secure a significant portion of the $30,000 we need by the end of 2025.
This is the need before us, and God is already moving. A few generous ministry partners have put forth a $10,000 matching gift. This means that every dollar you give to Presence Pioneers through the end of 2025 will be doubled, up to $10,000. This is an incredible opportunity to and advance the Gospel.
You can give securely at fundprayer.com or mail checks to Presence Pioneers, PO Box 170, Farmville, NC 27828. Thank you so much for your partnership!
Matthew Lilley
President, Presence Pioneers