Who We Are
History
Son of a preacher man, who is a son of a preacher man, Aaron Swanger (founder and director of AmplifyIM) was raised outside of Detroit, Michigan. Growing up and ministering in several church expressions, he was frustrated with focusing on the external, more than on the internal transformation. This drove him to seek for more than just Sunday morning gatherings. After a powerful encounter with The Lord in 2003, he spent Mondays through Saturdays in Bible studies, home groups, and prayer gatherings while worship leading at a local church.
The objective was to know Christ through His Body.
In the summer of 2006, he moved from Michigan to Kansas City, Missouri to join staff at the International House of Prayer. For over three years. he served in the Night Watch, worship leading and ministering on prayer sets from midnight to six in the morning. From there, in 2009, he served with HopeCityKC, led by Ray and Lisa Stribling, the inner city expression of night and day worship and prayer. Here, Aaron was equipped to intercede and minister to The Lord with a focus on topics like addiction, homelessness, the youth, poverty and the nation..
Jesus loves Justice. (Luke 18)
In 2023, after almost two decades of serving in the Prayer Movement, Aaron and his team are bringing these experiences out of the prayer room to train and to equip ones who are ready for corporate and personal refreshing. AmplifyIM is fueled by the desire to see the fallen altar of intercession revived through empowering believers with confidence that The Lord joyfully responds when we seek Him wholeheartedly.
Every voice counts.
Values
- Every Voice Counts - while order and preferring our brother is essential to make the prayer meeting work, God loves every voice and He listens to every prayer and every song. (Song of Solomon 2:14)
- No One Is Beyond Redemption - Regardless of our past failures, our hearts are never too dark to be made new and used by God. (Song of Solomon 1:3) Our past is not our destination. God never recalls a gift, they’re irrevocable. (Romans 11:29)
- Throne Room Perspective- Living with the knowledge of where we are going to be forever, impacts our lives today. We can learn to engage with the throne room of Heaven, where our songs and prayers reach their highest potential in the here and now. (Revelation 4 & 5)
- More Than Salvation, Discipleship - Our aim is more than to simply convert, we want to create disciples for the Kingdom who will pursue their inheritance in Christ. (Matthew 28:19)
- Living Aware Of Eternity - we must be aware of the hour we are living in. Even if it’s not the End Times, it’s our end times and we will live differently when we are aware of our limited amount of time on earth. Let’s serve all we can serve, do all we can do, and make every effort to reach maturity on this side of eternity. (Psalm 90:12)
- Lives Conformed To Scripture - The Word conforms and transforms. It is the central foundation of everything that AmplifyIM does. Our songs and our prayers are weak until we utilize the authority of the scriptures. (Psalm 119)
Mission
- Cultivate a healthy environment to learn and grow - without judgment, shame or pressure, an intentional effort to allow space for trial and error without condemnation. It all counts.
- Involve everyone in the prayer meeting - Not just coming to watch an event, but engaging in the prayers and the songs is both exciting and essential for God’s unique purposes in these gatherings.
- Activate expectancy for God to uniquely move in every gathering - Our gatherings are catalytic. There’s always more! Ephesians 3 promises that together we will go higher and further. Each time we gather is distinct. A different configuration of singers, musicians and intercessors makes each prayer meeting a one time event.
- Reproduce demand for a culture of prayer - Offering a taste of something that makes you divinely discontent with business as usual. Sustaining this culture is not contingent on AmplifyIM to be there. Realizing this is what we were created for, you can easily carry this on within your ministry context.
- Impart strategy - From almost two decades of practical experience, AmplifyIM can help you build a prayer culture that will be enjoyable, effective and sustainable. A culture influencing our daily lives beyond a prayer meeting.