Stuart Powell Bio

Stuart Powell grew up and lived in rural areas of Indiana, never more than 7 miles from the Wabash river. He surrendered his life to Christ as master in 1981, which led him to invest in various aspects of ministry with local churches including service, teaching, preaching, and writing.  In 2016 Stuart completed an MAContinue Reading

When He Appears . ..

Note: This meditation uses two visual aids; one fresh produce and a canned version of the same produce. Replacing corn with different produce of choice delivers the same message.(Hold up an un-shucked ear of sweet corn) Fresh sweet corn is the greatest food on Earth! Perhaps its popularity is related to the rarity of availability.Continue Reading

Community Prayer Walk

Join our City Gates Pray team for a community prayer walk, on Dec 21st, in the South Side Park neighborhood, in beautiful downtown Sacramento. Our Love in Action initiative this month is passing along a little Christmas cheer to our neighbors. A basket of Christmas socks stuffed with gift cards can uplift a family inContinue Reading

Haven’t Seen It Yet – Danny Gokey

HmmHave you been praying and you still have no answers?Have you been pouring out your heart for so many years?Have you been hoping that things would have changed by now?Have you cried all the faith you have through so many tears?Don’t forget the things that He has done beforeAnd remember He can do it allContinue Reading

2019 Biblical Garden Retreat with Yale Kim, Director of The Prayer Council

Yale Kim has been leading prayer meetings since being radically saved in his youth group in the mid 90’s.  Since that time, he has been involved in gathering youth, college students, and pastors from different denominations and organizations to pray together.  With the help of his friends, Yale co-founded Catalyst Convergence, an organization that helpsContinue Reading

Come Pray with Us

Come Pray with Us

Dear Prayer Intercessor, Pastor’s and Prayer Leaders, 12 “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer” Romans 12:12. We selected this verse 10 years ago, as we formed our first prayer-walk! We are excited to invite you to join us this year in celebrating 11 years of prayer mobilization. In everything letContinue Reading

Displaying our Testimony

By Stuart Powell Testifying to Jesus’ influence on our lives is an important part of the Christian faith. The older we are in our faith the more we should have to say about Jesus. His influence always begins by changing our attitudes about living. Jesus replacing the wrong desires inside of us by teaching usContinue Reading

Who Are We?

City Gates Pray is celebrating 10 years of prayer mobilization this year. We are a group of committed Christians who long to share the love and compassion of Christ to others, as we prayer-walk. We are expanding and continuing last year’s prayer theme, which was based on Philippians 2:3. This year our theme is 1 Peter 3:8,Continue Reading