Dallas, Texas | A Holy Spirit Fire in Young Adults
In the fall of 2021, a bunch of 20-somethings participated in Novo’s Spiritual Authority Cohort and embraced the mission of introducing everyone they knew to the abundant prayer life promised by Jesus. The next year, 70 young adults gathered for the Cohort every month, experiencing transformative prayers that rocked their world and lit a fire in them to follow Jesus wherever he would lead. In the summer of 2023, 10 of them traveled to the UK to visit Ffald-y-Brenin, a prayer retreat center in Wales, and join almost 3,000 other young adults at a prayer and worship event called the Wildfires Festival. They returned to Dallas enthusiastic about what God could do and about reaching their city for Jesus.
Since that trip, the young adults have taken over a retired chapel in Dallas and have turned it into a space for mission strategy, prayer, worship, and training more people in prayer and mission. Some are using all their free time to minister to others. Some are spreading what they’ve learned to other people in their home churches and college campuses. Some are pursuing full-time missionary roles with Novo. Others are relocating with vision to equip more young adults to live as passionately for Jesus as they are themselves. There are 130 young adults in this year’s Spiritual Authority Cohort as this move of God continues to expand. Seasoned Novo staff who have visited with these passionate young adults note the marks of revival on their lives and can’t wait to see how God is going to use them to bless their city and the world.
