The closest airport is Vienna International. To get into town you can jump on the Railjet one stop to Wien Hauptbanhof.
The Expedithalle can be reached by tram from the city center in 20 minutes and from the main train station/S-Bahn or from the nearest U1/U3 station in 10 minutes .
You’ll need to travel to Wien Hauptbanhof (Vienna Main Railway Station) before heading to Absberggasse where it is then a 5 minute walk.
How to get there:
U1 station Hauptbahnhof / S station Quartier Bevedere:
Tram line D in the direction of Absberggasse (to Absberggasse)
U1 station Reumannplatz:
Tram line 6 in the direction of Geiereckstraße (to Schrankenberggasse)
Tram line 11 in the direction of Kaiserebersdorf Zinnergasse (to Schrankenberggasse)
or a 10-minute walk to the Expedithalle
U3 station Enkplatz:
Tram line 11 in the direction of Otto-Probst-Platz (to Barriereberggasse)
For travelling around central Vienna you can use the WienMobil app to buy tickets and also get live transport information.
If you don’t have access to the app you can buy the 7 day ticket online in advance here.
Worth noting: the 7 day ticket has the same Price (17€) as the 72 hour ticket – so it’s worth buying the 7 day. This can be used for all public transport in the city.
You’ll need to buy a separate ticket to travel from the Airport to the main station (Hauptbahnhof).
The Gathering ’23 will be held at the Expedithalle, Absberggasse 27, 1100 Wien, Austria.
Saturday evening’s session will be held at Votivkirche, Rooseveltplatz, 1090 Vienna
You can watch recorded sessions from The Gathering at https://gathering.24-7prayer.com/
The Gathering is an annual event run by 24-7 Prayer that brings together people from across the international movement with a passion to revive the church and rewire the culture through non-stop night and day prayer, mission and justice. We’re going to Vienna for The Gathering’23: four incredible days of prayer, worship and teaching as we join from different countries to share together and seek God’s presence. The Gathering’23 will be an in-person event, but also live-streamed if you can’t join us in person.
A full-price ticket to The Gathering is £150. If you buy your ticket before the 17th of May, you'll get the Super Early Bird rate of £110. If you book before the 17th of July, you'll get the Early Bird Rate of £130.
Every year at The Gathering, we host a legendary party, and as part of the fun, individuals and groups bid hundreds of pounds for homemade items. The funds we raise travel all around the world to support what God is doing. In the past, your generosity has paid rent for single mums, supported the growth of new 24-7 Prayer teams, sent the good news of Jesus where it’s needed most, and so much more. Every year, we bid on a different item, and this year’s theme is…SOCKS!
There are three main ways you can get involved in the Generosity Auction. 1) If you're attending in-person, you can donate auction lots: this year the theme is socks. Give your socks - the more elaborate, the better - to registration and we'll add them to the auction lots to be auctioned off! 2) If you're attending in-person, you can bid on our auction lots and raise money for our incredible causes. Don’t forget to bring some cash and team up. 3) If you're attending online, you can stream the auction live. You won't be able to bid on specific items, but you can donate towards specific causes. Thank you for your generosity!
Yes - there is a discounted ticket rate for students. A student ticket is £100, but if you buy your ticket before the 17th of May, you'll get the Student Super Early Bird rate of £70. If you book before the 17th of July, you'll get the Student Early Bird Rate of £85. If you would like information on available bursaries, contact [email protected].
When you buy a ticket, you'll be sent an 'Invoice' email - this is your ticket. Present the QR code in the email when you come to register.
Yes. The Gathering will be streamed online with Spanish translation. German translation will be available on-site.
Yes. Day tickets are available for Friday and Saturday. Click on 'Book now' and scroll down to find them.
Click on the 'Contributors' tab to learn more about our speakers.
The Gathering’23 will start on the evening of Thursday 26 October, and end on the lunchtime of Sunday 29 October (exact timings are to be confirmed and may be subject to change).
While we can't recommend specific places in Vienna, there are plenty of hotels around the Wien Mitte and AirBnBs in the wider area. The 24-7 Prayer team will be staying at the Prizeotel in Vienna.
Bring your ticket, collect your wristband and meet new friends.
Join us as we gather for our first session where we will be hearing from 24-7 Prayer leaders from across Europe and what God has put on their hearts
Join the Lectio 365 team as they lead us through Lectio Live each morning of the Gathering.
Pete Portal
Author, speaker, and 24-7 Prayer South Africa Trustee
During this hour you’re encouraged to connect with those from your nation, city or community.
In this session we will be hosting:
Josh Green
Since attending the Asbury outpouring back in February, I’m more convinced than ever before that God is raising up a revival generation and stirring a hunger in young people. Come hear reflections from Asbury, thoughts on what God might be doing, and inspiring stories from the world of 24-7 Prayer youth.
Christoph Neuwirth
The One who is already very close invites us to seek Him, to find Him and then to abide in Him. But how do you seek Him? In this seminar we will draw on wisdom from a Catholic context to explore practical ways to draw closer to God as individuals and as communities.
Aitor and Loida Fernandez, Maria Fagré
Jesus lived a life of prayer and worship. The Lord’s Prayer is in itself a song of praise, a poem of intercession, petition and exaltation.
In this seminar we will explore how prayer joined with praise can transform our encounter with Jesus and release a spirit of worship that transforms our communities in a practical way.
This seminar will be hosted by current members of the OMS
24-7 Prayer re-established the Order of the Mustard Seed (OMS) in 2005. It is an ecumenical religious order whose members commit to three simple vows: to be true to Christ, to be kind to people and to take the Gospel to the nations. Join us to learn more or ask questions.
Roger Ellis and friends
This session will briefly explore the unity and diversity of 24-7 Prayer Communities Networks and our intentionality around championing different models of community. We will hear practitioners of each shape outline their approach and invite conversation together around the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and their contribution to our movement.
Alicia Chapman
In this session we’ll explore the heart and vision of 24-7 Prayer Rooms as well as hands-on, practical tips to help you run a great one! Whether you’ve never run a prayer room before, or you’re a prayer-room-pro keen to share your experience, come along to dive in together!
Elisa Alberto
No matter if you are leading in a secular or Church context, God’s invitation is to learn to work with Him without burning yourself out. During this workshop we will look at refocusing around our purpose, managing the tension between working hard for God yet finishing the race towards ‘the prize for which God has called us’ (Phil 3:14).
Jason Clark
Research shows one intervention with the greatest positive impact on mental health:
Talking to someone trained in listening.
In this seminar, we’ll unpack the chaplaincy movement the Holy Spirit is creating in the church – people trained to be on the front lines listening to those desperate for someone to talk to.
Franz Greisberger
The need for safe places in schools where pupils can reflect and pray has never been greater. This session will include inspiring stories and practical advice to help you ‘be the church’ in education.
Šárka Šimečková
We’ll be looking at how to effectively engage with people through prayer on the streets.
Sarah Breuel
Director of Revive Europe
One of the highlights of The Gathering is our Generosity Auction. During the (often hilarious!) auction fundraiser, we all get to raise money for amazing causes by bidding on different items as they are auctioned off. It’s always a wonderful and joyful moment!
Join the Lectio 365 team as they lead us through Lectio Live each morning of the Gathering.
During this hour you’re encourage to connect with those from your nation, city or community.
In this session we will be hosting:
Sarah Breuel
Are you hungry for a move of God among students? Join us in this ‘’Revival Think Tank’’ to share and hear from like-minded leaders how God is at work among university campuses in our continent.
Luke Greenwood
So many ideas in secular culture are killing the passion and life of a generation. The gospel responds to this powerfully and can transform our perspective on life, identity, relationships and God. But how can we make the truth about Jesus accessible to people today?
Helen and Andy Taylor
This seminar looks at the catalytic power of unity as the team from 24-7 Prayer Peru share openly about the challenges and opportunities of prayer and mission as they unite the local church in Cusco, Peru. Discover how we can be catalysts for unity in our own towns and cities.
Alain Emerson
The 24-7 Prayer core values are prayer, mission and justice. We’ve always had an impulse to carry our prayers out of the prayer-room and into the streets, and as we mature as a movement it’s vital we continue to beat with this heart. Let’s learn together how we can practically ensure we keep mission at the heart of our churches and communities.
Maria Fagré, Christian Edlund and Peter Stenmark
How does porn affect our relationships – to each other, ourselves and God? How is porn connected to sexual violence, prostitution and trafficking? How do we lift these questions in church? And how do we help people get free from porn addiction?
Dr Lucy Peppiatt
Along with Paul’s exhortation to “eagerly desire” spiritual gifts, he gives us his “safeguarding policy”—ways to ensure the gifts will not be abused in the hands of a few powerful leaders. In this seminar we explore Paul’s principles for the use of spiritual gifts and how this gives us a way of retaining the power of the gifts without the danger of manipulation and abuse.
Mary Caldwell
We were made to bring the love, light, and presence of Jesus to people in their darkest moments, and we have courage knowing that Jesus is the answer to everyone’s deepest need. Come and hear how God made a way in Türkiye to meet needs and explore how we as believers can respond in crisis.
Natalie Stafford Williams and Asha Ellis
What does it look like to spread the gospel and see every tribe, tongue and nation come to true knowledge of Jesus as in Revelation 7:9-10? How do we address and repent of cultural and racial biases in order to build bridges and not walls? Explore these questions and more with the Unique & United UK team.
Jonathan and Esther Westerkamp
In our cities are we really rewiring the culture and reviving the church?
How can we build a non-stop praying community to aim for that goal?
Listen to the lessons the Rotterdam House of Prayer have learnt along the way: a story of obedience, perseverance, and God’s provision.
World Vision
Join Daniel Muvengi and the World Vision team as they discuss the unexpected ingredient of community transformation in the world’s most vulnerable communities. What lessons can we learn from these examples of change that can help us bring transformation to our own local communities?
Votivkirche, Rooseveltplatz, 1090 Vienna
Join us at the Votivkirche for our evening session – you can get from the Expheditalle to Votivekirche using the D tramline.
Carla Harding
24-7 Prayer Director of Resources
Join the Lectio 365 team as they lead us through Lectio Live each morning of the Gathering.
Pete Greig
Founder of 24-7 Prayer
Dr. Maximilian Oettingen was lucky enough to marry Stephanie 26 years ago, and they have three kids. Maxi studied philosophy in Germany before working in advertising. He went into full-time ministry for Loretto in 2002, and became the leader of the Loretto Community in 2004.
Maxi is still a fan of Star Wars and Michael Jordan, and he loves to spend time in nature with his family. For more information on Loretto please see www.loretto.at. For more information on Loretto’s ministry in central Vienna please see www.homebasewien.at.
Carla was born in Ireland but lives in England with her husband and two children. She loves prayer, music and a challenge to get her teeth into. Carla’s life was hijacked by God in the very first 24-7 Prayer Room, and she now helps create resources like Lectio 365 to help others encounter God like she did. In her spare time she loves to sing, read and eat good food with great friends.
Pete Portal is originally from London but has lived in Cape Town since 2009. He is part of leading Tree of Life, a church in Manenberg running ministries among the vulnerable and marginalised. He is also on the board of 24-7 Prayer South Africa, and spends much of his time growing relationships and networks across racial and socio-economic divides.
Pete and his wife Sarah do life with young men coming out of gangsterism and drug addiction and, along with a team of friends, disciple these young men into faith, freedom and wholeness.
Pete has recently written a book, How to be (Un)Successful with an accompanying series from 24-7 Prayer, How to be Unsuccessful.
Šárka works with 24-7 Prayer in the Czech Republic and leads the Prayer Caravan Ministry. In 2017, she joined the Vision Course run by 24-7 Prayer in the UK. When she came back to the Czech Republic, she pioneered the Prayer Caravan Ministry. Šárka loves to see what God is doing in people's lives through prayer. She dreams big, and is eager to see lives, churches, and nations transformed by God's love, truth, and righteousness.
Pete is a best-selling author, pastor and bewildered instigator of the 24-7 Prayer movement which has reached more than half the nations on earth. He is also the Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd, Guildford, England, an Ambassador for the NGO Tearfund, and teaches at St Mellitus Theological College in London. For 7 years Pete served with the senior leadership team at HTB and Alpha International. Pete's publications include 'Red Moon Rising', 'God on Mute', ‘The Prayer Course’, and 'Dirty Glory'. He loves art galleries, live music and knocking down walls.
Sarah Breuel serves as the Director of Revive Europe. Included in Christianity Today’s “33 under 33” list of leaders to watch, Sarah served as Chair of the Lausanne Younger Leaders Global Gathering 2016. Originally from Brazil and currently living in Rome, Sarah has worked for IFES in four national movements in the last 17 years (Brazil, Canada, Norway, and Italy) and for 6 years in the European region as Evangelism Training Coordinator for IFES Europe. She has a business degree, an MDiv from Regent College, and serves globally in the Lausanne Board of Directors. Sarah is married to René. They have planted a vibrant church in Rome and have two boys: Pietro and Matteo.
Christelle leads 24-7 Prayer Lebanon. She develops and adapts 24-7 Prayer resources for her country and the Arabic speaking world. Her heart was deeply moved when she read a portion of the vision poem translated into Arabic on a prayer room wall in Beirut and in March 2021 she joined the international 24-7 Prayer team as a volunteer.
Christelle was born and raised in a small village in the south of Lebanon, and currently lives in the Beirut. She has a great appreciation for art, and loves helping others find creative and enjoyable ways to connect with God.
Steffi is one of two national co-ordinators of 24-7 Prayer Germany. She is a trained spiritual director and loves to connect with people and help them to become aware of God’s loving presence in their life. She is a candidate of the Order of the Mustard Seed and she lives with her husband and their three children in the Northern Black Forest. She loves poetry, reading, hiking and scones with clotted cream and jam.
Alicia leads 24-7 Prayer’s National team in Great Britain. Her first experience of night and day prayer was with a ministry in the USA as an eighteen year old, and it has shaped the course of her life ever since. Her greatest joy is equipping people to embrace practices and rhythms of prayer in which individuals and communities encounter God and experience transformation.
Apart from this, you can almost guarantee that you’ll find Alicia walking in the countryside of Yorkshire, taking in its beauty and interacting with as many animals as possible!
Sabine is one of two national co-ordinators of 24-7 Prayer Germany.
She is a trained sociologist and has served with the German association of evangelical missions and the German Fresh Expressions Team, where she directs the internship program and outreach to young adults. She has a heart for discipleship, mission and exploring the thin places, where heaven touches earth.
She lives with her family in the beautiful southern part of Germany near Tübingen. In her spare time she enjoys Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels, pilgrimage on horseback and traveling.
Debi is leading the work of 24-7 Prayer Switzerland and is also in the Leadership team at the Prayer House in Thun.
She started her first prayer room in Kosovo (the Balkans) and experienced how people caught fire for God's presence and how a deep relationship with Him can change everything. Since then she has been working in different ministries to cultivate a passion for prayer in people, groups and churches.
Together with her husband and their two children, she lives in Thun, near the Swiss Alps.
Aitor and Loida lead Oración 24-7 Spain, they develop and adapt 24-7 Prayer resources for all the Spanish speaking world. Among these resources are El curso de oración, and the Spanish version of Lectio 365.
They have always been linked with worship and they have their own musical project called Radär.
They love to go for walks on the beach, the mountain and enjoying good food with friends and their community.
Aitor, Loida and their little girl Meghan live in Northern Spain, in Santander.
Maria leads the work of 24-7 Sweden. She lives in a small village outside of Örebro in Sweden with her husband Daniel and two teenage daughters Jonie and Noelle. She’s part of Eklesia house church network, which she and her husband planted together with some friends back in 2009. Maria is also a worship leader, singer/songwriter and party band singer.
Josh is Youth Director for 24-7 Prayer and Wildfires Youth. For 14 years Josh helped lead Evangelistic mission bands preaching the gospel to thousands of young people around the world. Josh helped plant SOULCITY Church in 2017, serving on leadership there for five years. He lives in Manchester with his wife Emma and three wonderful kids.
Luke is the European Director for Steiger, a mission dedicated to reaching the Global Youth Culture for Jesus, currently developing evangelistic movements in over 30 cities across Europe. Luke is also the author of Global Youth Culture: The Spiritual Hunger of the Largest Unreached Culture Today.
Franz is the coordinator of Prayer Spaces in Schools Austria and is based in Salzburg. He is a Catholic theologian and works as a head teacher in a secondary school. Between 2012 and 2018 he worked for the archdiocese of Salzburg with a focus on children and youth ministry. He helped to found Prayer Spaces in Schools Austria in 2013.
Jill is Director of Houses of Prayer at 24-7, married to Kirk and they have one daughter. Jill is the Global Convenor of the Order of the Mustard seed, trained spiritual director and a writer.She loves walks in nature and is passionate about helping others to be awake to the presence and activity of God.
Roger works to oversee the different churches and communities who form the 24-7 Boiler Room Network. He is also responsible for 24-7’s leadership pathway. Roger is an entrepreneurial leader and mentor, who is also on the board of Westminster Theological Centre and a leader in Revelation Family Church, Chichester. He’s married to Maggie and they have two adult children
Elisa has over 15 years' experience as a business consultant in change management, culture transformation and leadership development. Elisa is also the director and co-founder of Loretto UK, a Catholic Charismatic Community born in Austria and now spread across Europe.
Elisa joined the Board of 24-7 Prayer in 2019. She also serves as a trustee of Divine Renovation UK and she is part of the faculty at the Leadership College London.
Lucy is one of the UK’s leading teachers on spiritual formation and Christian doctrine. A prolific author and theologian, she holds an impressive number of degrees(!) and has been Principal at Westminster Theological Centre since 2013. Lucy’s wide-ranging research interests include discipleship, anthropology, and women in the Bible. She is part of Crossnet Anglican Church in Bristol, which is led by her husband, Nick Crawley.
Alain is husband to Rachel and Dad to Annie, Erin and Finn. He leads in Emmanuel Church Lurgan and Portadown, the Tobar Family of Churches, and the 24-7 Prayer movement. He is excited about seeing a ‘new thing’ happening in the nation of Ireland in these days.
Mary is a Registered Nurse who has been living with her family in the Middle East for 15 years. She has responded to crisis with medical and trauma-informed interventions, particularly working with refugees.
Natalie is the Prayer Coordinator of Emmaus Rd Church, and on the Unique & United UK team. She loves different expressions of Christian music, creating spaces for people to encounter Jesus, and she is passionate about church unity and racial justice.
Jason is the new principal of Waverley Abbey College. Prior to this he was a church planter and pastor for twenty-five years, and before that spent ten years working in finance in the city of London. He has a PhD in theology, church and culture, and leads a doctor of leadership program for Portland Seminary.
The vision of Steiger is to raise a missionary movement that will reach and disciple the Global Youth Culture for Jesus. Angela started this work in 2011 and God has been using this ministry to spark a move of street evangelism all over the former Soviet Union countries.
Helen and Andy, with their two daughters, represent 24-7 Prayer in Cusco, Peru.
God has led them to street ministry and introducing the local church to creative prayer and prayer walking. They have begun to build a 24-7 Prayer mission base on a mountain overlooking the entire city.
Catch-up recordings of Main Sessions are available on The Gathering website.
*How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Romans 10:14-15 NIV
We are really excited to be heading back to the beautiful city of Vienna for The Gathering ’23. The 24-7 Prayer movement has spread throughout the globe, and so this opportunity to connect, learn from one another, and discern what God is doing in us and in the world is so vital and always so encouraging. This year, we’ll be returning to the theme of mission. What does it mean for us to be ‘those who bring good news’?
The 24-7 Prayer Gathering is a spiritual retreat packed with worship, prayer, teaching, and time spent together in the presence of God. Whether you’ve been joining us for years or you’ve never been to The Gathering before, you are so welcome to join us.
This will be the third time that we are gathering in Vienna. Each time we’ve been held a Gathering there in the past, it has marked a significant pivot point in the 24-7 Prayer story. We are full of expectation for what God will say to us this year.
You have a period of 14 (fourteen) working days in which you may cancel your booking, starting from the day after the day you receive the email acknowledgement of event tickets. Working days means that Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays are not included in this period. Email [email protected]
