Ken Wilde is the National Prayer Center Founder and Executive Director. He also is the Senior Pastor of Capital Christian Center in Boise, Idaho where he has served for over twenty three years. A graduate of Northwest Nazarene University, where he received his bachelor’s degree, Ken has also served as Chaplain of the Idaho State Senate and was one of the finalists for the office of Chaplain for the United States House of Representatives. Ken’s passion to see churches and believers of all denominations rally together in unified prayer for revival in our nation is one of the reasons why the National Prayer Center was founded 6 years ago. However, Ken began leading teams to Washington many years earlier, in 1995, to pray for a member of his congregation the late Honorable Helen Chenoweth-Hage. She became a member of the House of Representatives in 1993 and asked her church family to come to Washington and pray for her. Many of her colleagues began asking for Pastor Ken to pray for them as well, thus birthing the vision of the National Prayer Center. The National Prayer Center is a cross denominational, non-profit organization dedicated to activating, mobilizing and inspiring Christians across America to become involved in the Biblical mandate to pray for our leaders and for national revival in order to heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14 & 1 Timothy 2:1-2). Headquartered in Washington D.C., within walking distance from the United States Capitol building, the facilities primary function is to be a place of prayer for our nation and its leaders. The Center is also opened to members of Congress and their staffs for times of prayer, devotion and spiritual encouragement. Ken and his wife Connie reside in Eagle, Idaho and serve in ministry with their three adult children.

Perhaps no people in all of human history have been more blessed of God than we who live in the United States of America. We enjoy vast natural resources, lives largely unthreatened by war and violence, and unparalleled abundance and opportunity. We've also been granted liberties, inconceivable in past generations, to influence our government, to pursue our dreams and to worship our Creator. According to scripture, one of the clearest ways God has given us to preserve these liberties is through prayer, and more specifically, prayer for our government leaders. Far too often we as Christians have neglected this responsibility and some have even fallen prey to the exact opposite: a critical spirit. As a pastor who has spent countless hours praying with and for elected officials, I can tell you the pressures they encounter in their families, health, reputation and even finances are tremendous. Whether Democrat or Republican, Christian or non-Christian, our elected servants not only appreciate our prayers, they covet them. The National Prayer Center is the combined effort of a wide variety of pastors and other Christian leaders and business people to obey the biblical admonition to pray for those in authority. Together, let's seek the Lord to release healing and revival in our nation."
Ken Wilde,
National Prayer Center Founder & Executive Director