[1] It is best known for the Global Prayer Room, which has run continuously with live worship teams since September 19, 1999, and simultaneously broadcasts via its website and YouTube channel.

[2] IHOPKC places great importance on the practices of Bible study, prayer, worship, fasting, and works of justice.

The organization began in a small building off Grandview Road in Kansas City, Missouri, as a prayer room dedicated to worshiping Jesus night and day.

[7] The lawsuit was dropped on December 21, 2010, with the dispute resolved out of court,[8] and the International House of Prayer began abbreviating itself as IHOPKC.

[9] These meetings, streamed live on the internet and through GOD TV,[10] alternate regularly between music and prayer in two-hour sets through all hours of the day and night.

[20] In April 2024 IHOPKC announced it would shut down IHOPU and related internships [21] following sexual abuse allegations against its founder Mike Bickle.

[22] The International House of Prayer was one of the seven defendants named in a lawsuit filed in September 2010 by IHOP, the Glendale, California-based restaurant chain, alleging trademark dilution and infringement.

[23] The restaurant dropped the lawsuit in December 2010,[7][24] with the dispute settled out of court,[8] and the International House of Prayer began styling itself as IHOPKC.

[35] On October 28, 2023, news broke that IHOPKC head pastor Mike Bickle faced allegations of sexual abuse from several women over a span of decades.

[36][37][38] The next day, the International House of Prayer announced that Bickle had been placed on sabbatical from all public ministry, pending investigation.