As an intercessory missionary my primary means of support comes from people just like you all over the earth who have committed to join me in asking God to bring about justice to the oppressed, to see souls saved, and to see the name of Jesus be glorified in all of the earth.

Just as missionary in a foreign country would live a life of simplicity for the sake of the gospel; I am committed to doing the same. I have committed the bulk of my internal and external strengths to the furthering of His kingdom and to keep only enough to live a simple lifestyle day to day.

Like the rest of the IHOP-KC full-time staff I do not receive a salary and rely on funding from partners to remain as a full-time missionary. Though teaching at IHOP’s Forerunner Music Academy and selling my CD’s helps me to offset my living expenses it is not enough for me to live on day to day. I would like to invite you to prayerfully consider partnering with me financially whether it’s through a month to month partnership or just sporadic one time giving.

I want to make it clear that when you partner with me financially or through prayer you are actually playing a part in shifting the spiritual atmosphere over this nation and the nations of the earth because your support is what allows me to remain in the place of intercession in a full time way.

When you become one of my monthly partners I commit to pray for you on daily basis. I encourage all of my monthly partners to send me their prayer requests so I can pray for specific needs and concerns that arise.

A few ways you can partner with me

Sign up to be on my prayer team here.

Make electronic donations via Paypal (monthly or one time donations with a debit or credit card)

For a tax deductible donation send a check payable to “IHOP-KC” to the address below: Include a small post-it note or piece of paper which the check that has my name written on it. For tax purposes do not include my name anywhere on the check, but be assured that 100% of these funds go directly to me. (Note: Correspondence to this address will be discarded by the IHOP financial office).

IHOP-KC Support
ATTN: Support for Justin Rizzo
3535 East Red Bridge Road
Kansas City, MO 64137

• Why doesn’t IHOP-KC pay you to be on staff? Is contributing to an individual missionary like yourself really a tested and proven way to fund missionaries?
  The Largest missions organizations in the world that pays its staff a salary is Focus on the Family with 1,200 staff members. However, between Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and Campus Crusade for Christ, over 50,000 individuals successfully raise their own missionary support. There are also thousands more in other similar organizations. Individual missionary support is definitely a proven way to support missionaries.
• How much should I support you?
  I invite all of my supporters to give in a way that excites and connects their heart.
• How often should I support you?
  Monthly support allows me to keep a consistent budget. But anyway that you’d like to support me is awesome (monthly, quarterly, annually, or occasionally)
• Are my donations tax deductible?
  Yes. All donations given through IHOP are tax-deductible. The finance office will keep track of your donations as charitable contributions and you will receive a donation statement at the end of the year for your tax purposes.

  However, if you donate via Pay-Pal (credit/debit card) or write a check to me directly, your donations are not tax deductible. If you don't care about the tax deduction you can use either one of these methods. Please feel free to donate via any method you wish. If you decide to donate through IHOP please make the check out to IHOP-KC and don’t put my name anywhere on the check for tax purposes but enclose a note that indicates that the funds are for me and send it to:

  IHOP-KC Missionary Support
  ATTN: Support for Justin Rizzo
  3535 East Red Bridge Road
  Kansas City, MO 64137

I want to talk for a moment about the current economic crisis that our nation is experiencing. I believe that it is the divine shaking orchestrated by the Lord and ultimately has to do with the house of prayer being raised up in the earth.

The global financial shaking we’re experiencing was sparked by the bursting of the U.S. housing market bubble. This huge bubble of credit was created because there was such confidence that Americans would buy more houses and remodel their homes. The bursting of this one bubble brought a widespread domino effect on major financial fundamentals in the nations. Conclusion: the current economic crisis is primarily a ‘housing issue.’

I believe that it is a ‘housing issue’ much like the one that Israel experienced in the time of the Prophet Haggai. God came to his people and said that the reason they were experiencing economic crisis was because they were spending their primary energy on building their own houses (pursuing comfort) instead of building the house of the Lord (pursuing His presence).

3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 "Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while the temple lies in ruins?..." 6 "You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages puts them into a bag with holes." (Hag. 1:3-4, 6)

The current financial crisis is a God ordained shaking that is putting many people in the state of re-evaluation of the fundamental assumptions they’ve always had in their life about how things will always be and where they find their security. God is jealous and is unapologetically calling us to build His house and to find our sole security in Him.

There is much more shaking that will come, but God has promised a release of 1) supernatural finance, 2) glory, and 3) peace in the midst of the shaking for all those who have given themselves to building His house and those who are jealous for His glory. (Hag. 2:6-9)

6 "For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 'and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. 8 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts. 9 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the LORD of hosts." (Hag. 2:6-9)