About the Well

The Well House of Prayer, which is presently housed  in downtown Toccoa, began in the even smaller town of Demorest, Georgia.   A little house  near the campus of Piedmont College, had been  used as a restaurant.  The owners had outgrown  the  location and moved to a larger one in Clarkesville. It was at that time that the owner,  Scott Mason, mentioned the desire for the original location to become a house of prayer.  Scott was later killed in an accident, but his widow Jennifer, along with Brad  and Jayne Bradley, followed  through with Scott's  vision and launched a house of prayer at 888 Central Avenue in December of 2008. 

Even prior to Scott's desire for a house of prayer, the Bradley's and others had met over the years petitioning God for a house of prayer in Northeast, Georgia.  Therefore, once the ministry was launched, it had already been given a solid foundation through prayer.  Nevertheless, the early days were lean indeed.  Only a handful of people shared that early vision, so that praying in that cold and rough building was difficult.  The ministry was primarily limited to Tuesday nights where the concept of intercessory worship was introduced as led by Jerry and Denise Basil.  An attempt at having a summer internship program, became a break through experience when teams from IHOP-Atlanta visited The Well and the Holy Spirit lit a fire of fervency for the praying community.  The relationship of The Well's people with the staff of IHOP-Atlanta strengthened over time, so that IHOP-Atlanta became the main resource for The Well and provided the model for it's development.

In 2011 the day-to-day leadership of The Well was turned over to John Harvey, a retired pastor.  He along with Ryan Fish became the first full-time staff of The Well.  Under their leadership, The Well commenced a thirty-hour a week prayer ministry on Monday's through Friday's from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  In addition to the prayer ministry, The Well had previously launched a house church for the praying community that met Sunday evenings.  In time the house church and The Well proper, merged as one entity; and together they sought to develop and maintain the prayer ministry.

For three years The Well existed in the Demorest location.   In the Lord's timing, the leadership of The Well sensed they should move to larger facilities, and found a building on North Broad Street in Toccoa, Georgia.  On February 1, 2012, The Well transitioned its ministry to Toccoa, where it is presently located. John Harvey continued as director until 2020 when Allan Ballard became the interim director. Allan, along with his wife Robbin, served at The Well until the summer of 2023. John Harvey once again stepped in and became interim director until March 2024 when Jimmie Hull became director. Jimmie, along with his wife Timbrel, are currently leading the ministries and the other staff members in weekly operations. Jimmie and Timbrel have a shared vision and specific calling to be a part of revival in our region and beyond.

At The Well House of Prayer our desire is to have Holy Spirit-led prayer and worship times throughout the week. Our staff keep the ministry available Sunday through Friday. (See our home page for more details about the weekly schedule).