Hello! I’m Jocky

My name is Jocky Christian Denguessi Kwin, and I’m originally from Cameroon in Central Africa, with my first language being French. Growing up, my grandmother raised me to know and believe in God. When I was 18 years old, I decided to put my faith in Jesus Christ and be baptized. Soon after that, my faith was tested when I became very sick. While I was preparing to receive my high school diploma, I was suffering from a pulmonary infection. Amid my illness, God put in my heart to create a prayer group with my friends. This prayer group is called “La Cellule.”

La Cellule was a group for young adults to worship and study the bible twice a week. From this experience, I understood the importance of being obedient to God. God showed his powerful hand in my life as He healed me from this illness and helped me finish high school.

A few years after high school, my neighbor stopped me and asked me to come play the Diversity Visa Lottery for the chance to win a green card and become a U.S. citizen. I was reluctant at first, but I told my neighbor he could play for me. A few months later, I received a selection letter from the U.S. Embassy, and a year later I received a letter for my interview. I saw God’s faithfulness in giving me the chance to be selected from among millions of people and providing all the finances needed to cover the costs. I came to the U.S. in October 2011. From that time until 2015, I worked in Maryland, and in October 2015 I decided to enroll at Campbellsville University, where I graduated.

While at Campbellsville, I was involved in many Christian organizations such as Ignite America, Church Outreach, and the Kentucky Prayer Coalition. During my time at Campbellsville, God put in my heart to open a prayer ministry and I called it “The Prayer Center of the World.” I had a team of dedicated peers around me. We met every Friday and prayed for the campus, the state of Kentucky, and countries around the world. This was from 2015 until 2017, when I graduated. To this day, I am still managing the organization. We host weekly meetings now on Fridays in Lexington, Kentucky.

The World Prayer Center is meaningful to me because God gave me this vision, and it is so big that I know it could have only come from God. Since I received the vision of the prayer center, I have been acting by faith. I learned through the Bible that “Faith without works is dead” (James 2:17). I need to continue to be obedient to Christ and ask in faith. Ministry, for me, is my life. Through serving and taking care of people around me, I feel the most helpful to God’s Kingdom.

I believe we need more Christian leaders. We see great examples within the Bible of people of God serving in the political sphere, including Joseph serving as the governor of Egypt, King David, King Solomon, Queen Ester, Daniel, etc. These leaders help us to remember that our battle does not begin in the physical arena, but in the Spiritual arena. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12). It is spiritual first. That is why World Prayer Center places emphasis on prayer and fasting. Through these spiritual disciplines, faith, and obedience to God, we believe we can change the World.