History
The first SOL meeting was in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK during November 2009. This was the result of encouragement from international Church leaders such as John Arnott (Catch the Fire, Canada) and support from many local Church Leaders representing different Christian denominations.
In November 2017 SOL began offering 30 minute prophetic and dream interpretation appointments which can be booked via the link on the website. After a “sell-out” year, the team expanded and doubled the number of monthly appointments. This highly valued service is now global using zoom. In February 2021, the appointments service has expanded further to specifically serve those who are spiritually seeking, have no faith, or have a faith which is not based on Christianity. From October 2024 , we have focused our appointments for those who are “spiritually seeking” and new Christians and have therefore ended the appointments service for Christians (we recommend other networks on the appointments page).
As an international prophetic network we also became Community Interest Company in 2019. Since April 2020 we streamlined to one regular monthly online international gathering (2nd Friday of each month). This has allowed us to expand our core team (which is based mainly in the NE of England) to create an additional large wider team encompassing folk throughout the UK and overseas. All are welcome to our monthly gatherings to maintain the “One Church, many denominations” unity ethos of SOL in the Kingdom of God.
Accountability and Legal Structure
SOL is a UK Registered Community Interest Company (Speakers of Life Community Interest Company, Reg no. 12074412) with Directors namely Mark Birch-Machin, David Vickers, Paul Fenwick all of whom contribute as advisors to the SOL core operational team. All 3 Directors residing in the NE of England are established apostolic/church leaders and Mark was a council member of the British Isles Council of Prophets (BICP) from it’s establishment and it’s entire lifetime. SOL currently has members from more than 550 different Churches from many Christian denominations across the UK and the world.