Summary

My name is Bill Prankard, a Canadian evangelist whose ministry began after a powerful encounter with the Holy Spirit in 1972. I received a divine vision for revival across Canada, which led me to the first Inuit community where I instantly fell in love with the people. Over nearly 50 years, my wife Gwen and I built churches, created jobs, and spread the gospel throughout the Arctic Circle. In 1994, when we learned that many Inuit in Russia had never heard God’s Word, our mission expanded. My heart broke for the young people facing epidemic suicide rates, and together with my spiritual son Stephen Carlton and his wife Becky, we launched the Arctic Hope Project in 2014. Through youth conferences and persistent prayer, hundreds of young lives have been transformed, and even in the most hopeless parts of Canada, captives are being set free by the power of the gospel.

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Canadian evangelist and KCM Partner Bill Prankard’s ministry was born out of an encounter with the Holy Spirit back in 1972. God had given him a vision of revival throughout the whole nation of Canada. Bill knew this is what he needed to dedicate his life to.

He then visited his first Inuit community and immediately fell in love with this amazing community. He and his wife, Gwen, began their nearly 50-year ministry within the Inuit community by creating jobs and building churches—all with the vision of seeing the fire of God move across the entire Arctic Circle.

They were focused on Canada, but in 1994, they learned there were Inuit in Russia who had never heard God’s Word, and the Prankards knew they had to go. While serving within this community, Bill’s heart began to break for the young Inuit people. They were committing suicide in epidemic proportions, and when he heard an 11-year-old boy had taken his life in the community where they had built the first church, he knew they had to take action.

Bill spoke with his spiritual son Stephen Carlton and his wife, Becky, who now lead the ministry, and they both knew this was what God was calling them to do. Stephen and Becky started the Arctic Hope Project in 2014, and government reports now show that suicides in the North have declined steadily year by year. This amazing news garnered national attention, as the area had the highest rates of suicide in the country.

Additionally, they began holding youth conferences in the community of Cape Dorset, where the 11-year-old boy had committed suicide; and over the course of two to three years, they saw around 150 to 200 young people give their hearts to the Lord! Statistically, this was the most hopeless place in all of Canada, and yet this is the place where the gospel is being preached and captives are being set free!

When Stephen had visited all of the communities, more than 800 people had committed their lives to Jesus. Nothing of this sort had ever happened in the Arctic! There is an army of young men and women being raised up in the North, and the Canadian office of Kenneth Copeland Ministries has not only provided monthly support, they have–on their own initiative–reached out for every major project with a desire to sow into the great work taking place in the Arctic—not just in Canada, but in Russia as well. Thanks to the support and prayers of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, the fire of God is burning all around the Arctic Circle!

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