Our Guest: Kay Horner
Kay has served in a variety of ministry roles including executive director of New Hope Pregnancy Care Center, associate and interim pastor of Peerless Road Church, administrator for Voice of Salvation Ministries, and Christian education minister providing insight segments for the World Impact television program. She was blessed to be the ministry projects coordinator for the Center for Spiritual Renewal, the spearhead organization for the 2006 Azusa Street Centennial. Most recently, Kay was honored to serve a two-year term as the first executive director for the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America, but she passed that baton so that she could focus more on her passion for a true Christ awakening and revival in America.
She continues as Executive Director of the Awakening America Alliance, a ministry she helped to found in 2007, and has served in various leadership roles since 2012. The Helper Connection was formed as an initiative of the Alliance in 2016, and both ministries are engaged in training, resourcing, and encouraging men and women in ministry leadership throughout the kingdom of God. Kay has authored The Christmas Dance and Today’s Church and is a contributing author in Praying with Jesus, Cry Out to the Lord, 31 Days of Prayer for My Nation, Cherished Moments, and More Cherished Moments. Her articles have been published in SpiritLed Woman, Charisma News Daily, Prayer Connect Magazine, White Wing Messenger, and several national ministry blogs.
She is engaged with the National Prayer Committee, Jesus Covenant Prayer Partners, Empowered 21 Global Prayer Alliance, and other national prayer ministries. Kay is the founder and chairperson of the Women in Ministry Commission with the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America. She is married to Perry Horner, a retired graphic designer for their denomination’s international offices.
Key Thoughts and Scriptures:
- God equips those He calls.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
- That promise isn’t just for pastors or missionaries — it’s for every woman willing to walk by faith, no matter her role or setting.
- Sometimes the most profound impact comes not from a platform, but from quiet faithfulness.
- God is writing your story in every season, and the path may not always be clear, but His guidance is sure.
- If we’re seeking God for a Christ awakening in America, what would it look like?
- God is working to bring churches together for His purposes.
- There were four components of earlier great Awakenings:
- United, prevailing prayer
- Pastor renewal
- Courageous preaching
- Revitalized churches that were helping to transform their communities
- When you experience the power of God at a young age, you never question it again.
- God wants His power flowing through all of His people because we are the Body of Christ.
- “Christ had a purpose and a destiny for my life that was mightier than the enemy’s plan for my destruction. He called me “Chosen, Anointed, A Called Daughter of the Most High God.””
Proverbs 9:10 NIV The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- If we live with a reverence for God and acknowledge the Lord’s sovereignty in our lives, He can manage every challenge we ever face.
Kay’s path to ministry was just serving the Lord and being obedient to His call.
- When we allow God to direct our steps and put our trust fully in His plan for our lives, He will open the doors to the opportunities of where He wants us.
Psalm 75:7 EHV No, it is God who makes the decision. He brings down one… raises up another.
- Kay shares how we all deal with stain-glass ceilings and sticky floors.
- Feelings of insecurity and inadequacy can become real hindrances.
- Consistently spending time with the Lord and hearing what He’s saying to you makes you qualified for what He calls you to do.
- God likes to use the unlikely, so He gets the glory.
- We have to be careful to be doing the God things and not just the good things.
Biblical Truths from Kay to Embrace:
- Give God the first fruits of every day by taking time to develop an intimate relationship with Him.
- Perichoresis – a term referring to the relationship of the three persons of the triune God to one another.
- We do this through prayer and engagement with God’s Word and joining Him on mission in the world around us.
- Enjoy every step of the journey.
- “Take the stairs. Some people are what I call elevator leaders. They want a quick and easy ride to the top. Skipping everything in between. But the strength to lead well when you get to the top and the stamina to stay there is built by taking the stairs. By putting one foot in front of the other. Dealing with incremental levels of leadership.” – Jodi Detrick in “The Jesus-Hearted Woman”
- Do it with authenticity.
- You have nothing to prove or lose by being who God created you to be.
- We’re not worthy, but God equips us and we can fully embrace the shoes God has for us.
- God wants us to take it a step at a time as He cross trains us for what He has ahead.
Mary and Martha’s Story
- Like Mary, Kay loves sitting at the feet of Jesus clinging to His word, pouring the oil of anointed worship and sharing with others.
- Yet like Martha, she can become so involved in serving and administrative responsibilities that she’s robbed of the joy of spending more time in His presence.
- It’s a constant balancing act, but we need both in the kingdom of God.
- God doesn’t need perfect résumés or polished plans — He’s looking for hearts that are willing to follow Him, one step at a time.
- Because when God is the one leading, He can bring down every barrier in His perfect timing.
Isaiah 30:21 NIV Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Romans 3:4 NKJV …let God be true but every man a liar…
- May we determine to allow nothing and no one to shape us, not even our personal experiences, unless they are consistent with God’s Word and His promises for us.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Philippians 1:6 NIV Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Links:
- Awakening America Alliance
- The Helper Connection
- I Was Changed By The Power of the Holy Spirit, Kay Horner’s Story
- He Gets Us
Books:
- The Christmas Dance by Kay Horner
- For other Kay Horner books, please check out this link.
- The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
- The Jesus-Hearted Woman by Jodi Detrick
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