Our Team

Tim and Brooke met at a Boiler Room gathering in 2008 and got married in the Stockbridge Boiler Room's side yard 9 months later.  They share a passion for prayer, hospitality and seeing people walk in wholeness as children of God.  Their shepherding grace begins with their children Hazel, Gus, Walter and Maeve and extends to the entire Boiler Room family as they lead the community by opening their lives and home to share with friends and neighbors.

Evan loves to worship, teach, and encourage others into a closer walk with the Holy Spirit. He’s a worship leader and missions leader with The Well Church in Grand Rapids. He also works as the Middle School Discipleship Coordinator and substitute teacher at The Potter’s House school. At school, at home, and abroad he disciples and equips others into a real relationship with Jesus, encouraging them and supporting them with a father’s heart.

our advisors

These are the incredible men and women who help us keep the course, overseeing us spiritually and advising us legally and logistically.  

In 2006, the Tenderos heeded the call of the Wild Goose (Holy Spirit) to sell their dream home and move to the grungy and neglected neighborhood where their children's school was located. After a year of praying on their front porch and developing friendships with a few neighbors, they rented a second home to be used for prayer and to house interns who would serve the neighborhood. The rest, as they say, is history. They spent the next several years devoting themselves to interns, as a spiritual mother and father, and creatively engaging with the Holy Spirit to practice prayer, justice, and learning in the westside context and under the umbrella of 24-7 Prayer. In spring 2014, they stepped out of immediate oversight of the Boiler Room in order to follow the call of the God once more to Helena, Arkansas. They have since returned to Grand Rapids and live in Ada with their children. 

Jeremy provided Oversight to the Boiler Room church family with Tony until 2014 but continues his fathering heart and friendship with the current leadership team. Jeremy comes from Detroit and has been, among other things, a fire-fighter, coffee shop manager, and currently runs his own business. He is the father to five children and a husband to his wonderful wife, Molly. 

Andy is currently the director of the Greater Ontario House of Prayer where he and his team resource the church to pray by fostering a rediscover of ancient ways of monastic prayer and engaging the city. Andy holds a masters degree in spiritual direction and is passionate about contemplative prayer. He and his wife Gwen have five wonderful kids together.

Legal Board Members

• Jeremy Jones, Chair // Kreative Motive, Grand Rapids, MI

• Lisa Koons // 24-7 Prayer USA, Tulsa, OK

• Wendy Porterfield // Collaboration Project, Madison, WI

• Laura Cardwell // Portland, OR