Harvest International Ministry (HIM)
Harvest International Ministry (HIM) belongs to the Charismatic and neo-charismatic networks family of churches.
Governance: network.
The apostolic network founded by Ché Ahn in Pasadena in 1996, relating thousands of congregations worldwide in the charismatic renewal stream.
Not tracked by RCMS 2020. Figures are self-reported; no congregation count is stored.
The apostolic network Ché Ahn founded in Pasadena in 1996 — relating congregations across the world in the charismatic renewal stream.
Heritage
Founded in Pasadena, California in 1996 by Ché Ahn, a Korean-American pastor shaped by the renewal movements of the early 1990s, alongside his congregation now known as Harvest Rock Church. Harvest International Ministry (HIM) grew as an apostolic network — churches and ministries voluntarily relating to Ahn's leadership team for covering, credentialing and mission — and reports members across dozens of nations. Ahn also serves as international chancellor of Wagner University, carrying the network's emphasis on equipping.
Theological family
Charismatic renewal theology: the Spirit's gifts active today, apostolic and prophetic ministry restored to the church, healing and evangelism together, and cultural transformation as a stated aim.
Who decides what
Apostolic and relational: self-governing congregations covenant with the network's leadership; HIM describes itself as a family of churches, not a denomination.
What a first-time visitor would find
In member churches, contemporary charismatic worship with prophetic ministry and healing prayer as ordinary parts of the service.
What it has always cared about
Apostolic relationship over bureaucratic structure; equipping believers for ministry; international church planting; renewal carried through relational networks.
Its gift to the wider church
HIM is a working example of the post-denominational apostolic network — governance by relationship and covenant — and has connected renewal congregations across continents that no denomination would have joined.
Commonly confused with
With Harvest-named churches and ministries of no relation (a common church name); and with denominations, whose juridical structure this network deliberately lacks.
Range of views inside it
Member churches vary widely by nation and culture; the renewal emphases are the connective tissue.
A note from the mapmakers: Nothing here may be asserted of a specific congregation. RCMS 2020 does not track this network and its figures are self-reported, so this record carries no count. Sentences drawn from this record hedge as "HIM member churches typically…" and yield to the congregation's own materials.
Sources: Harvest International Ministry — about (Harvest International Ministry) · The Rise of Network Christianity (Brad Christerson and Richard Flory, Oxford University Press)
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