About the author
Finding Inspiration in Every day
Carl Brettle's story
Carl was born in Neath, South Wales, into a hardworking family. His grandparents, devout Christians, introduced him to church at an early age. As a teenager, he became involved in Clyne Free Mission, helping with the youth group and Sunday School.
In 1991, He moved to Swansea, where he found business success but fell into a destructive lifestyle, including drink and drugs. Over the following three years, after losing everything—his business, health, and stability—he reached rock bottom. One night, planning to take his own life, he encountered God’s love in a powerful way.
Shortly after, a friend invited him back to church, where an elderly woman, Irene Turner, revealed she prayed for him daily. He sensed God calling him to a great mission, but at the time, it felt impossible.
Carl dedicated himself to prayer and in 1993 joined a school’s ministry visiting schools each day sharing and proclaiming Jesus. In 1996, after meeting African minister Charles Kizito, he felt led to organise a mission trip to Uganda. That first trip led to hundreds more, impacting thousands and establishing a school and two children’s homes. He later worked with churches in Kenya, South Africa, Ukraine, and beyond. At the time of writing over 300 trips have been made to 45 different countries.
A journey of faith and ministry
In 1999, he felt God calling for "one million hours of prayer for Wales." With no prior experience in prayer movements, he launched a global campaign. Within months, 125,000 people from over 70 nations committed to pray. By the end of year 2000, the project had recorded more than 10 million hours of sacrificial prayer.
Over the years, Carl became deeply involved in strategic prayer networks, working on various projects, including Prayer Week, Prayer Magazine, Prayer TV and The National Day of Prayer and Worship. In 2008, he joined United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) as Prayer Mobiliser and later became Ministry Director, overseeing outreach to 1.2 million Christians daily.
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In 2015, Carl revisited a vision God had given him—seeing 100 million souls won for Christ. Stepping out in faith, he left UCB to pursue this calling. In 2016, he and his family moved to Wales, taking time to recharge after decades of intense ministry.
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By 2019, this work had led to over a million decisions for Christ, the construction of churches in developing nations, and the empowerment of countless leaders. Then Covid hit. The ministry focused on practically helping Christians in developing countries with food supplies while also producing and giving away resources which might encourage people to deepen their Faith in Jesus.
A daily devotional was developed, a church building programme and children’s educational project all under the name ‘Imani’ which simply means ‘faith’ in Swahili.
In all of this a small but active team of committed Christians works to ensure we help as many people as possible and reach as many was we are able speaking a message of Christ to the lost.