Ed Watts serves as the Apostolic Leader of Gateway HOPE Center in Flint, Michigan and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible from Central Bible College. He is ordained and affiliated with BAMN (Breakthrough Apostolic Ministry Network), under Apostle Barbara Yoder’s leadership. Ed was ordained into the Office of a Prophet in 2013 by Apostle Barbara Yoder and Apostle Chuck Pierce.

Ed had a life-changing encounter with the Lord on 12/12 of 1990. From that encounter, He was commissioned to be a voice of reformation and awakening to the global church. Ed has been the featured speaker at conferences, retreats, seminars, and revivals and has many years of experience in urban evangelism and leading large evangelistic crusades. 

Ed operates in a strong prophetic anointing to help the Body of Christ know the time, the season, and the strategy of heaven for kingdom advancement. He has led many prophetic intercessory journeys in the United States, Israel, China, and the Nations and serves as the state leader for multiple prayer networks (RPN & HAPN). Above all else, Ed is a lover of the presence of God and carries a personal testimony of the power of God to transform the hardest hearts and bring breakthroughs in seemingly impossible situations.