Rev. Tommy Hays is a Spiritual Director, Teacher, and Prayer Revivalist. He serves as Executive Director of Messiah Ministries, the ministry he founded and leads for interdenominational teaching, preaching, equipping, and prayer ministries of healing, deliverance and spiritual formation.

Tommy ministers throughout the diverse traditions of the Christian faith and is ordained as a United Methodist Minister (Elder in Full Connection) under special appointment to Messiah Ministries by his bishop (Southwest Texas Conference and affiliate member of the Kentucky Conference). He is also a member in covenant relationship with the MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries, an international prophetic teaching ministry. He holds a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary ('97),   a Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas at Austin ('86), and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin ('83). 

Tommy was called to ministry from his law practice as a trial attorney in Texas, and now offers personal prayer ministry and spiritual direction by private appointment.  He is a frequent speaker in conferences and churches of many traditions -- leading teaching conferences, healing services, prayer retreats, ecumenical gatherings, spiritual renewal weekends, and prayer revivals inter-denominationally throughout the United States and the nations. His vision and the calling of Messiah Ministries is to help "prepare the way of the Lord" by preparing the people of the Lord through the ministries of healing, wholeness, and sanctification to be trained and equipped to continue the ministry of the Lord throughout all the earth. His daily prayer devotional, "Morning by Morning" is sent to readers around the world every morning by email.

Tommy also leads a citywide, ecumenical service each month of prayer, praise and healing worship called "The Fountain" and teaches "The Fountain School of Ministry" to train and equip believers for healing and deliverance prayer ministry.  Tommy is forty-six years old, married to Tricia Hays, and the father of five wonderful children

-- Elizabeth, Zachary, Madison, Elijah, and Josiah Hays. They are members of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, where the Messiah Ministries office is located. He continues to practice law on select matters from time to time as the Lord leads in the Lexington law firm of Troutman & Hays PLLC,  as a minister in the marketplace and public square of the community (859-253-0991).

Tommy's teaching and messages focus upon all aspects of Spiritual Renewal and Revival through prayer, healing and wholeness, spiritual warfare, evangelism, and holiness, while equipping the Body of Christ to live out their identity and destiny in the ministry of the Kingdom of God. His ministry focuses on the process of healing form the inside out by bringing every area under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Please contact Tommy Hays at Messiah Ministries if we can come alongside you in the ministry of Jesus, including ministries of teaching, preaching, healing, prayer, and spiritual direction. May the Lord bless you and empower you to live out the fullness of your calling and destiny in Christ.