Intercessors for America (IFA) initiated the first alerts in 1983 and during the Lebanese Hostage Crisis. Weekly alerts have been compiled and published since that time. First made available as a recorded telephone hotline message, then later sent via fax, and now sent three times weekly via email.

In March 2019, IFA launched HEADLINE PRAYER: News Christians Need to Pray About Every Day. At this point we discontinued archiving PDFs of our Informer emails here. Visit Headline Prayer for the latest news instead.