international house of prayer vs local church?

have anyone heard of the international house of prayer? Living in Kansas, this is huge and I am pretty sure most Christians know about it. I wonder if anyone feels like in some ways ihop is similar to the local church.

Mike Bickle, the founder, focuses much on the book of Song of Songs and the book of Revelation. Lots of college students join the internship (which is ~ the training) and it has a strict schedule. It is a one-man ministry. And, pray-reading is widely encouraged throughout the movement. Also they believe the Lord will not come back until they make their prayer movement a global, international movement. They also stress the need of "forerunners" for Christ before He returns, which is similar of being "overcomers" in LC. Any thoughts?