Pastors and Prophets: Protocol for Healthy Churches

Pastors Need Prophets!
Their churches will be healthier with them than without them. Prophets, along with apostles, are the biblical foundation of the church. They often help take the local church to another level of experiencing God's power that pastors long for. So why, then, do pastors and prophets often have difficult times relating to each other as the Lord intended?

In this book, C. Peter Wagner has assembled four widely respected, hands-on pastors who have proven track records of establishing positive and productive relationships with prophets. Together, they will answer many vital questions surrounding this often-misunderstood subject.

Why are pastors often intimidated by prophets?

Why are prophets often hurt by pastors?

Why should Pastors embrace the prophetic?

How can pastors help prophets mature in their gifting?

Who in the pastor-prophet relationship is the ultimate authority?

What protocol can pastors and prophets follow that will cause their church to be healthy and well equipped?

As pastors and prophets come into a proper relationship with each other, they have a unique opportunity to propel the church forward with power and vision. This book is an essential tool towards making the pastor-prophet relationship all it can be.

C. Peter Wagner is a widely recognized as a leading authority in the fields of church growth and spiritual warfare. Dr. Wagner is the founder and President of Global Harvest Ministries and the Chancellor of the Wagner Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs.

Stephen L. Mansfield is the senior pastor at Nashville's Belmont Church who is known for his passionate teaching, strategic vision, and sense of humor. Stephen holds a doctorate in the fields of history and literature, ministers in many nations throughout the world, and has written a number of books on history and leadership.

Mike Bickle is director of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City, a 24-hour-a-day citywide spiritual warfare ministry. In addition to being ministry director of Friends of the Bridegroom, a ministry dedicated to equipping forerunners in the beauty of God, he is also president of the Forerunner School of Prayer, a full time training school in Kansas City.

Dr. Kingsley Fletcher serves as senior pastor of Life Community Church in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. A crowned king of the Shai state from the West African nation of Ghana, Dr. Fletcher is an internationally acclaimed inspirational and motivational speaker, philanthropist, government advisor, and author of 8 books.

Tom Hamon is the senior pastor and Apostolic Overseer of Christian International Family Church in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He travels world-wide training and activating leaders in their spiritual gifts. Tom also serves on the Board of Governors and is a regional Apostolic Overseer in the Christian International Network of Churches under Bishop Bill Hamon.