C. Peter Wagner - President / Doris M. Wagner - Executive Vice President
/ Chuck D. Pierce - Harvest Watchman
http://fulfilledprophecy.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=26653
May 31, 2007
Dear friends of Global Harvest:
Last month I sent you a report of the formation of our "Global
Apostolic Network" (GAN) along with a graphic
that contained seven boxes representing seven different units that have been
joined to each other through my apostolic oversight. Just as a reminder, the
seven units included The Hamilton Group, the U.S. Global Apostolic Prayer
Network, the Apostolic Council for Educational
Accountability, the International Coalition of Apostles, Wagner Leadership
Institute, the International Society of Deliverance Ministers, and the
Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders.
I mentioned that things are moving rapidly. Well, as a starter we now
have nine boxes instead of seven. The two additional boxes already existed, but
they weren't included in the first version. They are:
Eagles Vision Apostolic Team (EVAT). For some
time I had been receiving requests from certain apostles with whom I have built
personal friendships to formalize my apostolic oversight and covenant
relationships with them. I agreed to do this and establish EVAT
in 2002, and we held our first annual meeting in 2003. Currently 25 EVAT members look to me for their primary or part of their
primary apostolic covering. Their contributions (along with those of some Life
Partners) cover my GHM salary and benefits.
GAN'S PHILOSOPHY OF
MISSION
The other exciting development is that we now have, for the first time,
the beginnings of a detailed and uniform philosophy of mission for the entire Global
Apostolic Network (GAN). Heretofore I had simply
assumed that, since I was the leader, we were all moving in the same general
direction. That was largely true, but if someone had asked me I would not have
been prepared to give them much detail as to the precise direction in which we
were moving.
The major catalyst whom God has brought into the picture to help renew
our minds in terms of our philosophy of mission is Lance Wallnau,
founder of Lance Learning Group currently based in Rhode Island. Lance, in a
former season, planted churches and formed an apostolic network which he has
now turned over to other leadership. He is a member of
Lance's trademark teaching relates to what he calls the seven
"mind molders" or the "seven
mountains." These have now become a permanent
fixture in my personal teaching on taking dominion, and I
have referenced Wallnau in The Church in the
Workplace as well as in my forthcoming book Dominion! In my view it is not possible to get an operational handle on
how to initiate corporate action toward social transformation without taking
into account the seven mountains or what I like to call "molders of culture." The seven are religion, family,
business, arts & entertainment, government, education, and media.
With this in mind, allow me to make an initial attempt to verbalize the
philosophy of mission of GAN.
Our theological bedrock is what has been known as Dominion
Theology. This means that our divine mandate is to do whatever is necessary, by
the power of the Holy Spirit, to retake the dominion of God's creation which Adam forfeited to Satan in the Garden
of Eden. It is nothing less than seeing God's kingdom coming and His will being
done here on earth as it is in heaven. This includes the need to govern apolitically, as well as to
embrace spiritual warfare techniques that neutralize the control of our
adversary within the functional and territorial spheres of authority to which
we have been assigned. To do this, we know that we must be in communion, we must
receive revelation, and we must apostolically and prophetically proclaim that
revelation.
First, our mission is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry.
We are an apostolic unit, and we read in Ephesians 4:11-12 that the stated
responsibility of apostles (as well as prophets, evangelists, pastors, and
teachers) is to equip the saints. We feel that we must equip the saints, not
just clergy but all the saints of God both personally and corporately. However,
the next question becomes: Equip the saints for what
purpose? This leads into the second point, namely our goal. Our
goal, in a word, is transformation. The first stage in this goal is personal
transformation because each saint must be prepared to do his or her part in the
process of taking dominion. Saints usually fall into one of three categories,
depending on their primary focus. The majority of saints focus on self.
They ask: What's in this for me? Ironically, the question applies to their
religious lives as well as to their work and their leisure. A much smaller
percentage of the saints focus on church. They are
committed to their church, they tithe to their church, they volunteer for
church programs, they attend faithfully, and they are fulfilled when their
local church is healthy and is growing. A third category of saints,
relatively very few indeed, manage to focus on the kingdom. They see the hand
of God at work, not only in themselves and in their churches, but also in
society in general. They are the ones through whom God will mostly accomplish
His purposes of taking dominion. Our assignment, then, is to help as many
people as possible move their primary focus from self or church to kingdom.
Which leads us to the second stage
of the goal of transformation, namely corporate or social transformation. We want to see whole cities and regions and states and
nations transformed to support the values of the
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Thirdly, the measurement of our progress must center
on renewal. Titus 3:5 says that we should constantly seek the renewal of the
Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit fills us and renews us day after day, we will
be more able to tune into what He is saying to us and to the churches. We can measure
how this is happening, both personally and corporately, by examining three
stages:
Awareness. This is the renewing of our minds (Rom 12:2). It is a
paradigm shift. It is agreeing with the dominion mandate.
Identification.
This is the renewing of our commitment. We no longer are primarily committed
either to self or to the church, but to the kingdom. We want to be a part of
the current stream of what the Holy Spirit is doing.
Application.
This is the renewing of our practice. It is what we do. Faith without works is
dead. Not only do we want God's kingdom to come, but we are committed to take
whatever action necessary to do our part to help see it happen.
If we agree that the "7-M Mandate" is operative within our
Global Apostolic Network in general, then our specific involvement, whether it be with deliverance ministers or educators or prophets or
workplace leaders or intercessors or philanthropists or apostles, will be
guided by this same set of principles. Together we will more and more see God's
kingdom come and His will being done here on earth as it is in heaven!
God bless you, each and every one.
Sincerely,
C. Peter Wagner
President, Global Harvest Ministries
Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute
P.O. Box 63060
Colorado Springs, CO 80962
719-262-9922
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