The name “prophet” is a New Testament word the Apostle Paul described as a person who serves in the office that Jesus established at His ascension: “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:11-12.)
A prophet is defined by ICPL as a Christian leader gifted, taught, commissioned, and sent by God with the authority to establish the foundational government of a church or business within an assigned sphere by hearing what the Holy Spirit is saying and one who sets things in order accordingly for the growth and maturity of the group or complex of groups (churches or businesses).
Since prophets operate in several different ways, ICPL is open to “vertical prophets” (including ecclesiastical, functional, congregational, and team-member vertical apostles), to “horizontal prophets” (including convening, ambassadorial, mobilizing, and territorial horizontal apostles), and to different kinds of “marketplace prophets” as well as “prophetic intercessors.”
