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Kingdom Sending Center - Our Vision

VISION

Isaiah 52:7: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’”

Our goal is to Father, Finance and Free those whom we accept into the program. They will have a life-long family, finances for their journey and freedom to follow the Holy Spirit as Paul did when he was sent out by the Holy Spirit.

THE PLAN:

We anticipate having a facility for training for ministry. This training will include:
     1. Personal healing and deliverance from past pain, inherited strongholds, etc.
     2. Learning to pursue intimacy through worship, soaking and the Word.
     3. Teaching in spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, etc.
     4. Being sent into the city to share the Kingdom of God. (Like Jesus’ disciples)
     5. Specialized training for a particular mountain of society.
     6. Opportunities to serve at conferences, Kingdom businesses, etc.
     7. Being sent into a long-term Kingdom assignment. (Like Paul and Barnabus)

THE NEED:

1. The world-wide harvest is ripe. From around the world, the calls keep coming to us, “Come over and help us!” like Paul heard from the man from Macedonia. Everyone who travels to foreign countries knows the hunger and incredible response to the gospel and to the apostolic/prophetic message of this hour. Whole villages, including Muslims, convert when they see God’s power.

2. The seven mountains of society need to be conquered before our western civilization transitions completely from its Christian base to an atheistic, anti-Christ system. We see rapid deterioration in every mountain or sphere of society. These are:
     1. Family
     2. Religion
     3. Education
     4. Media and Communication
     5. Arts and Entertainment
     6. Government
     7. Business and Finance.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

1. Multiplied thousands of Christians are ready to lay down their lives if someone will send them into the harvest fields. If only someone would train and send them!

2. Multiplied thousands of Christians are waiting at the base of the seven mountains but don’t have anyone to train them how to conquer those mountains. But who will train and send them?

THE SOLUTION:

The Kingdom Sending Center of Chicago will be a reproducible model, based on Jesus with His disciples and the early church sending out Paul and Barnabus. It will exist to equip and send passionate lovers of Jesus into the mission fields of the earth, including the seven mountains of society. Our theme verse is: “And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!’” (Romans 10:15)

POTENTIAL COURSE CONTENT:

    1. Preparing the heart: Seeing people from God’s perspective; Cultivating Godly Compassion; Becoming a Living Sacrifice; Servant hood; Flexibility.
    2. Preparing the mind: Understanding cultural differences. Learning phrases in foreign languages and dialects.
    3. Preparing the body: Health issues such as medications, shots, sanitation, grooming, building immunity, etc. Tips to keep you safe from unexpected dangers.
    4. Spiritual gifts: Learning to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit, Power Evangelism, Deliverance, Prophetic Ministry, Healing, Miracles, Faith, Knowledge and Wisdom.
    5. Ministry gifts: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers.
    6. Team Ministry Dynamics: Preventing conflicts with other team members – the most common cause of missionary drop-outs. Learning the power of unity.
    7. Preparing for travel: Documents, flights, motels, porters, thieves, etc.

THE FOUNDING TEAM

The vision began in a meeting where Heidi Baker had just spoken. In a time of waiting on God, Ben Peters, founder of Open Heart Ministries, with his wife Brenda, heard God say, “Start a Sending Center.” He had never heard that term before, but the following day, Shara Pradhan, Heidi’s personal assistant, prophesied the exact same words to him over the phone.

Today, Ben & Brenda Peters are joined by team leaders, Ron & Valerie Coltman and Gene & Mary Ferguson. Both couples are pastors in the Open Heart Ministries network and have dedicated their many and various talents to building the Kingdom of Heaven on earth along with the Peters.

Ben and Brenda Peters, who were pastors for almost three decades, have been hosting major conferences in the Chicago region for the past several years. They also travel internationally as conference speakers and Ben has authored fifteen books to date, including books on revival, prophetic ministry, and on being kings on the mountains of society.

PRAYER SUPPORT

We solicit the support of all Kingdom prayer warriors. We still need much wisdom and direction for the nuts and bolts of the practical operation of this Kingdom enterprise.

FINANCING THE KINGDOM SENDING CENTER (KSC)

There are some amazing projects in the works, especially book projects, which will bring a great deal of money to finance the KINGDOM SENDING CENTER (KSC). We anticipate this flow to accelerate rapidly in the next two years, but at the moment KSC is open to every Kingdom investors who would like to help lay the foundation. Would that be you? If after seeking the Lord and prayerfully considering this vital work, you have a “YES” in your spirit, please contact us for more information.

Kingdom Sending Center is a faith ministry and has a “no-charge” registration policy for conferences, seminars and schools. God continues to provide like-minded people by the prompting of the Holy Spirit to support this ministry. To all of our financial supporters, we thank and bless you. May God bless your return on this investment as priceless as lives are touched & impacted for all eternity.

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