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1999, 2017 by John Eckhardt
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Endorsements
John Eckhardts Moving in the Apostolic is revelatory teaching. This book will help set in order the ministry of the apostle in the Church today. Every pastor and ministry leader should read this book.
Cindy Jacobs, co-founder, Generals International
Exciting news of the restoration of apostles to the Church makes fulfillment of the Great Commission seem suddenly within our reach! John Eckhardts profound insights into the apostolic ministry will help us all prepare for the coming harvestand the return of the King.
Dutch Sheets, Dutch Sheets Ministries; author, Intercessory Prayer
Prophetic revelation of Scripture pours through John Eckhardt as he writes about the apostolic dimensionwhat it is, what it does and what it means to be a sent one. Apostle John Eckhardt is destined to be known as an apostolic statesman of the twenty-first century.
Dr. Mary Crum, founder and senior leader, Life Center Family Church, Atlanta, Georgia
Cutting-edge truth and a prophetic view of the Churchs historical and apostolic birthright are brought forth with revelation and discernment to prepare us for the next millennium. I highly recommend Moving in the Apostolic to the whole Body of Christ.
Apostle Ivory L. Hopkins, founder and overseer, Pilgrims Ministry of Deliverance, Georgetown, Delaware
John Eckhardt has provided us an excellent comprehensive study on true apostolic ministrywhat it is and what it is not. This book is a solid foundation, which will be helpful to all people who desire to embrace the restoration of apostolic ministry to the local church. I, too, agree with John when he states that the restoration of the apostolic to the Church is a key factor in accomplishing the Great Commissiona mission we all want to see fulfilled!
John P. Kelly, founder, John P. Kelly Ministries
Apostle John Eckhardt succinctly and accurately captures the key ingredient to twenty-first century Kingdom dominionnamely the restoration of the authority and power of apostolic commission upon the life of every believer.
Bishop Harold Calvin Ray, founder and senior pastor, Redemptive Life Fellowship, West Palm Beach, Florida
John Eckhardt has traveled the earth trumpeting the new proximity of the presence of the Lord and hammering out the shapes of new understanding and clear teaching in many spiritual battlefields. I encourage pastors and leaders not only to read this book but to teach these principles in their churches and ministries in order to release the apostolic dimension within the hearts of all saints. An impartational power in the apostolic anointing will come upon you as you open your hearts and minds to receive these truths.
Noel Woodroffe, senior elder, Elijah Centre, Trinidad, West Indies
Epigraph
In this point could never our enemies cause us to faint, for our First Petition was, that the reverend face of the Primitive and Apostolic Church should be brought back again to the eyes and knowledge of men.
John Knox, The History of the Reformation in Scotland
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Epigraph
Foreword by C. Peter Wagner
Introduction: A Time to Review
1. The Apostolic Commission: Mission Impossible?
2. The Restoration of Apostolic Ministry
3. Anointings and Commissions
4. Pioneering: Back to the Basics
5. Warfare
6. Apostolic Reformation
7. The Apostolic Seal
8. The Apostolic Church
9. Apostolic Authority
10. A Blueprint for Apostolic Living
Appendix: Apostolic SpiritA Sending Spirit
Notes
About the Author
Back Cover
Foreword
God has begun reinstating the gift and the office of apostle.
This may sound at first like a simple statement, but its implications are profound. The Body of Christ is in a substantially more complete form than it has been, perhaps since New Testament times. This means that God is now prepared to do things through His people here on earth that He has been postponing for a very long time.
Since the 1990s (when the first edition of this book was published), the world has seen more quantity, intensity and sophistication of activities involving aggressive spiritual warfare than ever before in recorded history, including the book of Acts. Parallel to this have come new levels of prayer, specifically intercession and prophecy. Partially as a result of this, we now live in the first generation of Christians ever to see light at the end of the tunnel of the Great Commission. No previous generation could even measure the remaining task, let alone realistically plan to finish it!
The restoration of the ministry of apostles to the Body of Christ is directly related to this good news. By this I do not mean that there have not been apostles through the centuries of Christian history. There certainly have been, even though many of them would not have used the title apostle to describe themselves. What I do mean is that the Church as a whole did not recognize the crucial role of apostlesthey did not understand it.