Endorsements
I have known Cindy Jacobs for nearly two decades. She is a proven, biblical voice who has helped to bring much scriptural truth to the Body of Christ. This book will be required reading for our entire local church leadership team and the thousands of churches we oversee worldwide. The house of God, in this day, has multiple generations that are fatherless and have not been parentednaturally or spiritually. This book is a manual for raising up and equipping spiritual mothers who will help the Body of Christ fulfill its destiny. Read, memorize and teach from this modern classic. With its contents, lets change our world!
Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor, Hope Christian Church; host, The Hope Connection
Dr. Cindy Jacobs has demonstrated for many years the title of this book, Women, Rise Up! Cindy has risen to be an international minister who is called upon to minister to thousands of leaders and saints in numerous nations. Every Christian woman should read this book to discover her calling and how to fulfill it.
Bishop Bill Hamon, Christian International Ministries Network; author, Gods Weapons of War
Watching Cindy Jacobs fulfill an international prophetic calling at the highest of levels for more than thirty years has been both a joy and an inspiration. We all study to become; some become the study. Cindy has modeled in life what she has now put on paper. Every womanand man, as wellshould read this book.
Dutch Sheets, founder, Dutch Sheets Ministries; author, Intercessory Prayer
Women, Rise Up! is a powerful book! It will encourage, console, inform and correct you, make you laugh, and compel you to go beyond your comfort level into the fullness of Gods destiny for you. Cindy Jacobs covers everything from personal issues and challenges to the theological concerns of women stepping into biblical governmental positions. This is a great book, and I highly recommend it!
Barbara Yoder, lead apostle, Shekinah Regional Apostolic Center
I love reading books that inspire me to do great things for God and to live radically unto Him. Women, Rise Up! does just that! Cindy Jacobs, a great apostolic-prophetic pioneer of faith, taps into the enduring legacy, catalytic impact and unique influence of Spirit-led women fearlessly pursuing their calling in God. I encourage you to pick up this breakthrough book, full of wisdom and biblical insights. It does not matter if you are a woman or a man, be transformed and inspired from generations of resilient women paving the way for revival and reformation in every sphere of influence around the world.
Ch Ahn, president and founder, Harvest International Ministry; international chancellor, Wagner University
The new millennium has revealed a new order in the Body of Christ. Cindy Jacobs captures this new order in Women, Rise Up! Women have been recognized in the Church as prayer warriors, but not particularly for their ability to exercise Gods authority on the earth. We are about to see faith-filled women arise and change the course of history. This book you are holding will help women determine their call, role and future as a key weapon in the hand of the Lord.
Dr. Chuck D. Pierce, president, Global Spheres Inc.; president, Glory of Zion International Ministries
Cindy Jacobs brings clarity and insight to the controversy surrounding a womans place in ministry. Delicately, yet boldly, she presents a fresh, historical and biblical interpretation of Gods Word on the issues facing todays woman of destiny.
Beth Alves, president, Increase International, Bulverde, Texas
Every woman who is struggling with Gods call on her life should read Women, Rise Up! Every man who questions a womans call needs only to read it with an open heart and mind. A vital contribution to the literature of gender reconciliation, this book is biblically sound and long awaited.
Bishop Joseph L. Garlington Sr., senior pastor, Covenant Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
As the Holy Spirit labors over the Church to bring forth reconciliation among believers, our focus has been on racial or denominational issues that separate Gods people. All the while, however, the greatest single issue of unbiblical discrimination has been the widespread posturing against women in ministry. Cindy Jacobss voice deserves to be heardand taken seriously. It just may be another gentle whisper of the Spirit saying, Open your hearts wider.
Jack Hayford, founding pastor and pastor emeritus, The Church On The Way; chancellor emeritus, The Kings University
In a day when there is considerable confusion over gender issues in the Church and in the home, Cindy Jacobs cuts through the fog like a spiritual laser beam. No other book I know on this subject matches the superb combination of biblical and pastoral integrity.
C. Peter Wagner (19302016), author, Finding Your Spiritual Gifts ; former apostolic ambassador, Global Spheres; founding chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute, now Wagner University
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Books by Cindy Jacobs
Deliver Us From Evil
Possessing the Gates of the Enemy
The Power of Persistent Prayer
The Supernatural Life
The Voice of God
Women, Rise Up!
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1998, 2012, 2019 by Cindy Jacobs
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ISBN 978-1-4934-1737-7
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