“Prophecies and the prophetic” was the subject of an eight-day seminar at Togafu’afu’a last week. Held at the Apia Harvest Centre Church, the seminar was organised by the Apia Harvest Centre Bible College and conducted by Pastor and Prophet, Les Dowie and his wife, Pastor Lorraine Dowie, of New Zealand.
The first part of the seminar was opened to all denominations. But three days were specifically dedicated to Pastors and Reverends of the Assemblies of God in Samoa and American Samoa. Among the participants was Reverend Elder George Mageo.
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Both Pastor Les and Lorraine were born in Australia and have grown up within the Pentecostal Church. In 1974, they said God clearly directed them to move to New Zealand where they trained at the Christian Life Bible College in Wellington, then went on to pastor churches in the Hawkes Bay, Wellington and Auckland.
Pastor Les was a member of the Executive leadership of the NZ Assemblies of God for eight years. He has been a member of the Associated Pentecostal Churches, NZ for 14 years, six of which as Secretary.
Pastor Les Dowie says the functions of the Prophetic ministry, as part of the five-fold ministry, which should operate hand-in-hand so that the church is edified, are among the most underutilised gifts in the church.
In the book of Ephesians, Pastor Les points out that Jesus Christ gave the church prophets and teachers.
Like all Ministries in the church, the Prophetic ministry is there to “build up the church and bring glory to God.”
“However there is often a lack of understanding of the Bible concerning the function, purpose and outworking of the prophetic in the church,” Pastor Les says.
This is the result of “fear, cynicism, lack of knowledge, lack of sensitivity, secularism and ever increasing pressures to tolerate sin.”
The seminars during the past eight days were well attended by members of different churches.
It will culminate with a final service at the Apia Harvest Centre Church today, starting at 9:30am.
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