by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2012 | Church, Church planting, Culture, Evangelism, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Miracles, Transition
In the early 1990’s I was trained as a church-planting coach. I was also trained to interview prospective church-planters, conduct assessment interviews, coach pastors and help existing churches set up regional church planting strategies. Much of what I...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 4, 2012 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Family, Future, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Power, Prophecy, Transition
2013 will be a year the Church begins to experience the release of a Joseph Anointing. This Joseph Anointing will be like the story recorded in Genesis when God called Joseph from a pit to a palace to help Israel and the surrounding nations survive a coming season of...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 3, 2012 | Apostle, Church, Culture, Five-fold, Future, Leadership, Ministry, Transition, Vision.
Creating an apostolic community requires more than just reading good books on the subject or having discussion groups at the local Starbucks. Creating this kind of community requires providing traction points that will actually initiate change. This kind of...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 11, 2012 | Church, Faith, Future, Leadership, Transition
(The following letter was given to the congregation of Living Waters Church in Medford, Oregon, on Sunday, November 11, 2012, announcing a coming change in pastoral leadership that will take place in 2015.)...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 11, 2012 | Church, Faith, Future, Hope, Prophecy, Transition, Vision.
Recently, I took part in a conference with people attending from all around the world. The worship was powerful. During one of the morning worship sessions the Lord began revealing to me a developing image of a father’s heart. I saw a father gently pushing one...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 20, 2012 | Future, Hope, Prophecy, Transition, Trust, Vision.
I am tucked away in a lodge outside of Bend, Oregon on a writing retreat. For the last three days I have been assembling and editing my personal God-experiences and testimonies, an exercise I have been encouraged by the Lord to do over the last two years. For...
