Firebrand School of Ministry; Year 2!

Last summer I took complete leave of my mind and ordinary thinking and obeyed God in starting Firebrand School of Ministry. Now, with the first year nearly completed I am ecstatic that God gave us this opportunity.

At 11 p.m. last night, after a full day that started at 7 a.m. I was discussing the new second year about to begin September 14th with my daughter Libby and my son-in-law Darren. Darren is taking on an additional teaching load and Libby is starting a new class as an additional instructor (all of our instructors are volunteer at this point). We were brain-storming and agonizing just a bit over some of the preparations for the new year when Darren said, “Can you even imagine our church now without Firebrand and the interns?” We all laughed and remarked that there is no way to fathom being who we are as a church without the presence of Firebrand and our student-interns!

Current western Christian culture is at risk due, in part, to two anemic fixations:
1.“going to heaven” and a related “end times” fatalism
2. Berating and bemoaning the darkness and wickedness of our day

Firebrand School was born to impart a Kingdom Culture in the heart and mind of the church. We intend to raise up a generation of believers who have received a new baptism in fire through the Holy Spirit from the very Hands of Jesus. Our mission is to equip and deploy full time ministers, whose core value is, “on earth, as it is in heaven” into the full spectrum of life; artists, teachers, politicians, entrepreneurs, inventors, home-makers, church workers and servants of every description. Revival will result from their faith as they set out in an authentic passion to change the world through the communication and demonstration of the Kingdom of God. Here’s a thought, “Darkness leaves when light shines”.

While I am typing these words our students are on the streets in a class called, “Treasure Hunt”. Pastor Darren takes the school out at least once a week to serve a variety of towns and cities around us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Before the school leaves the church they pray for “clues” to find the treasure in the hearts of people they have never met. They compile a treasure map (red scarf, grocery store, limping person, etc) and head out on a Kingdom adventure.

Simply put the students are being trained to serve in unconditional love and power. No witness pamphlets, no threats of “going to hell”, no arm twisting to come to our church and zero pressure to “get saved”. Just love people through the heart and eyes of the Holy Spirit. They have prayed for dozens of people at malls, parks, stores and other public venues with incredible results. As an example, imagine in your mind’s eye Darren along with his students standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle, holding a sobbing grandmother who is overcome with gratitude for a simple prayer of comfort.

Joining me as teachers in our school are these marvelous people;
*Pastor Steve Olson – Founder and Director of Impact Ministries (a live-in treatment center for chemical dependency). Steve has a degree in Chemical Dependency Counseling and an amazing testimony of life out of a spiritual grave.
*Pastor Gene Morfitt – A former senior pastor with a MBA and a variety of graduate studies from places like the University of Minnesota and Bethel University. Gene and his family run a retreat ministry that has literally touched families from all over the world.
*Libby Hose – My daughter and our church worship director and women’s ministry leader. Libby has a PhD in life and living! Her powerful and anointed leadership in worship has lifted our church to an entirely new dimension of the Kingdom of God.
*Pastor Darren Hose – Darren has been a youth pastor for 14 years. He has studied at Northwestern College and the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Currently he is finishing a B.A. in education. Pastor Darren leads our missions outreach at LWC as well and is powerfully gifted as a prophet.

Classes include such topics as; Creating a Kingdom Culture, Worship and Work Ethic, Creating a Prophetic Culture, Culture of Honor and Spiritual Authority, Supernatural Lifestyle, Supernatural Mental Health and many other Kingdom of God inspired topics.
Our second year begins September 14th. Registration is due by September 1st. Applications are available on-line at our church web-site; www.LWC1.com. Go the FBSM link for further information.

Our school isn’t for everybody…but it is for giant-killers, world changers, miracle minded servants and passionate lovers of God. Is that you?