The Iowa Alliance for Reformation has emerged under God’s divine direction to release revelation into the state of Iowa and bring reformation into the church. This alliance exists to release revelation into the state, encourage existing leaders to pursue Revelation, and to cause the Body of Christ of Iowa to hunger for greater encounters with God.

The Iowa Band: Iowa is the Key to United States Freedom

As we started this alliance we had no idea we would be fulfilling a 150 year old mandate God had given to a group called the Iowa Band. We recently found out the rich deep spiritual heritage of Iowa and God's desire for this state to lead the nation into encounters with Him. 12 men came to Iowa to bring reformation into the new territory opening up in the 1840’s. Of the 12, only five truly felt a mandate to see change occur. These five started out from a Bible college in SE Iowa. The original men had a prophetic word in 1842 from Lyman Beecher, Father of the Second Great Awakening, at Charles Finney’s church in Oberlin, Ohio. That word proclaimed that Iowa was the key to the United States freedom and future of the next generation of leaders to change the world. Iowa was known as a place of creative release as many artists came to express and capture God's handiwork.

Reformation ends by Complacency

One of these men was Charles Parham, who got the revelation of speaking in tongues while in Iowa. He later would move away to Kansas as the Church in Iowa made decision to reject the revelation of reformation occurring. He is best known for the father of the Azusa Street Revival. Because of the decisions made by the Church in Iowa, the Azusa Street Revival would be birthed elsewhere.

As the final two men traveled the state, revivals broke out and reformation occurred, until the church decided to pursue other things than God's presence. The move of reformation was ended by complacency, but not until Iowa was known as the foremost sending place of ministers, 10,000 young people, had been trained and sent further west as ministers. Also, covenants were formed with the land that it would always be fruitful, which we see the outcome still occurring today!

Reformation is Returning to Iowa!

We also found out the great parallels we are reliving. We also had 5 men start the Iowa Alliance for Reformation and now 2 remain to continue. We started from Jubilee School of Ministry in Fairfield, SE Iowa. We were given a 1900 World War I tent stake as a prophetic act by our Bible students to make covenants with the land by staking it where we go. Apostle Greg Crawford, the one who started the Alliance, was recently in Oberlin, Ohio to do a conference and found out this was the place of Charles Finney’s church. When he visited the church and as he stood behind Charles Finney’s pulpit, God dropped things about reformation into his spirit concerning Iowa. These are only a few parallels that have supernaturally occurred.

The question now before the state is will we miss the next move of God because of our complacency, just like the past? Will we reject the revelation that is already formed in the state and it be taken to another place to be loosed? What about training our young people? What about the desire in God's heart for our state that was present and seen in creativity, revelation, and the desire for His presence? The promises of 150 years ago are in place and still coming to bear upon us in this hour. This state will be changed and go through a reformation! Creativity and revelation will be loosed to change the nation. Iowa will be known as the key place for the nation once again.

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Qualities of Honorable Men & Women:

1. Those in the same covenant and who participate in the same destiny commitment to finishing the same destiny. Connected uniquely by sacrifice to be in covenant.

2. Those who will go out in battle for each other and battle with us to fight our enemies. Helping others fight creates the right heart attitude allowing freedom to interact in the Spirit to accomplish the task. They risk their own lives for the dreams of others because they value them and wish to unlock them.

3. Those who become a part of the strategy for Kingdom advancement using different strengths as the strategy calls for it. People who join for Kingdom purposes and use their resources not for their own empire and Saul structures but for the entire Body to benefit. Visionary!

4. Those who exercise their limited authority but understand multiplied authority with peers. They understand the boundaries of authority and do not overstep them.

5. People that receive the leadership of Fathers. They treat leaders as they would a father rather than dishonor them as well as God. True sons and daughters that walk a narrower pathway than others uniquely connected to the leadership.

6. Those that know they are bought with a price and recognize that considerable investment has been made into their lives. Honorable men and women are those who allow the investment and work to bring a return.

7. Those committed to building the Kingdom together. They labor to the pattern already in heaven and have a sure identity that allows them to belong.