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March 26, 2006
To Whom It May Concern:
I have personally known Patricia since 2002 when she first came to minister at LifeWay with her Glory School training seminar.
Since that time she has brought a number of seminars to LifeWay including “The Faith Connection,” “Prophetic Bootcamp,” and “The
Glory School” (twice more) and “The Glory to Glory School” twice. The fruit I have seen from these training seminars within our
congregation has been significant. I have witnessed the faith within our congregation and the desire of our membership to grow in
intimacy with the Lord increase. I have had people outside of our congregation contact me and thank me for hosting Patricia. Many have
commented how these seminars have changed their lives and opened their eyes to their potential in God's kingdom.
One of the initial things that impressed me the most about Patricia was her desire for integrity in her ministry and in her
teachings. In fact, while having lunch with her one day we were discussing a couple of points of her Glory School teaching that some
pastors and theologians found controversial and she determined to remove those elements from her school until she had approval from
her advisory board (who are made up of theologians and leading pastors in Canada and America) to put theses topics back into her
teachings even though she felt she had a biblical basis for what she was teaching. I found her integrity and humility concerning how
she was approaching these controversies refreshingly Christian.
Another aspect of her ministry that has impressed me is her openness with the people who attend her seminars and conferences.
She carries herself as a humble servant, not as one who is aloof and distant from the people. She is always willing to meet with the
people and minister to them. She has imparted these qualities to her team as well. Whenever Extreme Prophetic has used our building
for their conferences their team has always been courteous to my staff and has gone out of their way to make sure everything has been
cleaned up and put back before they leave.
Finally, and maybe the most important aspect of her ministry is her obvious devotion to Jesus and the promulgation of His gospel
to this area and beyond. Patricia's heart is to see the world won for Christ and His name to be glorified. I cannot remember a time
in one of her conferences where the gospel message has not been clearly spoken. Her desire and her passion to see everyone who attends
her meetings to experience the height, depth, and breadth of Jesus and his kingdom is infectious. I have walked out of some of her
meeting in awe of the revelation in her teaching. I also admit that some of her teachings have stretched my understanding of the
scriptures. However, in every case where I have been stretched and have sought the Lord myself, I have come away confident that
nothing I heard or received was unsound or extra-biblical. To date I have found nothing within Patricia's teaching or ministry that
has produced “bad fruit.”
I applaud Patricia King and Extreme Prophetic for their commitment to advancing the Kingdom of God in new and challenging ways.
The forerunning spirit of John the Baptist is strong in her ministry. Like many things that are new and challenging to the status
quo it may be difficult for some to receive her ministry. However, may I humbly suggest that for all the forerunners the Lord is
bringing forth in these last days that we take the attitude of the Bereans (Acts 17:10) and the advice of Gamaliel (Acts 5:33-39)
and seek “the wisdom that is from above [which] is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy (James 3:17-18 NKJV) when examining these emerging ministries. As the Lord Himself
said, “by their fruits you will know them.” (Matt. 7:20)
Humbly submitted,
Cory McClure
Senior Pastor
LifeWay Christian Fellowship Int'l
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