In 2019 our global family of churches was given a prophetic word about "a new era" that was ahead, unlike anything we'd seen before. As we emerge from a global pandemic we believe it is time to embrace the "new era" that is upon us, and in part that means embracing the concept of a participatory church body, in which teachers, pastors, evangelists, prophetic voices and apostolic leaders all function in tandem to see the church flourish in the world.