(Blog) Kingdom Prophetic Society & Kingdom Ordination - Ep. 978 - September 18, 2026

Kingdom Ordination and Every Believer's Ministry

Every born-again believer has a place in the work of ministry. Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland believe many people carry a God-given gift and assignment without yet recognizing or naming it.

Kingdom Prophetic Society is moving toward a more active effort to identify, equip, recognize, and ordain those ministries. The work begins with taking God's calling, the Holy Spirit's promptings, and opportunities to serve seriously.

Kingdom Prophetic Society Is Entering a New Chapter

Kingdom Prophetic Society began around 2005 during the Shiloh days. Smith said he felt the Lord directing him to establish a society for prophetically minded, Kingdom-focused men and women, particularly for the end-time prophetic movement.

For years, the society has held teachings, written articles, blogs, podcasts, and episodes of The Smith and Rowland Show. It has been a place where Smith and Rowland store and share material they have developed over time.

A growing body of members

During the conversation, they checked the membership count and found that Kingdom Prophetic Society had 837 members. Earlier in the discussion, they estimated the number at somewhere between 900 and 1,000 members worldwide.

However, Smith and Rowland said people did not join only to access articles, teaching, or videos. They believe members are there to be equipped for the work of ministry.

Resources and information are available through Kingdom Prophetic Society.

A planned fellowship of ministries

The society is preparing for a more interactive role through a planned fellowship of ministries. A person may be a member of Kingdom Prophetic Society and also participate in this fellowship.

Jason Barr and Karen Elliott serve on the board with Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland. Together, they expect to expand the society's work of connecting, recognizing, and supporting people in their areas of ministry.

Every Believer Has a Ministry Assignment

Smith and Rowland's central conviction is direct: every born-again believer has a spiritual gift, a calling, and a ministry assignment. God places each person in the body as He pleases, and that placement has purpose.

They believe their own assignment includes helping people within their influence recognize the gifts God has placed within them and respond to a call into ministry.

The saints are equipped to minister

Smith and Rowland referred to the biblical teaching that God gave apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. Their conclusion is that the saints themselves are ministers of the gospel of the grace of God.

The person behind the pulpit does not carry the entire work. Smith described the people in the congregation as the ones "what it's all about." The body of Christ includes people who preach, teach, pray, worship, disciple, help, encourage, and meet practical needs.

The people of God are not passive observers. They are ministers called to do the work of ministry.

Ministry opportunities are not accidents

A calling is purposeful. Smith and Rowland warned that believers can take their callings, spiritual gifts, and the promptings of the Holy Spirit too lightly. When a ministry opportunity appears, people may dismiss it as coincidence or happenstance.

They described those moments as divine arrangements and appointments prepared by God for believers who have been equipped to meet a need. As people become aware of those opportunities and act on them, more doors for ministry may open.

Naming the Ministry God Has Placed Within You

Some believers say they do not have a ministry. Smith said that, in his experience, people who pray and ask God for the name of a ministry often come back with one.

He used the picture of a newborn child. People do not have a baby and leave the child unnamed. In the same way, many people in congregations may have a ministry "baby" within them that they have not identified.

Recognition brings responsibility

When a ministry receives a name, Smith said, a person begins to own it. They care for it, watch over it, and become willing to give themselves to it.

A ministry that is recognized can be cared for, developed, and carried faithfully.

Smith connected that commitment to the example of Paul and the twelve disciples, who gave their lives to the work God placed within them.

Ministry assignments differ

Smith and Rowland believe everyone is called to preach in the broad sense of telling others what the Lord has done. Yet they also stressed that individual assignments differ.

Smith described a man who believed God had called him to marry people. When Smith asked what the man saw himself doing, he answered that he would perform weddings. That became his work, moving from one wedding to another when couples needed a minister.

Other ministry assignments named in the discussion included:

• Preaching and teaching
• Worship and music
• Intercession
• Helps and practical service
• Discipleship
• Community-building work

The Church Must Recognize and Empower Ministry

Kingdom Prophetic Society wants to help call people into ministry, including through ordination as ministers of the gospel, ministers of music, ministers of intercession, or ministers of helps.

Smith recalled the Shiloh days, when one fellowship included between 500 and 600 ministries around the world. That experience shaped their understanding that the people in a congregation carry tremendous worth and responsibility.

Recognition belongs to the body

Smith and Rowland made a distinction between declaring one's own importance and receiving recognition from the body of Christ. A person can tell others who they are and what they do, but their words carry greater weight when someone else who knows them confirms the work God has placed in their life.

The body recognizes a person's ministry through relationship, observation, and agreement with God's call. That recognition can encourage the person and give support to the work they are already doing.

See people according to their calling

Rowland urged believers to recognize one another for what they do for the Lord rather than only seeing each other in "our flesh suit." Smith added that when people recognize God's call on someone's life, they can call that person out of what is unhealthy or destructive and into a glory they may not yet see.

This mutual recognition matters because ministry needs encouragement, accountability, and room to grow within the body.

Ordination Means Being Set Apart for God's Service

Smith and Rowland described biblical ordination as officially setting apart individuals for God's service through prayer, public recognition, and the laying on of hands.

They connected ordination with separation, consecration, sanctification, and a call to serve. In their understanding, ordination does not create a calling that was absent. It agrees with what God has already done.

Ordination is an agreement with what God has already placed on a person's life.

Ordination follows time with Christ

In Mark 3:14, Jesus ordained twelve men. Smith and Rowland emphasized the order in that passage: Jesus set them apart first to be with Him, and then He sent them out to preach.

Being with Christ came before the outward work. They agreed that the presence of God must lead to a purpose, because the disciples were with Jesus so that He could send them forth.

The emphasis on God's presence must therefore be joined to the call to serve. Smith and Rowland believe every believer should be set apart in the particular area of ministry God has assigned.

Ordination carries reverence and responsibility

They rejected the idea that ordination is a casual title or an empty religious word. Smith called it a "heavy-duty deal" that carries purpose, procedure, potential, and enormous possibilities.

Ordination is a serious act of submitting to God's call. It requires a person to say yes to what God has already placed on their life, while allowing the church to recognize and agree with that calling.

Biblical Examples of Ordination

Smith and Rowland drew on several biblical passages to describe ordination as a recurring pattern of calling, consecration, service, prayer, and spiritual responsibility.

Chosen and ordained to bear fruit

Rowland cited John 15:16: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you." He connected this verse to the belief that God chooses and sets people apart for a particular service.

The verse also says believers are ordained to go and bring forth fruit. Ministry begins with God's choice, then moves outward into service.

Smith also referred to Jesus as one "ordained of God" to be the judge of the living and the dead. At Jesus' baptism, the heavens opened, the Spirit of God descended like a dove, and the Father spoke of His beloved Son. Smith viewed that moment as part of Jesus' setting apart before the Holy Spirit led Him into ministry.

Anointed, ordained, and consecrated

Exodus 28:41 describes Aaron and his sons being anointed, ordained, and consecrated so they could serve God as priests.

For Smith and Rowland, the passage joins ordination directly to service. The language of consecration, separation, and sanctification describes people who have been set apart for God's work.

Moses and the seventy elders

Smith referred to Numbers 11, where God instructed Moses to gather seventy elders so they could share the burden of leadership. He described their setting apart as ordination to carry part of the load.

Rowland connected this account to differing levels of responsibility among leaders: captains over thousands, hundreds, and tens. Each person had an area of jurisdiction, and those with greater numbers under their care did not take over the work assigned to those responsible for smaller groups.

The lesson, in their view, is that believers have different assignments. Ministry requires respect for the area God has given another person.

Elders ordained in every church

Acts 14:23 describes elders being ordained in every church, with prayer and fasting, then being commended to the Lord. Rowland said the verse carries weight because ordination took time and involved prayerful trust in God.

The church could commend these people to the Lord because it recognized their calling, empowerment, gifts, and contribution to the strength, exhortation, and encouragement of the congregation.

Ordination Includes Prayer, Impartation, and Faithfulness

Smith and Rowland believe ordination can involve spiritual impartation. When peers and church leaders recognize God's call, lay hands on a person, and pray, they believe the Holy Spirit can bring encouragement, empowerment, and a fresh awareness of that ministry assignment.

Smith connected this idea to D. L. Moody and Jack Hyles, both of whom he said spoke about encounters with the Holy Spirit's power.

The need for the Holy Spirit's power

Smith recounted how Jack Hyles went to the gravesite of his father, who had died a drunkard's death. Though Hyles was already pastoring, Smith said he spent three days there praying that he could not return to the pulpit without the power of the Holy Spirit.

The death of his father weighed on him because he had not been able to reach him. Hyles' prayer, as Smith recounted it, was that ministry without the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit would be in vain.

Smith and Rowland connected this need for God's power with ordination. They believe that recognition and laying on of hands can accompany an impartation from the Holy Spirit.

The ordination of Smith's brother Doug

Smith remembered his brother Doug's ordination at Spring City Baptist Church in Lebanon, Virginia. Doug was about 16 years old, and around 16 preachers gathered for the occasion before a crowd of approximately 350 to 400 people.

Doug had to preach, then answer doctrinal questions from the ministers. He did not know in advance what they would ask, but he had to explain what he believed and stand proficiently before them.

Afterward, the ministers gathered around him, laid hands on him, and prayed for protection, encouragement, and challenge. A preacher then delivered a public charge to Doug about faithfulness to God's call, the consequences of faithfulness or unfaithfulness, and the marks that would identify a faithful ministry.

Practical Service Is Kingdom Ministry

Ministry includes public preaching and teaching, but Smith and Rowland also spoke plainly about practical work. A person who prepares a meal for someone who is hungry or does laundry for someone unable to do it is doing Kingdom work.

Smith said people who are gifted in that kind of service need recognition. He believes some should be ordained to ministries of helps because they carry that work with skill and faithfulness.

The ministry areas they want to recognize

Kingdom Prophetic Society wants to help identify and support many kinds of ministry. Smith and Rowland described a future in which they could connect people with recognized, God-ordained servants in several areas:

• Intercessors who pray on behalf of others and seek God.
• Worship ministers who lead people nearer to God's presence.
• Preachers who proclaim the gospel.
• Teachers and disciple-makers who help believers grow.
• Ministers of helps who meet practical needs.
• People who build God-ordained community.

Smith and Rowland described this vision in simple terms: "We got an army." They want Kingdom Prophetic Society and its planned fellowship of ministries to become a place where people can find recognized ministries equipped to serve the wider body of Christ.

Moving Toward a Fellowship of Ministries

The fellowship of ministries is not only about collecting names or granting titles. Smith and Rowland see it as a way to identify people who take their work for God seriously, whether that work involves preaching, worship, intercession, teaching, discipleship, community, or practical help.

They believe ordination will separate those who treat church life casually from those who accept the responsibility of serving God faithfully.

A call to take ministry seriously

For Smith, the development of an ordination process is the beginning of what Kingdom Prophetic Society is called to do. He expects the understanding of that work to grow as the society moves forward.

The goal is to recognize the calling of God on believers, encourage them to accept their assignment, pray for them, and help them remain faithful in the work entrusted to them.

Those interested in Kingdom Prophetic Society, its teachings, or the planned fellowship of ministries can visit the Kingdom Prophetic Society website. Smith and Rowland also invite discussion topics and ministry inquiries through smithandrowland@gmail.com.

A Ministry Is a Call to Faithful Service

Kingdom Prophetic Society approaches ordination as a serious agreement with God's call on a believer's life. Prayer, fasting, public recognition, laying on of hands, and a charge to remain faithful all belong to that understanding.

The strongest point in Smith and Rowland's discussion is that every believer has a ministry. Some assignments may be public, while others may involve prayer, music, practical care, teaching, or community. Each one deserves recognition, support, and faithfulness before God.

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