A free resource for church leaders
A prophecy policy your church can adopt
Eight clauses, written to be pasted into a leadership handbook and adapted to your context. Recording, weighing, and honest correction, settled before you need them.
A four-page A4 PDF: the eight clauses, a signature block for adoption and next review, and a page naming who carries each part.
What is in it
- 1 Welcome — prophetic ministry named as a gift, and stewarded in order
- 2 Recording — every word written down at the time it is given
- 3 Weighing — an appointed team tests each word against Scripture
- 4 Confirmation — a separate step from weighing, in different hands
- 5 Personal words — marriage, family, money, health, handled accountably
- 6 Stewardship — a review rhythm, and fulfilments recorded with thanksgiving
- 7 Correction — missed words acknowledged honestly, never quietly deleted
- 8 Safeguarding — the record is part of your safeguarding practice
The thinking behind the clauses
Each clause has a reason, and the reasons are worth reading before your leadership team adopts anything. The full guidance sits in seven guidelines for prophetic ministry in a local church, and the practice of weighing itself, what 1 Corinthians 14:29 asks of a church and how a discernment team actually works, is covered in the guide to weighing prophecy as a church.
If your church wants to teach this rather than only legislate it, the three free small group courses walk a group through hearing God's voice, weighing what they hear, and holding on to it. Facilitator and participant editions are free to download.
Clause 2 is the one that quietly dies first, because recording needs somewhere to happen. Doxa Groups gives a church one place where members record words with full context, the appointed discernment team weighs each one against Scripture, leaders confirm what the church holds, and fulfilment stories are written when God answers. The roles in the policy map onto it directly, weighers and all, and no single leader can move a word through alone. It is free to start. Doxa never writes or interprets prophetic words: people hear, people record, the team weighs.
Questions church leaders ask
Is the prophecy policy template free?
Yes. Download it, adapt it, and adopt it in your church at no cost. We ask for your name, email, and role so we know who the resource is reaching and can send you the occasional Doxa update. You can unsubscribe anytime.
Can we edit the policy for our church?
That is what it is for. The clauses are written to be pasted into a leadership handbook, and the square brackets mark the decisions your leadership team makes — who confirms a word, and how often confirmed words are reviewed. Strike what does not fit your context.
What does the policy actually cover?
Eight clauses: welcoming prophetic ministry, recording every word at the time it is given, weighing each one against Scripture with an appointed discernment team, confirming separately from weighing, handling personal words about marriage, family, finance, and health accountably, reviewing and recording fulfilments, correcting missed words honestly, and treating the written record as part of safeguarding. A second page names who carries each part.
Does a church need software to use this policy?
No. Some churches keep the record in a notebook with a faithful administrator, and the policy works exactly as written. What a policy needs is a place where the practice actually happens, whatever that place is. Doxa Groups is one option, free to start, where members record words with full context, the discernment team weighs them, and leaders confirm what the church holds.
Does Doxa write or interpret the prophetic words?
Never. People hear, people record, and the appointed discernment team weighs. Doxa holds the record and the process around it, so the words your church has been given stop being lose-able.
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