The Voices
Bishop Bill Hamon
Dr. Bill Hamon is an American Charismatic minister, founder (1967) and Bishop of Christian International Ministries Network (CI), and one of the foundational architects of the modern apostolic-prophetic movement.
Short bio
Dr. Bill Hamon is an American Charismatic minister, founder (1967) and Bishop of Christian International Ministries Network (CI), and one of the foundational architects of the modern apostolic-prophetic movement. He has functioned in prophetic ministry for 60+ years, has prophesied personally to 50,000+ individuals (per CI's documentation), and has provided prophetic-ministry training for 250,000+ through CI's curriculum and certification programs. CI operates on five continents and oversees 3,000+ ministers and churches. He is the father-in-law of Jane Hamon (Tier 1) and Tom Hamon, who lead Vision Church @ Christian International (Santa Rosa Beach, FL). He authored multiple books on prophetic ministry and apostolic-prophetic theology including the *Eternal Church* trilogy / quartet, *Prophets and Personal Prophecy*, *Apostles, Prophets and the Coming Moves of God*, and *Day of the Saints: Equipping Believers for Their Revolutionary Role in Ministry* (2002).
What they believed
- Cessation — Strong continuationist; all gifts and offices operative. Foundational architectural voice for modern continuationist NAR-stream.
- Fivefold Ministry Today — All five offices (apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher per Ephesians 4:11) operative today. Apostolic-prophetic-foundation precedes evangelist-pastor-teacher functions in proper church government.
- Already Not Yet Balance — Strong "already" emphasis — the church is to advance the kingdom now through restored fivefold ministry. The "not yet" is real but the framework leans victorious-eschatology operationally.
- Apostolic Office Today — Both offices fully operative, foundational-and-ongoing per Ephesians 2:20 / 4:11. Hamon's framework is one of the most-systematized articulations of the modern restoration-of-fivefold-ministry doctrine; CI's apostolic-network covering-and-accountability framework operationalizes the doctrine.
- Priesthood of All Believers Emphasis — Strong; *Day of the Saints* (2002) is the load-bearing articulation that every believer is equipped and released for supernatural ministry, not just five-fold-office-holders.
- Private Revelation Status — Personal prophetic words are real revelatory communication subject to scriptural validation. Prophets and Personal Prophecy (1987) articulates testing-criteria framework. Specific prophetic accuracy is contested; CI's accountability framework is meant to address this.
Notable works
3 listed
| Title | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prophets and Personal Prophecy: God's Prophetic Voice Today | 1987 | Hamon's foundational text on prophetic ministry; standard CI-network text. |
| Apostles, Prophets and the Coming Moves of God | 1997 | Hamon's articulation of the apostolic-and-prophetic-restoration framework as foundational for the church's contemporary mission. |
| Day of the Saints: Equipping Believers for Their Revolutionary Role in Ministry | 2002 | Hamon's articulation of the next-restoration-phase: every-believer-functioning-in-supernatural-ministry. Foundational for CI's broader equipping ministry. |