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Subject: The Quiet Neglect of the Ministry of the Blacksmith
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Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, =
for the Philistines said, =E2=80=98Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.=
=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 1 Samuel 13:19 NKJV
The Forgotten Forge
A blacksmith is one who makes weapons, tools, and instruments of precision =
by fire, pressure, and patience. In spiritual terms, the blacksmith is the =
theological educator=E2=80=94the forgotten artisan of the Kingdom, quietly =
shaping God=E2=80=99s vessels for battle.
=E2=80=9CHe will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver=E2=80=A6 That th=
ey may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 M=
alachi 3:3
No denomination can rise above the spiritual depth of its ministers. And no=
 minister can exceed the quality of the hands that shaped him for service. =
As Jesus said, =E2=80=9CNo student is above his teacher.=E2=80=9D
The spiritual future of the Church=E2=80=94her pulpits, her preachers, her =
leaders=E2=80=94is forged in seminaries, theological colleges, and Bible sc=
hools. These are the foundries of divine preparation, and the theological e=
ducator is the blacksmith of Israel=E2=80=94called to shape and sharpen God=
=E2=80=99s battle-axes and threshing tools for the crises of this generatio=
n.
A Missing Ministry
In Saul=E2=80=99s day, Israel faced a national crisis not just of weaponry,=
 but of preparation: there was no blacksmith in the land.
The Philistines had executed a quiet but devastating strategy: remove the b=
lacksmiths, and the soldiers are rendered powerless. Eliminate the preparat=
ion, and the people become prey.
This was not accidental. It was intentional.
And today, the same quiet dismantling is happening within the Church.
There is a quiet discouragement of the ministry of those called to make wea=
pons of war. There is a subtle devaluing of those who prepare the tools and=
 sharpen the edge=E2=80=94those who labor to shape the servants of God.
The Church may not say it with words, but our actions=E2=80=94our budgets, =
our platforms, and our priorities=E2=80=94declare loudly: We do not need th=
e forge.
Ministers are launched without ever being refined. Platforms are handed out=
 without the fire of formation. Seminaries are treated as graveyards of pas=
sion rather than nurseries of spiritual authority.
A Testimony from the Furnace
As someone who serves within the training arms of the Church=E2=80=94as a m=
issionary lecturer and theological educator=E2=80=94I can testify that the =
neglect is not imagined.
I've seen firsthand how the Church leadership often fails to encourage gift=
ed, called individuals to pursue serious preparation. Many see no value in =
formal training. Some outright ridicule the ministry of the blacksmith. The=
 message is subtle but devastating: =E2=80=9CWhy bother? Just go and start.=
=E2=80=9D
And so, we=E2=80=99ve churned out many half-baked ministers. Passionate but=
 unshaped. Loud but unrooted. And now, a new generation sees these untraine=
d voices as models. They follow their zeal without following their discipli=
ne.
And the place where strong instruments are meant to be forged has become de=
serted=E2=80=94polluted by neglect and discredited by ignorance.
What is happening, though silent, is nothing less than spiritual sabotage.
=E2=80=9CYou are My battle-axe and weapons of war.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 Jerem=
iah 51:20
But where are these battle-axes forged? Where are they sharpened? Where wil=
l their teeth be set?
Who will teach them not just how to talk, but how to preach with weight? No=
t just how to lead, but how to bleed in intercession?
A Global Warning
Around the world, we=E2=80=99re now importing strategies from the world to =
train men for spiritual battle=E2=80=94consulting marketers instead of call=
ing mentors. And we are paying dearly for it. Not just financially, but spi=
ritually.
Israel went down to the Philistines to have their tools sharpened (1 Samuel=
 13:20=E2=80=9321). In like manner, we now rely on secular institutions to =
craft what only the fire of the Spirit can refine.
And with every sharpened tool from foreign fires, we increase the net worth=
 of the world but impoverish the Church.
This isn=E2=80=99t just a local problem=E2=80=94it=E2=80=99s a global spiri=
tual emergency.
When Satan Strikes the Forge
When the devil wants to exterminate the Church, he does not begin with the =
pew. He begins with the pulpit. And to weaken the pulpit, he extinguishes t=
he furnace where God=E2=80=99s instruments are made.
Let us not be deceived: eloquence without depth is no weapon. Influence wit=
hout intimacy is no threat to hell. We are facing a future where the pulpit=
 may be packed, but the forge is forgotten=E2=80=94and the Church will be d=
efeated in the day of battle.
We must return to the forge. We must reignite the fires. We must honor agai=
n the ministry of the blacksmith.
Let us pray:
Prayer Points
Lord, uproot every person or ideology planted in the Church to frustrate th=
e ministry of the blacksmith.
Father, revive the training arms of the Church. Let the seminaries and scho=
ols of ministry become places of fire again.
Frustrate the plans of those assigned by hell to dismantle or corrupt our t=
raining institutions.
Raise a new generation of blacksmiths who will shape vessels of honor and p=
repare warriors for Your end-time army.
Thank you for praying!
Your brother,
Oluwaseun Folarin
Oluwaseun Folarin is a Nigerian missionary trainer and theological educator=
 with a deep passion for connecting God=E2=80=99s people to His global purp=
ose. He serves at the Redeemed College of Missions in Ede, equipping cross-=
cultural missionaries for the Redeemed Christian Church of God and beyond. =
He also co-founded Mission Awareness Outreach, a platform dedicated to mobi=
lizing the Body of Christ for world evangelization.
His ministry focuses on mission training, advocacy, empowerment, and discip=
leship=E2=80=94particularly in underserved and challenging terrains across =
Africa. At heart, he is a voice calling sinners to salvation and saints to =
mission. He is joyfully married to Mosunmola Folarin, and they are blessed =
with two children.

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height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.375em;">The Forgotten Forge</h3><p style=3D"mar=
gin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">A =
blacksmith is one who makes weapons, tools, and instruments of precision by=
 fire, pressure, and patience. In spiritual terms, the blacksmith is the th=
eological educator&#8212;the forgotten artisan of the Kingdom, quietly shap=
ing God&#8217;s vessels for battle.</p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4p=
x solid #1e1b4b;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;=
color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">=
<span>&#8220;He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver&#8230; That =
they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.&#8221; &#8212; </s=
pan><em>Malachi 3:3</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;col=
or: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>No denomination=
 can rise above the spiritual depth of its ministers. And no minister can e=
xceed the quality of the hands that shaped him for service. As Jesus said, =
</span><em>&#8220;No student is above his teacher.&#8221;</em></p><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16=
px;">The spiritual future of the Church&#8212;her pulpits, her preachers, h=
er leaders&#8212;is forged in seminaries, theological colleges, and Bible s=
chools. These are the foundries of divine preparation, and the theological =
educator is the blacksmith of Israel&#8212;called to shape and sharpen God&=
#8217;s battle-axes and threshing tools for the crises of this generation.<=
/p><h3 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;--highlight=
-bg: oklch(from var(--color-bg-accent-themed) l c h / 0.2);font-family: 'SF=
 Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystem=
Font,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Sego=
e UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: ant=
ialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizel=
egibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibilit=
y;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-siz=
e: 1.375em;">A Missing Ministry</h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: r=
gb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>In Saul&#8217;s day,=
 Israel faced a national crisis not just of weaponry, but of preparation: <=
/span><em>there was no blacksmith in the land.</em></p><p style=3D"margin: =
0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The Phi=
listines had executed a quiet but devastating strategy: remove the blacksmi=
ths, and the soldiers are rendered powerless. Eliminate the preparation, an=
d the people become prey.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,5=
5,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">This was not accidental. It was i=
ntentional.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-hei=
ght: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And today, the same quiet dismantling is happen=
ing within the Church.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,5=
5);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">There is a quiet discouragement of t=
he ministry of those called to make weapons of war. There is a subtle deval=
uing of those who prepare the tools and sharpen the edge&#8212;those who la=
bor to shape the servants of God.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: =
rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>The Church may not =
say it with words, but our actions&#8212;our budgets, our platforms, and ou=
r priorities&#8212;declare loudly: </span><em>We do not need the forge.</em=
></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;=
font-size: 16px;">Ministers are launched without ever being refined. Platfo=
rms are handed out without the fire of formation. Seminaries are treated as=
 graveyards of passion rather than nurseries of spiritual authority.</p><h3=
 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;--highlight-bg: o=
klch(from var(--color-bg-accent-themed) l c h / 0.2);font-family: 'SF Pro D=
isplay',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'=
Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI E=
moji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialias=
ed;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibil=
ity;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;marg=
in: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.3=
75em;">A Testimony from the Furnace</h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;colo=
r: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">As someone who serves =
within the training arms of the Church&#8212;as a missionary lecturer and t=
heological educator&#8212;I can testify that the neglect is not imagined.</=
p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fon=
t-size: 16px;">I've seen firsthand how the Church leadership often fails to=
 encourage gifted, called individuals to pursue serious preparation. Many s=
ee no value in formal training. Some outright ridicule the ministry of the =
blacksmith. The message is subtle but devastating: &#8220;Why bother? Just =
go and start.&#8221;</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55)=
;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And so, we&#8217;ve churned out many h=
alf-baked ministers. Passionate but unshaped. Loud but unrooted. And now, a=
 new generation sees these untrained voices as models. They follow their ze=
al without following their discipline.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;co=
lor: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And the place where =
strong instruments are meant to be forged has become deserted&#8212;pollute=
d by neglect and discredited by ignorance.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px =
0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">What is happenin=
g, though silent, is nothing less than spiritual sabotage.</p><blockquote s=
tyle=3D"border-left: 4px solid #1e1b4b;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: =
26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>&#8220;You are My battle-axe and weapons of wa=
r.&#8221; &#8212; </span><em>Jeremiah 51:20</em></p></blockquote><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16=
px;">But where are these battle-axes forged? Where are they sharpened? Wher=
e will their teeth be set?</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,=
55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Who will teach them not just how=
 to talk, but how to preach with weight? Not just how to lead, but how to b=
leed in intercession?</p><h3 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position=
: relative;--highlight-bg: oklch(from var(--color-bg-accent-themed) l c h /=
 0.2);font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple=
-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Ap=
ple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webk=
it-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit=
-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appeara=
nce: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-h=
eight: 1.16em;font-size: 1.375em;">A Global Warning</h3><p style=3D"margin:=
 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Around=
 the world, we&#8217;re now importing strategies from the world to train me=
n for spiritual battle&#8212;consulting marketers instead of calling mentor=
s. And we are paying dearly for it. Not just financially, but spiritually.<=
/p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fo=
nt-size: 16px;">Israel went down to the Philistines to have their tools sha=
rpened (1 Samuel 13:20&#8211;21). In like manner, we now rely on secular in=
stitutions to craft what only the fire of the Spirit can refine.</p><p styl=
e=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 1=
6px;">And with every sharpened tool from foreign fires, we increase the net=
 worth of the world but impoverish the Church.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 2=
0px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">This isn&#82=
17;t just a local problem&#8212;it&#8217;s a global spiritual emergency.</p=
><h3 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;--highlight-b=
g: oklch(from var(--color-bg-accent-themed) l c h / 0.2);font-family: 'SF P=
ro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFo=
nt,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe =
UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antia=
liased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizeleg=
ibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;=
margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size:=
 1.375em;">When Satan Strikes the Forge</h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;=
color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">When the devil wan=
ts to exterminate the Church, he does not begin with the pew. He begins wit=
h the pulpit. And to weaken the pulpit, he extinguishes the furnace where G=
od&#8217;s instruments are made.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: r=
gb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Let us not be deceived: el=
oquence without depth is no weapon. Influence without intimacy is no threat=
 to hell. We are facing a future where the pulpit may be packed, but the fo=
rge is forgotten&#8212;and the Church will be defeated in the day of battle=
=2E</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;co=
lor: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;=
font-size: 16px;">We must return to the forge. We must reignite the fires. =
We must honor again the ministry of the blacksmith.</p><p style=3D"margin: =
0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Let us =
pray:</p><h3 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;--hig=
hlight-bg: oklch(from var(--color-bg-accent-themed) l c h / 0.2);font-famil=
y: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMac=
SystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji'=
,'Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothin=
g: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: opt=
imizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizeleg=
ibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;fo=
nt-size: 1.375em;">Prayer Points</h3><ol style=3D"margin-top: 0;padding: 0;=
"><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line=
-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;fon=
t-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Lord, uproot every person or ideology planted in t=
he Church to frustrate the ministry of the blacksmith.</p></li><li style=3D=
"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;=
margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;m=
argin: 0;">Father, revive the training arms of the Church. Let the seminari=
es and schools of ministry become places of fire again.</p></li><li style=
=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26=
px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16p=
x;margin: 0;">Frustrate the plans of those assigned by hell to dismantle or=
 corrupt our training institutions.</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32=
px;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;bo=
x-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Raise a =
new generation of blacksmiths who will shape vessels of honor and prepare w=
arriors for Your end-time army.</p></li></ol><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0=
;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Thank you for pra=
ying!</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 2=
6px;font-size: 16px;"><em>Your brother,</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20p=
x 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><strong>Oluwas=
eun Folarin</strong></p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px;"><=
hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #e6e6e6;borde=
r: none;"></div><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-he=
ight: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><em>Oluwaseun Folarin is a Nigerian missionary=
 trainer and theological educator with a deep passion for connecting God&#8=
217;s people to His global purpose. He serves at the Redeemed College of Mi=
ssions in Ede, equipping cross-cultural missionaries for the Redeemed Chris=
tian Church of God and beyond. He also co-founded Mission Awareness Outreac=
h, a platform dedicated to mobilizing the Body of Christ for world evangeli=
zation.</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-he=
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advocacy, empowerment, and discipleship&#8212;particularly in underserved a=
nd challenging terrains across Africa. At heart, he is a voice calling sinn=
ers to salvation and saints to mission. He is joyfully married to Mosunmola=
 Folarin, and they are blessed with two children.</em></p><div style=3D"fon=
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