M16 Ministries

A silent anniversary crept up on me in 2019. This year marks the 10th anniversary of M16 Ministries' 501c3 application and approval. The ministry was born in 2006, but in 2009, it was sufficiently chugging along to go legit. Rather than set off a confetti bottle popper and go "woohoo!", I would rather reflect on the road and challenges of getting to this milestone. I think the new ministers would benefit from a fireside chat on what it took to get to this milestone anniversary. If you stumbled on this page out a rash of boredom and Internet surfing while waiting for your car to be detailed at the car wash let me fill you in on what M16 Ministries is all about.  Rather than click-bait you and make you wait till the end I'll just jump right in - spoiler alert. M16 Ministries is a pioneering ministry in dark spiritual warfare. What does that mean, Reverend Mike? It means the Holy Spirit has raised up a ministry to deal with dark threats and spiritual entanglements be...

In first couple of chapters of 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul talks about the wisdom of God. In verse 2:4, “My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with proof of the power that the (Holy) Spirit gives.” In this context the Apostle Paul was speaking about the power of the works on the cross and the resurrection of Christ to defeat sin. Many times we find in street ministry that the proof of the power the Spirit gives is dispensed in any form God chooses. We had a ministry team from Vanguard University out on the streets of the Haight, this last Thursday night (03/15/12). During one of our ministry stops, as we walked the streets, to disperse food, on this night, we encountered a woman named Sandy. Nearly everyone we encounter on the streets is an addict. Sandy had obviously been using prior to our arrival. She was very coherent, but nonetheless, was high. I remember meeting Sandy as she introduced herself to me as a...

Recently I had the honor to minister with two friends, Rev. Catalina and Cisco. Rev. Catalina and Cisco are the sozo prayer team for their church. Rev. Catalina and I have both been coming across some strange darker torments in Christians during our individual deliverance ministries. I rode shotgun with Rev. Catalina and Cisco on this ministry call. We met at the house of the individual experiencing the torment, whom we'll call Tom. When the three of us arrived, Tom explained to us the situation he was experiencing. Spirits would constantly appear to him and tell him they would harm him. When our prayer team was on the scene, the spirits were threatening to hurt Tom if he tells us anything. What the spirits feared in Rev. Catalina, Cisco, and myself was our empowerment in the Holy Spirit. The spirits wanted Tom to get rid of us. Frequently, during the prayer session, the spirits would interfere and be disruptive. One spirit kept trying to freeze the room and...