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Books, sounds and tools for builders.

Everything here was written on planes, in green rooms and at the kitchen table. Pick one up and put it to work.

Library

Written to be carried.

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  • First page

    The first thing I learned about cities is that they are not asleep. They are waiting. Every neighborhood has a gate, a place where one order has ruled a long time, and every gate has a key that does not look like power. In this book I will teach you to read a city the way a physician reads a body: patiently, prayerfully, without flinching.

    Elias Mensah Open Gates How an Apostle Reads a City

    Open Gates

    How an Apostle Reads a City

    A field guide to the spiritual gates of a city and the ordinary people God uses to open them. Part theology, part street map, all practice.

    2019

  • First page

    You will be tempted to treat a word from God like a gift. It is closer to a debt. When the Lord speaks through you, He is not decorating your platform. He is trusting you with someone's next step. Say what you heard, say how sure you are, and then step back and let it become theirs.

    Elias Mensah The Weight of the Word Prophetic Responsibility for Ordinary Obedience

    The Weight of the Word

    Prophetic Responsibility for Ordinary Obedience

    A word from God is closer to a debt than a gift. This is a plain, loving manual for prophets who want to carry the word with integrity.

    2022

  • First page

    Nobody introduced me to my mandate. A man named Pastor Okafor handed me a broom and a ring of keys and said, open the building. I was nineteen. For two years I did nothing but open and close a door, and it was the best apostolic training I ever received.

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    Elias Mensah Sent Ones Raising Sons and Daughters Who Do Not Need a Platform

    Sent Ones

    Raising Sons and Daughters Who Do Not Need a Platform

    On fathering emerging leaders: how to cover them, correct them and let them go. The book behind The Forge.

    2025

Music and teaching series.

  • Hands raised in worship under purple stage lights

    Live worship album · 2025

    Gate City Live

    Eleven songs recorded in one night with four hundred people and no second takes.

  • A studio microphone with headphones

    Teaching series · 2024

    The Forge Sessions

    Twelve teachings on character, covering and calling, recorded with the first Forge class.

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