Franz & Gerlinde Lippi, B.L.A.S.T. Members
| Both of us born in 1957, Gerlinde found Jesus with fourteen whereas it took Franz 21 years to come to a radical conversion. Since there was no church in the town where Franz lived at that time three young men came together for fellowship and prayer to form at first a housechurch which later grew into a church now known as Exousia Christengemeinde (Exousia Christian Fellowship)in Graz/Austria. Very early when the church still was very small the Lord spoke through a prophetic word that it will become a mother of many churches toward the South and the East. In 1990 the church began to minister into Slovenia serving to plant and establish churches. This expanded later into other Balkan nations as well and a ministry team began to form, which operates now under the name B.L.A.S.T., which means Balkan Loving Apostolic Serving Team, where Franz serves as the team leader under the supervision of Alan Vincent. Whereas Gerlinde is pastoral with a good prophetic gifting as well, Franz is ministering in a prophetic and a teaching gift with an ability to see and formulate stratetic plans. Gerlinde's burden is to establish prophetic worship. Both of us work to see a new generation come forth to break into new dimensions of faith and demonstration of the power of the spirit. Franz gives most of his time to bring forth leaders from teenagers onwards, brings structures into churches, is involved in spiritual warfare prayer (tearing down strongholds of the enemy) and loves to do research in the word of God. |