Cindy Jacobs (born August 1951) is an American Independent Charismatic

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, speaker, author and teacher, and member of C. Peter Wagner's

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movement. With her husband, Mike Jacobs, she cofounded Generals International, a prayer and

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organization, in 1985. The couple has two children, Daniel and Kyrin. She has been called "one of the most influential American prophets" by ''

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Early life and education

Jacobs was born in

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, and grew up in a Baptist family. From a young age, Jacobs felt she was supernaturally gifted; she also states that when she was only nine years old, she heard a call from God to read

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:8, and that this was decisive for her future as an international speaker. She attended

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, where she began to engage in aspects of

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belief such as

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. In 1973 she married Mike Jacobs. Two years later, she earned a B.A. in Music from

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, Malibu,

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. In her 30s, while involved in Latter Rain circles, Jacobs began to prophesy and preach.

Career

Part of the

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movement – more specifically C. Peter Wagner's

(NAR) – Jacobs was highly influential upon Wagner's views on

, which have propagated throughout the NAR and to some extent into evangelicalism. In 1985, Jacobs and her husband founded Generals of Intercession (now Generals International), a prayer and spiritual warfare organization. Since 1999, Jacobs has been a

at Wagner's Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders, along with

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, Mike Bickle, and others. She is also part of other evangelical organizations and movements, such as Global Prophetic Consultation and

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Publications

Jacobs has written several books, including the bestsellers ''Possessing the Gates of the Enemy'', ''The Voice of God'' and ''Women Rise Up!'', and is the editor of the Women of Destiny Bible.

Trump prophecy

A fervent supporter of

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, Jacobs said in an interview with Sid Roth that the number (20)17 (the year Trump began his administration) meant "complete victory". Additionally, the year 5777 in the

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(equivalent to 2016–2017 in the

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) would be the year of the "crowned sword", meaning the coming of a great authority, where the "sword of God" would cut off and all the evil intentions of "our enemies". She cited several

s who had predicted that Trump would begin his administration at age 70, and that in fact, he was inaugurated at 70 years, seven months and seven days; that Trump would have been called by God to take over the United States government and that he would be

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Word of the Lord 2024

General International, an evangelistic organization created by Cindy Jacobs, published in its "Word of the Lord 2024" a warning for the

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. The warning is part of a compilation of supposed messages received from the

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, by a group of 200

s from around the world, which would be "representative of different ethnicities and socioeconomic groups". The message says:

Controversies

* In his book ''Hard-Core Idolatry: Facing the Facts'', C. Peter Wagner describes that the

came to Cindy Jacobs and "told her that in

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city of] Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia they must burn the idols, like the magicians did in Ephesus. Ed Silvoso, Cindy Jacobs and the Resistencia pastors agreed". The list of items to be burned: * In March 2020, Jacobs led a global day of prayer "to end

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". In November 2019, she and other prophets held a meeting in

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; none predicted the coming of the

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. * On January 6, 2021, Cindy Jacobs was in front of the

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, "where she and others prayed, prophesied and sang songs" as the building was attacked.

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