What is a fireteam?

Fireteams are not fire fighters who extinguish blazes; fireteams start fires.  Like Elijah, they call down the fire of heaven to overcome the evil of the day (See 1 Kings 18:36-39).   They are the basic small-group units in the Kingdom Campaign that learn how to pray with a greater kingdom focus, and then, once a month, they meet to do it together.

In the marines, a combat fireteam consists of a leader (the Corporal) and three riflemen (Privates). The primary task of the Corporal is to see that his team hit the most strategic targets with the greatest accuracy. Four persons on patrol in enemy territory can watch in all directions, forward, the rear, the right and the left.  And if they must engage in hand-to-hand combat, standing back-to-back, they can protect each other's backs.

Four-person groups appear to be significant in the life of Christ. Also the four lists of the twelve apostles are divided into three groups of four men each. In all the lists, Peter heads the first group, Philip, the second group, and James (of Alphaeus) the third group. In all the lists each group has the same persons, but after the first name there is variety in the order.  From this it appears that Jesus divided the twelve into three groups of four, each with its leader.

The Kingdom Campaign strategy is also built on the concept of a fireteam as the basic unit for achieving victory in spiritual warfare. Each fireteam is composed of four believers, one leader and three learners. The leader is responsible to see that the team properly uses their super weapon, kingdom-focused prayer, to repeatedly and consistently hit the most strategic targets.

Usually team members are of the same gender (because of the level of intimacy which develops through the process). However, sometimes (especially in the first stage of the campaign) the team may be composed of two couples.  Whenever couples form a fireteam, before they begin their training, each member must be committed to recruit and lead a fireteam of their own gender in the next stage.

The inspired Apostle Paul declares that when diverse people, such as Jews and Gentiles, show oneness in Christ, when they become, as it were, in Christ, a race of many races, the principalities and powers whose great desire is to destroy by dividing and fostering discord, are forced to acknowledge God's sovereign wisdom and power (See Ephesians 3:8-11). Therefore, we encourage leaders to recruit diverse people, young and old, rich and poor, educated and uneducated, and multiethnic team members  from various local church and denominational backgrounds.