School of the Prophets

Welcome to The School of the Prophets overseen by GCU Senior Chaplain Shelly Tjapkes

Shelly’s Bio

Shelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing therapy for individuals, adolescents, children, and families. She has extensive experience helping clients heal from sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, as well as those struggling with anxiety and depression.

Trained in Trauma Therapy and EMDR, Shelly integrates sensorimotor psychotherapy to promote whole-body healing. She holds a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University and a Bachelor’s in Biblical Theology with an emphasis in Christian Counseling from Vision University. Shelly has spoken at national conferences on supporting parents of sexually abused children. As an Authorized Instructor for Christian International, Shelly conducts training seminars to help believers discover their spiritual gifting and to flow in those gifting so that the Kingdom of God can advance.

The School of Prophets Program

The School of the Prophets offers immersive in-person coaching in prophetic training and development to help you activate your voice and operate confidently in your prophetic calling. Under the guidance of Shelly Tjapkes, an Authorized Instructor with Christian International, you’ll learn to hear, interpret, and deliver prophetic words with wisdom and accuracy.

Our mission is to equip believers to steward prophecy with integrity and understanding. Drawing on years of ministry and counseling experience, Christian International provides key principles to help you embrace and fulfill the prophecies spoken over your life.

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Course Descriptions & Registration

ALL COURSES ARE IN-PERSON 

Course 1

THIS IS A PRE-REQUISITE TO THE OTHER MINISTERING SPIRITUAL GIFT MODULES

Hear Gods Voice (M1) – In-Person 2 Day Training

Hear God’s Voice (Formerly called Ministering Spiritual Gifts) explains how spiritual gifts we re lost to the church and how revelation of the written Word has established these gifts once again. In this course, a strong emphasis in placed on training leaders to activate the Saints in the gifts of the Holy Spirit with which they had been endowed (1 Cor. 12 & 14). Teaching is also provided on the gifts with an emphasis on revelation gifts. A combination of lecture and experimental learning is employed, teaching, guiding, and instructing the students. By the end of this core students should gain an understanding of why and how God speaks to them.

Price: $125.00

Next Course Date & Times:

Hear God’s Voice (M1) Course 1
January 16 – 17, 2026
9:30am – 4:30pm each day

Seminar Location: 1830 White Lake Dr., Whitehall MI 49461

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Course 2

PRE-REQUISITE: M1 – Hear God’s Voice

Share Gods Voice (M2) – In-Person 2 Day Training

Formally called Ministering, Spiritual Gifts, Breakthrough. Students are trained and activated to flow in the revelation gifts with an emphasis on prophecy. The course provides a deeper understanding of prophetic principles. Students will learn how to overcome the power of fear that would hinder them from hearing the voice of God and sharing what they hear with the Body of Christ. Students will also learn to deliver effective prophetic ministry to bless the receiver by understanding, prophetic protocols and identifying possible personnel, character flaws in route problem. Teaching and practical demonstration parentheses (activation) are both part of the course.

Price: $125.00

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Course 3

PRE-REQUISITE: M2 – Share God’s Voice

Ministering Spiritual Gifts by Faith (M3) – In-Person 2 Day Training

This course addresses questions such as:
Does God like/desire to talk to his people?
Can you set a time and place for prophecy?
What are the differences between accurate and inaccurate prophesies?
How can you identify a true or false prophet?

Students will learn about the principles of spiritual gift, stewardship, and how to stir up their faith to operate in the gifts of the spirit. The various levels of authority released in prophetic ministry are explained. Be trained and activated to a greater flow in prophecy, word of knowledge, and the word of wisdom.

Price: $125.00

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Course 4

PRE-REQUISITE: M3 –  Ministering Spiritual Gifts by Faith

Ministering Spiritual Gifts Advanced  (M4) – In-Person 2 Day Training

Student will learn how to handle what appears to be contradictions in prophet, prophetic ministry, and how to minister the heart of God while speaking to the potential of a person. Teaching will also cover potential pitfalls of “Family problems,” “My Ministry Syndrome,” “Reward for Every Service Rendered,” and “immaturity and Human Ambition,” and how such pitfalls interfere with the fulfillment of Destin and calling. Practical hands-on training, allows the student to tap into a deeper, more mature, more accurate flow of prophetic ministry.

Price: $125.00

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