Peter WagnerPeter Wagner

Charles Peter Wagner (August 15, 1930 – October 21, 2016) was a theologian, missiologist, missionary, writer, teacher and founder of several organizations. In his earlier years Wagner was known as a key leader of the Church Growth Movement and later for his writings on spiritual warfare.


Wagner served as a missionary in Bolivia under the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission (now SIM International) from 1956 to 1971. He then served for 30 years (1971 to 2001) as Professor of Church Growth at the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Missions until his retirement in 2001.

He authored 80 books. He was the founding president of Global Harvest Ministries from 1993 to 2011 and founder and chancellor emeritus of Wagner Leadership Institute (now Wagner University), which trains revivalists and reformers to bring about a global movement of transformation.

He also founded Reformation Prayer Network, International Coalition of Apostles, Eagles Vision Apostolic Team, and the Hamilton Group and served as vice president of Global Spheres, Inc.

Peter Wagner wrote about spiritual warfare, in books including Confronting the Powers: How the New Testament Church Experienced the Power of Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare and Engaging the Enemy.

In Confronting the Powers, Wagner breaks down spiritual warfare as having three levels: "Ground Level: Person-to-person, praying for each other's personal needs.

Occult Level: deals with demonic forces released through activities related to Satanism, witchcraft, astrology and many other forms of structured occultism.

Strategic-Level or Cosmic-Level: To bind and bring down spiritual principalities and powers that rule over governments." "Strategic-level intercession" uses "spiritual mapping" and "tearing down strongholds" to engage in spiritual warfare against "territorial spirits".

According to Wagner, these methods "were virtually unknown to the majority of Christians before the 1990s”. The premise of Engaging the Enemy is that Satan and his demons are literally in the world, that Satan's territorial spirit-demons may be identified by name, and that Christians are to engage in spiritual warfare with them.

Peter Wagner List Books

Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow, Regal Books. Strategies for Church Growth, Regal Books. How to Have a Healing Ministry, Regal Books. The New Apostolic Churches, Regal Books. Churchquake!, Regal Books, 1999. Changing Church, Regal Books. Breaking Strongholds in Your City, Regal Books. Freedom from the Religious Spirit, Regal Books. Engaging the Enemy, Regal Books. Prayer Warrior Series, Regal Books. Warfare Prayer: How to Seek God's Power and Protection in the Battle to Build His Kingdom Prayer shield: How to intercede for pastors, Christian leaders, and others on the spiritual frontlines. Confronting the Powers: How the New Testament Church Experienced the Power of Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare. Praying With Power : How to Pray Effectively and Hear Clearly from God. Dominion:How Kingdom Action Can Change the World, Chosen Books. The Book Of Acts: A Commentary, Regal Books.