One year ago, as we gathered for World Conference, many of us sensed something difficult to name, yet impossible to deny. In worship, prayer, conversations, and tears, there was a holy stirring. It felt like wind moving through dry places, like fire warming cautious hearts, like courage being born.

As we approach Pentecost, I return to that sacred memory. Pentecost is not merely a story from long ago; it is a declaration that the Spirit still moves. The same Spirit that rushed through the upper room, loosened tongues, and created understanding across difference is not finished with the church. The wind still blows. The fire still refines. Voices still rise in testimony and hope.

At Pentecost, the miracle was not sameness, but harmony. Everybody heard the good news in their own language. Diversity was amplified, not erased. That holy moment calls us into deeper listening and braver speaking. If we are to be a prophetic people, we also must become a listening people, trusting that the Spirit speaks through the whole body.

Pentecost is not merely a story from long ago; it is a declaration that the Spirit still moves.

One year after World Conference, I see signs leading to global action. In the Philippines, the International Resource Summit gathered seventy people from twenty-three countries to prepare resources for the international church, honoring diverse voices and contexts.

In Nigeria, congregations are being equipped with solar panels to address unstable electricity and respond faithfully to the climate crisis. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than forty emerging groups have begun—signs of courageous discipleship taking root.

In Manono, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a church building of solid concrete blocks was raised from foundation to roof entirely through local initiative—a testimony of radical generosity expressed in sacrifice and shared labor.

We are becoming a people where everyone has a place at the table—where every culture, generation, language, and calling is welcomed as a gift.

These are not isolated successes. They are signs that something new is forming among us. The Spirit of Pentecost is not merely sustaining an institution; it is shaping a community. We are becoming a people where everyone born has a place at the table—where every culture, generation, language, and calling is welcomed as a gift. This is not uniformity; it is belonging shaped by grace.

To speak of prophetic imagination is to see not only what is, but what could be. It dares to envision a church shaped more by Christ’s peace than fear, more by compassion than control, more by invitation than exclusion. Prophetic imagination refuses to accept that things must remain the same. It listens for the Spirit’s whisper of possibility and responds with courageous faith.

Yet, imagination is not enough. Our times require prophetic agility. The early disciples did not remain in the upper room; they stepped into the streets. They trusted the Spirit. Agility means moving when the Spirit moves, releasing what no longer serves God’s mission and embracing practices that nurture life, justice, and belonging for all.

The Spirit is not finished. A new community is being born.

We invite the church to offer feedback to the First Presidency by responding to a survey. Watch CofChrist.org/News for a link. I encourage you to see this not as an administrative task, but as sacred participation. Your voice matters. Your context matters. When we listen deeply, we make room for the Spirit to guide us collectively. Amplifying all voices is not a slogan; it is a Pentecost practice shaping our shared future.

We stand at a holy threshold. The Spirit that stirred us at World Conference continues to call. Will we choose hope when cynicism feels easier? Practice generosity when scarcity tempts us to hold back? Trust that God is cultivating this new community, even when the future feels uncertain?

May we be a Pentecost people—attentive to the wind, willing to carry the flame, courageous enough to speak and listen in love. The awakening is not behind us. The Spirit is not finished. A new community is being born. Let us rise together, agile and imaginative, and follow where the Spirit leads!