c. peter wagner

Charles Peter Wagner (1930-) is a former professor of Church Growth at Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission. He coined the term Third Wave. He is the founder of Global Harvest Ministries, and co-founder of the World Prayer Center. Wagner and his wife, Doris, live in Colorado Springs and were attending New Life Church (pastor Ted Haggard) in 2004. They have three adult children, and seven grandchildren.

Life and ministry

From 1956-1971 the Wagners were missionaries with the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission where they ministered in Bolivia. In 1971 Wagner became a professor of Church Growth at the School of World Mission (Fuller Theological Seminary). He and Donald McGavran established the school as a popular and influential organisation within the Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements internationally. In 1981 Wagner replaced McGavran as head of the faculty. Wagner retired from his position there in 1998 to focus on his own areas of ministry. In 1982 Wagner teamed up with John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard Movement, to create a new course at Fuller called "Signs, Wonders and Church Growth". Since that point, Wagner has been formally associated with Charismatic teaching and theology.