After winning a tight race in a run-off election, Kimberly Daniels, founder of Spoken Word Ministries, an inner-city, multiracial church, was installed as the city councilwoman for the At-Large Group One seat on Jacksonville’s City Council on Thursday.
Jim Lafferty, director of The Policy Communications Group, a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C., who served both the Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations, was on hand at the ceremony to support Daniels. At Lafferty’s request, Daniels spoke before Congress as a conservative African-American voice. He credits Daniels with helping three conservaive Supreme Court Justices find a seat on the bench.
“I’ve seen Kim’s political skills in Washington,” Lafferty told Charisma News. “She’s going to bring reformation to Jacksonville. She’s tough. No one will intimidate her.”
Radical gay groups and racists tried to intimate Daniels during the election. A hate-filled website was launched to paint her as a radical Christian zealot. But Daniels persevered, understanding through a prophetic dream that God was calling her to take a stand for Jacksonville, the largest city in Florida and the largest land mass city in the world.
“Through hard work and prayer I prevailed. I now have the opportunity to serve people in a greater capacity,” Daniels says. “I am rolling up my sleeves and I am ready to work.”
Daniels, a veteran of Desert Storm who has a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Florida State University, will have her work cut out for her. Jacksonville has significant budget challenges and needs to cut millions of dollars from the rolls. And the city is known for its political in-fighting. Daniels will work to bring unity and positive change to the city.
“Kim’s election is significant because the apostolic is bringing reformation to the mountain of government,” Axel Sippach, executive director of John Eckhardt’s Impact Network, told Charisma News. “She will bring wisdom and find solutions to the problems in Jacksonville. God was all about justice and Kim will be about justice and bring an anointing.”
Daniels broadcasts 25 Minutes of Power! weekdays at noon on Jacksonville’s Christian radio station. She also runs Morning Commanders, a prayer ministry that brings together more than 20,000 prophetic intercessors across the country on morning prayer calls. She’s also known for books like Prayers That Bring Change.
Cheri Fuller and Cindy Lamb Curry 
Marilyn Hickey 
Charisma Staff