THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY

For service in the body of Christ, there are two types of gifts, 1 - gifts of the Spirit and 2 - gifts of ministry. So what's the difference?
The difference is that the gifts of the Spirit are spiritual gifts that the Holy Spirit gives to believers in Jesus Christ to profit withal (1Cor 12v1-11).
The gifts of ministry are functions that Christ gives to each believer according to his calling and his mission. The Bible says in Eph 4: 9-14:  (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, APOSTLES; and some, PROPHETS; and some, EVANGELISTS; and some, PASTORS  and TEACHERS...
The gifts of ministry are always accompanied by the gifts of the Spirit, because a ministry without gifts of the Spirit is a ministry that works without Christ and therefore is not of God.

The PROPHETIC ministry is one of the oldest ministry with that of the pastoral, the pastors in the old covenant were the priests who were also called "shepherds."
Some people of certain Christian denominations and others do not believe in the prophetic ministry in the NT and say that this ministry was only in the Old Covenant, whereas the Bible tells us the contrary. As long as the Spirit of God is in this world, He will always speak by His messengers and therefore there will always be prophets.
Here are some names of the Old Testament prophets: Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Elisha, Deborah, Anne, Myriam (Moses' sister), Micah, Ezekiel, Malachi and many others until John the Baptist The last prophet of the Old Testament and who had come to prepare the first coming of the Messiah (Jesus Christ) who was to come and offer himself as a sacrifice for the atonement of the sins of Israel, Isaiah 40v3-5: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
This prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in Matthew 3v3:  For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

In the New Covenant there are also prophets such as Agabus (Acts 21:10), Jude and Silas (Acts 15: 32), there were in the Church of Antioch several prophets (Acts 13: 1), and as long as the The Church of Jesus Christ will exist, there will be prophets, for He Himself establishes them.
So what is a prophet? A prophet is a person by whom God foretells the future things, who intercedes for the church, for people and for nations, it is a person who is wholly consecrated to God and who is constantly in the presence of God .
In general the prophet is not established on an assembly, it is a sometimes lonely person.
A prophet receives special formation and he is never anointed by a man (pastor and others), but only by God. But attention! A prophet is first and foremost a Christian who needs to be baptized and taught as a believer and followed by a leader, it is after God separates him from the others and forms and prepares him spiritually for his ministry, The formation of the prophet is very strict, he must not be like everyone else, sometimes he is called "so spiritual" and even religious and often he is misunderstood because God makes him do and say things that go beyond the human understanding, the prophet is Sometimes treated as mad and unrealistic, he reveals so much hidden things by God, that he can sometimes attract enemies, and rarely he has friends.

The prophet of the NT can not bring new revelations or contradict the prophets of the OT, for the Church of Christ is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets of the Old Testament (Eph.2v20), he prophet edify the body of Christ by announcing events in the lives of believers and also non-believers, he makes known God's thought according to the situations of the people, he warns of danger, he exhorts, he can also teach the word of God, and make miracles in Jesus Name, etc., like all those who believed in Jesus Christ.
Be careful not to confuse "the gift of prophecy" with the prophetic ministry because they are two different things, the gift of prophecy is a gift the Spirit, while the prophetic ministry is a gift of ministry, someone who prophecy is not a prophet, but a prophet can prophesy. Follow the teaching on the gift of prophecy here: http://777hawaesthermaiga.blogspot.fr/2014/10/the-gift-of-prophecy.html

Some servants of God begin as pastors, evangelists, and others and then God leads them into prophetic ministry, everything depends on God.

Conclusion: the prophetic ministry does exist in the New Testament, for men and women, no verse prohibits this ministry to the woman, as some would have us believe.

God bless you! Hawa Esther Maiga