As CF forum rules forbid people from giving others prophecies or "prophecies", even if we were to ask others for a prophecy, then this would undoubtedly break forum rules, or at worst, it would certainly not meet the spirit of the rules. Even though this rule came into being before my time on the forum, I could well imagine the damage that occurred when wannabe so called prophets gave "words" to those who were maybe less able to discern what is of the Spirit and what is not. We only have to take a look at the numerous odd-ball celebrity "prophets" who are on the airwaves with their often eccentric and goofy prophecies.
As the Scriptures only appear to speak of congregational prophets, where even Agabus who came down from Jerusalem to Caesarea was known to the group that Paul was meeting with, then by default, I could easily claim that the Scriptures only speak of congregational prophets or at least with prophets who were known to those who received their words. Of course we can only ponder with what Paul would have thought about how we utilise electronic media to communicate the Word and with how prophecies are so easily transmitted as well.
One aspect of contemporary (Western) Pentecostal church life is that we are currrently seeing what appears to be a demise with congregational prophecy, where maybe the odd-ball antics of the many phoney celebrity "prophets" are making people a bit gun-shy when it comes to speaking out prophecies - which in itself is a great shame.
Edit: Typo
