Our Distinctive
Commission - We have an absolute commitment to bring closure to the Great Commission. Evangelism and discipleship of the spiritually lost is of highest importance. Our evangelical commitment involves aggressive church planting, especially among the under-evangelized and the unreached people groups of the world. We are equally devoted to the biblical ministries of physical healing, ministry to the poor and needy, and the mending of all human divisions.
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (KJV)
Conduct - We utilize an episcopal structure of authority in the apostolic tradition and succession as our chosen system of conducting the governance of the Fellowship. This structure emphasizes the continuing apostolic ministry and succession of authority through Apostles, bishops, presbyters and deacons. A call to the ordained presbytery is a holy calling and must follow biblical guidelines. The function of the historical episcopal structure of Apostles, bishops, presbyters and deacons is for order, not exclusion, and holds as its objective to promote the priesthood of all believers and to activate every Christian into their ministry calling. The ordained presbytery is not a group which exclusively holds and retains the power to minister, but rather, they are coaches and teachers with the distinct purpose of involving all of God's servants in effective ministry and by stewarding apostolic authority to minister. Ephesians 4:11-13
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: (KJV)
Consecration - We are consecrated to a holy life that is evidenced by Christ-like character and ethical, biblically founded behavior. Our consecration is to holiness, prayer, obedience, faith and love. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (KJV)
Creeds - We maintain openness to the continual revelation of God's Word while preserving historical orthodoxy embodied in the ancient creeds, particularly the Nicene Creed and the Apostle's Creed. Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old " (KJV)
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (KJV)
Conduct - We utilize an episcopal structure of authority in the apostolic tradition and succession as our chosen system of conducting the governance of the Fellowship. This structure emphasizes the continuing apostolic ministry and succession of authority through Apostles, bishops, presbyters and deacons. A call to the ordained presbytery is a holy calling and must follow biblical guidelines. The function of the historical episcopal structure of Apostles, bishops, presbyters and deacons is for order, not exclusion, and holds as its objective to promote the priesthood of all believers and to activate every Christian into their ministry calling. The ordained presbytery is not a group which exclusively holds and retains the power to minister, but rather, they are coaches and teachers with the distinct purpose of involving all of God's servants in effective ministry and by stewarding apostolic authority to minister. Ephesians 4:11-13
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: (KJV)
Consecration - We are consecrated to a holy life that is evidenced by Christ-like character and ethical, biblically founded behavior. Our consecration is to holiness, prayer, obedience, faith and love. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (KJV)
Creeds - We maintain openness to the continual revelation of God's Word while preserving historical orthodoxy embodied in the ancient creeds, particularly the Nicene Creed and the Apostle's Creed. Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old " (KJV)