COVENANT PRESENCE: July 2007

Gathering • Structuring • Cultivating • Discipling • Equipping • Multiplying • Planting

- Helping People Live Life Together in God’s Covenant Presence -

- TO REFORM THE WAY CHURCHES FUNCTION -

ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS TO CULTIVATE AUTHENTIC BIBLICAL COMMUNITIES THAT

ENGAGE, EQUIP, EMPOWER AND ENTRUST BELIEVERS FOR RECOVERY, ARTISTRY, INDUSTRY, MINISTRY, MISSION AND WORSHIP

Restructuring the Community Life of the "Local Church" to Help Christian Neighbors
Persuasively Testify to the Gospel of God’s Grace Together through Community
Advancing the Worship, Ministry and Mission of Jesus Christ Geographically
Bringing the Visible and Invisible Church Together to be the Local Body of Christ

Calling Together God’s Elect from Every Nation and Hamlet of the World

- TO PRACTICE THE TRUTH AND PROCLAIM THE FAITH TOGETHER FOR GOD'S GLORY -

Help Christian Neighbors Love God, One Another and their Neighbors through Community

This Blog is for the Progress of God's Gracious Gospel

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Future Realities

Connecting Christians for Integrity, Unity, and Diversity

Restructuring Community Life to build Community and Productivity

Developing Community and Leadership Infrastructures for Stability and Mobility

Reforming “Local Church Environments” for the Purity and Prosperity of the Gospel’s Progress

Planting New Churches and Ministries for Renewable Expandability and Sustainability

Transforming Humanities Future for the Liberty and Tranquility of all Nations

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Purpose:

TO REFORM THE WAY CHURCHES FUNCTION-RESTRUCTURING THE COMMUNITY LIFE OF THE “LOCAL CHURCH”
-Mobilizing Relationships to Engage, Equip, and Empower Believers for Ministry-
Helping to Restructure the Community Life of the “Local Church” so Christian
Persuasively Testify to the Gospel of God’s Grace Together;
Advancing the Worship, Ministry and Mission of Jesus Christ Geographically

LIVING UNDER GOD'S SOVEREIGN GRACE AND REIGNING IN LIFE WITH CHRIST TOGETHER
Give Expression to His Kingdom on Earth by Cultivating Covenant Family Communities that
Incarnate the Truth of God Together and Exemplify the Gospel in Community;
Exhibiting and Expressing Together His Love for God and Neighbor

Engaging People Relationally • Equipping Believers Ministerially • Entrusting Leaders Geographically
Personal and Mutual Obedience • Communal and Functional Ministry • Spiritual and Structural Leadership

Purpose:

TO ENCOURAGE CHURCHES TO CULTIVATE BIBLICAL COMMUNITIES THAT MOBILIZE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS
TO PURPOSELY SHARE LIFE TOGETHER AND LABOR TO EXPRESS AND EXPAND GOD’S KINGDOM TOGETHER

MOVING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH A FOURFOLD STRUCTURAL PROGRESSION:
“Share the Gospel and Lives • Produce Disciples • Strengthen and Encourage • Appoint Elders in Every Church"
Acts 14:21-28

Strategic Outcomes for Believers and Churches:
“HELPING ONE ANOTHER” PRACTICE THE “ONE ANOTHER” COMMANDS TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY
FORMING MUTUAL “DISCIPLING” RELATIONSHIPS TO “ADVANCE THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH” TOGETHER
“EQUIPPING THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY” TO PROPERLY FUNCTION TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY
ADVANCING THE WORSHIP, MINISTRY AND MISSION OF JESUS CHRIST FOR GOD'S GLORY AND GOOD PLEASURE
PRACTICING THE TRUTH AND PROCLAIMING THE FAITH TOGETHER TO EXPRESS AND EXPAND GOD'S KINGDOM
SHAPING, CULTIVATING AND MULTIPLYING INNOVATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH PLANTING “COMMUNITIES”
Exodus 18:1f; • Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45; 7:18, 27; Revelation 5:10

Engaging People Relationally • Equipping Believers Ministerially • Entrusting Leaders Geographically
For Personal & Mutual Obedience • For Communal & Functional Ministry • For Spiritual & Structural Leadership
Matthew 28:18f; Hebrews 3:12f; • Romans 12:1f; Ephesians 4:1f; • Exodus 18:1f; Acts 14:1f; Romans 15:1f

To Mobilize and Empower Believers for Worship, Ministry and Missions by Intentionally Developing Communities that: Shape, Cultivate and Multiply Discipling Relationships, Ministry Environments and Leadership Structures that Properly Function In Life Together for God's Glory and Man's Good; Strategically Shaping and Cultivating Future Neighborhood Churches to Advance the Cause of Jesus Christ Everywhere People Live.

Mission:

TO PERSUASIVELY TESTIFY TO THE GOSPEL OF GOD'S GRACE TOGETHER THROUGH BIBLICAL COMMUNITIES -
SPREADING THE FAITH TO SOCIETY USING PERSONAL, COMMUNAL, VERBAL, SCRIBAL AND VISUAL MEANS OVERWHELEMING CULTURES WITH FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE MINGLED WITH GRACE, TRUTH AND PEACE

GIVING EXPRESSION TO THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS AND COMMISSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST;
TO LOVE GOD AND NEIGHBOR TOGETHER WHILE DISCIPLING ALL THE NATIONS TOGETHER

Mobilizing Believers to "Advance the Obedience of Faith" Together, "Exhorting One Another Daily" to
"Learn and Teach Obedience to Christ"; Imitating, Demonstrating and Communicating His Life and Teachings.

Living under God’s Sovereign Grace and Reigning in Life with Christ Together:
Give Expression to His Kingdom on Earth by Cultivating Covenant Family Communities that
Incarnate the Truth of God Together and Exemplify the Gospel in Community;
Exhibiting and Expressing Together His Love for God and Neighbor
Romans 5:17; 2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 5:10, 11:15-17, 19:6, 20:4-6, 22:5

Vision:

TO SEE BELIEVERS EVERY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY, EQUIPPED FOR MINISTRY AND ON MISSION TOGETHER WITH FELLOW “LEARNING FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST” THROUGH THE COMMUNITY LIFE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH; POSITIONING THE CHURCH WORLDWIDE TO SHAPE AND CULTIVATE FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCHES ACROSS THE WHOLE EARTH

Grow in the faith and knowlege of God together - helping one another to really know God through Jesus Christ, realize His kingdom on earth, and resource the healing of the nations by His empowering Spirit.

Cultivate Mutual Discipling Relationships, Functional Ministry Environments, and Compatible Leadership Infrastructures so as to incarnate the truth of God together and exemplify the gospel in community.

Function as discipling communities - being obedient to the commission of our Lord Jesus Christ by exhibiting and expressing together His love for God and neighbor - to shape and cultivate future churches for the expansion of God’s kingdom on earth to every neighborhood through multiplying Covenant Family Communities.

Twelve Foundational Kingdom Principles:

Eight Biblical - Communal Disciplines to Practice:

Practicing the Truth and Proclaiming the Faith Together

Pursue God’s covenant presence together through
Communal Worship
Reflect God’s magnificent glory together through
Communal Service
Approach boldly God’s throne of grace together through
Communal Prayer
Commit to learn and live God’s covenant life together through
Communal Discipling
Testify to the gospel of God’s grace together through
Communal Evangelism
Invest in God’s eternal kingdom together through
Communal Stewardship
Confirm a growing knowledge of God together through
Communal Instruction
Engage God’s covenant people together through
Communal Fellowship

Develop a Holistic Structure to Community that Helps Provide and Promote the Progress of Gospel Discipling and Ministry to Individuals at Serveral Levels of Relational Involvement

Core Groups
Mutual Discipling Relationships

"Cultivating One another Relationships Everywhere" in Groups of 2 or 3
To “Pray for each other” and “Encourage one another daily”.

Add individuals to and multiply Core Groups regularly to develop a Biblical Community Culture of Multiplication, where everyone is engaged and every Concentric Network in the Community Structure eventually will multiply as "the Lord adds to their number day by day", Acts 2:47.

Teams of 10's
Neighborhood Care Groups

Groups where Servants and Saints Cultivate Functional Ministry Environments.

Units of 50's
Community Fellowships
(Covenant Family House Churches)

Specified Districts where Shepherds work with Servants to Care for the Flock by Instructing and Counseling. Communities that Build Extended Covenant Family Relationships and Function as a Structure that Builds itself up in Love.

Zones of 100's
Congregational Gatherings

Evangelists and Pastors Equip the Saints for the Work of Ministry through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word - Preaching, Reaching, and Teaching.

Engage the Discipling Processes of Learning and Teaching Obedience to Christ by Imitating, Demonstrating, and Communicating His Life and Teachings. This essentially takes place through Community Relationships, Environments and Infrastructures that enable people to function in the different Teams, Units and Zones where they Live. God Raises Up More and More People to Serve His Church in Different Capacities.

Areas of 1000's
Kingdom Logistical Operations

Church Planters, Professors, Evangelists and Pastor/Teachers Organize and Cooperate Together to Equip Believers and Strategically Plant New Churches in Every Neighborhood, Community, City, Region and Nation of the World

Strategic Outcomes / Future Realities

1. Connecting Christians for Unity, Integrity and Ministry Diversity

2. Restructuring Community Life to Cultivate Discipling Communities and Ministry Productivity

3. Developing Community and Leadership Infrastructures for Stability and Mobility

4. Reforming “Local Church Environments” for the Purity and Prosperity of the Gospel’s Progress

5. Planting New Churches and Ministries for Renewable Expandability and Sustainability

6. Transforming Humanities Future for the Healing, Liberty and Tranquility of all Nations

Growth Urged by the Apostle Peter (2 Peter 3:14-18 - The NET Bible)

3:14 Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. 3:15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, 3:16 speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures. 3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

Strategic Vision for Believers and Leaders:

Grow in faith together by helping one another really know God through Jesus Christ, realize His kingdom on earth, and resource the healing of the nations by means of His empowering Spirit.

Cultivate Mutual Discipling Relationships, Create Functional Ministry Environments, and Construct Compatible Leadership Infrastructures that will incarnate the truth of God together and exemplify the gospel in community.

Function as discipling communities - being obedient to the commission of our Lord Jesus Christ by exhibiting and expressing together His love for God and neighbor - helping to shape and cultivate future church plantings that expand God’s kingdom to every neighborhood on earth through Concentric Networks of Influence©.

COVENANT PRESENCE

Gathering • Structuring • Cultivating • Discipling • Equipping • Multiplying • Planting

Help Christian Neighbors Love God, One Another and their Neighbors through Community

Romans 11:36 (REB)

This Blog is for the Progress of God's Gracious Gospel

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