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Date Posted: 20:50:16 11/19/05 Sat
Author: Apostle Dorian M.
Subject: True Apostolic Ministry

We have a biblical history and a Godly heritage. We pray that the tenants of our faith are clearly seen and understood just as they are clearly supported and taught in the scriptures.

WHAT IT IS:

Apostolic Commissioning is given by the Lord Jesus Christ alone. No man or woman may ‘elect themselves', or be ‘elected' by any Human Hand. Apostles are created by the Lord Jesus Christ; Woven in the Womb, and Called According to His Own Purpose.

Each Individual Apostle shall receive a Specific, Assigned, Commission from the Lord. The Description, Scope, and Territory of that Commission will be unique to each Apostle, according to the Will of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some Apostles may be specifically assigned to a Church, to numerous Churches, to Ministries, to Networks, to various Groups of People, to specific spheres of Commercial Operation, to specific spheres of Educational Operation, to specific spheres of Public Operation, to specific spheres of Scientific Operation, to specific spheres of Medical Operation, to specific spheres of Military Operation, to specific spheres of Legislative Operation, to specific spheres of Judicial Operation, etc., etc. They may be assigned to a specific City, to numerous Cities, to a specific Geographic Region, to numerous Geographic Regions, to a Nation, or to numerous Nations. Some Apostles will have a relatively fixed location, while others will function in a more mobile sense.

Apostolic Function is both Governmental and Relational. Apostles are responsible to establish the Church on the proper Spiritual Foundation, according to the Biblical Building Plan; whether a new Church, or one already in existence.

1) Reveal/teach the Mystery of Jesus Christ
( the Apostle's primary thrust in preaching )

2) See that the Foundation of the church is properly laid
( Jesus Christ as Chief Cornerstone, Foundation of Apostles and Prophets )

3) See that the Five-Fold Ministry is operational in the Body ( Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers, Pastors )

4) Anoint ( or ‘ordain' ) those who are called by the Lord to the Five-Fold Ministry, through prayer, by the Laying on of Hands.

5) Impart to members of the Body, through prayer, by the Laying on of Hands
( to receive and/or release the Gifts of the Holy Spirit )

6) Oversee/Correct/Teach Doctrine
( purify from the Traditions of Men, and/or Doctrines of Demons being mixed into the Doctrine of the Holy Scriptures, which perverts and fractures the Word of God. )

7) Oversee/Correct/Teach Purified Worship and Praise
( Worship ‘in Spirit and in Truth'. Include the Dance in Worship, the use of the Song of the Lord, Singing in the Spirit, and other free creative expression through the Arts as the Holy Spirit so directs. )

8) Oversee/Correct/Teach Prayer
( See that Prayer and Intercession in the Body, is undertaken according to the Direction of the Holy Spirit.)

9) Oversee/Correct/Teach Spiritual Warfare
( See that the church is led to be an Overcoming Church )

10) To exercise Apostolic Authority in Intercession and Spiritual Warfare
( to root out, and tear down Satanic Strongholds ( Spiritual Strategy ) )

11) Relationally: to be a ‘father and mother' to those the Lord has entrusted to his or her care
( form close ties to them, pray for them, and see that ‘Christ be formed in them' ( that they mature in Christ ). Being ‘there' for others.

12) Relationally: to seek to establish, and maintain UNITY in the Body
( allowing the Holy Spirit to establish Unity in the Body, not human-effort substitution! )
seeing that close relationships among the Body are formed, disagreements are settled within relationships and the relationship restored, seeing that Relationship to the Lord is intimate, and is not blocked or hindered, seeing that the Holy Spirit is not quenched or grieved.


WHAT IT IS NOT:

Our Motto should be: " Noblesse Oblige" ( Nobility Obligates: in other words, a Commission bears with it a constant, obligatory, Responsibility in Behavior )

1) Apostolic Authority is NOT a Controlling Dictatorship !

2) Apostolic Authority does NOT include the Right to enforce ‘personal authority', or to attempt to exercise control over our Brothers and Sisters in Christ !

3) Apostolic Authority does NOT include the Right to attempt to exercise authority or control over the Ministry of the Holy Spirit !

4) Apostolic Authority does NOT include the Right to attempt to exercise authority or control over other Apostles !
( Unless, by specific Commission, an Apostle's Individual Function is Administrative; which may, at times, include Mentoring, Guidance, Support and Oversight of other Apostles within his or her ‘Territory' or ‘Scope', whom the Lord has assigned and directed for His Own Purposes. In such a situation, The Holy Spirit would bear Witness to both the Administrative Apostle, and to the Apostle being so directed by the Lord. ) There is no ‘competition' among Apostles since each one has his or her own ‘post'; hence, there is no need for ‘ambitious' behavior between us.

5) Apostolic Authority does NOT include the ‘License' to recruit ‘workers', round up a ‘crew', or attempt to collect a gathering of ‘royal subjects', in order to form his or her own personal Domain !

6) Apostolic Authority does NOT automatically extend to everyone, everywhere!
Each Apostle has a limited, assigned, ‘scope' or ‘territory'. Within his or her specific Assignment, an Apostle is credentialed from the Lord's Hand. Any functioning outside of that specific scope and location, should be by direct invitation only ( for example: if an Apostle were assigned to the church in Haiti; he or she has not right to attempt to correct Doctrine in a church in Northern China, unless that church has voluntarily requested it. )

7) Apostolic Authority does NOT, at any time, over-ride any person's God-given Free-Will.

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