1)
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS:
To
promote and encourage intimate, personal relationship with the Lord Jesus
Christ, as emphasized in the first and greatest commandment (loving the Lord
by giving Him our all).
2)
STEADFASTNESS IN THE APOSTLES’ DOCTRINE:
To
stress the need to manifest our relationship with Jesus through personal
righteousness and holiness as a daily commitment to Him and to stand firm in
the doctrines given to us by our Lord through the Apostles.
3)
UNITY OF THE BODY:
To
promote and encourage the harmony, unity, and edification of the body of
Christ through recognizing the community and fellowship of brotherhood based
on commonality of origin (repentance, water baptism in Jesus name, the
baptism of the Holy Ghost as initially evidenced by speaking with other
tongues, and faith in the Oneness of God as revealed by the Mighty God in
Christ).
4)
FORGIVENESS OF BITTERNESS AND DELIVERANCE FROM SHAME:
To
communicate the fact that the unity of the body starts with obedience to the
second greatest commandment (loving others and loving ourselves through
Christ); and to emphasize that to accomplish this obedience to the
commandment to love we need to repent daily for all of our sins, to forgive
all bitterness towards God and men, and to be delivered from and healed of
personal shame which prevents us from loving ourselves through Christ.
5)
SUBMISSION TO AUTHORITY:
To
promote obedience and submission to all authority delegated by God, and to
proclaim and practice the principle that we can have no authority unless we
are under authority; teaching this with the understanding that Satan does
not fear our power, he fears only our God-given authority.
6)
APOSTOLIC MINISTRY:
To
promote, equip, and encourage participation in true Apostolic ministry
through both the anointed ministry of the Word and the ministry and gifts of
the Spirit as defined by and governed by the Scripture, understanding that
it is the Spirit that quickens, the flesh profits nothing; through and
thereby, standing for Biblical truth and resisting religious tradition in
any form which attempts to limit and hinder the demonstration of the power
of God.
7)
FAITH FOR AND PREPARATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ENDTIME REVIVAL AND HARVEST:
To
build faith for and to help prepare and equip laborers for participation in
world-wide, Apostolic, endtime revival and harvest, while encouraging both
the ministry and the saints to participate in soul-winning and discipleship;
thereby, emphasizing the need to participate with the Lord of the Harvest in
seeking and saving the lost locally, nationally, and internationally.
8) EARLY
MORNING AND INTERCESSORY PRAYER:
To
promote and emphasize the importance of prayer in our daily lives not only
for the purpose of establishing prayer as the focal point and priority of
our day and our walk with God, but also stressing the importance of prayer
(especially early morning and intercessory prayer) as the most significant
element of our participation in the Lord’s last day harvest, thus
acknowledging that all spiritual activities which are void of effectual,
fervent prayer are doomed to fruitlessness and failure from the start.
9)
DEMONSTRATE BEING LED OF THE SPIRIT:
To
provide a meeting format and an atmosphere wherein the Lord can guide, help,
and direct us through fasting, prayer, self-denial, praying for and
ministering to one another, anointed teaching, Apostolic ministry, and
waiting upon God; thus allowing the Lord to choose who, when, and how long
we are to give and receive ministry.
10)
PURITY OF MOTIVES:
To
discourage the promotion of human personalities; to support and complement
all other efforts to minister to the body of Christ by other brethren,
Apostolic meetings, and Apostolic fellowships; and to glorify and manifest
the Lord Jesus Christ as our only motive, goal, and agenda; so that Christ
may destroy the works of the devil in our lives, our churches, our
fellowships, and our world.
