In his prophecy, Joel was careful to clarify God’s full intentions in pouring out His Spirit on “all people’. It would result in the ingathering of a great harvest into Christ’s Kingdom involving people and peoples from all over the world, beginning at Jerusalem and ending at the uttermost parts of the earth (Ac 1:8, […]
Month: October 2021
Do We Need Schools for Mobilizers?
As ‘laborers together with God’ (1Co 3:9), the tension is always, what does God do and what do we do? To place everything in God’s corner is as unbiblical as placing everything in our corner! There are things God does and there are things we do. For example, God sends laborers into His harvest field […]
The Ministry of ALL Believers for the World Christian Movement
The New Testament marked the beginning of the world Christian movement. It also marked the beginning of the age of ‘the ministry of all believers’! To miss this connection is to miss the plot entirely! The Old Testament saw select ministries such as prophets, priests and kings, endowed with the Holy Spirit to carry out […]
Mobilization Involves All the Ministries
Mobilization could be defined as “providing all that is needed for God’s people to become meaningfully involved in the world Christian movement.” With this broad definition we acknowledge the need for the involvement of all the fivefold ministries listed in Ephesians 4:11. Paul is very specific here. He says, these ministries, gifted to the Church […]
Old Testament, Gospels, Book of Acts and Early Church. Where are we now heading?
Where are we now heading? We have been looking at the ‘world Christian movement: From my first post I have been attempting to lay a strong Biblical foundation. It is important that we see the world Christian movement as being rooted in Scripture both Old and New Testaments. I have also been wanting us […]
The Three Levels of Mobilization
Mobilization for the participation of all God’s people in the world Christian movement has three main levels. Level One I call General Mobilization. The goal of general mobilization is to see believers become ‘world Christians’. World Christians are those who understand that Christianity is NOT essentially all about them but all about God and God’s purpose (2 […]
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
When we look for reasons for the amazing growth of the early church, especially as recorded in the Book of Acts, the work of the Holy Spirit and the cooperation of the early Church, with the Holy Spirit, stand out as the key factors. The ‘Age’ of the Holy Spirit The ascension of Jesus marked the […]
As Mobilizers We Need To Clarify Our Message
As Mobilizers we need to be clear on our message – and make adjustments where necessary! We are mobilizing for the active participation of all believers in the world Christian movement. The world Christian movement, in its simplest form, as I see it, is “the whole Church involved in the presentation of the gospel of […]
The Amazing Growth of the Early Church
In the first 300 years, Christianity went from a stable in Bethlehem to the Lateran Palace (the official residence of the Roman Emperor). This Palace was gifted to the Church by Emperor Constantine, who moved his headquarters to Constantinople. The positives of the Church gaining this ‘official recognition’ is debatable, but the fact remains that as […]
The Lost Tribe of the Church
It is interesting to note however that God promised to restore the tribes of Israel (Ez 20:34), a promise repeated on numerous occasions throughout the Old Testament (Zep 3:20). In the 8th Century BC the ten northern tribes of Israel were conquered by the Assyrians and taken into exile. Two hundred years later a similar fate […]