Our Vision
THY KINGDOM COME
THY WILL BE DONE
We want to see God's glory, the transformation of Fort Worth through the love, power, and good news of Jesus Christ, and the restoration of the church's five-fold offices of Ephesians 4:11-16.
We want to see the church as a whole begin to shift the thinking and practice of its governance towards the more consistent biblical model of five-fold leadership. We want her to see this truth's transformational evidence and global impact. When speaking of the emerging United States, Thomas Jefferson spoke about the concept of a democratic republic that had never been tried before by any nation. His words ring true in the Ephesians 4 model. "Not to find ourselves new principles or new arguments never before thought of, but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject in terms so plain and firm as to justify ourselves in the stand we are compelled to take."
We desire to see the ancient truth of scripture become new again and to see this old way of doing church accepted, embraced, and adopted across the entire church. We want church leaders to see the "common sense of the subject" clearly and exuberantly and follow our lead to a healthy expression of the person of Jesus Christ through His leadership in the church. We are contending for this new wineskin. Join us!
THE FIVE-FOLD LEADERSHIP TEAM
APOSTLES - PROPHETS - EVANGELISTS - SHEPHERDS - TEACHERS
Ephesians 4:11-16 lays out the church leadership design that Jesus created.
"Now, these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love."
We believe this is a more consistent biblical leadership model where each office serves together in unity and in unison as Jesus' gifts to the church. Working as one, the leadership team trains each person connected to the church in his or her unique gift set and calling. This is our approach to discipling the church to be the ministers and servants in the community. We are convinced that this five-fold approach will make the whole body fit together perfectly, as each part does its own unique work, helping the other parts grow so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Join us in making a difference!
