THE JOURNEY – Part 2: The Basics
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, andsome as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to thebuilding up of the body of Christ;”
Ephesians 4:11-12
“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.”
John 17:18
DEFINITION: APOSTOLIC
- It’s a mindset that comes from being under the influence of an Apostle.
- It started with Jesus (Hebrews 3:1)
- Every Kingdom minded believer is apostolic
- It means you are sent
- The Apostle’s job is to equip all the saints to be apostolic
- Its cry is “On earth as it is in Heaven”
- It is fundamentally relational
- It carries and creates heavens culture
- It knows no limits
- It pursues, reproduces & represents Jesus.
DECLARATION: We bring heaven to earth.
We are:
- An identity & destiny generation
- A heaven on earth generation
- A Presence generation
- A relational generation
We must shift from:
- Pastoral to Apostolic
- Church to Kingdom
- Big church to big people
- Control to empowerment & freedom