The Apostolic Church International, Virginia District has identified these vision, mission, purpose, and core values as the sustaining and inspiring components of our churches:
OUR VISION – To be at the cutting edge of the Holy Spirit inspired change in the and society
OUR MISSION – We exist to belt the globe with the gospel and make disciples of Christ who manifest the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
OUR PURPOSE – We are committed to transform and equip people to maximize and fulfill their God-Given destiny.
OUR VALUES
THE WORD OF GOD
We believe that the written Word of God is to remain preeminent in all aspects of life and ministry. It is the standard and conviction maker, atmosphere setter, and the core of what church and ministry is built upon.
PRAYER
Matthew 21:13 “My house shall be called a house of prayer”. A healthy church must teach, preach, equip for, and practice fervent prayer. We seek to teach, inspire, motivate, challenge, and encourage each member of the body of Christ to pray and grow in their relationship with God daily.
THE LOCAL CHURCH
The Local Church is God’s instrument on earth to fulfill the Great Commission through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. The Universal Church describes the body of Christ globally, but it is made of local bodies called to geographic communities for local impact. We teach that the local church should be at the center of our lives as Christians. We seek to involve ourselves at every level at every age in the work of the Local Church. It is our personal responsibility to build vibrant Churches that impact our community, and fulfill His purpose on the earth
WORSHIP
We believe that worship is vital to our experience with God, just as is prayer and the Word. Our worship is not performance based. We teach that we should worship in spirit and truth as a wholehearted response to God’s presence in the midst of His people. Music is an essential part of any culture and should be seen as a vital and strategic element to evangelism. Our desire is to build a worshiping Church addicted to the life changing presence of God.
CHARACTER
We believe that Godly character above natural gifts, talents, and abilities is the key to success in life and ministry. A person’s character is developed through the Word of God, prayer, discipleship, a Christian worldview, and how they respond to God in difficult circumstances. Our goal is to help build godly character into the lives of all members of The Apostolic Church International, Virginia District as they pursue their destiny in God.
COMMUNITY
We believe in and value community. The Church is a place where believers can relate to, encourage, protect, and admonish one another as we grow in our faith and experience God’s grace. Community is place where values are shared, relationships are established, families are raised, and vision is accomplished.
EVANGELISM
We believe that the Great Commission is at the heart of God’s work. Our goal is to cultivate a heart for evangelism to the extent that it causes ministries and strategies to be created, resources to be released, the people to find fulfillment in Christian service as the world is impacted by the message of salvation. Acts 1:8 describes the church’s empowerment to fulfill the Great Commission locally, nationally, and internationally.
THE NEXT GENERATION
We value, invest into, and support at every level the children’s ministry, youth ministry, college and young professional ministry, as well as any and all related ministries and strategies that develop the next generation in The Apostolic Church International Virginia District. Our children are our future, and as such we are committed to being not only excellent, but cutting edge, purposeful, prayerful, and strategic in our efforts to disciple the young people of our church.
CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW
We believe that it is critical to develop a Christian World View in the life of every Christian. It is necessary that the looking glass in which we view the world, society, politics, and justice be a biblical one. A Christian worldview will produce hope, life, justice, action and victorious living in the life of a believer.
STEWARDSHIP
Stewardship is taking responsibility for those resources that God has so graciously provided for us. We believe that God has established the tithe as a way of giving and supporting the Church and its various ministries. We believe that offerings are above and beyond the tithe and should be a regular experience for every Christian. We believe wholeheartedly that God desires that his people prosper, that his church prospers and that sowing and reaping are biblical principles.
VISION
God is a God of vision, productivity, and purposefulness. God has given The Apostolic Church a vision to belt the globe with the gospel, with the love of Jesus and see thousands of people enter into a relationship with Lord Jesus Christ. All of our efforts, finances, time, energy and overall resources are to be focused in such a way that this becomes the over-arching theme of all that we do and teach. The vision God has given the church must be cast, pursued, and by the grace of God fulfilled.
LEADERSHIP
We seek to equip the congregation to take leadership, ownership and have involvement within their Church and their community. We believe that leadership is both a gift and a skill. As a skill it can be learned by anyone willing to learn. We also define leadership as serving and laying down our lives for those around us. Jesus was the ultimate example of servant leadership in Mark 10:45. We strive to develop dynamic servant leadership in The Apostolic Church International at every level, while acknowledging the importance the 5-fold ministry for equipping of the Saints.
DISCIPLESHIP
Discipleship is training believers to be like Christ. The emphasis is on holiness, righteousness, faithfulness, honesty, sincerity, humility, prayerfulness and the leading of disciplined and responsible lives.
This is done at the level of individuals, where every member takes responsibility to discipline their new coverts, as well as through church/corporate based systematic teaching, and on-the-job training.
Teaching emphasizes the four-square gospel, which is Christ-cenetred: i.e. Jesus the Savior, Healer, Baptiser and Soon Coming King; the Tenets of the Church; Bible reading/study and scripture memorization and application of the Word to life situations.
MINISTRY EXCELLENCE
We seek to honor God who gave His best (the Savior) by maintaining a high standard of excellence in all our ministries and activities (Col. 3:23-24).
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the presence of the person of the Holy Spirit and that the Christian life can be led only with His grace. The new birth is the work of the Holy Spirit, and then the baptism of the Holy Spirit for power to serve and the gifts of the Spirit for building the body of Christ.
The Holy Spirit helps the individual to develop a Christ-like character, manifest through bearing the fruit of the Spirit. The leading of the Holy Spirit in all spheres of activity in the Church is paramount.
Administrative structures and all other church distinctiveness have been by the leading of the Holy Spirit. The Church, through her leadership at all levels, co-operates in obedience.
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