EPHESIANS 2:11-22 11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth were called “the uncircumcised” by those who called themselves “the circumcised.” They underwent physical circumcision done by human hands. 12 At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to...
*CHURCH LEADERSHIP 101* There are two arms of Spiritual Leadership (Act 6:1-4; 1Pet 4:11) in the Church of God properly GATHERED and ORDERED: 1. ORACULAR CLERGY= *“one who speaks”*: those *Ordained* by certification of elder ordained Ministers to be apostolic College/Presbytery for spiritual LITURGICAL stewardship, who *minister the sacred* MYSTERY/LOGOS...
What is Ordination? Excerpts…. When St Paul and his missionary team planted the churches among the Gentiles, they chose some reputed or qualified men whom they trained (2Ti_2:2) and ordained (Act_14:23; Tit_1:4-5) to be designated Presbyters (i.e. Elders, Act_15:2-6; Tit_1:5-9; Jas_5:14; 1Pe_5:1; or Priests, Rom_15:16; 1Co_9:13 f) and Bishops (i.e....
TARGET SPHERE MISSIOLOGY: Mission targeting the seven spheres of societal influence Target Sphere missiology discusses missionary transformation of societal structures. By 1975, the focus by Apostolic Reformation and Pentecostal Churches in America shifted to an alternative missiological paradigm of targeting what was designated as the *“seven spheres”* or agencies/structures of...
FREEHOLD title is unlimited ownership rights (Lev 25:30) which has no constraint of property rights and period rights but LEASEHOLD title is limited ownership rights (Lev 25:28) which has constraint of property rights and period rights till the year of jubilee (Lev 25:13; 27:24). In the Scriptures, FREEHOLD rights belong...
In 1Corinthians, St Paul gave guiding principles for practical Christian morality, charity, liberty and unity. For instance, practical matters concerning marriage are based on COMMANDS (7:10), CONCESSIONS (7:6), and COUNSELS (7:12). 1. COMMANDS for universal obedience that require UNITY and conformation, 2. CONCESSIONS for personal convenience that require LIBERTY and...
Remember! MORTIFICATION of “deeds of the body” that PUTS TO DEATH the “works of the flesh” is a spiritual warfare ministry for the believer which must be mandatorily stewarded to be reckoned as faithful and fruitful. Mortification that resists the ‘reign of sin in our body’ (Rom 6:12) and resigns...
Christian Deliverance is not only exorcism but should be understood as the full spiritual warfare of the whole armour of God that involves both: 1. a CASTING OUT (exorcism) of SPIRITS by authoritative word of command to release people from spiritual BONDAGE and 2. a CASTING DOWN (demolition) of STRONGHOLDS...
By The Venerable Dr. I. U. Ibeme By the way, it is appropriate that the Baptism Service should be a service of a. proclamation of the Gospel of salvation in Christ, b. invitation to commitment to Christ and renunciation of sin and the devil, c. declaration of and prayer for...
By The Venerable Dr. I. U. Ibeme The great fundamental mystery of freedom revealed in the Scriptures is that anyone’s deliverance from (or bondage to) demons depends on whether one believes the Truth (or believes a Lie) and whether one lives in Sanctity (or lives in Iniquity). The basis for...