Apostolic Fathering and Mentoring
Apostolic Fathering and Mentoring
Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com/
This is the day when the Lord restores the fathers to the house of the Lord, and this is the day when the Lord restores the spiritual sons and daughters of the apostolic. Apostles are the leading fathers of the Church. They lay the foundation along with prophets, and that rise up new ministry, the five-fold ministry, leadership, young apostles, and the church. –(1 Cor. 4:15)
The Lord is turning the hearts of the Fathers to their spiritual sons and daughters; an apostle going unto maturity will have a love and passion to rise up others into ministry. First and foremost the hearts of the fathers will change and turned to their children, then the hearts of the children will turn to their fathers and mothers. If this happens we will see an outpouring of the Spirit and power of Elijah. –(Mal. 4:6, LK. 1:17)
As the leaders of the church turn their hearts to the sheep, and children in their trust, and the children turn their hearts to their spiritual fathers and mothers, there will come healing and restoration to the nature families, and church will begin enter into soundness and health. Then the believers will be faithful and become passionate in love with the Lord again. Then there will be a harvest of souls, and the Lord will add daily to the church. –(LK. 1:16-17)
There is more then one way to train or raise up those called into ministry; experience training, one on one with the Holy Spirit, the school of ministry, and then fathering and mentoring. There must be freedom, for the Lord does not raise or train every one the same way, you can have an apostolic father without being mentored by Him, it is the Lord that begins this kind of relationship. Beside, there are those who are forerunners that are raised up by the Lord this takes more time, then there are those who are raised up by those forerunner, they are called sons, and then there are those who are fathered and they father other sons. –(1 Tim. 1:12)
The key in fathering and mentoring is ongoing relationship between the Apostolic Father and their sons and daughters, as the relationship grows so does the trust in leadership grows. Mentoring is a time of relationship training and fathering is for a work of patience, a lifetime work, and there are levels of growth and relationship in fathering sons and daughters. There is difference between the levels; there is relationship training, releasing leadership, overseeing and council. There must be freedom, liberty, and willingness of heart. –(2 Tim. 1:1-12)
You cannot mentor or train someone who is not first and foremost being train by the Holy Spirit; you cannot train or mentor someone who is not first and foremost seeking the Lord. You teach them your spiritual treasures and riches, you minister to them in the ministry of impartation, you prayer together; we must redefined theological training through praying without ceasing. They begin to rise in their spiritual gifts, vision and purpose in ministry. Then you begin to train them for ministry through experience hands on training, moving in the gifts and ministering, and then more teaching, and educational training. You need set time goals for training in ministry, and then release them into ministry. –(Matt. 9:37-38)
Fathering and being a father goes beyond mentoring and training, a father is for life, and fathering is for life. Training is just one part of fathering, and mentoring is just one part of fathering. Fathering is a life calling. –(1 Cor. 4:15)
Those who submit willing meaning recognize, acknowledge and perceive your apostolic gifting. You teach them the revelation of truth and faith that the Holy Spirit has giving you. Those who follow the apostolic ministry in your life, you train them. Those who are faithful you place them into leadership positions. –(2 Tim. 2:2)
Apostles are called along with the five-fold ministry to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Apostles are the ones who are called to rise up kings for the Kingdom of God. Both apostles and prophets are called to minister to the kings of the Kingdom and release the blessing, anointing, and grace for to ruler and reign with Christ in the Kingdom of God and in the earth today. –(Eph. 4:11-12)
The church must be reconstructed for relationship, power experience, and the work of the ministry. When a person comes to know Christ they are babes in Christ; babes and children need the milk of the Word, young men and women and fathers or mature believers need the meat of the Word. Babes and children need the pastor more then young and mature believers need. The only need they need from pastors is ongoing love and care. Young men and women and father or mature believers need apostles and prophets more. When a person comes to know the Lord they become babes in Christ, first they go through the door of discipleship; they become establish in the elementary principles of faith, water baptize, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and go through basic deliverance and membership class. Beyond this they are entering the door of equipping, the saints are to be equipped for the work of the ministry. Then they need to be mentor in their gifts and their calling into ministry. Fathering goes beyond mentoring for fathering is ongoing experience in relationship. –(1 Jn. 2:12-14)
All believers are called to become fathers in their gifting and calling, they are called to become mature believers. Those with a gift of one of the five fold ministry gifts are called to mature, become spiritual elders and fathers. Then there are apostles called to be fathers for other apostles, five fold ministers, and the church. –(Heb. 5:12-14)
When a person comes to know the Lord, and joins your congregation, they are first discipleship members after they went through the door of discipleship, they become covenant partners, and then they enter through the door of mentoring. –(Matt. 28:19-20)
Spiritual babes and children are more connected to pastoral care, young warriors are more on their own in learning what their purpose gifting, and who they are, and what is their place in the body of Christ. Although they are going through ongoing equipping and training. We must give them freedom and liberty to grow. When they become mature believers they come into the one another ministry, meaning we lean on one another’s gifts, strengths, wisdom, and insights. –(Eph. 4:11-16)
Apostles and apostolic fathers create environments of freedom, liberty, willingness, spiritual and ministry growing, soundness, passionate, anointed, wisdom, and order for global missionary and international ministry work. –(1 Cor. 12, 13, 14)
Copyright © 2007 Elvis Iverson All Rights Reserved
Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com/
This is the day when the Lord restores the fathers to the house of the Lord, and this is the day when the Lord restores the spiritual sons and daughters of the apostolic. Apostles are the leading fathers of the Church. They lay the foundation along with prophets, and that rise up new ministry, the five-fold ministry, leadership, young apostles, and the church. –(1 Cor. 4:15)
The Lord is turning the hearts of the Fathers to their spiritual sons and daughters; an apostle going unto maturity will have a love and passion to rise up others into ministry. First and foremost the hearts of the fathers will change and turned to their children, then the hearts of the children will turn to their fathers and mothers. If this happens we will see an outpouring of the Spirit and power of Elijah. –(Mal. 4:6, LK. 1:17)
As the leaders of the church turn their hearts to the sheep, and children in their trust, and the children turn their hearts to their spiritual fathers and mothers, there will come healing and restoration to the nature families, and church will begin enter into soundness and health. Then the believers will be faithful and become passionate in love with the Lord again. Then there will be a harvest of souls, and the Lord will add daily to the church. –(LK. 1:16-17)
There is more then one way to train or raise up those called into ministry; experience training, one on one with the Holy Spirit, the school of ministry, and then fathering and mentoring. There must be freedom, for the Lord does not raise or train every one the same way, you can have an apostolic father without being mentored by Him, it is the Lord that begins this kind of relationship. Beside, there are those who are forerunners that are raised up by the Lord this takes more time, then there are those who are raised up by those forerunner, they are called sons, and then there are those who are fathered and they father other sons. –(1 Tim. 1:12)
The key in fathering and mentoring is ongoing relationship between the Apostolic Father and their sons and daughters, as the relationship grows so does the trust in leadership grows. Mentoring is a time of relationship training and fathering is for a work of patience, a lifetime work, and there are levels of growth and relationship in fathering sons and daughters. There is difference between the levels; there is relationship training, releasing leadership, overseeing and council. There must be freedom, liberty, and willingness of heart. –(2 Tim. 1:1-12)
You cannot mentor or train someone who is not first and foremost being train by the Holy Spirit; you cannot train or mentor someone who is not first and foremost seeking the Lord. You teach them your spiritual treasures and riches, you minister to them in the ministry of impartation, you prayer together; we must redefined theological training through praying without ceasing. They begin to rise in their spiritual gifts, vision and purpose in ministry. Then you begin to train them for ministry through experience hands on training, moving in the gifts and ministering, and then more teaching, and educational training. You need set time goals for training in ministry, and then release them into ministry. –(Matt. 9:37-38)
Fathering and being a father goes beyond mentoring and training, a father is for life, and fathering is for life. Training is just one part of fathering, and mentoring is just one part of fathering. Fathering is a life calling. –(1 Cor. 4:15)
Those who submit willing meaning recognize, acknowledge and perceive your apostolic gifting. You teach them the revelation of truth and faith that the Holy Spirit has giving you. Those who follow the apostolic ministry in your life, you train them. Those who are faithful you place them into leadership positions. –(2 Tim. 2:2)
Apostles are called along with the five-fold ministry to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Apostles are the ones who are called to rise up kings for the Kingdom of God. Both apostles and prophets are called to minister to the kings of the Kingdom and release the blessing, anointing, and grace for to ruler and reign with Christ in the Kingdom of God and in the earth today. –(Eph. 4:11-12)
The church must be reconstructed for relationship, power experience, and the work of the ministry. When a person comes to know Christ they are babes in Christ; babes and children need the milk of the Word, young men and women and fathers or mature believers need the meat of the Word. Babes and children need the pastor more then young and mature believers need. The only need they need from pastors is ongoing love and care. Young men and women and father or mature believers need apostles and prophets more. When a person comes to know the Lord they become babes in Christ, first they go through the door of discipleship; they become establish in the elementary principles of faith, water baptize, baptism in the Holy Spirit, and go through basic deliverance and membership class. Beyond this they are entering the door of equipping, the saints are to be equipped for the work of the ministry. Then they need to be mentor in their gifts and their calling into ministry. Fathering goes beyond mentoring for fathering is ongoing experience in relationship. –(1 Jn. 2:12-14)
All believers are called to become fathers in their gifting and calling, they are called to become mature believers. Those with a gift of one of the five fold ministry gifts are called to mature, become spiritual elders and fathers. Then there are apostles called to be fathers for other apostles, five fold ministers, and the church. –(Heb. 5:12-14)
When a person comes to know the Lord, and joins your congregation, they are first discipleship members after they went through the door of discipleship, they become covenant partners, and then they enter through the door of mentoring. –(Matt. 28:19-20)
Spiritual babes and children are more connected to pastoral care, young warriors are more on their own in learning what their purpose gifting, and who they are, and what is their place in the body of Christ. Although they are going through ongoing equipping and training. We must give them freedom and liberty to grow. When they become mature believers they come into the one another ministry, meaning we lean on one another’s gifts, strengths, wisdom, and insights. –(Eph. 4:11-16)
Apostles and apostolic fathers create environments of freedom, liberty, willingness, spiritual and ministry growing, soundness, passionate, anointed, wisdom, and order for global missionary and international ministry work. –(1 Cor. 12, 13, 14)
Copyright © 2007 Elvis Iverson All Rights Reserved
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