How to become a City of the Apostles

How to become a City of the Apostles

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

What is going to happen to our cities in the near future? First we are transitioning to the next level of city church, we are going to transition from pastoral unity to apostolic unity, and the church in the marketplace or workplace will be established, and a bridge between the church and the workplace will be built this will serve for a divine continuing transfer of wealth. –(Isa. 60)

In addition, the Holy Spirit wants your city to become a city of the apostles not just for the apostles. A city of the apostles is filled with signs and wonders and revivals. –(Acts 15:4)

We must pray to the Father asking Him to make, teach and mold us to become sensitive to the Holy Spirit, the moves of God, the time and seasons, the timely of the Lord, and Apostles and Prophets. –(1 Thess. 5:19)

We must understand there are different kinds of apostles and we need to make room for them. Pray for the Lord to rise up apostles in your city, and for Him to send apostles to your city. Pray against the enemies of the apostles and those things that could hinder their ministry. Pray for the Lord to establish a big welcome mat and for the church of the city to give them the right hand of fellowship. Apostles must be welcomed and received. We must create environment for the ministry of the apostles. –-(Matt. 10:11-15)

First and foremost your city and the church of your city needs territorial apostles or you can say city church apostles. Apostles who have vision for your city and the church of your city that are called to give leadership and vision to the church of the city. –(Prov. 29:18)

The next is horizontal apostles, which is the same as the territorial apostles; horizontal apostles are one of the broad apostolic spheres of ministry, and the territorial apostle is one of the activities of the horizontal apostle. Some horizontal apostles are called to be city church apostle and others are called to another horizontal apostolic ministry. –(1 Cor. 12:4-6)

The next we need marketplace apostles or you can say workplace apostles; these are apostles who are called to minister in the marketplace. City Apostle and marketplace apostles are most likely to lead in Social transformation of our cities. –(2 Chron. 7:14)

There are other kinds of apostles that we should acknowledge in our cities; ecclesiastical apostles, congregational apostles, hyphenated apostles, and others. –(1 Thess. 5:12-13)

Prophets are to be received in our cities before we can witness of the ministry of the apostles. Prophets will prepare the way for apostles, and apostles will build environment for the prophetic ministry of the church. Apostles and prophets are foundational, revelational, impartational, reformational, revival, and social transformation ministry to the church. –(Eph. 2:20,3:5)

Apostles are gatekeepers in our cities, and prophets are watchmen of our cities, we need them both; apostolic and prophetic ministry is to be established at the gate of the city. –(Isa. 1:26)

We must have an ear to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to us, and we must have an ear to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to us through His prophets about our cities, before we can even think about apostles coming to our cities. –(Amos 3:7-8)

We must understand, know, and acknowledge the apostles who are already among us, and young apostles, and those who will be apostles. However, this is hard to be done without the aid of prophetic ministry in the church. –(Gal. 2:9, 1 Sam. 16:1-13)

We will have to teach on the ministry and workings of the Apostle to give faith, and understanding in order to prepare us to receive apostles. –(Rom. 15:15)

Furthermore, we must be willing to change our mindsets, church governments, views, and ways in order to be more applicable to the ministry of the Apostle and the Holy Spirit’s ministry through the apostles to us. –(Rom. 12:2)

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1 Corinthians 14:26 Church in your House

1 Corinthians 14:26 Church in your House

Elvis Iverson
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The Church in the Home is rising throughout the church around the world; the church in the home is the apostolic church that Christ will begin to raise up, then after that is the city church. –(Acts 2:40-47)

We have already pass into the new day of church life, the life of the church will be revival, and the Lord will raise up the church in the home, we have enter into the restoration of the church in the home. –(Matt. 10:5-15)

What is the application of the church in the home, and how is the flow during the meetings? The church meets in the home for church, and the church meets in a center for equipping. The application of the church in your house is based in 1 Cor. 14:26.

Here is an example of the church in your house meeting: believers gather together in homes, first the begin to eat together, fellowship together, build relationships with one another, then they begin to sing songs, and pray for one another, then they share with one another, then they teach one another, then they prophecy to one another, and minister to one another, and care for one another, the one another ministry, and then there is a sermon. –(Acts 2:40-47)

Let us look into 1 Cor. 14:26: We come together, first believers are to come together to meet together, the church in your house, then they sing psalms to one another, then they give teaching to one another, then they pray for one another, and prophecy to one another, and each one can have revelation in the Word for one another, and this is all done in edification.

Is there a pastor; the church in your house is the place for the ministry of the pastor, and even the evangelist. But the pastor is not to run the service, instead to flow with the continuity of the one another ministry, he is there for pastoral care, pastoral love, and to coordinate, host the meeting, and some times give a sermon. The evangelist come and fellowships, and flows in the continuity of the church in the home, he connects to a church in the home, and begins to harvests souls into a church in the home, and then aids in discipleship of newborn believers, and then some times gives a sermon. –(Rom. 16:3-16)

The Church in your house is to be the place for application of spiritual gifts and the gifts of the Spirit. The Lord wants to begin Obed-Edom revival to every church in homes. –(2 Sam. 6)

A network of homes churches the Lord is rising up, networks of homes churches, many networks of churches, a network of home churches is a congregation, the Lord is raising up new apostolic congregations all over the earth, they are each a network of churches in the homes, with each having a center, the 1 Cor. 12:28 center.

The Lord is rising up the church in the home; the Lord is rising up the New Apostolic Congregation, the Lord is rising up New Apostolic Networks, and the Lord is rising up the New Apostolic City Church, and the City Church. –(LK. 5:36-39)

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1 Corinthians 12:28 Center

1 Corinthians 12:28 Center

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Our Lord is raising New Apostolic Congregations in many cities, New Apostolic Networks in many nations, the New Apostolic City Church in many cities, and the New Apostolic Church in every city and in every nation around the world. –(LK. 5:36-39)

A New Apostolic Congregation is a network of the church in the home, with a center for apostolic ministry. –(1 Cor. 12:28, 14:26)

The Church in the home, which I call it the 1 Cor. 14:26 church, is first in the order, second is the center, the church in the home, is the place for biblical fellowship, building relationships, and the another ministry.

The Church in the Home is the place for the ministry of the Pastor and the place where the Evangelist connects however, they are not in control, and they are only hosts that flow with the continuity of the community in the home. –(Rom. 16:3-16)

The 1 Cor. 12:28 Center is the place for fathering, mentoring, training, and equipping. This is the place for the ministry of apostles, prophets, and teachers.

The leadership of the congregation is a team of elders; it is a continuity flow of oversight and ministry, with a senior mature leading apostle, who leads with grace, vision, and coordinate, and cooperation. The team of elders is made up of leading apostles, prophets and teachers. –(Acts 13:1-3, 1 Cor. 12:28)

The senior leading apostle, with give cast vision, lead with vision, he or she is a visionary, will train new apostles, and minister to the other elders, and lead in the oversight of the network of churches in the homes. –(Acts 15:13)

Apostles will minister grace and train and equipping each believer, and called forth in each believer there gifts and their ministries, and help them begin to mature and grow in their gifts. Apostles will minister in signs and wonders, they will lead in signs and wonders ministry, they minister Word Revelation, and have apostolic ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the church. They will open new doorways and gates for believers to go forth and minister. –(Rom. 1:5)

Prophets will minister prophetic, prophecy, prophetic guidance, and set believers free, and stirring up the anointing in them, leading them into the practices of the presence of the Lord, hearing what times and seasons we are moving into, and helping the believers to come into the applications of the new times and new seasons of the Lord, and releasing the power of blessing. Then prophets will release the prophetic anointing for all believers to flow in the prophetic anointing, establishing a prophetic community in the church in the home. –(1 Cor. 14:29)

Teachers teaching the Word with grace an anointing, giving the application of the Word of God, talking hold of the apostolic anointing and prophetic anointing in the application of the Word, and opening wider in the minds and hearts of believers, teaching the believer the application of the Christian life with the Spirit. –(2 Tim. 3:14-17)

Fathering is first and is last, fathering is more then mentoring, fathering is for a lifetime, you may have mentoring, but only a few fathers, fathering begins with relationship building, fathering see the whole person, see your vision, and purpose, and begins to mold you into your destiny, with grace and time, fathering is patience with grace. –(1 Thess. 2:6-11)

Mentoring is mentoring you in your calling or gift in the ministry that you are called, by those who are already season in the type or kind of ministry, by those who already have gone before you, and now are giving you the time and the day, to rising up more like them, apostles mentor apostles, prophets mentor prophets, teachers mentor teachers, businesspersons mentor businesspersons, the goal here is successfulness and fruitfulness in the ministry that are your called. Mentoring is for a short period of time, not more then two years. –(Acts 18:26)

Training, and equipping apply to all believers; it is the best knowledge with application being release into your heart and mind, it is first the training of the heart, then comes the training of the mind. Equipping is training of gifts and anointings that applies to all believers, to be equipped to do the work of the ministry. –(Eph. 4:12)

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