What is Wrong with the Church

What is Wrong with the Church

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

We have now coming to the time of reformation of the church of all things, this is the third reformation of the church, this is the whole reformation of the church, this is the great reformation of the church, the Lord commands reformation to all the church, and apostles and prophets are laying the foundation for reformation and reformation is laying the foundation for lasting revivals.

What is wrong with the Church? When I say what is wrong with the church, it is time to see through the eyes of the Holy Spirit in grace, love, Spirit, faith, and truth.

There are no apostles and no prophets, apostles and prophets are the foundation, if you don’t have apostles and prophets you don’t have foundation, it is apostles and prophets who are to lead the church through the Holy Spirit. –(Eph. 2:20, 1 Cor. 12:28)

Many churches do not have any gifts of the Spirit, churches are to be full of the gifts of the Spirit, every believer has a spiritual gift, and every believer is to flow in one of the gifts of the Spirit. Teachers teach on the gifts but there is no application, there is no liberty for the Gifts of the Spirit. –(1 Cor. 12)

No power of God, many believers don’t even walk in the power of God, and many churches don’t even flow in the power of God, even those churches who believe in the power of God in today don’t have an application and don’t flow in the power of God! –(MK. 16:17-18, 2 Tim. 3:5)

No believers in ministry, many believers had not been giving room to minister, and they don’t even have a ministry, where is the believer’s ministry, every believer is to know their gifts and have a ministry. –(Eph. 4:12, 1 Pet. 2:5,9)

No kings in the house of the Lord, many churches are not training kings, believers are called to be priests and they are called to be kings; it is time to raise up kings to change our cities. –(Rev. 1:6, 5:10)

Not enough unity in the church, is there unity among the believers in your city, is there unity among the spiritual leaders among the churches in your city? –(Eph. 4:13)

There is no vision of the City Church in many cities among the churches. There is only one church in each city, that church is called the city church, do you see the city church arising in your city? –(1 Cor. 1:2)

They’re too much of the old wineskins and not enough of the new wineskins in the church. –(LK. 5:36-39)

No biblical elders in the churches, congregation is to have biblical elders, which are apostles, prophets and teachers. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

No financial freedom in the church, the church needs to learn and crossover and make the changes to the freedom of grace giving. –(2 Cor. 8,9)

No relationship, or home church, relationship building begins in the church in your home, the home church is the beginning of biblical fellowship. –(Acts 2:46)

No discipleship and no maturity in the church, we need to establish a plan to disciple new believers, and then establish a pathway to maturity in the church. –(Heb. 5:12-14)

No vision of the future of the church, we need revelation teaching of the future of the church and the church in the end times. –(Eph. 5:27)

There needs to be a restoration and understanding and application of the Sabbath, the feasts of the Lord and the Torah. –(Col. 2:16)

No vision for Israel, the church needs a vision of the future of Israel. –(Rom. 9, 11, 10:1)

No revelation of the Kingdom of God. We need the revelation and understanding of the truth of the Kingdom of God and an application of the Kingdom of God. –(LK. 17:21)

No deliverance ministry in the church, believers need to go through deliverance, they need to know how to cast out demons, and we need to begin casting out demons, not letting them live in comfort among us. –(MK. 16:17-18)

There is no such thing as the one-man rule, there is no such thing has the senior pastor, pastors do not lead the church, we need biblical elders, and apostles. –(3 Jn 9-12, 1 Cor. 12:28)

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Go To Church

Go To Church

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

The words go to church is not found in the Bible, they are not biblical, there are no Scripture grounds for these words, these words are man made and brought from the soulish realm or even from pagan religions. –(Rom. 12:1-2)

The Bible says we are the Temple of God, and the Holy Spirit dwells in those who have been reborn by the Holy Spirit. We are the church, we are the Temple of God, you are the church you are the Temple of God. –(1 Cor. 3:16-17)

The Holy Spirit dwells in the believer of Christ, and when two or three come together there is a greater manifestation of the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit is in each one of us, and when we come together there is a greater manifestation. –(Matt. 18:20)

In the early church there was no temples or buildings, you should not call a building a church, for the church is the body of Christ, those who have been born again, born of the Spirit. In the early church they meet in homes, the church in the home, they came together to fellowship, and eat together, then share, sing, and pray for one another, there was no one man ministry, instead there was the one another ministry, and the pastor was giving to pastoral care and was a pastor among them, that leads with coordination and serves more as a coordinator, the pastor is there for pastoral care and to guard the continuity of community. –(1 Cor. 14:26)

However the pastor was not the senior elder, the pastor ministry was in the home, an apostle was the senior elder, that leads a team of apostles, prophets, and teachers, he or she lead them with vision and coordination. Apostles will minister in a center that supported the church in the home, the church in the home was first, and the center was second in priority. The center was the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet and teacher. It was for fathering, mentoring, equipping and training. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

On the contrary, there are two meanings for the word church, first meaning is set apart, go out. This means we are call out, not a person, instead a people. This meaning does not mean building, the meaning is people, and the church is people. The next meaning is in fellowship with the Lord, again this does not mean we are in fellowship with the Lord through a building so called church, instead we are in fellowship through a community of the church in the Home, first we love the Lord, and then we love one another. –(1 Cor. 1:2,9)

However, there is only one church in a city that church is the city church, all believers born of the Spirit are members of both the City Church and the Church, and the city church is made up of congregations that meet in homes and are equipped in centers. Beilevers are to fellowship and build relationships with other believers in Christ that are not apart of their group, and although you are a part of the city church, we need to in a part of the city church community. If someone ask you what church do you belong, say you belong to the city church, for there is only one church in a city. –(Rev. 1-4)

You are the church when you gather in homes, for the church meeting is in homes, and you are the church when you minister in the workplace. The church is not the building, the people are, when you are born of the Spirit you are apart of the church, and when you join the community fellowship of the church in the home you fellowship with both the Lord and with one another, and when you are at work on Monday there is no division between the weekend or the weekday, you are still the Temple of the Lord. –(Eph. 6:5-9)

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Pastors and Evangelists

Pastors and Evangelists

Elvis Iverson
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The New Apostolic Church will arise in every city and in every nation; the New Apostolic City Church will rise in many cities, and New Apostolic Congregations will arise in many cities throughout the world. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

The New Apostolic Congregation is a network of churches in your house with a center for the equipping of the saints. The center is the place for the ministry of the apostle, prophet, and teacher; the home church is the place for ministry of the pastor and evangelist. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Eph. 4:11, 1 Cor. 14:26)

The pastor ministry is in the home church; he or she provides pastoral care, and the evangelist connects with a home church to bring in the lost and then disciple them. –(Rom. 16:3-16, Acts 8:4-5)

The word pastor is only listed once in the Bible, the word evangelist is only listed three times in the Bible. Pastors are not the senior elders of a congregation, they are not the head of a congregation, they are not the visionary leader of a congregation, they are not the main ministry of the center, there ministry is not in the center, instead it is in the home, Pastors are not full time ministers, evangelists are not of the ministry of the center, they are not full time ministry, they are to work with the home church. –(Eph. 4:11, Acts 21:8, 2 Tim. 4:5)

In the home church the pastor or pastors provide pastoral care, they flow in the continuity of the church in the house, and the continuity of the one another ministry, they maintain the unity and continuity of the group, they work in the cooperation of the group, and they do coordinate the home church meetings, and host them, and they are coordinators of the group. But correspondence and communication with the whole group; Pastors will work as a team, with one leading them in the home church among them, and the pastors will be in fellowship and correspondence and communication with other pastors in other home churches, and they will willing submit to the oversight of the congregation elders. –(Acts 2:40-47)

An Evangelist will fellowship in one home church, and then work with at least six other home churches with correspondences with pastors and in connection with elders oversight, Evangelists will work together and be in fellowship, correspondence and communication with other Evangelists they will lead the lost to Christ, and they will be leaders of soul winners among the home churches, and they will plant the new born in Christ in a home church and disciple them. –(Prov. 11:30)

Evangelists will train and equip believers in how to win souls, plant them in a home church, and how to disciple the newborn. Pastors will train and equip beilevers in pastoral care and home church fellowship; both the pastors and evangelists will equip the believers in home church planting. Pastors are to train and mentor new pastors, and evangelists are to train and mentor new evangelists. –(Eph. 4:11-12)

Pastors and Evangelists are not full time ministry that has careers; there personal support to live on comes from their own strength, but from time to time the believers should honor them with gifts, etc for the labor of love they do. Pastors and Evangelists are to be ordained as ministers. –(1 Cor. 16:13-18)

Half of the ministers will not be in full time ministry, instead they will have a career that supports them and pays their personal and living costs, then most of the rest of ministers will have support from alternative financial support, only a very few will have full support for their living costs and personal costs, etc. Itinerant apostolic workers will have the full financial support that they need, most of these will be full time in ministry, and will not have a support of their own, so the financial support of the church is being free up to support more the itinerant apostolic workers. –(1 Cor. 9:1-18)

A congregation is a network of home churches; the eldership of the congregation is apostles, prophets, and teachers, among the elders cabinet, one of the apostles will be appoint to oversee the home church network, and among the council of elders there will be a leading apostle, the senior elder. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

How to plant churches in the Home:

1. An apostle first prays, plants a home church with already season believers, then trains pastors and evangelists, before moving forth the apostle calls a prophet to come for prophecy and ministry, an apostle does not move forth without a word from a prophet, then releases the new pastors and evangelists, and begins to plant new home churches, and then begins to setup the center.
2. Pastors and evangelists in a city already apart of a home church network, goes forth planting home churches together.
3. Pastors and evangelists are lead to another city under elders oversight to plant new homes churches.
4. Season members in a city already apart of a home church network, go forth together to plant another home church.
5. Members in another city, outside of a home church network wants to connect with a home church network, a new apostolic congregation, and then comes together to form a home church, etc.
6. Members sent from a new apostolic congregation to plant a home church that will lead to more homes churches and a new congregation.
7. The planting of home churches need to be under elders council’s oversight and apostolic oversight.

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Visions of the Apostolic Church

Visions of the Apostolic Church

Elvis Iverson
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We are in the second apostolic age of the church, the first apostolic age was in the Book of Acts, we are seen the restoration of the prophets, and we have seen the restoration of the apostles, and the foundation of the church are apostles and prophets, and the foundation of the apostles and prophets are being laid throughout the church around the world, and already we have entered into the New Apostolic Reformation, and the church of the third reformation is the new apostolic church. –(Heb. 9:10)

Reformation has come to lay the foundation and prepare the way for the revival life, revivals, lasting revivals, many revivals, and the resting revivals to come upon the church and the world. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

The whole church will go through reformation, this is the beginning of the end of many groups and many churches, and this is the beginning of new groups and new churches that will have unity and an oneness among them, for after this reformation the groups and the churches that remain will be in unity and in oneness. –(Psa. 133)

The New Apostolic Church is like a wild fire burning throughout the church, the Lord will establish the new apostolic church in every city and in every nation, and the new apostolic church will fill the whole church, and the whole church will become the apostolic church. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

The Lord will rise up the new apostolic congregations in every church, where there is the plurality of elders, with a set man leading the plurality of elders, the set man is a leading apostle of the plurality of elders, and the leading plurality of elders are apostles, prophets, and teachers, the leading elders of the new apostolic congregation is apostles, prophets, and teachers. The new apostolic congregation is a network of home churches, with a center meeting place for the equipping of the saints, for the ministry of the apostles, prophets, and teachers, and the ministry of the pastor is in the home church. In the new apostolic congregation the believers do the work of the ministry, and the five-fold ministry equips the saints, and the outreach of the new apostolic congregation is the marketplace church. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

The Lord is establishing the New Apostolic City Church, in many cities and in all cities around the world, the New Apostolic City Church is the next level of the growth of the city church, and the city church in the end times is the mature city church. The New Apostolic City Church is a network of new apostolic congregations, with a network of apostles at the city level, and there is a city church apostle leading the New Apostolic City Church Network, and there is a New Apostolic City Church Center for 24 hours 7 days of prayer, worship, and prophetic watch, and is home to the ministries that minister to the city as a whole, and the city church as a whole, and the outreach of the city church is the marketplace church. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

Besides, the Lord is rising up the city church, regional church, national church, and the global church. –(Acts 13:1,Acts 18:22,Rom. 16:1,1 Cor. 16:19, Acts 15:41, Rom. 16:4)

The Lord is rising up Apostolic networks all over the world, vertical apostolic networks, horizontal apostolic networks, and city church apostolic networks around the world. –(Matt. 13:47)

This is the Apostolic Church age of the Church! We have the Chief Apostle and Head of the Church our Lord Jesus Christ leading, building and rising up the Apostolic Church, with the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit is the sending Spirit of the Father, He is the Apostolic Spirit of Christ leading the apostles, and the Father is the Apostolic Father sending Christ into the world to begin all these good things, the church, the Kingdom, the salvation of Israel, salvation of the world, and the restoration and healing of all nations. –(Heb. 3:1)

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The spirit of Ichabod

The spirit of Ichabod

Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com

Many cities around the world, are under the spirit of Ichabod, written upon the city church in these cities is the words Ichabod, they have stop and hinder the power of God and revival for so many years, that the presence of the Lord has departed, and the Holy Spirit no longer manifests himself among them. –(1 Sam. 4:19-22)

These are cities of confusion, no vision, no revelation, no prophetic insights, and no prophets at all. In these cities there is only a very few that ever comes to know the Lord, there is no harvest of souls, there is no harvest of labors. –(Isa. 24:10)

Revelation is rare in these cities and these city churches; there is no widespread revelation. There are no foundations of the apostles and prophets within these city churches in these cities. They are not open to the apostles or the prophets. –(1 Sam. 3:1)

There hearts have grown cold, and they are lukewarm or cold toward the Lord or the things of the Lord, they have left there first love and the first works, there hearts and ears are harden toward the Holy Spirit, and very few hear the Holy Spirit, and these city churches are filled with religious spirits. –(Heb. 3:15)

The fire upon the altar of the city church in these cities is only profane fire, and evil spirits speak and lead the city church in these cities, and the leading ministers of these cities churches in these cities are of the same spirit of Nadab and Abihu. –(Lev. 10:1-2)

The city church in these cities are in ruins, while the congregations are paneled houses; there is no revelation of the body of Christ, or unity of the church, or the vision of the city church. –(Hag. 1:2,4,8)

Before God moves upon a city or a city church He sends prophets, if they receive them, they will receive the Holy Spirit. The Lord sends prophets to minister in order to test the hearts of His people, if they are worthy of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. –(1 Thess. 5:19-21)

The Lord sends apostles to build, to establish, to rise, and to restore if we receive them, we receive the will of God for our city and for our city church, and everything begins with prayer, prophecy, apostles and prophets. –(Isa.62: 10)

The Lord hears the prayers of the faithful and He is send His apostles and prophets to lay the foundation, to break up the fallow ground, and to raise up His will in your city and the city church. –(Hosea 10:12)

These cities of Ichabod and cities of confusion, can be change, can repent, and can have a move of God, but we must repent and seek the face of God, and be faithful and open our ears to the Holy Spirit and His apostles and prophets. –(2 Chron. 7:14)

How to break the Ichabod spirit off your city and the city church:

1. Few come together to pray faithfully.
2. Hear the prophetic words and prophecy for your city.
3. Have the revelation of the city church.
4. Hear the apostles and the prophets.
5. Open the doors of your city to apostles and prophets.
6. Repentance and identificational repentance.
7. Break the curse of Ichabod.
8. Bind the Ichabod spirit.
9. Repent of sins against the Holy Spirit.
10. Repent of sins against the apostles and the prophets.
11. Repent of sins against the church.
12. Repent of sins against one another.
13. Gather a few senior church leaders to pray and fast together, then grow the number to seven, and then begin to hold citywide prayer meetings and ministry meetings.
14. Allow the apostles and the prophets to minister.
15. Gather the prophets and allow them to speak.
16. Gather the apostles and allow the minister and to lead.
17. Allow the apostles and the prophets to lay the foundation.
18. Allow the apostles to rise up the new apostolic city church.
19. Pray for reformation for the city church, revivals for both the city church and the city, and social transformation for the city, and harvests of souls for the city church.
20. Set up a place to hold prayer, worship, and prophetic meetings on a monthly basis.
21. Reform the church, and rise up the church in the marketplace.

The Lord is speaking to those who pray for their city and pray for revival and a move of God, you have prayed for years and have seen no fruits, now today in this article the Lord is speaking truth to you, showing you the way, pray it forth and apply it to your prayers, and share this with spiritual leaders and believers who have a hearing ear. –(Matt.16: 18-19,18:18-20)

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spirit of Diotrephes

spirit of Diotrephes


Elvis Iverson
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The spirit of Diotrephes stands in the way of the believer’s priesthood, stands in the way of the five-fold ministry, stands in the ways of the apostles and the prophets, stands in the way of plurality of elders, stands in the way of the city church, and stands in the way of unity in the church; we have come to the days of the end of the Diotrephes spirit, and we have come to beginning of the liberty of the Spirit. –(2 Jn. 9-12)

Diotrephes spirit stands in the way of the Holy Spirit and the revivals, this is why reformation is coming; it is the judgment of the Lord first beginning in the house of the Lord. –(1 Pet. 4:17)

Diotrephes spirit: loves to have the pre-eminence amongst the brethren and in the church, would not receive the apostles, or other traveling ministers, and speaks against them with malicious words, forbids all others in the church to receive any of these brethren, and excommunicated from the church any who did receive apostolic or other of the traveling ministries. –(2 Jn. 9-12)

When the Diotrephes spirit first arise in the church, it was an order of man, not of Christ, it was against the ministry of the apostle, and it was the beginning sign of the coming great apostasy church, however, even today the Lord is leading us out of the apostasy church to an apostolic church. –(2 Cor. 6:14-18, 7:1)

Some say we are apostles, maybe they are, or maybe they are not, but one thing for sure is that they are immature apostles in following the ways of the Diotrephes spirit. This is why the reformation has come, not only to establish apostolic government, plus bring the freedom of the Holy Spirit back into the church. –(Rev. 2:2)

Diotrephes spirit fights against the reformation spirit of apostles who are following the Lord into the third reformation of the church. This reformation is to prepare the way, and lay the foundation for the manifestation of the Holy Spirit, revivals, and the glory of the Lord. –(Heb. 9:10)

The pastor is not to rule over the church, there is not a one-man rule in true church government, there is no Scripture foundation for the one man rule, instead there is the plurality of elders with a set man, but it is not a one man rule, it is not a tyrant, the tyranny government is the antichrist spirit and pride of man, not of the wisdom of God, the set man leads as a coordinator, with joined cooperation, continuity, and coherence of one another of the plurality of elders. –(1 Tim. 4:14)

Plurality of elders works together as one voice in cooperation, continuity, and coherence, with the senior elder being the set visionary and set coordinator of the Plurality of elders of a congregation. –(Prov. 29:18, Prov. 24:3-6)

The pastor is not to lead the congregation as a whole, the pastor is not to be the set man, or the set coordinator, he is not the leading elder, the pastor is not the main minister, and is not the center minister, instead the pastor is called to care for the members in the church in the home, he is called to pastor in the home, not overseer the church, instead the leading elders are apostles, prophets, and teachers. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

It is the believer who is to do the work of the ministry, not the apostle, not the pastor; instead the five-fold ministry is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, this is they main purpose in the church, and in the congregation. –(Eph. 4:11-12)

Spiritual leadership does not have the power over the will of the believer; instead they guard the freedom that Christ has giving each believer, and they give wisdom and guidance. Spiritual leadership does not have authority to control the relationship between the believer and Christ; instead we are to support, and to build. –(2 Cor. 1:24)

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Speaking Reformation with Love

Speaking Reformation with Love

Elvis Iverson
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Reformation is coming as a holy consuming fire around the world. We are living in the time of reformation, there are times of reformation, and this is one of those times of reformation. In this time of reformation the whole church will go through reformation, this is the reformation of the church, and this is a great reformation of the church throughout all of church history. –(Heb. 9:10)

It is the Holy Spirit that will bring holy reformation to the whole church, and He is rising up a holy company of reformers in the church around the world, this company is not a big company, and not all apostles and prophets are called to this holy company of reformers, however all are called to partake and flow in is great reformation of the church. The company of revivalists are greater then the company of reformers. –(Jer. 1:10, 6:16)

Reformation will lay the foundations for the coming revivals, many revivals, lasting revivals, massive revivals, resting revival, and the revival life. Reformation will lay the foundations for social transformation, social transformations, massive social transformations, and lasting social transformations, and reformation will lay the foundations of harvest, many harvests, massive harvests, and lasting harvests. –(Eph. 2:20, Psa. 11:3)

Apostles and prophets are foundational ministry to the church around the world, reformation is laying the foundations for revivals, social transformations, and harvests, however all apostles and prophets are laying foundation in this reformation and in the church, although there are those called and anointing in the company of reformers. –(Eph. 2:20)

The Spirit of reformation is truth, love, grace, Spirit, life, faith, meekness and patience. Although reformation is fire and it is bold to bring changes in the church, true reformation is truth with love, truth with grace, and truth with meekness and truth with patience. –(Eph. 4:15, Jn. 1:14, Col. 4:6, 1 Pet. 3:15, Jn. 4:23-24, Jn. 6:63, 2 Thess. 2:13, Heb. 6:12)

There are immature, false, misleading, imposture and counterfeit reformers and reformations. If they don’t have the Spirit of reformation, you must question them. –(Eph. 4:13-15)

True and pure reformation does not name names, does not name groups, and does not name movements. Yes in past reformations things may have been different, for the reasons it came to salvation. This is not a reformation to fight for salvation; instead it is a reformation of church government, wineskin, and organic church. The standards of this reformation are being lay before our ears today. –(2 Tim. 1:13)

1. Do not name, names.
2. Do not name groups.
3. Do not name movements.
4. If your in that group, or movements, you can but in the Spirit of reformation.
5. You can attack doctrine, teaching, methods, nature, spiritual, structure, and wineskin, but in the Spirit of Reformation.
6. The reformers may not agree on every thing, but we respect each other’s insight and truth in reformation.
7. What reformers agree upon, we build upon together.
8. Reformers should be in relationship and fellowship with each other.
9. Reformers are to love and be in relationship and fellowship with the Body of Christ based on common ground and common faith; and promote unity and oneness.
10. Reformers seek to flow more in the Spirit of Reformation.

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Shepherding Ministries

Shepherding Ministries

Elvis Iverson
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The New Apostolic revelational structure is a structure of freedom and anointing, beginning with the apostles and prophets as the foundation, then upon that foundation comes the apostles, prophets, and teachers, then upon that layer is the plurality of elders, upon that layer is the five-fold equipping ministry, then upon that layer is the pastoral ministry and the home church, and upon that layer is the priestly ministry of all believers, the every day believer, and upon that layer is the workplace church and workplace minister, the kingly ministry of all believers, and at last the Capstone and Chief Cornerstone, Chief Apostle and the Head of the Church. –(1 Pet. 2:4-10)

The New Ecclesiastical Wineskin an environment of freedom and liberty for the building of relationships and fellowshipping, equipping, spirituiral growth and spirituiral maturity, and the gifts of the Spirit and spirituiral gifts, and revivals, harvests, and the Holy Spirit. –(1 Cor. 14:26-33)

The Five-Fold Ministry is called to equipped the believers for the work of the ministry; this is their main purpose, they are not called to do the work of the ministry, instead the believers are called to do the work of the ministry, and the Five-Fold Ministry is called to equipped the saints for the work of the Ministry. –(Eph. 4:7-12)

The Five-Fold Ministry is called only to do 2% percent of the work of the ministry, and the believers are called to do 98% percent of the work of the Ministry, and the Five-Fold Ministry is called to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. They equip 98% percent of their calling, and the believer gives only 2% percent to support and ministry of the congregation, and 98% percent of the ministry of the believer is to minister outside of the four walls ministering in the workplace. The Church is only 2% Percent of the activity of the beilevers and the Kingdom is 98% percent of their activity. –(Eph. 4:12)

The Five-Fold ministry is the shepherding ministries of the church, it is not a one-man foundation to shepherd the flocks of God, or even a congregation, and instead it is all the five-fold ministers that have the functions of shepherding. –(Acts 20:28)

The three main functions of the Five-Fold Ministry is the shepherding the congregation, equipping the saints, and to do the work of the ministry. –(Acts 20:28,Eph. 4:11-12,Matt. 28:19-20)

Apart from that, the pastoral ministry is in the church in the home, a congregation is a network of home churches, with a equipping center. The pastor’s place is in the home church, all the pastoral work and pastoral care is done within the home church. –(Rom. 16:5)

The presbytery is a plurality of elders; this is the leadership of the church, the plurality of elders is the center leadership of the congregation, with a senior elder leading with them. The leading elders are apostles, prophets, and teachers, for the apostle is first, prophet is second, and the teacher is third in the order of church government and the plurality of elders. The leading senior elder should be the founding apostle, if there is no leading apostle, it could be a prophet, or a teacher, or another apostle. However, the senior elder should be an apostle. Elders are mature ministers of the five-fold ministry. –(Tit. 1:5-9)

The qualifications of elders are: sound character, seasoned minister, and faithful, committed, sound doctrine, able to teach, a love and care for the people, a person of freedom and liberty, recognize by the church and congregation and affirmation from seasoned apostles, a person who can walk in unity and agreement, and have the same heart for ministry. –(1 Tim. 3:1-13)

It is apostles who ordained ministers, and appoints elders, and it is a seasoned apostle or mature apostle who commission other apostles. –(Acts 14:23)

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One Man Leadership

One Man Leadership

Elvis Iverson
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The spiritual authority in the church around the world needs corporate reformation and personal reformation, much of the spiritual leadership, is not the leadership of the church, instead it is the leadership of man. –(Zech. 4:6)

There is no scripture foundation for the one-man leadership, there is no one rule leadership in the Church, instead there is only one Head of the church, that our Lord Jesus Christ. One-man leadership is of the Diotrephes spirit, and the wisdom of religion and the wisdom of man. –(3 Jn. 9-12)

There is not scripture foundation for the pastor to lead the whole congregation, there is no scripture foundation for the senior pastor, and the senior pastor is not the will of Christ for the church or the congregation, there is no scripture foundation for the modern day pastor as we see today, instead the pastor is to be the home church leader, to pastor the members from the fellowship of the church in the home. –(Rom. 16:5)

There is no scripture foundation for an apostle to be the one-man leadership or the one-man rule over the church. This is not true apostolic, this is not true apostolic government; the apostles are not lords in the church, instead they are foundational ministry. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

The apostle is first among equals, the apostle is first in church government, he is to lead the way, and this does not mean he is lord, this does not mean one-man leadership, this does not mean one man rule, the apostle is not called to be an tyrant, or autocrat, oppressor of the church, the church government is not a tyranny, totalitarianism. The apostle is the set visionary and set coordinator, he is the senior elder and senior leader, and however he works with the cooperation, continuity, and coherence of the plurality of elders. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

Yes there is a time for the forerunner, pioneer, and pathfinder work of the apostle, when an apostle must go far ahead of the rest, and may lead as the pioneer without the establishment of the plurality of elders. –(Isa. 62:10)

The plurality of elders work together in cooperation, continuity, and coherence, the senior elder first among equals works with the cooperation, continuity, and coherence of the rest of elders, then he will lead the way in vision and revelation, as the set coordinator of the plurality of elders, and the senior elder of the congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

The senior elder should be an apostle, the senior should be the set man, but this is not a one man leadership, instead he is to lay down the path to follow the set vision, and he is the set visionary of the plurality of elders and the congregation. –(Num. 27:15-23)

The leading elders of the plurality of elders, are first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, these three are the leading elders of the congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3)

It is not one-man leadership; it is apostle, prophet, and teacher team. It is not one-man rule, instead it is apostle, prophet, teacher cooperation, continuity, and coherencies, and with the lead apostle being the coordinator of the cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of the plurality of elders. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Throughout the Holy Scriptures we see the examples of the threefold team of the apostle, prophet, and teacher: We see this in the Trinity the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit; Prophet, King, Priest; Faith, hope, love; prophecy, visions, dreams; and Gifts of the Father, the Five-fold Ministry, and the Gifts of the Spirit. Just as there is the oneness of the Trinity, there is oneness and unity in and between the threefold team. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Acts 13:1-3, Matt. 23:34)

The Threefold team is to form a trinity team in Christ and the Holy Spirit. They are to move in the same unity and same oneness of the Godhead. The congregation is to have the same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead, and the city church is to have the same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead, and the church around the world is to have same unity and the same oneness of the Godhead. –(Jn. 17)

Even the foundation of the church there is no a one man ministry, it is not a one man rule, instead it is apostles and prophet, it is the team work of both the apostle and prophet working together in cooperation, continuity, and coherencies with one another, with the apostle being the leading coordinator of the foundation work of the church however, the apostle leads from with the cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of the two unfolding team. –(Eph. 2:20, 3:5, Rev. 18:20, LK. 11:29, Isa. 1:26)

The believers are to do the work of the ministry, not the five-fold ministry, the believers are to do the work of ministry with cooperation, continuity, and coherencies, in unity and oneness, the five-fold ministry is to equip the saints for the work of ministry; they are the equipping ministry, and they are to equip with cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of one another in unity and oneness in Christ. –(Eph. 4:11-12)

Furthermore, there is no one-man leadership, and there is no one man rule in the church, instead there is cooperation, continuity, and coherencies of spiritual leadership and spiritual authority in the church. –(1 Cor. 12:4-6)

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Reformation Spectrum

Reformation Spectrum

Elvis Iverson
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The fires of reformation will be outpoured around the world upon the church, this is the day of great reformation in the church, and there is no comparing with the last reformation, this is the third reformation of the Church, the reformation of the whole church, and the reformation of all things in the church. This reformation will lay the foundation for revivals, many revivals, revival movements, lasting revivals, massive revivals, and resting revivals and the revival life. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

The Lord is bring connections together throughout the church He is establishing apostolic spectrums, prophetic spectrums, revival spectrums, healing spectrums, deliverance spectrums, and reformation spectrums, etc. these spectrums are not just for sharing of information, instead for fellowship and relationship. –(Acts 15:5)

The Lord has shown me that He is rising up a company around the world for reformers; this company is not a huge company it is a company of a certain number, however the Lord shown me that He is raising up a revivalists company that is more then the company of reformers. –(Rev. 4,5)

The company of reformers will not agree on every thing, however those things that they agree upon the church will be built upon. In addition, these reformers will have the Spirit of reformation, a river and anointing from the Holy Spirit. They will seek to grow in relationship and fellowship with each reformer, and with one another in the fires of reformation. –(Matt. 3:8-12)

The Spirit of Reformation is truth, grace, love, meekness, and patience. The Spirit of Reformation is not hate, is not pride, is not forceful, is not controlling, is not legalism, and is not religious. –(Jn. 1:14,16,17, Eph. 4:15, Col. 4:6, 1 Pet. 3:15)

The Lord will establish a reformation spectrum between the reformers; this spectrum is a connection of community, continuity, continuum, composition, communication of reformation truth and vision with relationship building and on going fellowship in grace, truth, love and humility. –(Matt. 19:28)

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Application and Understanding

Application and Understanding

Elvis Iverson
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From the Word of God, which is the Bible comes teachings that are to apply to our lives, we are to renew our minds and believe and be a doer of the Word, instead of being a hearer only. Today I want to talk about a principle of application and understanding about how we see the practices and methods that we find in the early church when we apply them to the church today.

There are teachings in the Word, then there are practices and methods in the Word, and from the teaching of the Word we will can have practices and methods, then there are practices and methods that come from the early church written in the Holy Word of God, which is the Bible. There can be teachings that come from these practices and methods that come from the early church that we can apply in the church today.

From the teaching of the Word of God come principles that we are to apply with grace. Then there are principles that can come from the practices and methods that come from the early church that we can apply in the church today with grace.

However, these practices and methods that come from the early church may grow, procreate in their application to the church today, and methods may changes and we may have better ones today since the early church was not prefect, and the Lord has brought restoration and progression to the church, and church that we will have become will be more better and more glorious then early church in the Book of Acts; these practices will come from Word.

Notwithstanding, there are principles, practices and methods that the early church has that we are to apply them; these are ones that are clear in the Holy Scriptures.

Nevertheless, We must understand principles, practices and methods of the early church are not absolutes, they can ether be interpretations, deductions and even beyond these, which we should not build upon. There are the gospel essentials and then there are non-essentials, which is where principles, practices and methods are under.

Notwithstanding, we need to study the practices of the early church and begin to be led by the Holy Spirit in how to apply them for their better then the ones that we have today, they didn’t come from God, instead from man, and it is time to teach these practices and give application of them, so that we may see their fruits and even better fruits then of the early church.

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The Thesis of the Third Reformation

The Thesis of the Third Reformation

Elvis Iverson
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We have already enter into the Third Reformation of the Church, The New Apostolic Church is the church of the Third Reformation, and the New Apostolic Church will arise and fill the whole church, and some day in our future the whole church will be the apostolic church. The Third Reformation will touch all believers, and all churches, and all groups in Christianity. The Third Reformation will bring an end to the Christian Religion, and the church will stand as the Priesthood of the Kingdom apart from the Christian Religion, and the bond between the Church and the Kingdom of God will be establish once again, and we will see the glory of the Lord, for the Third Reformation is laying the foundation for many revivals, massive revivals, lasting revivals and the resting revival. –(Prov. 29:18)

In the third reformation many churches will come to an end, and many new apostolic congregations will be birth and rise up in every city of every nation around the world. In the third reformation many Christian groups will come to an end, and many new apostolic networks will be birth and rise up. In our cities, in many cities the new apostolic city church will arise a network of new apostolic congregations in a city. The foundation of the Church shall once again be apostles and prophets, the foundation of the city church shall once again be apostles and prophets, and apostles and prophets shall lead the church once again. –(Jer. 1:10)

The Holy Spirit spoke to me about five reformations throughout the Church history; The First was the reformation in the New Testament Church, the second was the Protestant Reformation, the Third Reformation, is the New Apostolic Reformation, that has already begun, it is our reformation in our times, and in the future there will be two more reformations after this one. The Fourth reformation is the Apostolic Church to the Mature City Church, which is the End Time Church, and the Fifth reformation will be from the End Time Church to the Eternal Bride. –(Heb. 9:10)

In this article I will share with you, the thesis of the Third Reformation, for in each reformation there was thesis, I am not saying that I know all of them on the contrary, I do know some of them, be prayerful, and be humble, allow the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to the Word of God and the Thesis of the Third Reformation. –(Isa. 62:10)

The Thesis of the Third Reformation:

1. The Church is in the home, the church meetings are in the home, the equipping ministry is in a center gathering place, the pastoral ministry is in the church in the home, and the ministry of the apostles, prophets, and teachers are in the center gathering place.
2. All believers in Christ are priests, they have spiritual gifts, and a purpose, they have a ministry, and the believers are called to do the work of the ministry.
3. The Church is the Priesthood of the Kingdom, ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, and the Bride of Christ.
4. The Kingdom of God has begun at our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection, ascension, and seated at the Right Hand of the Father. The Kingdom of God is coming through the outpourings of the Holy Spirit and the works of the saints, and the fullness of the Kingdom of God will come at the return of Christ.
5. The believers are called to be kings of the Kingdom of God, they are called to change and bring social transformation to our cities and nations around the world, and the apostles are called to rise up the kings of the Kingdom.
6. The future and destiny of the church shall be a church full of glory, a glorious church, and the church shall be a mature church, the church shall be a holy church, and the church shall be a united church.
7. The End times are a time of the glorious church, mature city church, healing of the nations, the oneness of Israel and the church, and preparation for the return of Christ.
8. The Jews rightful land is the nation of Israel, and that Jerusalem is the rightful capital of the nation of Israel.
9. The Torah, the Sabbath, and the Seven Feasts of the Lord are applicable to believers today.
10. The new apostolic congregation’s elders are plural; the leading elders are apostles, prophets, and teachers, with a set person leading the plural of elders.
11. The new apostolic congregation’s is an environment for spiritual maturity, spiritual gifts, gifts of the Spirit, and the work of the Ministry.
12. The Main purpose of the Five-Fold Ministry is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, and the saints are to do the work of the ministry.
13. There are modern day apostles and prophets, and apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church.
14. Grace Giving is biblical giving, in a new apostolic congregation, it is the Lord who gives us the seed and grace in order to give, and those who give are blessed in their giving, giving is an act of worship.
15. Spiritual gifts and the gifts of the Spirit are for today, every believer is to walk in spiritual gifts and gifts of the Spirit giving to them.
16. All believers can flow in prophecy, visions, dreams, signs, gifts the Spirit and the power of God.
17. The new apostolic congregation’s is an environment for spiritual maturity, discipleship, equipping, mentoring and fathering.
18. The new apostolic congregation’s is a house for the prophets, and Prophets are protected and welcome.
19. The new apostolic congregation’s is a missionary home base to the nations.
20. The new apostolic congregation’s is a place for compassion and mercy ministries and works.
21. The new apostolic congregation’s outreach is the marketplace, the workplace, and we support the church in the workplace.
22. The new apostolic congregation’s believes there is only one church in each city, and that the church is the city church, and we support the city church, and are a part of the new apostolic city church, and seeks to work with other churches in their city, and believes in the Body of Christ, and seeks and supports unity in the church.
23. The new apostolic congregation’s Church is a church of many people groups in Christ, and this is a church where women and Children are honor for their gifts and skills, and are not hinder. There is no age gap or gender gap, or race gap in the Apostolic Church.
24. The new apostolic congregation’s is a house of prayer for all nations and is a house of true worship according to the Tabernacle of David.
25. The new apostolic congregation’s is a church of deliverance, and casting out demons and healing the sick in the name of Jesus.
26. The new apostolic congregation’s believes in the common ground and common faith of all believers in Christ, and seeks to love and fellowship with all believers in Christ.

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The Need for a Pastor

The Need for a Pastor

Elvis Iverson
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The need for pastor changes as you mature in Christ, we need proper teaching of spiritual maturity so that there is foundation, and that there is continue spiritual growth in Christ and in the body of Christ. –(Heb. 5:12-14, 6:1-2)

We grow as believers in Christ from babes, to children, then to young people, and then become fathers. We are called to be fathers, and then there are fathers of the faith, which are the apostles. We need apostolic fathers in the church once again. To lay the foundation for spiritual maturity, and to raise up fathers, and lead the fathers. –(1 Jn. 2:12-14)

There is maturity as a believers, and then there maturity in the gifts, both are needed, maturity in the gifts is for function and for the edification of the church, and maturity as a believer is for character and your witness. –(2 Pet. 3:18, Rom. 12:4)

Apart from that, the ministry of the pastor is for the home church, the church in the home, not for the center equipping house, Pastors are to feed, care and love the sheep. Their ministry is more for babes and the children, then after that we need the pastoral ministry for love and care that the Lord have giving them. –(Rom. 16:5,10)

The church in the home, is the church meeting, the center equipping house is for the ministry meeting, it is the ministry of the apostle, prophet and teacher. Today most pastors of local churches are not pastors, instead they are teachers, however there is no such thing as a one man ministry, we need the plural elders, with a set man who leads by vision and is cooperation, coherence, continuity with the elders, but has the last word. The apostles, prophets, teachers are the leading elders, and however, pastors are to ministry and their ministry is in the home church. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Apart from that, when you’re a spiritual babe, or a spiritual children in the church you need more the ministry of pastors and teachers, but as you grow into young men or toward fathers you need the ministry of apostles and prophets, yes all need the ministry of pastors, all need the ministry of teachers, all need the ministry of prophets, and all need the ministry of apostles. –(Eph. 3:5)

However, the need for a pastor changes as you mature in Christ, in order to maintain growth and to continue to mature you need the ministry of the apostles, and the ministry of the prophets. And spiritual fathers need the ministry of the apostles to lead them, and they need both the ministry of the apostles and prophets to maintain growth and to continue to mature, for we will always grow and always mature in Christ. –(Eph. 3:5)

The need for the five-fold ministry will change in the future when we come to the unity of the faith, knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. In the Tabernacle of Moses, when you enter the holy place, where there is the Table of Showbread, the Altar of Incense, the golden Lampstand, there are five pillars of acacia wood, meaning the five-fold ministry. Most of the history of the church has be in the outer court where the Bronze Laver is, and the Altar of Burnt offering, soon the day will come when we will enter pass the five pillars of acacia wood into the holy place, and then some day we will come when we will enter into the Most Holy Place. When we pass through the five pillars of acacia wood the need for the five-fold ministry will change. I don’t know what kind of change it will be, but the way we relate and their service toward us will change. –(Eph. 4:11-16)

Furthermore, maturity as a believer and maturity in the gifts, maturity on a personal level and maturity on a corporate level, maturity is the will of Christ, maturity is the will of the Father, and maturity is the will of the Holy Spirit, and maturity should be your will and your congregation’s will. –(Eph. 4:13-15)

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Finding Spiritual fulfillment

Finding Spiritual fulfillment

Elvis Iverson
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Many hunger, and many thirst in the church around the world, some don’t even know it, some have forgotten that they were hungry and thirsty. The Holy Spirit is calling and leading us into a time of great spiritual hunger and thirst. There will come great spiritual hunger and thirst first upon the church and then upon the world; this is all work of the Holy Spirit. –(Matt. 5:6)

First and foremost you must know that your salvation, and eternal life is by faith and grace. When you truly give your life to Christ you are saved and have eternal life, this is all by faith and repentance in Christ. –(Eph. 2:8-9)

Second, all believers need proper basic discipleship and then they can grow properly in Christ and their purpose in life. –(Heb. 6:1-2, Col. 2:6-7)

Third, all believers are to be equipped for the work of the ministry, spiritual leadership’s main function is to equip the believers for the work of the ministry. –(Eph. 4:12)

Fourth, the believers are to be trained, and mentored in their calling and gifts, and their purpose in the church and the Kingdom of God. The congregation has be an environment for the supernatural, for revival, and for spiritual gifts. –(Rom. 12:4)

Fifth, We need the supernatural of the Holy Spirit, first prophecy, visions and dreams, and then the power of God, signs and the gifts of the Spirit. –(MK. 16:17-18, Acts 2:17-18)

Sixth, apostles, prophets, and teachers need be the leading and center elders of a congregation. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Seventh, The foundation of a congregation needs to be apostles and prophets. –(Eph. 2:20)

Eighth, A congregation needs apostolic and prophetic teaching and ministry. –(Eph. 3:5)

Ninth, A congregational fellowship needs to be in homes, it is time for fellowship and building relationships to be in homes, with a center place for equipping, training, mentoring, fathering, and apostles, prophets and teachers ministry; the home fellowship is the place for relationship growth and pastoral ministry. –(Rom. 16:5,10,11, 1 Jn. 1:7)

Tenth, congregations and believers in Christ need the community of faith, and continuity of the city church. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

In addition, believers should know how to pray; become faithful in personal prayer, and have a revival of prayer; it is hard to have complete spiritual fulfillment without a personal life of prayer. –(Phil. 4:6-7)

Besides, every believer needs an every day life with the Holy Spirit, we need to seek the Holy Spirit, and fellowship in the Holy Spirit, and allow the Holy Spirit to minister to us everyday. –(Eph. 5:17-18)

Moreover, We need to pray for revival, every believer needs personal revival, we need the fire of the Lord and revival, and we need the revival life and the congregation needs the fire of the Lord and revival, and the city church needs revival and the church need revivals, and lasting revivals. –(Lev. 6:12-13)

Furthermore, We need to be centered and focus on our Lord Jesus Christ, we need to center on Him, and glorify Him. –(Jn. 12:32)

Conclusion, We must not only build on Truth, revelation and faith we must build on relationship, first relationship with the Lord, we are to love the Lord, and then with relationship with one another, for we are to love one another. –(Matt. 22:37-39)

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Looking for a Church

Looking for a Church

Elvis Iverson
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Many of you from around the world, are looking for a church, yes many of you are faithful members of a church and above all the church. You are not alone, for the Lord Himself is seeking and waiting for a church. –(Zech. 4:6-10)

Just as Abraham was seeking and waiting for a city, which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Today churches have no foundations; the Lord wants churches to have foundations, congregations whose foundations are the apostles and prophets. The Lord wants congregations who are building by apostolic grace from Christ and are led by the Holy Spirit. –(Heb. 11:10,16)

First of all, the Holy Spirit will rise up the city church in many cities around the world; there is only one city church in each city, in every nation, that church is called the city church, the new apostolic city church shall arise under the leadership of apostles, there will be new apostolic city church networks, and there will be new apostolic city church centers, where there will be prayer, worship and prophetic watch, and ministry of church of the city will be centered and begin from this new center. This will be a new beginning, and a new level of city church, and some day we will have the mature city church, the end time church, which shall be full of glory, a glorious church. –(Rev. 21:2,9-10)

Second, the Holy Spirit will rise up the new apostolic congregation in many cities around the world, a congregation lead by apostles, a congregation with apostles, prophets, and teachers as the elders, a congregation where the foundation is the apostles and prophets, a congregation where the believers do the work of the ministry, a congregation where the spiritual leadership equips the believers for the work of the ministry, a congregation that fellowships and built relationships in their homes, and a congregation that flows in the gifts of the Spirit. –(1 Cor. 12:28)

Third, the Holy Spirit will rise up the new apostolic networks all over the world, networks of freedom and relationship that connects to one another building up the church around the world. –(Matt. 13:47)

Fourth, the Holy Spirit will raise the new apostolic church around the world in every city of every nation, and in every nation, and will fill the whole church around the world. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

Fifth, the Holy Spirit will raise up the marketplace church, which is the church in the marketplace; The marketplace church is the outreach of the city church, the new apostolic city church, the marketplace church is the outreach of the new apostolic congregation, and the marketplace church is the outreach of the new apostolic church around the world. The new apostolic marketplace church will arise as a force of change in the world around us. –(Rev. 5:10)

Furthermore, reformation, massive reformation is coming to the church around the world, the church in every city of every nation, and of every national church in every nation, revival, revivals and massive revivals is coming to the church in every city of every nation, is coming to every national church in every nation, revivals, massive revivals, and many revivals are coming to every city of every nation, and is coming to every nation around the world. Social transformation, many social transformations, massive social transformation, and waves of social transformation is coming to many cities and all cities in every nation, and is coming to many nations and all nations around the world. Harvest, many harvests, and massive harvests of the masses in many nations, and many cities around the world are coming and this is just the beginning of the Lord’s goodness and mercy. –(1 K. 18:41-46)

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Reformation of the Gentile Church

Reformation of the Gentile Church

Elvis Iverson
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We have entered into a time of reformation, this is the reformation of the whole church, this is a great reformation, and this is the third reformation of the church, the new apostolic reformation. –(Heb. 9:10)

There will be major events and mountain top points that this holy reformation will reach, one of those is the church turning to her roots. I mean the Messianic Hebraic Roots of the Church; the church was once the Messianic apostolic church, and the church will return to the roots of foundation, Messianic Jewish roots. –(Rom. 9, 11)

The Church does not support the root; instead it is the root that supports the church, what the church lacks and what the church is missing is the Jewish root of Messianic faith. –(Rom. 9,11)

Return to the root of Messianic faith and Messianic foundation:

1. Knowing and outstanding the Jewish roots of the Church.
2. Knowing and outstanding Jewish roots.
3. Knowing and outstanding Jewish identity, Jewish heritage, and Jewish practices.
4. Prayer watchmen for Israel.
5. Becoming a friend of Israel.
6. Restoration, knowing and understanding of the Torah.
7. Restoration and application of the Sabbath.
8. Restoration and application of the Seven Feasts of the Lord.

Apart from that, the Messianic Jewish congregations are forerunners to the salvation of all of Israel, and all Jews, and the restoration of holy union and oneness between Israel and the church, and the great revival of all revivals. We as believers in Yeshua the Messiah must guard against anti-Semitism and assimilation spirits that could try to bewitch Messianic Jewish believers. –(Rom. 1:16-17)

Jews that come to their Messiah Yeshua have freedom and grace to follow the Lord Jesus Christ in Jewish identity, Jewish nationally, Jewish heritage, and Jewish practices, and we Christian are to enjoy willing and freely they’re fellowship and their Messianic faith and Messianic foundation in Christ. I believe there will be a revival of Jewish identity, Jewish heritage, and Jewish practices among the Messianic Jewish believers. –(Rom. 14)

The new apostolic church, the church of the third reformation is to lead the way of reformation, these new apostolic congregations are be examples and a forerunner of reforming the Gentile church and restoring the root of Messianic faith and Messianic foundation in the church. –(1 Cor. 3:9-10, Eph. 2:20)

What will come is the new apostolic Messianic church that will rise up among Jewish believers; there will be a restoration of Jewish Apostles and Jewish Prophets in Israel and around the world among Jewish communities. These Jewish Apostles and Jewish Prophets will network and seek relationship with Gentile Apostles and Gentile Prophets, and this will lead to the holy union between the Church and Israel. –(Matt. 20:16)

Someday the Church again will be a Messianic Church. The day will come that the church will again be a Messianic church with Messianic Jewish believers and Messianic Gentile believers. –(Heb. 11)

Steps leading to the reformation of the Gentile Church:

· Write down and compare Messianic Jewish congregations with the Gentile Church. Enter into necessity and essentiality changes with the Gentile Church to be reformed to Messianic faith and Messianic foundation.
· Down write down what only applies to Messianic Jewish believers and what can biblically be applied to the Gentile Church. Give freedom and liberty to Messianic Jewish believers to practice those things that only applies to them, and give freedom and liberty for Gentile believers to apply those things that can apply to them, and above all both practice the application giving as a whole to promote Messianic faith and Messianic foundation.
· Write down and compare the New Apostolic Church with the Messianic Jewish congregation, and then make changes and add to the church of the reformation the Messianic faith and Messianic foundation in application and liberty.
· Understanding and teaching the applications of practices of Messianic faith and Messianic foundation that applies to Gentile believers in Christ in freedom, liberty and willingness.

In addition, your congregation should have a Jewish Heritage Ministry to minister to Messianic Jewish Believers and teach others in the congregation the Messianic faith and Messianic foundation. –(Heb. 11)

This article and teaching that is giving within this writing is kind of radical and should be apply with grace and love. It may take time for some to believe, receive the truth that is spoken and written in this article. Thank the Lord who gives us grace and truth with time to apply and come around. If you believe the truth written and spoken then you have already begun. –(Eph. 4:15, Col. 4:6, Eph. 4:2-3)

However, there are other mountaintops points that the third reformation will reach and pass over to valleys of revival; mountaintop points like: arising new apostolic city church, the end of all denominations and many groups, the community fellowship of believers, the home church, the new apostolic congregation, fathering and mentoring education, marketplace church arising, and the reformation of the Gentile Church. –(Heb. 5:12-14,6:1-2, 1 Cor. 3:1-3)

Furthermore, The Spirit of reformation is truth, love, and grace, meekness, and patience. This reformation is laying the foundation for lasting revivals and the resting glory of Christ. –(Eph. 2:19-22)

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Personal Reformation

Personal Reformation

Elvis Iverson
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Reformation has already begun; this is a time of reformation that has begun. This time of reformation will come to the whole church around the world. I see a vision of angels released in such as a time as this; they are flying over the church around the world, releasing reformation fires upon the church. –(Heb. 9:10)

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of reformation, and there is beginning an outpouring of the Spirit of reformation upon the Church, the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Revival and there is coming great outpourings of revival upon the Church. Reformation is laying the foundations for revivals, massive revivals, habitational revival, lasting revivals, and the resting glory of the Lord. –(Jer. 1:10)

There are some who are crying reformation, who are shouting reformation, however they do not have Spirit of Reformation, for true reformation comes with love, grace, patience, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. –(1 Cor.14: 26, Eph. 4:15)

As reformation comes to the Church on a corporate level, reformation will come on a personal level; from corporate reformation comes personal reformation to you and me. –(Isa. 1:16-20)

We are to pray for corporate reformation to come to the church, we are to be praying for massive corporate reformation to come to the city church, national church and the global church, and we are to pray for personal reformation to come to us. –(MK. 11:11-26)

Apply the process of personal reformation with these sample steps, personal reformation is renewing our minds, and our ways of faith in grace, and anointing. As we change our mindsets, renewing our minds and changing the ways of church on a personal level, we will see the fruits of reformation and the fries of reformation in our lives. –(Matt. 4:17,Rom. 12:2, Heb. 12:25-29)

Process of personal reformation:

· Pray for personal reformation, pray for grace of personal reformation, pray for the Spirit of reformation, and pray for your heart to be filled with love.
· Write down everything you know about church and the Christian life, then write down everything the Bible says about church, and about the Christian life, then repent for doing and being apart of those things that are not the church that are not the Christian life.
· Read, study, and meditate on the Scripture truths on reformation, pray for the Spirit of Wisdom and Spirit of Revelation, and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you and lead you in reformation and personal reformation.
· Read, study, and meditate on teaching and articles that have a nature of reformation, and that is reformation in nature and those on the reformation. Allow the Holy Spirit lead you and teach you, repent of those areas that you follow in faith that is not the ways of Christ for the Church and the Christian life.
· Begin to change the way you do Church, and the way you do Christian life.
· Seek to fellowship with those who are seeking the Lord for reformation and personal reformation.
· Speak love and understanding to those who disagree with you, and pray in love for them. Above all you can fellowship and should fellowship with believes based on the Cross of Christ first and foremost.
· Pray and find those spiritual leaders that are following the Lord in reformation.
· Pray for the fires of reformation to come upon your life, upon your mind and your heart.
· Begin to share the truths of reformation with others, in love and grace.
· Pray and ask the Lord to open your eyes to any demon that is in your life that is against the reformation, then pray, bind, cast out those evil spirits that are against reformation and break any soul ties with things, people, ideals, groups, that are against reformation. Pray for fires of reformation to burn those things away from your life.
· Be open to others about reformation, and reformation truth, all those in reformation may not agree on everything, but those things we agree upon we built upon, and show love and respect to those who teach reformation things that you disagree about, and built upon those things you agree upon, and above all fellowship is based upon the Cross of Christ.

As you enter into personal reformation be humble and have a listening ear to hear from the Holy Spirit and from others around you. Ask the Lord to guard the truths of reformation in your heart and lead you in the process of reformation. –(Gal. 3:1-9, 5:1,7-15)

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Break up the Follow Ground

Break up the Follow Ground

Elvis Iverson
September 16, 2007
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I see a vision of angels coming and see pillars of fire and storms of fires, and wild fires coming with these angels, and these angels have rods and trumpets and they blow and say reformation, reformation, and reformation!

I see a vision of America and Europe and I see fires of reformation come forth from the hearts of reformers and the saints, and these fires of reformation flow like rushing rivers in the springtime throughout the church and the world.

I see a vision of seven lamps of burning fire, this first fire came reformation, the second fire came revival, the third fire came wealth revival, and the fourth fire came social transformation, the fifth fire came the healing of nations in restorations and progressions, the sixth fire came harvest, and the seventh fire came city church unity.

I hear the angels say break up the follow ground, before there could ever be harvest times, the ground must be dealt with through breaking up the follow ground, before there could be new harvest times, or harvest seasons, or harvest periods in history, there must be reformation, before greater harvest times can come.

The main events of human history begin with reformation and ends with harvest. New events always begin with reformation and end with harvest.

Break up the follow ground, reformation time is here, and seek the Lord, it is time to seek the Lord, outpouring of the Spirit of Supplication and the Spirit of Grace is upon us.

Sow for yourself righteousness, sow for yourself reformation, plant the seeds of reformation around the world, plant the seeds of reformation in your city, and plant the seeds of reformation in your nation, and plant the seeds of reformation in your heart.

Reap in mercy, revival is coming, revivals are coming, many revivals are coming, revival movements are coming, lasting revivals are coming, resting revivals are coming, and the revival life is coming!

It is time to seek the Lord! Until He comes and rains righteousness upon your cities and nations; He will bring social transformation, many social transformations, massive social transformation, and lasting social transformation, and the life of social transformation to the world.

· The Lord will bring to the church the reformation life!

· The Lord will bring to you the revival life!

· The Lord will bring to the world the social transformation life!

Can you not see the pattern being revealed today! –(Hosea 10:12)

1. Break up the follow ground, sow the seeds of righteousness: Reformation cometh!
2. Reap in mercy, seek the Lord: Revival cometh!
3. Rain righteousness: Social transformation cometh!
4. Continuum harvest life!

What will all these divine acts and faith acts do between reformation, revival and social transformation?

Harvest times, harvest times, harvest waves, massive harvest, rivers of harvest, continuum harvest, harvest of the messes, harvest of cities, harvest of nations, and Great Numbers Harvest!

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The Vision of Reformation

The Vision of Reformation

Elvis Iverson
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We can foresee by the prophetic and by the Holy Scriptures with revelation seeing the vision of reformation, what kind of reformation that is coming, yes this reformation has already begun, it first begun as a lamb, soon it will become a lion and then it will become a horse, this reformation is a work of becoming pure gold, pearls, and precious stones. Reformation is a work of the holy fire of God from the Holy Spirit. –(Mal. 3:2-3, Matt. 3:8-12,1 Cor. 3:5-17,Heb. 12:25-29, Rev. 21:9-21, Rev. 3:14-22)

We have already entered into the Third reformation, this is called the new apostolic reformation, this is called the reformation of the church, the reformation of all of Christianity, and this is the great reformation. The face of the church will change in one generation. What we think is church will not be church, the church now and the church that is coming is a whole new picture of glory and unity. –(Heb. 9:10)

The reasons why we need reformation; we need reformation for unity to come more and mature unity to come, new wineskins that can connected and have unity and hold the new wines of the Spirit, and hold the power and glory of God, to lay foundation for the end time church, to lay the foundation for revivals and lasting revivals, to become more like the church that Jesus wants. –(Matt. 7:15-29)

Many Christians groups will come to an end, all denominations will come to an end, the apostolic church which, is the church of the third reformation will arise as a pillar of fire that will consume as a consuming fire the whole of Christianity and fill the church. The Church shall become the apostolic church, for the church is the apostolic church. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

The congregations and companies that pass through the fires of reformation will have unity and oneness among them. Reconciliation will come, then unity will come, and then we will enter into oneness. –(Eph. 2:19-22, 3:14-21, 4:13-16, 5:26-27)

Every one who names the name of Christ, every congregation that names the name of Christ, every group that names the name of Christ, and the whole church, and the whole of Christianity will be place and pass through the fires of reformation, many will be burn up, and there will be those who pass through and become more pure. These ones that pass through all the way shall fill the whole earth. –(Matt. 3:12,1 Cor. 3:11-15)

Reformation vision of laying the foundations of the apostles and prophets, arising up the new apostolic church, arising up the new apostolic city church, establishing the marketplace church, the church full of the gifts of the Spirit and all spiritual gifts. The believers will do the work of the ministry. An outpouring of signs, wonders, power of God, prophesy, visions and dreams, laying the foundation for revivals and lasting revivals. –(Phil. 4:9)

The bishops and administers will no longer lead the Church; instead Apostles and Prophets shall lead the Church. –(1 Cor. 12:28, Eph. 2:20, 3:5)

The Apostolic Church will fill the whole church around the world, and unity will come, and this unity will increase, and glory will increase, and harvests will increase, until the point of giving birth to the Kingdom Church, which is the mature City Church; the end times church of glory and holiness. –(Eph. 4:13,5:27)

There are five reformations of the church that the Lord as revealed to me; the first was the reformation of the New Testament Church, the second reformation was the Protestant Reformation, the Third Reformation is the New Apostolic Reformation, the fourth reformation is the Kingdom Church Reformation, and the fifth reformation of the Church is the Eternal Reformation. –(Amos 3:7-8, Prov. 29:18)

In the Third Reformation the Lord will set the church free from religion, free from the Christian religion, freedom from Christianity, the church will be free and become the Bride of Christ, and the city of God around the world, and reconnect, and realign to the Kingdom of God. –(Eccl. 7:8, Heb. 6:12)

The Church has been going through restoration; we are coming to the end of the restoration of the priesthood, the mark of this is the third reformation the great reformation of the church, the reformation of all things in the church. Just as the church when through restoration of all things in the church, now the church will enter into the reformation of all things in the church. This is the beginning of end of the restoration of the priesthood, and the beginning of the restoration of the kings of the Kingdom. –(Acts 3:19,21, Heb. 9:10)

Reformation has already begun, now it is time for you to have personal reformation. Take hold of the thesis of reformation, come to true repentance and renew your mind by the Holy Scriptures, prayer and the Holy Spirit. –(Matt. 3:1-12,4:16-17)

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Signs of an Apostasy Church

Signs of an Apostasy Church


Elvis Iverson
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What are the factors and characteristics of an apostasy church? First and foremost we have come to a day when all these factors of the apostasy church will be totality and finality burn away from the church. –(Heb. 12:25-29)

In the first of the days church was the beginning, this church was not prefect or mature, the church in the future will be even be greater and more mature then the church in the Book of Acts. –(Eph. 5:26-27, 4:13)

The Church in history after the time of the first days of the church went through a time of apostasy, which is called the great apostasy of the church, the great falling away. Then the day cane when the church was set free from the apostasy church, and enter into times of restoration however, some of the factors of an apostasy church still remain in the church today. Through this third reformation, all these factors will be burn up and the apostolic church will arise. –(Heb. 9:10)

An apostasy church is the opposite of an apostolic church or the apostolic church. The third reformation will be as a fire burning throughout the church, however we must move forth in this reformation with humility, love, patience, love, and truth. –(Eph. 4:15)

Here are some of the factors of an apostasy church:

1. An apostasy church is a church without apostles and prophets.
2. An apostasy church is a church without the gifts of the Spirit, signs and wonders, prophecy, visions, dreams, and deliverance, and the power of God.
3. An apostasy church is a church that does not believe in the Bible is God’s Word.
4. An apostasy church is a church that does not see the rest of the church in their city and around the world.
5. An apostasy church is a church that goes against the ways of the Kingdom of God.
6. An apostasy church is a church that goes against the ways of the city church.
7. An apostasy church is a church that goes against the ways of the Holy Spirit.
8. An apostasy church does not have a vision for church in the end times.
9. An apostasy church is a church that is a one-man ruled by a so-called senior pastor.
10. An apostasy church is a church where there is no room for the other five ministries of grace of Christ.
11. An apostasy church is a church that has no room for saints doing the work of the ministry, and they are not equipped for the work of the ministry.
12. An apostasy church is a tithing church, instead of a grace giving church.
13. An apostasy church is against women in ministry.
14. An apostasy church is against the new wineskins.
15. An apostasy church is a church where the spiritual leaders are controlled by a board of deacons.
16. An apostasy church does not believe in healing the sick or casting out demons.
17. An apostasy church does not believe in the church in the workplace.
18. An apostasy church is against unity in the church.
19. An apostasy church is against other believers from other people groups.
20. An apostasy church is against the Messianic believers, Jewish people, and Israel.
21. An apostasy church is a church that does not aid or help those suffering or in need.
22. An apostasy church is a church that is not for holy living.
23. An apostasy church is against believers have wealth and prosperity and business.
24. An apostasy church is church in witchcraft, controlling, religious spirits, and have no freedom or liberty.


A church with some of the factors of an apostasy church are still born again Christian if they have receive Him as Lord, and give their lives to Him. There are a lot of good churches out there that have some of the factors of an apostasy church, and reformation is a work of patience, love, grace, and truth. –(Rom. 15:7)

Now pray for personal reformation in your life and pray for reformation to come to the churches and church of your city. Pray for the Lord to rise up the Apostolic Church in your city and pray for the Lord to rise up the city church to the next level. Then pray for revival for your city and the city church, and prayer for personal revival in your life. –(Matt. 5:1-12)

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