Core Concepts

Every movement needs a shared language. The apostles taught a coherent way of life, and the early churches learned to follow Jesus using a common set of words, truths, and practices. This page gathers the core concepts that shape our ministry—anchored in the Center (Word, prayer, fasting) and organized through the Five Practices that flow from it: Serve, Seek, Invite, Gather, and Coach. A unified vocabulary helps us speak the same way, teach the same truths, and pursue the same mission across households, churches, cities, and regions. As these words take root in our lives and communities, they create clarity, alignment, and reproducibility—so that disciples, leaders, and churches can multiply with conviction and unity.

THE CENTER — Word, Prayer, & Fasting (Foundation & Direction)

1. Apostolic Cycle: The biblical pattern used by the first churches (AD 30–95), built on the Core Commitments and Core Goals of the early church—evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and ongoing coaching. It provides the theological and strategic backbone for everything we do.

2. Vision – Starting, Strengthening, & Multiplying Churches: God intends to fill homes, cities, regions, and nations with healthy, biblical, multiplying churches; this vision fuels perseverance and shapes our planning.

3. Mission – Make Disciples of All Nations: Jesus commands us to go, proclaim the gospel, baptize believers, and teach them to obey all he commanded. This mission governs all strategy, gatherings, and training.

4. Love for God and Others: Affectionate obedience to God and sacrificial care for people; love is the visible proof of mature discipleship.

5. Character Development / Personal Holiness: Aligning desires, habits, and behavior with God’s character. Holiness is relational, communal, and missional.

6. Repentance (Ongoing Renewal): Continual turning from sin, apathy, excuses, and self-reliance toward God’s will and mission, keeping us soft and aligned.

7. Dependence on the Spirit: The Spirit empowers witness, forms Christlike character, and directs mission; without him nothing becomes fruit-bearing or reproducible.

STEP 1 — Serve to Meet Practical Needs (Mercy, Presence, Relational Entry Points)

1. Care for Those in Need / Mercy Ministry: Meeting physical, emotional, and relational needs expresses God’s compassion and opens natural relational bridges.

2. Household Evangelism: Reaching whole families and relational networks with the gospel; the New Testament assumes households as a primary platform for mission.

3. FRAN Networks: Our natural mission field—Friends, Relatives, Associates, Neighbors—people already placed in our relational circles by God.

STEP 2 — Seek to Find Receptive People (Discernment, Openness, God-Prepared Relationships)

1. Receptive People / Persons of Peace / Bridge People: People whom God is drawing and who welcome you, receive your message, and often open doors to broader networks.

2. Relational Discernment: Prayerful observation and listening to recognize where God is stirring openness so we invest wisely and move at the Spirit’s pace.

STEP 3 — Invite to Discover the Christian Message (Gospel Exploration, Scripture, Conversion)

1. The Message (Apostles’ Missionary Proclamation): The core gospel announcement the apostles preached to unbelievers: Jesus is the crucified and risen Lord who fulfills Scripture, saves sinners, and will return as Judge and King.

2. The Path to God: A simple, reproducible Scripture tool guiding receptive people through the biblical storyline of God, sin, Christ, and salvation.

3. Gospel of Jesus Christ: The good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again—offering forgiveness and eternal life. The gospel is not advice to follow but news to believe.

4. Conversion: A Spirit-enabled turning from sin to Christ—embracing Jesus as Savior and King and entering a new relationship with God.

5. Conversion Counseling: Clarifying repentance, faith, assurance, and the cost of discipleship so new believers begin with clarity and direction.

STEP 4 — Gather to Grow in Biblical Community (Church Life, Worship, Teaching, Fellowship)

1. Simple Church: A relational, reproducible spiritual family centered on Jesus through Scripture, prayer, worship, the Bread and Cup, and shared life.

2. Gathering in Homes: The weekly assembly shaped by Meal → Bread → Word → Prayer → Cup, with singing, testimonies, ministry, and mutual encouragement.

3. Sound Teaching: Faithful explanation and application of Scripture that strengthens conviction, guards doctrine, and shapes obedience.

4. Apostolic Traditioning: Passing on the pattern of the apostles—Scripture, prayer, community, witness, and obedience—not innovation but faithful transmission.

5. Intergenerational Discipleship (Titus 2): Older believers guiding younger ones into godliness, relational wisdom, household faithfulness, and daily obedience.

6. Spiritual Gifts: God-given abilities used to build up the body—teaching, encouragement, service, hospitality, prayer, discernment, and leadership.

7. Shared Life / Fellowship (Acts 2:42): Mutual encouragement, prayer, confession, generosity, shared meals, and Spirit-enabled unity.

STEP 5 — Coach to Develop New Leaders (Multiplication, Formation, Calling)

1. Individual Coaching & Prayer: A rhythm of mentoring, accountability, spiritual assessment, obedience steps, and prayer—aiming at maturity + mission, not information alone.

2. Group Coaching & Prayer: A collaborative environment for leaders to receive training, share testimonies, discuss challenges, learn best practices, and pray for mission.

3. The Path of Church Leaders: A clear developmental process that raises up mature, reproducible leaders equipped for shepherding and teaching.

4. Leadership Qualifications (1 Tim 3; Titus 1): Character-based standards emphasizing holiness, household faithfulness, doctrinal soundness, and integrity.

5. Co-Discernment with Pastors: Emerging leaders and existing pastors discerning readiness, timing, and calling together—ensuring unity, accountability, and wise multiplication.

6. Multiplication: The natural outcome of healthy discipleship—new disciples, new leaders, and new gatherings spreading through relational networks.