The New Testament presents us with the blueprint by which effective church planting work may proceed. In considering the founding of New Testament churches such as the ones in Antioch and Ephesus (see Acts 11 and 19), we find the methods and means by which the Early Church saturated the then known world with the Gospel—in less than a century! The restoration of this obscured wisdom will enable us to do God’s work, God’s way. We do not ignore the fact, on the other hand, that modern technologies and disciplines may serve God’s purposes without necessarily interfering with God’s pattern. Therefore, we applaud the advances made in methodology by the church growth movement and other related efforts. We hope to transmit the important insights gained by these to the network of churches, which we are serving.
We also acknowledge that we are only a part of the Church universal; we are not alone in our quest. Many parts of our Lord’s Church are presently advancing. We wish to coordinate our efforts in such a way as to help them, and ourselves, become mutually supportive for the ultimate good of the whole church.
We recognize that there are practical limitations in activating these objectives. Therefore, we can extend ourselves only to the limits of our: (1) relationships and (2) resources – both human and financial. These will serve us in establishing priorities in our goal setting.
To accomplish the preceding objectives, we have implemented the following operational goals. We have arranged them by categories for easy reference:
This is a season when the Lord is beginning to weave His people together—networking them in a unique manner not previously witnessed. The restoration of five-fold ministry has been central to this new working of God and the emergence of ministries like KLI is occurring regionally throughout the world.
Why? Why is Jesus, the Fisher of Men, networking people, churches and ministries? We would propose, as His Word declares and many prophetic voices have been trumpeting, that we are being prepared for the greatest catch of all time – a harvest of humanity of boat-swamping magnitude. Kingdom Leadership International is one of the boats that the Lord has graced to participate in this glorious labor.
As we apply ourselves to our motto, “Advancing God’s Kingdom”, we can participate in changing the world. We can witness the increase of the Lord’s government at the same time we are seeing the decrease of the kingdom of darkness.
“And this we will do by God’s grace!”
Scripture quotations are generally from the New American Standard Bible, copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, by the Lockman Foundation.