Life seems to have been busy with lots of challenges for everyone. At Boloco Church we have been discussing our future together and the importance of unity. Over the last few weeks we have been talking about some draft foundational principles, which are outlined below:
Being of one mind - THE foundation of unity amongst us is the spirit of god and the living word of god in our lives
We seek unity in the following areas of our life together:
I. Boloco Church Purpose: To meet together as the body of Christ, to worship Him, grow in understanding of His Word and His Way for us. To experience the transforming power of His life in us and see His Kingdom come across the region.
II. Foundational principles:
1.The focus of our weekly meeting is to meet with God and worship Him together. His Presence with us is the foundation of the meeting (Matt 22:37; Psalm 99:5).
2.We meet relying on His Word for our counsel & direction (Psalm 16:7-9).
3.We fully anticipate and depend upon God's presence with us each week - to teach, reveal, convict, impart faith, salvation, wisdom, healing, etc (Psalm 16:11).
4.We desire for the gathering in every aspect to be characterized by His love (Matt 22:37-40).
5.Because we are scattered, spending time together is important so that we can support and pray for one another (Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9).
6.We meet together with openness, vulnerability and trust (Hebrews 10:24-25) and do this with a sense of family and informality. We want to speak the truth in love. (Ephesians 4:15).
7.We want to see His gifts (1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, Romans 12) fully expressed in our church body to build one another up in Him and also accompanying the proclamation of the gospel as we each go about our daily lives (Mark 16:15-18).
8.We believe that as His disciples we are called to proclaim the Kingdom of God & the good news of the Lord Jesus, heal the sick, cast out demons and raise the dead (Matthew 10:8; Mark 16:15-18).
9.We are acutely aware that without Him we can do nothing (John 15:5) and that the Kingdom of God is established in us and through us on the earth not by might or power but by His Spirit (Zecharaiah 4:6).
10.We see prayer (asking Him to do His will - in us, and in the earth) as foundational to the movement of His Spirit upon us as His body and as foundational to a sovereign move of His Spirit in this region to bring revival (Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36; 2 Thessalonians 1:11).
