What is a Governing Church?
A governing church is a LOCAL CHURCH that has become the epicenter and hub of divine activity carrying a spiritual prevailing position to enhance kingdom influence by exercising dominion over the spiritual realm, keeping the heavens open and making it conducive for the Holy Spirit's movement in the regions around it and beyond. (extracted from papa JD book "Apostolic Blueprints for Accurate Building")
But a Governing church is also a strong local church, a strong resource center and also an apostolic church
What does a strong local church provides?
1. It provides a structure that help keeps the people HEALTHY (wholesomeness in spirit and mind(internal) would produce wholesome life which is for eternal) and not just to make people HAPPY.
Example:
Eating all healthy food is not a happy thing but we do it is because it’s HEALTHY and would make us healthy. It’s only later as we keep partaking of this healthy diet that we would see it’s benefits and then we would be happy(from within expressed out). Then our happiness is no longer dependent on external situation, people, programs, activities but it’s because we are happy/glad (internal) consistently with ourselves. When we feel well from within us, then all is good and well.
The emphasis of s strong local church is making the people HEALTHY and MOVING towards MATURITY.
2. Provides the functions such as fellowship(warmer), discipleship(deeper), worship(stronger), ministry(broader) and evangelism(larger) so that the people is moving towards Maturity and Wholesomeness. (Acts 2:42-47)
It's because the people are strong and healthy and moving towards maturity that every functions and dept within the church can move together as one and for improvement. All are partaking the same diet(continuously partaking the same teaching) and expressing the same life and are pursuing the same purpose.
Acts 2: 42-45
"They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, the gave to anyone as he had a need."
What does it produce?
1. It produces prevailing, vibrant and lively state of believers (from believer have move towards breakthrough believer)
2. The state of the church is healthy and its expression of its culture is also wholesome.
3. The believers are fulfilling their functions and moving towards corporate purpose and destiny.
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