Respond in paragraph format to the following prompt(s):
"ACOP is a global movement of passionate people extending God's grace and igniting hope in every community." What does it mean to extend God's grace in your local context? How about globally?
How do the vision and mission affect the culture of an organization?
Bill Johnson says "Apostolic teams are not necessarily made up of just apostles and prophets. They are a group of people that carry an "apostolic mission" without selfish agendas. They are sent by leadership, entrusted with delegated authority to establish God's rule in their realm of experience and expertise. When they go with that heart they carry an apostolic anointing because they function under the umbrella of apostolic authority." Why are apostolic teams important?
We live in a small rural community. I think one of the significant ways that we extend God’s grace is by living life with others. When the Family lives in the over-flow of Jesus; then their every-day lives become ways of extending God’s unmerited kindness and favour to others and our community. When extending God’s grace to our community becomes our vision then being God’s grace becomes our mission.
People smarter than me have proven that people act from their belief system. We do not act our way to right believing. We believe our way to right acting. If we believe in a godly and community-changing vision and mission then our actions will create and sustain a culture in kind.
Apostolic teams are so important because they are God’s idea. God’s ways are higher than our ways and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts. The Biblical model of the Body of Christ is Christ as our head and all believers forming up his Body (an apostolic team). We now just adapt this model in smaller communities to work as part of the larger whole.