MISSION

Equipping a Generation to Live Like Jesus Lived & Do What Jesus Did in Sustained Revival

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VISION

1. To be a Church that is first and foremost a resting place for God’s Manifest Presence in sustained revival for all church activities and members lives. 

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2. To be a Church that is completely given over to the Spirit so He can be in complete control at all times of our church and our lives so He can say what He wants to say, do what He wants to do,  whenever, however and as long as He wants to.

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3. To be a Church that is based on Acts 2:17 speaking of the Holy Spirit falling upon multiple generations and future generations confirmed in Acts 2:39. 

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4. To be a Church that is planted a geographical location(s) directed by the Spirit for people to attend in person while maintaining the online ministry for those outside the geographical location(s).

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5. To be a Church that preaches & teaches  the Gospel of the Kingdom & the truth of God's Word in the power of the Spirit.

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6. To be a Church that will teach our people the practical things from the Word of God that will help them to live a powerful and blessed Christian life in all areas.

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7. To be a Church of prayer & intercession to bring in, allow to rest & keep God’s Manifest Presence in sustained revival so that souls will continually be saved and made into disciples that make disciples.

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8. To be a Church that will by the Spirit save the lost, radically transform lives, cast out demons, heal the sick, minister in the Gifts of the Spirit, signs, wonders & miracles.

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9. To be a Church that is judgement and gossip free. Some of the greatest wounds in a Christian's life unfortunately can come while attending a church.

We look at all who are a part of GEN217 as having no past in Jesus and we or our people will never bring it up.

The leadership and our people will only speak good of each other or nothing at all.

Only if the past is still in the present or there is sin in their life in the present hindering their walk with Jesus or the ministry will leadership deal with it personally in private in love and compassion. Public rebuke is only for sins done publicly. All corrections of any type are done in the hope of bringing them to repentance and then restoration.

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10. To be a Church with a strong ministry focus on 18-30-year-old spiritual sons and daughters, their families and all others who desire to follow us as we follow Christ and submit to the Mission & Vision of GEN217.

They will be discipled, spiritually parented, trained, equipped, supported and sent out into their world as radical, hungry, yielded, laid down lovers, wholly given with reckless devotion to Jesus as Lord & Savior who will live like He lived and do what He did in sustained revival at any cost to expand the revival, GEN217 and God’s Kingdom throughout their world.

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11. To be a Church that is an apostolic led ministry of Acts 2:41-45 & the purpose of the five-fold ministry in Ephesians 4:11-16.​

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12. To be a Church of Cell Groups called Discipleship Groups that will make disciples that make disciples, spiritually parent, train, equip, send, and support them to minister in GEN217, lead Discipleship Groups and do the work of the ministry in their sphere of influence.

Most of the ministry to the GEN217 people is done through the Discipleship Groups.

 

13. To be a Church that is Spirit & Body dependent and not senior leadership dependent. Everyone is equipped to minister to one another in the church once released and outside the four walls.

Senior Pastors and leaders of Groups, Ministry Teams and the five-fold ministry are to equip our members, pray for them, give wise counsel, be there for accountability and give apostolic and pastoral oversite.

The members of the Groups which is the church do the work of the ministry at home, in their neighborhoods, places they go to and workplaces.

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14. To be a Church that is a Revival Hub & Equipping Center with a local influence and a global vision. Every member will be equipped to minister to those around them and some will be sent out into other states & nations.​There will be a very strong emphasis on mercy ministry in reaching the poor especially children locally and internationally.​

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A Church of Discipleship Groups

The GEN217CHURCH is a ministry of Discipleship Groups will begin in homes and online. We are a church made up of Groups and not a Church with Groups.

The Discipleship Groups are the Church.

Intercessory prayer will begin for the Group leaders and future Group members before the Groups are formed.

It's in these Discipleship Groups we will make disciples that will make disciples but also, we will train and equip future Discipleship Groups Leaders so the Groups can multiply.

Once we have enough Discipleship Groups, we will begin to have Sunday morning celebrations for all Groups to attend online and geographically when possible.

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Future Sunday Celebrations and Revival Weekends

As the Spirit comes to rest, we will also be adding in-person & online weekend Revival Weekend Meetings.

Once we have Sunday Celebrations and Revival Weekends we will offer healing, deliverance, and prophecy teams for our members, the public to come and receive ministry & online.

​We will train our members of Discipleship Groups for these teams.

All those that want to be a part of any ministry of GEN217CHURCH must be a regular attending member and contributing part of a Discipleship Group or leading one.

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HOLY SPIRIT & REVIVAL MANIFESTATIONS

There are many manifestations seen of the Holy Spirit and in revival. Everyone reacts differently to God's Presence.

To name a few there can be extended powerful prayer, praise and worship times, deep conviction of sin, salvation, deliverance, healing, signs & wonders, miracles, baptism of the Holy Spirit & Fire, speaking in tongues, gifts of the Spirit, weeping & wailing, joy & laughing, looking drunk, falling, can’t move, trances, shaking, heat, sweating, running, leaping, bowing & bending and speechlessness.

At GEN217 CHURCH we will allow the Holy Spirit to move as He wills among the people in any physical and emotional manifestation as He wills. We will judge all by what we see in Scriptures and in revival history.

There will be times some might be in the flesh and even manifesting demons but that doesn’t bother the Holy Spirit unless it would be taking peoples attention away from Jesus and the move of the Spirit. Then it would be graciously delt with in love.

All is finally judged by the fruit of a transformed life in the days to come.

We will not bow to persecution or the opinions of man when it comes to how the Holy Spirit decides to move or manifest Himself at any given time.

We have seen the Spirit move and manifest in many ways over the last 3+ decades and know what is real.

So if you don't understand it, don't like it or agree with it please just keep quiet for your sake and go somewhere else.

We advise you not to grieve, quench or blaspheme the Holy Spirit by calling it a work of the devil.

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*Mission states the overall purpose for the ministry.

**Vision explains how the Mission will be fulfilled in the present and future.

***We use the name “Church” meaning Biblically God's people and not a building. The problem is when many people hear the name “Church” they think a building to go to once a week on Sunday morning with services and programs created to entertain their flesh.

The New Testament Church is made up of God’s children and called His Body (Ephesians 1:22-23). All of God’s children who are His Church are called to ministry (Ephesians 4:11-13, Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-18).

Therefore, this is why they need a Church that is a Revival Hub & Equipping Center to come to so they can be trained, equipped , supported and sent out into their world to minister to the needs of those around them.