An Apostolic Fellowship
- Church
- Sunday School Department
- Outreach Department
- Home Missions
- Homeless Shelter
- Rest Home
- Prison
- Music Department
- Other
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to reach the whole world for Jesus Christ. We will endeavor to teach the whole word of God with love and compassion for the lost, but without compromising the doctrine as set forth by that word.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. Provide a comfortable atmosphere for non-believers to hear the gospel.
2. Lead people into a saving knowledge of and relationship with Jesus Christ.
3. Develop strong, doctrinally sound Christians who know what they believe and why they believe it.
4. Promote spiritual and doctrinal growth among our current church members.
5. Engage as many people as possible in the discipleship of new believers.
6. Startup and support home missions churches for qualified, “called” men of God who have proven themselves faithful.
7. Send out and support missionaries in the field.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Develop a Sunday School department that is equipped and trained to teach our children what they need to know, with each grade level taking them into a deeper relationship with Christ and a higher knowledge of His word.
2. Develop a Home bible study department in order to maximize our outreach efforts.
3. Develop a Homeless Shelter ministry to reach out to those, who due to life’s circumstances, are less fortunate than we.
4. Develop a Battered Women’s Shelter ministry to help with the healing that will need to take place in the lives of those who have been victimized.
5. Develop a Rest Home ministry to comfort those who due to age, illness or injury, are unable to function independently in the world.
6. Develop a Prison ministry to help resuscitate and rehabilitate those whom the devil has devoured.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to reach the children and youth in our city, as well as those who attend our church for Jesus Christ. We will endeavor to fulfill Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. Provide a comfortable atmosphere for unchurched children/youth to hear the complete gospel.
2. Lead children/youth into a saving knowledge of and relationship with Jesus Christ.
3. Develop strong, doctrinally sound Christians who know what they believe and why they believe it.
4. Promote ‘continual’ spiritual and doctrinal growth.
5. Engage as many people as possible in the training, teaching, and discipleship of our children/youth.
6. Inspire children/youth to “go beyond the norm” in their service to God.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Develop a Sunday School department that is equipped and trained to teach our children what they need to know, with each grade level taking them into a deeper relationship with Christ and a higher knowledge of His word.
2. Engage the children/youth in biblical studies that are interesting and doctrinally correct.
3. Prepare our children/youth for a world that is increasingly ungodly.
4. Equip our children/youth with the biblical knowledge necessary to overcome the gainsayers.
5. Develop biblically correct attitudes in our children/youth so they mature in Christ and show it to all.
6. Inspire a love for God and His word in the hearts, minds, and souls of our children/youth.
7. Inspire our children/youth to be more than pew sitters, but to become pastors, teachers, evangelists, missionaries, and effective witnesses for Christ.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to reach this city for Jesus Christ. We will endeavor to teach the whole word of God with love and compassion for the lost, but without compromising the doctrine as set forth by that word.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. Provide a comfortable atmosphere for non-believers to hear the gospel.
2. Lead people into a saving knowledge of and relationship with Jesus Christ.
3. Develop strong, doctrinally sound Christians who know what they believe and why they believe it.
4. Promote spiritual and doctrinal growth among our current church members.
5. Engage as many people as possible in the discipleship of new believers.
6. Startup and support home missions churches for qualified, “called” men of God who have proven themselves faithful.
7. Send out and support missionaries in the field.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Develop a Home bible study department in order to maximize our outreach efforts.
2. Develop a Homeless Shelter ministry to reach out to those, who due to life’s circumstances, are less fortunate than we.
3. Develop a Battered Women’s Shelter ministry to help with the healing that will need to take place in the lives of those who have been victimized.
4. Develop a Rest Home ministry to comfort those who due to age, illness or injury, are unable to function independently in the world.
5. Develop a Prison ministry to help resuscitate and rehabilitate those whom the devil has devoured.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to develop curriculum for multilevel home bible studies. To train prospective teachers how to teach the material; and ensure they have the knowledge and experience necessary to teach the level of curriculum assigned to them.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. Provide a comfortable atmosphere for non believers to hear the gospel.
2. To lead people into a saving knowledge of, and relationship with Jesus Christ.
3. To develop strong, doctrinally sound Christians who know what they believe and why they believe it.
4. Promote spiritual and doctrinal growth among our current church members.
5. Engage as many people as possible in the discipleship of new believers.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Develop a guideline for teaching home bible studies with a few generalities concerning teaching style and hospitality.
2. Develop a Phase I basic salvation home bible study curriculum that is easy to teach with plenty of scripture for the beginner.
3. Develop a Phase II home bible study curriculum with teaching on the Godhead, Holiness standards, Personal disciplines (faithfulness to church, necessity of developing of a prayer life, necessity of studying the word). This may also include an overview of the whole bible using "Search for Truth"
4. Develop a Phase III home bible study curriculum using in depth theology from bible studies such as Ralph V. Reynolds' "Alpha Bible Course" or Nathaniel Wilson's "The Pastor's Course.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to reach out to those who; due to life’s circumstances, may be in need of personal living space, goods, and self esteem building. The bible tells us in Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good...... We desire to participate in God's great commission by visiting/helping the poor and bringing the true gospel to those who; due to life’s trial and tribulation, need a hand up from truly caring people of God.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. To lead people into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2. Strengthen those who are of the faith in their current circumstances.
3. Provide fellowship, encouragement, and prayer for those who are lonely and/or physically challenged.
4. To reach out to families in need of financial and spiritual help.
5. Promote spiritual and doctrinal growth among our current church members through opportunities to minister to others.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Research opportunities for ministering in the Bakersfield Homeless Center, Battered Women’s Shelter, and the Rescue Mission in the Greater Bakersfield area.
2. Develop a schedule of times for visitation and ministering at the various locations.
3. Develop ministries to reach out to the various groups of individuals at these facilities. I.e. Children, young adults, seniors, and those who are drug and alcohol dependent.
4. Develop "home style" bible studies to those who want to know more about God through the bible.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to reach out to those who are shut in due to circumstances beyond their control. The bible tells us in James 1:27 that "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." We desire to participate in God's great commission by visiting those shut in and bringing the true gospel to those who; due to age or infirmity, may soon meet God.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. To lead people into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2. Strengthen those who are of the faith in their current circumstances.
3. Provide fellowship, encouragement, and prayer for those who are lonely and/or physically infirm.
4. To reach out to the families of those who are institutionalized.
5. Promote spiritual and doctrinal growth among our current church members through opportunities to minister to others.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Research opportunities for ministering in various rest homes in the Greater Bakersfield area.
2. Develop a schedule of times for visitation and ministering at the various locations.
3. Minister to the elderly through visitation, prayer, music, and preaching of the word so that souls might be saved.
4. Teach "home style" bible studies to those who want to know more about God through the bible.
Still in Development
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to assist in the moving of the Holy Ghost through the creation of an atmosphere conducive to worship.
Vision Statement:
Our vision is to:
1. Sing with anointing.
2. Provide opportunity for church members to use their singing talents for the glory of God.
3. Provide opportunity for instrumentalists to use their musical talents for the glory of God.
4. Promote spiritual growth among our music team members.
5. Engage as many new people as possible in the choir/band.
6. Set an example to other church members on how a person should act in church and outside the church.
Goals:
Our goals are to:
1. Develop a music department that is equipped and trained to teach our choir/band members what they need to know in order to be a blessing to the family of God.
2. Develop a prayer life in each member in order to maximize the anointing of our players and singers
3. Develop the musical skills and talents of our singers/band members
4. Utilize the choir/band as an outreach ministry to visitors.
5. Use the choir/band as an outreach to other churches which do not have our doctrine in order to provide a witness to them of God’s power and anointing if we adhere to His word.
6. Use the choir/band as an outreach to the unchurched in order to draw them to God.
Our future goals beyond those listed above are to:
1. Open a Church School that will educate our children from a Christian perspective.
2. Open a home for troubled youth.
3. Start a Christian radio station that will play worship and praise music only, (No contemporary music unless it is contemporary praise and worship) and that will feature Apostolic teachers.