Word International Ministries Al Ain

MENTORING WORDisciples 2012

WIN – Al Ain 17^th Church Anniversary Message From The Pastor

Matt 28:16-20 (NKJV)

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

My family and I would like to greet all the WIN - Al Ain Family a blessed 17^th anniversary. This is indeed the year of the Lord’s favor upon His church here. Thank you for all your faithfulness to Jesus, prayers and support for this ministry for the past 17 years. May God bless you mightily!

Our church has grown so much that we are now at the threshold of reaching nations for the gospel of Christ. This starts when we begin to disciple people for Jesus. Late last year God gave me a dream. In that dream I saw like a blazing neon sign that reads, “WORDisciples.” This dream was confirmed during our Regional Convention held last November of 2011 through the preaching of our International Coordinator, Ps Babes Paulate and our Deputy International Coordinator Ps Rene Nepomuceno. I was so thrilled that God has put our church on the right track.

WORD means W-orship, O-utreach, R-elationship, and D-iscipleship. The Great Commission of our Lord started with Worship (Matt 28:16-17). When He said “GO” we are to reach out (Outreach) (Matt 28:19a). to the nations. When we baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we are establishing the new disciples into a new living Relationship (Matt 28:19b) first with God and then with the church. Finally we are to teach them to observe God’s commands through Discipleship (Matt 28:20).

This year our church is now emphasizing the need to reintroduce the ancient practice of mentoring and discipleship. The word discipleship has been with us ever since the church started. What we need to understand today that there will be no disciple unless there is a MENTOR. We are so busy making disciples but the question remains, “Are we mentors?” or “ Are we capable of mentoring these disciples?” And to be a mentor also means that we were mentored (or discipled) by another mentor.

In today’s post-modern generation, the emphasis now is on “self-help.” The need for someone to tell us what to do is no longer preferred. People now would like to determine their own morality and spirituality without external guidance such as a mentor (pastors, teachers, etc.). The postmodern new-age movement will not let anyone dictate to them what is right or wrong. For them all teachings are acceptable and all belief systems are to be regarded as equal to everyone else’s. There is now a crisis in right doctrines. We need to mentor disciples in the true teachings of Jesus as stated in the Bible. To do this is to risk being branded as “narrow-minded” or “religiously prejudiced” or “morally biased.” We must therefore uphold the WORD of God as the Standard of righteousness for all nations to embrace. There is only One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One Spirit, One Body.

Eph 4:4-6 (NKJV)

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

The war has just begun against all untruthfulness and all unrighteousness. The Commission of Jesus is truly great just as the harvest before us. It is not an easy task. It will take all our lives to accomplish. Jesus simply promises us just to be with us through all the battles even to the end of the age (Matt 28:20b). Are we ready to follow Jesus until the end? His presence among us will bring the joy back as we walk with Him in fulfilling the Great Commission to the ends of the earth.

Let us go and Mentor WORDisciples for the glory of God!

God bless us all!

Ps. Edward, Sis. Marlene, David John and Sally Joy

About Us:

OUR MISSION:

The heart of the WORD International Ministries is the adoption of a global strategy for church planting and leadership development to fulfill its commitment to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. To bring unsaved and nominal Christians to a saving knowledge of Christ and to train national leaders to proclaim the Gospel to their own people and to other nations.

OUR VISION:

We will thrust into the world as a Biblically sharpened and potent Spirit-filled force winning souls, planting and building communities of discipled believers equipped to preach the Gospel through transformed lives.

OUR PHILOSOPHY:

We are an international community of churches bound as one by a covenant to evangelize the world and fulfill the Great Commission through the power of the Holy Spirit, the love that flows from His Son Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the believers.

Through this ministry we build communities of families where lives, regardless of their origin or status, are drawn and transformed to reflect the image of Jesus Christ, and to shine like stars in a dark world for the glory of God.

For this we lay our lives, for this we bear the torch that lights a path for the generations to follow until our Lord Jesus comes.

What We Believe:

That the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
In one God revealed in three Persons, namely, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
That Jesus Christ is God’s only Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at God’s right hand praying on our behalf.
That all people have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that repentance is commanded by God and is necessary for forgiveness of sin.
That salvation is received by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
In being made holy through faith in the blood of Christ, through the Word, and by the Holy Spirit.
That God expects all believers to live a life of holiness.
In being empowered by and filled with the Holy Spirit subsequent to a clean heart.
In exercising spiritual gifts for the edification of the Body of Christ.
In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
That divine healing is provided for all through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
In observing the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saint’s feet.
In the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.

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