Bailing

Jesus said "Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

The quest for the Church established by Jesus Christ is like fisherman seeking a great catch. On the sea of Galilee they fished with nets. Among fishermen there is an old saying that expressed the principle that everyone on board works together. You either "fish or cut bait".

We have also used the phrase that the different minister groups are "row only groups" which just mean they are work groups and everyone should be participating together as a team. The same idea was pervasive in the early Church where historians like Edward Gibbons who wrote of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" praised "union and discipline" of the Christian community. Christians not only survived that collapse of the government of the world but they thrived.

What bound them together was different than the bonds of other governments. Christ appointed a kingdom which was different than other governments

In the Church appointed by Jesus Christ the ministers have authority over things freely given to them or produced by them but they do not have authority over people. The governments of the world have a persona jurisdiction [persona juris civilitis] and authority over the people established through their covetousness and sloth.

We created an email Network. We laid down guidelines to govern that Network creation and invited people to come and use it. No one rules over others. The people must organize themselves in Free Assemblies and bbecome Congregations of Record or CORE groups. Even the ministers whose purpose is to connect these groups must learn to work together like unhewns stones of living Altars.

There is no authority to remove or excommunicate someone or people from that email Network for any reason other than those we have spelled out in the guidelines or purposes of the Network. That email Network is not the Church. It is an opportunity to organize yourselves like the early Church.

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The second point I would like to make is that the kingdom reaches beyond those who love you and can help you. Seeking the kingdom is not about "you". It is about you starting to think about others. It is about coming in the name of Christ and about the righteousness of God.

If we do not come together to serve others, strengthen others, protect the innocent from injustice including those who cannot immediately benefit you then we are not coming in the name of Christ.

The early church was extremely well organized because it was full of people who cared about others enough to be there for each other in good and bad times. Christians were not tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine but sacrificed daily building relationships with those who were near and far.

Jesus said "Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

The quest for the Church established by Jesus Christ is like fisherman seeking a great catch. On the sea of Galilee they fished with nets. Among fishermen there is an old saying that expressed the principle that everyone on board works together. You either "fish or cut bait".

We have also used the phrase that the different minister groups are "row only groups" which just mean they are work groups and everyone should be participating together as a team. The same idea was pervasive in the early Church where historians like Edward Gibbons who wrote of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" praised "union and discipline" of the Christian community. Christians not only survived that collapse of the government of the world but they thrived.

What bound them together was different than the bonds of other governments. Christ appointed a kingdom which was different than other governments

In the Church appointed by Jesus Christ the ministers have authority over things freely given to them or produced by them but they do not have authority over people. The governments of the world have a persona jurisdiction [persona juris civilitis] and authority over the people established through their covetousness and sloth.

We created an email Network. We laid down guidelines to govern that Network creation and invited people to come and use it. No one rules over others. The people must organize themselves in Free Assemblies and bbecome Congregations of Record or CORE groups. Even the ministers whose purpose is to connect these groups must learn to work together like unhewns stones of living Altars.

There is no authority to remove or excommunicate someone or people from that email Network for any reason other than those we have spelled out in the guidelines or purposes of the Network. That email Network is not the Church. It is an opportunity to organize yourselves like the early Church.

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The second point I would like to make is that the kingdom reaches beyond those who love you and can help you. Seeking the kingdom is not about "you". It is about you starting to think about others. It is about coming in the name of Christ and about the righteousness of God.

If we do not come together to serve others, strengthen others, protect the innocent from injustice including those who cannot immediately benefit you then we are not coming in the name of Christ.

The early church was extremely well organized because it was full of people who cared about others enough to be there for each other in good and bad times. Christians were not tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine but sacrificed daily building relationships with those who were near and far. Jesus said "Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

The quest for the Church established by Jesus Christ is like fisherman seeking a great catch. On the sea of Galilee they fished with nets. Among fishermen there is an old saying that expressed the principle that everyone on board works together. You either "fish or cut bait".

We have also used the phrase that the different minister groups are "row only groups" which just mean they are work groups and everyone should be participating together as a team. The same idea was pervasive in the early Church where historians like Edward Gibbons who wrote of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" praised "union and discipline" of the Christian community. Christians not only survived that collapse of the government of the world but they thrived.

What bound them together was different than the bonds of other governments. Christ appointed a kingdom which was different than other governments

In the Church appointed by Jesus Christ the ministers have authority over things freely given to them or produced by them but they do not have authority over people. The governments of the world have a persona jurisdiction [persona juris civilitis] and authority over the people established through their covetousness and sloth.

We created an email Network. We laid down guidelines to govern that Network creation and invited people to come and use it. No one rules over others. The people must organize themselves in Free Assemblies and bbecome Congregations of Record or CORE groups. Even the ministers whose purpose is to connect these groups must learn to work together like unhewns stones of living Altars.

There is no authority to remove or excommunicate someone or people from that email Network for any reason other than those we have spelled out in the guidelines or purposes of the Network. That email Network is not the Church. It is an opportunity to organize yourselves like the early Church.

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The second point I would like to make is that the kingdom reaches beyond those who love you and can help you. Seeking the kingdom is not about "you". It is about you starting to think about others. It is about coming in the name of Christ and about the righteousness of God.

If we do not come together to serve others, strengthen others, protect the innocent from injustice including those who cannot immediately benefit you then we are not coming in the name of Christ.

The early church was extremely well organized because it was full of people who cared about others enough to be there for each other in good and bad times. Christians were not tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine but sacrificed daily building relationships with those who were near and far.