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We believe that we are in a season, as a generation, of transitioning into a new "wineskin" that will hold the Holy Spirit's new wine for the last days harvest. Our current ways of thinking about His Church must change or we will not be able to receive the glory He will pour out. We not only want to maintain a healthy and safe place for believers to fellowship and grow together, but we also feel a call to pastor our city. We believe that God looks at our city and sees one Church, not denominations and limitations of man. We are the ones who focus on the differences, not Him. During these days of transition, many can point out what is wrong in the Church, but the question is "What does He want His Church to look like?" We are foolish to think that we have that answer, but this we know...if we embrace the Spirit, He will change us! So yes, we are a local fellowship that is learning to be a family, but we equally accept the responsibility to pastor our city as a Kingdom Outpost by loving and equipping those He sends through our doors who fellowship in other congregations. As a local church and Kingdom outpost, we are crying out to the Holy Spirit to teach us how to follow Him into these new places in the spirit realm. He is positioning us to participate in the destiny He has for this city, while drawing us individually and corporately into deeper levels of intimacy with Jesus. As we have begun to experience His nearness, He has begun to stir in us His heart of intercession. We are learning to see through His eyes and agree with His desires for Atlanta and the nations. In a "nutshell", we're all about: Worship: Corporate and individual ministry to the Lord...being a people whose lives are, first and foremost, dedicated to loving Him with all they are, above their own lives and ministries. We desire to see, in this life, the beauty of His Holiness that we might worship Him more! Intimacy with God: We strongly believe that God desires that we seek to know Him and His ways...through the Holy Spirit we can all hear His voice and experience the Spirit realm we were ultimately born to live in. If we save the world, yet don't know the Lover of Our Souls, what have we gained? It's YOU we want, oh God! Tearing down religion and lifting up Jesus! We're tired of religion and sick of programs and visions that yoke people to man and not God. Our corporate times together must be about creating an atmosphere in our midst where the Holy Spirit feels welcome and where the leadership and the people focus on pleasing God above seeing a vision come to pass. Raising up and supporting leadership (the 5 fold ministry of apostles, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and prophets) whose primary goal and purpose in ministry is to please God, rather than people...leaders who feel such identity and security in their heavenly Father that they don't use people to accomplish an agenda that gives them identity and purpose. We want to raise up leaders who desire to encourage, equip, train, and release God's people into their destiny. Creating a church culture that validates ministry outside the four walls of the church as relevant and even critical to God's Kingdom advancing in our generation...a mentality among the congregation that looks to using their gifts and callings in their everyday lives and workplace, not expecting the pastoral leadership to "make their ministry happen" within the context of church meetings only. Validating and releasing male and female, young and old, every race and nationality into their destinies. We believe that there are no limitations in Christ...all are free to radically give themselves to God and serve Him in any capacity...that together we make up the full expression of God on this earth. Encouraging believers to focus on "being" vs. "doing." We find our reason for existing in who we are in God, not in what we do for Him. We want hearts set on pursuing Him above all else, knowing that as we find ourselves in Him, He gives us His heart and our assignments in this earth. Creating a family of believers who know one another by the spirit, rather than by the flesh...a core group who cheers for one another to follow hard after God in every area of life...learning to give one another grace and always assume the best about one another while we are all in process! Becoming a people who so know and experience the depths of God's love for them that they radically display His heart of love and compassion for the world through miracles, signs, and wonders done through the power and name of Jesus Christ. Giving our money, time, and energy extravagantly and with a cheerful heart for the advancement of God's Kingdom...we want to be individuals and families willing to sacrifice as the Holy Spirit leads, feeling no pressure or religious obligation...trusting in God as our Provision, Whose storehouse is overflowing for those who prioritize His Kingdom over their own needs. Basically, we're all about HIM! There are no limitations with what God can do through a people who are profoundly in love with Him. So, that is our goal...to love Him more every day and be used by Him to help others fall more in love with Him too! Privileged to serve Him, Johnny and Elizabeth Enlow
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