"And
He Himself gave some to be apostles,
some prophets, some evangelists,
and some pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge
of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure
of the stature of the fullness of Christ" --
Ephesians 4:11-13 NKJV
What Is Our Educational Commitment?
The Ephesians
4 Centre For Learning is committed to raising up a body of believers
capable of becoming the Bride Of Christ, a new paradigm in this
final hour, filled with purity and power, walking in holiness
and sanctification, yet practicing grace and mercy to those
around her. This final Bride Church will be equally yoked with
Christ, and fulfill the mandate and prophecy given in Ephesians
4:11-13, so that the Bride will finally become perfect, walking
in the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ. This
makes the Bride Church radically different from all other variants
of Christianity down through history, and enables the Church
to fulfill the promise given to it on the day of Pentecost.
This enabling process will be accomplished at two levels:
Level
One is the equipping of the Teacher, Pastor and Evangelist through
the Ephesians 4 Center for Learning Undergraduate Level. We
offer 1, 2 and 3 year programs, varying from a one-year certificate
to a three-year minister's diploma. A complete curriculum of
Biblical studies is available for all who wish to learn or to
obtain any of these levels of learning.
Level
Two is the equipping of the Prophet and Apostle through the
School Of Apostles and Prophets (S.O.A.P.) Graduate Level. Since
almost all Bible colleges are designed around the traditional
paradigm in the church, where the pastor was the highest office,
and the offices of prophet and apostle were either not recognized,
or were so watered down in requirements and authority as to
render them impotent, it is necessary in this final hour to
create a mechanism for Prophets and Apostles, led and directed
by a Prophet and Apostle, and based on the Scriptural model
for these two offices.
Only by
combining the training available through these two levels will
it become possible to bring the Bride portion of the Church
into completeness, into the fullness of the measure of the stature
of Christ. Once this task has been accomplished, then and only
then can Christ return. The Groom will not come down until His
Bride is ready to go up.
At the
same time, by combining the two levels into a single paradigm,
it creates and fosters a mutual respect between the offices
and establishes the God-ordained military ranking of authority,
with the Teacher subject to the Pastor, the Pastor subject to
the Evangelist, the Evangelist subject to the Prophet, and the
Prophet subject to the Apostle. Only when the church is run
under the true, Godly authority of genuine Apostles will Divine
order be established in the church, and the fear of God once
again enter the hearts of men.