We are a fivefold congregation where the priesthood of all believers is a reality. Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers work together with Intercessors and Deacons to create the enabling environment for manifestation of Kingdom Culture as a lifestyle.
Teach, Train, Equip, Activate, Release
Undergirding the ministry is the reality that all believers are called to die to self and become true disciples of the Lord Jesus. Practising the concept of Church as School rather than theatre, all saints embrace the Teach, Train, Equip, Activate and Release process through which they discover their gifts and callings to serve as able ministers of the Kingdom.
We have a heart for the Community, sharing the love of God through His word. We serve the homeless and those on the margins of society.
Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers working together with Intercessors and Deacons – tap each one to see what it means for you.
Pioneer, plant and oversee – laying foundations and guarding the vision so the whole body grows up into Christ.
Hear God and speak His heart – bringing direction, encouragement and warning to the assembly.
Carry the good news to the streets and the nations – and stir every believer to share their faith.
Shepherd the flock – caring, counselling and making sure no one falls through the cracks.
Open up the Word – so that every saint is taught, trained, equipped, activated and released.
Every believer is a student and a minister – not a spectator watching a stage.
After every service the ministers pray individually for the saints.
We eat together after service – community is built around the table.
Missions, the persecuted Church and Kingdom agencies across the world.
These are the foundations everything at Arise is built on – the truths we teach, live by and pass on.
We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God and our final authority for faith and life. We believe in one God, eternally existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and in Jesus Christ, His Son – born of a virgin, crucified for our sins, risen from the dead, seated at the right hand of the Father and coming again.
We believe we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by works, and are called to repentance and a new life. We believe the Holy Spirit baptises, fills and empowers believers, and that His gifts are for the Church today.
We believe the Church is the Body of Christ, built on the foundation of apostles and prophets with Jesus as the chief cornerstone, and equipped by the fivefold ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12). All believers are a royal priesthood, called to discover their gifts and use them to edify others, and to demonstrate the Kingdom of God – righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit – in every sphere of life.
Apostle George Akalonu is the Overseer of Arise Metropolitan Assembly and founder of the Global School of Ministry, which pioneered the Teach, Train, Equip, Activate and Release process. Pastor Grace Akalonu co-leads the ministry with him, building up chapters of International Ministers Fellowship and Global School of Ministry training centres across the nations.
About four years after the Global School of Ministry commenced operations, a fairly large pool of the remnant felt like fish out of water. At the School, they had learnt about the Fivefold, spiritual gifts and how a congregation ought to operate as a living, loving organism, not a dry religious organisation. They yearned to experience the reality of the gospel of the Kingdom and become a catalyst of transforming the world.
Matthew 24:14 – And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
The hunger and thirst for fulfilment of the vision of Jesus for His Church culminated in a consensus to congregate as the Arise Metropolitan Assembly in 2010. In this way, the ministry became a laboratory for testing the concepts expounded at the Global School of Ministry.
We are a Fivefold assembly where Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers work together.
WorshipElm Park Assembly Hall, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4RA
CorrespondenceThe Parsonage, 18 Harrier Close, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 5LR
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