BIBLICAL FOUNDATION: Acts 2:41-44

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2 BIBLICAL FOUNDATION: Acts 2:41-44

3 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.

4 GOAL: To build better working relationships with the leadership of the Episcopal District. OBJECTIVE: To provide information, instruction, encouragement and prayer.

5 To develop a first class, excellent team of leaders in the Alabama-Florida Episcopal District; To win souls; To make disciples; To expand the ministry through church growth.

6 Please adhere to the following guidelines: Participants must dial in to the conference between 7:40-8:00pm. The conference call number is ( ; the access code is #). Once you dial in, please mute your phone to ensure a high quality conference call. Make sure that your environment is completely quiet and free from distractions and outside noises.

7 Please adhere to the following guidelines: You will be automatically registered into the database so it is not necessary to announce yourself. Plan to be on the phone for the duration of the call. The Bishop will end the call with prayers for you, your family; your ministry and the Episcopal District. After the Bishop finishes speaking, there will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions or make comments. In order to speak, please press *6.

8 Evangelism: congregational growth and church plant. Education Economics Engagement in civic activities and political action

9 Empowerment of the family Equipping and empowerment of the laity. Environmental education and engagement Engagement in effective health ministries Engagement in transformative global ministries Engagement in renovation, construction and infrastructural development.

10 Pastors become: Excellent pastors Excellent preachers Excellent community leaders Excellent developers of transformative ministries Excellent advocates for the Kingdom of God

11 Each Lay Person in the Episcopal District will become knowledgeable of the following: The assurance of their salvation. How to walk in their Baptismal Vow. The knowledge of their Spiritual Gift. How to share the gift of salvation to the unreconciled to God through Jesus Christ.

12 Each Lay Person in the Episcopal District will become knowledgeable of the following: Understands and practices the Spiritual Disciplines. Understands and is committed to Biblical Stewardship. Knows how to design and develop their personal ministry plan. Knows how to be engaged in a week Day Ministry at the Local Church level. Knows, understands and is supportive of the five pillars of the Lay Council.

13 That each annual conference will give birth to a new society each year through That the entire Episcopal Area will become a Complete Tithing Episcopal District by That we will develop the LOMAX-HANNON International Educational School System. With this, we will reopen the LOMAX-HANNON International College and establish Charter schools.

14 That we will construct a new Alabama-Florida Episcopal District Conference and Retreat Center with a residential component. That we will put into place an Episcopal Capital Campaign, the Solvency Program and other sustainable programs for Economic viability. That the entire Episcopal Area will engage in the Spiritual Discipline of Fasting and Prayer on a regular basis.

15 MONDAY 8PM (CST): The Clergy FIRST TUESDAY 8 PM (CST) The Department of Evangelism (Episcopal, Conference, District and Local Church Directors) SECOND TUESDAY 8PM (CST) The Department of Christian Education (Episcopal, Conference, District and Local Church Directors) THIRD TUESDAY 8PM (CST) The Lay Council; Specialized Ministries and Spiritual Formation (Episcopal, Conference, District and Local Church Directors FOURTH 8PM (CST) The Class Leader System (Episcopal, Conference, District and Local Church Directors)

16 To encourage 1000 persons to join the Alabama- Florida Episcopal Prayer Warriors in bi-weekly praying and fasting. On Wednesdays and Friday's beginning the first Wednesday in February. We will gather for prayer via telephone conference call from 5 a.m. 6 a.m. We will engage in Fasting on those days from 6 a.m. To 12 noon. We will use the Alabama- Florida Conference ( ; Access Code #)

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18 The Mission of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is to increase our love for God and to help meet the needs of humankind by Loving God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our minds, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Implicit in this statement is the belief that the church should have a positive relationship to God vertically and a positive relationship to humankind horizontally. Therefore, we love God and are obedient to His commandments and loyal to all for which He and His Kingdom stand.

19 We also share in the mission of His Son Jesus Christ, in healing the sick, helping the blind to receive sight, the lame to walk, the leper to be cleansed, the deaf to hear, the dead to be raised, and the poor to have the Good News preached to them. Luke 4:18 We actualize this mission by praising God, by being obedient to the demands of the Gospel, by telling the story of God s gracious acts in creating and redeeming the world, by inviting persons to commit their lives to Jesus Christ, and by serving as ministers of God s liberating and reconciling grace.

20 The Freedom Church: Refocusing on Our Purpose, Reviewing Our Practices, Retooling Our people, Reaching Our Potential.

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22 21 Days Fast January 1-21, 6-12 pm 40 Days Fast Period of Lent 50 Days Fast Beginning August 15 th each year Wednesday and Friday s Pray & Fast at 5 am Prayer Partners Clergy Lay-Adults Young Adults Youth Children

23 Hours with the Bishop Instructions from Experts Mentorship Program

24 Hours with the Bishop Lay Empowerment Ministry Training Special Seminars for Growth and Development The Personal Ministry Plan Evangelism through FRANGELISM, God s Family Tree, Each one Bring one, and the invite cards.

25 Assessment of Facilities Special Sacrificial Development Offerings Sons of Varick Workforce Home Missions Funds The Episcopal Capital Development and Fund Drive Local Church Self Initiative Program

26 Church Plant Closing of Annual Conference on Saturday Church Plant Fund Outreach, Evangelism and Community Needs Assessment

27 Website Development Calling Chain Conference Officers District Officers Pastors Local Leaders Class Leaders

28 Stewardship and Tithing Emphasis Months Solvency Program Special Sacrificial Development Fund The Saturday Annual Conference Closing Church Plant Fund Special Fund Development Projects

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