The Gathering Of The Body

"The Gathering Of The Body" - Partial Vision Summary

A calling of a variety of Christian believers, whose sole purpose is to re-gain the unity, fellowship, harmony, and love within the body of Christ that Christ intended; through the sharing of Christian revelation by the exchange of ideas, understandings, confessions, and experiences of the various members of Christ's body of believers. Based o

n the desire that Christ has for all believers and members in Him...
"21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one —
23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
[John 17:21-23 (NIV)]

Although just one example of a practical application, one main attribute is to have a recurring meeting of Spirit-inspired church leaders, coming together in love, focused on discussing topics that currently cause division and dis-harmony within the Churches today. That is not to say that the unity is only of that of the leaders of the churches. But, that by the gaining of unity within the leaders, unity will be taught and encouraged to all of those under their leadership. The primary goal of this meeting is to gain unity and fellowship, through the exchange of understandings, provided in love by the offerings of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, rather than simply hashing one individual's beliefs over another, it would allow the Holy Spirit to guide the meeting and marriage together the insights that the Spirit of Christ has offered/revealed to different members of His body. To bring the members of the Body closer together and in harmony with each other. The initial organizational insight given to me on this, was to have "12+1" members of "the panel", where the "12" are various leaders of the local churches. The "1" is to be the host of the meeting, orchestrating the discussions; however, not being above the other members, but rather serving the others and giving insight or encouragement where needed. The initial vision of the physical layout was 4 rectangular tables arranged in a large U-shape (similar to the early church dining tables), with all members seated on the outside of the table. There would be the breaking of bread & sharing of wine during the meeting. There would be a place for listeners or observers, who would be able to watch the meeting, and hopefully be provided some interaction, so as not to cause disruption. The platform could be 1-3 topics, selected ahead of time, discussed in order, as time permits. The members of the panel could change from time to time, or be specifically selected for each meeting, as inspired and directed by the Holy Spirit.