Comparison of Congregation Verses Apostolic Center

This was such   good teaching I decidedd to post my notes from listeing to it. May we all gain understanding.

Comparisons of

Congregation Church to Apostolic Center

By Peter Wagner Sept 2012

The Apostolic reformation is now growing faster than the world population. This movement actually started in Africa around 1900 as churches moved from denominational oversight to independent African Churches. Current Apostolic Kingdom Centers are moving to the forefront to become places of regional impact. Denominational structures are territorial. Apostolic Centers are regional. Apostolic Centers are hubs for other like faith churches and ministries. All things in the following charts are not black and white but are Peter Wagner’s observations of ideals and patterns that have emerged.

	Congregation (typical church)	Apostolic Center (Ecclesia)
Name	Reflects inward dynamic	Reflects outward dynamic
Government	Pastor    – cares for needs	Apostle – mobilizes people
	Elders supervise the pastor Final authority a group	Elders support the Apostle Final authority – Apostle
	Little authority designated to people	Large amounts of authority designated   to people.
Staff	Pastors and teachers	Apostle Prophet Pastors teachers evangelist
	Pastor Employee	Apostle lifetime leader
	Leadership style is conformity	Leadership style is creativity
	Rules/ followers	Expression/ risk takers
	Tries to not make mistakes	Plans for mistakes
	Mono Task	Multitask
	One speaker	Many speakers
Focus	On the congregation	On the kingdom
	Self and the structure	People connected with the kingdom
	Self centered = small vision	Kingdom centered = large vision
	One mountain forming culture –   religious	All 7 mountains forming culture
	Pastor supports the church	Center supports the Apostle
Operation	All social expectations must be meet,   worship, prayer, care, etc. This comes natural.	All social expectations must be meet,   worship, prayer, care, etc. This must be worked at.
	Fellowship groups	Ecclesia, legislative body
Profile	More passive and peaceful, weaker	More aggressive and stronger
Prayer	Petition, self needs	Decreeing and Kingdom needs
	Avoid demonic confrontation	Creates demonic confrontation
Worship	Intimacy, bedroom type, loveaholics	Throne room, productive, workaholics
	Planned out, love songs	Free flowing Throne room songs
	Feminine	Masculine
Revelation	Interpret the written word	Written word and prophecy
Money	Maintenance decided by committee	Advancement decided by apostle
Training	Saints trained to fit into program	Saints trained to find destiny
	Jobs assigned by gift	Gift creates opportunity
Joining	By people you meet	By common vision

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