SUB APOSTOLIC CHURCH

Sub Apostolic Church Growth

Sub Apostolic Church Growth

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the reasons that lead towards the growth of sub-apostolic church so rapidly in spite of persecution. The paper makes discussion on different psychological, sociological and theological reasons for the growth of sub-apostolic church.

Discussion

The period after the apostle's death is called the sub-apostle period. The period of sub-apostle starts from the death of John who was the last apostle in Christianity. With the passage of time, the sub-apostle churches started gaining popularity. There are different reasons behind the popularity of sub-apostle churches, which are discussed in the paper below.

Sociological Reasons

A key feature of growing sub-apostolic churches is their preferred option for reaching non-Christians and non-believers. These communities spend much of their energies and resources to create activities for the first announcement. But their mission does not stop there; they seek to integrate people joined in the course of growth. Thus, the new ones are formed and then gradually involved themselves in the mission. These churches are dedicated to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and to persuade men to become his disciples and responsible members of his church. Growing sub-apostolic churches have searched as much support, management and support of the Spirit. They seek to organize and plan the mission. In this sense, they offered their members a number of activities to increase their faith and to renew them spiritually. Much emphasis was put on prayer, scripture study, the life of the Spirit, the exercise of the charisms, the confession of sins and the need to convert to a holy life. Prayer and intersession were a way of life. They were found in all community activities. There was also a direct correlation between the spiritual renewal of a Christian community and the level of member engagement in the missionary activities of the sub-apostolic church community is more fervent.

Pastors of growing sub-apostolic churches grew and were looking for quality at all levels of their organizations. The pursuit of excellence was part of church culture. The objective of quality applied to the various functions of the organization and its activities, including strategy, human resources, structure, maintenance of material resources (premises, means of communication, transportation), the internal and external communication, planning, measuring the satisfaction of members of the church, internal audits and continuous improvement.

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