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Download or read book The Pattern of an Antioch Church Or Apostolic Hub written by Christopher P Todd and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an emerging realization within the Body of Christ that God is calling His bride to be holy and is preparing His Body so that every member is equipped, filled, anointed, and functioning in their calling. He is going to fill His temple with His fire and glory in these last days to purify, sanctify and cleanse it so that we might manifest His glory upon the earth. The world wide Body of Christ, or the Universal Church is called to manifest the kingdom of God in the earth as one Body, with one hope, and with one calling, but every member of that body is unique and every local church is unique. Although every local church is called to conform to the same heavenly pattern, we recognize just as believers have specific giftings and ministries, every local church will have a unique prophetic mandate and calling to their community and to the wider Body of Christ. This calling and its expression will reflect the vision and personality of those within the church. One such church in the New Testament that was distinct in its ministry is the Church in Antioch which functioned as a hub or centre that was apostolic in nature and became a model that the Ephesian and Thessalonian Church's then adapted.