We experience joy in being chosen and assembled in a convergence of unlikely heroes gathered in secret places to be trained in the arts and sciences of making the world new again.
Matthew 12:18b. I will put my Spirit upon him,and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Ephesians 1:11-12. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Colossians 1:15-18. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Convergence That Authorizes us to Assemble
Our convergence with the three historic streams of the Church through Communio Christiana enables us to assemble as forerunners of the Kingdom who proclaim justice to the fatherless, widow, poor, oppressed, prisoner and sick.
Convergence inspires us in the second movement of the Liturgy and in our lifestyle practice of assembling to:
- Experience a connection and unity with the Communion of Saints across space and time.
- Be liturgical and sacramental, Evangelical and Reformed and Orthodox and charismatic.
- Be in convergence with the three streams of the Church* through Communio Christiana.
- Celebrate our unbroken 2,000-year spiritual inheritance of Apostolic Succession.
- Be a global communion of Basileia Communities and Vocational Societies.
- Have Communities composed of Fellowships united around an Abbey.
- Have Vocational Societies composed of Chapters membered to a Fellowship.
- Have Fellowships and their Chapters advance the Kingdom in all areas of thought and life.
- Have Fellowships that worship in Abbeys, congregations, homes and even virtually.
- Have Chapters that advance God’s Kingdom via vocational initiatives in all areas of society.
- Worship, learn and work in the spirit of Celtic Christianity to form colonies of heaven on earth.
- Give place for a future-ancient Celtic way of being monastic in the 21st century and beyond.
- Be a global fellowship of friends from diverse backgrounds who belong in order to believe.
- Unite with people from all walks of life and across multiple generations.
- Be inclusive and non-judgmental, equipping and releasing all to fulfill their destiny.
- Heal and restore broken relationships and correct the injustices that leave some out.
- Discover in community what makes each individual unique and special by design.
- Have courage to lift the fallen, proclaim justice and steward creation.
- Thirst for holistic unity with God, within ourselves, with others and with creation.
- Be individuals constituted as something more than just individuals, namely the Body of Christ.
- Embrace the covenant as the structure of authority that unites two or more as one.
- Freely explore questions in a community context, in the safety of the counsel of many.
- Covenantally give equal value to both individual freedom and to collective order.
- See environmental stewardship, education, business, the arts, etc. as kingdom callings.
- See all believers, bishops, presbyters and deacons as having equal value and different functions.
- Mature as priests, prophets and kings who reign with Christ on the earth.
- Affirm that both individuals and collectives have callings and charisms to steward.
- Seek to cultivate the unique genius given to each individual and collective.
- Recognize the episcopal authority of bishops as essential to being an Ecclesial City.
- Seek to be and make disciples equipped and released to serve as citizens of the City of God.
- Be an Ecclesial City of gateways connecting heaven and earth as represented by our Logo.
- Be Soul Friends who love and help others to belong in order to believe.
- Be Celtic Community-Builders who cultivate colonies of heaven on earth.
- Be Forerunners who in our governing roles create thin places between heaven and earth.
