Observing the Constitution of Basileia is a chivalric way of kingdomculturally embodying the life of Jesus for the life of the world. Basileians are Overcomers who, in our primary discipline of listening to the Word, integrate the practice of observing the Constitution of Basileia with following the Lectionary in rhythm with the Church Year and interpreting the Word according to the Apostolic Rule of Faith.
Also see Listen, and Overcomers.
Offering hospitality to all is a lifestyle practice of becoming uncomfortable if necessary for the sake of making others comfortable so that they can be healed and restored in their journey. Basileians are Hosts who, in our primary discipline of serving the Church and the world, integrate the practice of offering hospitality to all with advancing the Kingdom through our vocational callings and traveling to the edges of established expressions of Christendom.
Also see Hosts, and Serve.
Offerings are not tithes, but voluntary gifts designated to advance the Kingdom, particularly through Missional Initatives. In Basileia, offerings, not tithes, fund missional initiatives and are thus administered by Missional Councils (who also administer the Community Tithe), while all Festival Tithes are administered by Presbyter Councils. Deacon Councils facilitate the equipping of Chapters in the administration of the Vocational Tithe.
Also see Tithe.
The One-Source View, which Basileia affirms, regards the Church, creeds and tradition as secondary, derivative and subordinate delegated authorities in relation to the revelation of the Word in creation, Scripture and by the Spirit. The One-Source View of authority is necessary to properly apply the Apostolic Rule of Faith and the principle of Sola Scriptura (not to be confused with the improper understanding and practice of “Solo” Scriptura). The One-Source View gives rise to kingdomculture and so is the kingdomcultural alternative to the Two-Source View.
Also see Apostolic Rule of Faith, Mystery, Sola Scriptura, “Solo” Scriptura, and Two-Source View.
Basileia practices open communion by equipping Basileians to be Sentinels who welcome all to the Table who are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, who are not lawfully excommunicated and who hold that by faith we are encountered by the real presence of Christus Victor in the Eucharist.
Also See Adult Communicant Believer, Child Communicant Believer, and Sentinels.
The Orthodox and Charismatic stream of the Church emphasizes God’s revelation of the Word according to the Spirit. If this is done by highlighting the unique function or mode by which the Spirit reveals the Word while at the same time maintaining the equal ultimacy of the revelation of the Word via sacrament and in Scripture, then this builds up the Church as a communion. But when the revelation of the Spirit is made the only authority or a more ultimate authority than the revelation of the Word through sacrament and in Scripture and is autonomously used to interpret all things according to a Two-Source View of authority, as with “Solo” Scriptura and Qualified Infallibility, then this tears down the Church through the dynamic of denominationalism.
Also see Emphasize, Evangelical and Reformed, Liturgical and Sacramental, Qualified Infallibility, Sola Scriptura, “Solo” Scriptura, and Two-Source View.
Basileians are Overcomers who in the practice of observing our Constitution kingdomculturally overcome dead ritualism in worship, dead traditions in life, and dead legalism in governance. This kingly lifestyle practice is related to our primary discipline of listening to the Word.
Also see Listen, Pattern-Keepers, and Storytellers.
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