Belonging means moving into relationship with others who become your Soul Friends. Such relationships empower us to dare to imagine ourselves advancing the kingdom.
Belonging is the foundational way to advance the kingdom.
In addition to friends and guests who are invited and welcome to participate in the life of Basileia, individuals may choose to become Basileians in a more formal sense when they come into relationship with another Basileian who serves as their Soul Friend (i.e., as a mentor or coach in our Basileian way of life). Such Basileians may be involved with one or more missional initiatives.
Some Basileians in time may additionally choose to extend their individual relationship with a Soul Friend to become an Adult Communicant Member of a particular Fellowship and/or of a Chapter. Finally, some Adult Communicant Members may then additionally choose to become Governing Members.
- All people are invited and welcome to journey with Basileia as observers, guests and as participants in our Basileian lifestyle and missional initiatives.
- Anyone, including those who do not profess to be Christians, may become a Basileian by choosing to come into relationship with another Basileian who serves as their Soul Friend.
- All baptized individuals, including infants and children, are welcome to receive the bread and the wine in any Basileia Eucharistic worship service. All others are welcome to receive a blessing.
- Any professing believer may enter the Catechumenate to become an Adult Communicant Member of a Basileian Fellowship and also of a Chapter.
- Any Adult Communicant Member may enter the Novitiate to become a Governing Member authorized according to their respective office (i.e., Commissioned Governing Member, Deacon, Presbyter or Abbot), to serve in diaconal and leadership roles with Basileia’s Presbyter Councils, Deacon Councils and Missional Councils.
