M.I.C Assembly Hip Hop Church of God in Orlando, FL Coming 2010

M.I.C Assembly of Orlando

The M.I.C. Vision

It is the dream of GLORIFYING GOD in music by EVANGELIZING the local hip hop culture, record labels, production companies, and music ministries worldwide to multiply by DISCIPLING talented artists and to EQUIP them to minister the Word of God effectively through FELLOWSHIP in the Spirit with Christ, RESULTING IN HEALTHY GROWTH.

It is the dream of a place where the poor, the depressed, the broken, the hurting, the addicted (no matter the addiction), the confused, and those who feel like they are stuck in the traffic jam of life can find love, liberty, life, direction, acceptance, help, hope, forgiveness, guidance, adventure, encouragement, and family support.

It is the dream of sharing the God's Message of His COMING Kingdom in hip hop first to show them that the times have changed. The biggest influence on our children is what they see on TV and hear on the radio.

It is the dream of building from scratch the already corrupted music scene on a new foundation which challenges, both mainstream rappers and underground hip hop heads to step up to a level of real artistic lyricism and poetic skills that it will draw both the commercial and underground from the beef between themselves by seeing music from a new perspective and not the deception. We also would like to challenge all music genres, not just hip hop to be positive role models in the Lord for the future generations to come.

It is the dream of a place where local talents, not yet in the music industry, can network in music and created more sound ways to penetrated the society via Hip Hop/Rap Music, Rhythm & Praise Music, Speaking Engagements, Conferences, Seminars (Which includes Q & A's about using Hip Hop as a ministry), Concerts (Which includes opening(s) for other artists, Benefit Concerts, Street Outreaches, etc), Youth Event (Which includes Back 2 School Events), Festivals, Radio Shows, Video Shows, Feeding the homeless, Tours, & Prison/Jail/Juvenile Ministry, etc.

It is the dream of Jesus Christ raising up apostles who will restore the Church to the Headship of Christ and teach the one blueprint that will bring the Church back under Christ's care through true apostles, true prophets, true teachers, true pastors, and true evangelists, all of whom will work together to train, prophecy, exhort, and comfort the saints in the authority and grace God gives to each of these offices, that the Church may walk in the Unity of faith and unfeigned love.

It is the dream of holding firmly to the truth of God's Message of His COMING Kingdom as Christ has teaches us, that we may be able by SOUND and WHOLESOME DOCTRINE to:
1. Encourage music ministers who are PERSECUTED to continue in the truth of God's Word.
2. Attempt to present the UNADULTERATED Truth of God’s Word.
3. And to CONVICT, CORRECT, and OPPOSE those WHOSE TEACHINGS CONTRADICT the Word of God.
4. And we will remember always as we attempt to enlighten those whom God is calling, that we are NO BETTER than those whose doctrines we condemn. God loves and DIED for these heretics of the modern Church. They are precious to God—and they had better be PRECIOUS TO US, or we too will receive a great condemnation for feeling anything but LOVE TOWARD THEM! They may be, in fact, our enemies, but Christ instructs us to: "…LOVE YOUR ENEMIES"!!

It is the dream of building a fully equipped recording and sound studio, run by a fully operational Record Company Ministry from our church members. All this will be designed to minister to the total person--spiritually, emotionally, physically, intellectually, and socially--and is in a peaceful, inspiring setting.

It is the dream of starting at least one daughter church and/or ministry every year

I stand before you today and state in confident assurance that these dreams will become reality. Why because they are inspired by God!

This Church/Ministry is designed to use everyday ordinary people like you to get up, get out, and use your spiritual gifts and natural born talents to:
A. Glorify God (WORSHIP GOD WITH ALL YOU ARE AND WITH WHAT YOU GOT IN SPIRIT & TRUTH)
Every church needs to grow stronger through worship.
Worship helps you focus on God. It prepares you spiritually and emotionally for the week ahead.
Led by THREE Pastors (Ezekiel 34:23 & John 10:16).
B. Become part of God's family (LOVE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER CHURCHES IN DEED & TRUTH)
Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship.
Fellowship helps you face life's problems by providing the support and encouragement of other Christians.
Led by at least FIVE Teachers (Acts. 13:1 & 1st Corinthians 12:28).
C. Be more like Christ (GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD & CHRIST)
Every church needs to grow deeper through discipleship.
Discipleship helps you fortify your faith by learning the truth of God's Word and applying biblical principles to your lifestyle.
Led by at least THREE Prophets (2nd Kings 2:7 & 1st Corinthians 14:29-32).
D. Edify the Church (SERVE & BUILD UP THE CHURCH WITH MY GIFTS/TALENTS/RESOURCES)
Every church needs to grow broader through ministry.
Ministry helps you find and develop your talents and use them in serving others.
Led by at least TWO Apostles (Galatians 2:8, Acts 14:14, Acts 15:22, Mark 6:7).
E. Reach the World (MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS STARTING AT HOME)
Every church needs to grow larger through evangelism.
Evangelism helps you fulfill your mission of reaching your friends and family for Christ.
Led by at least SEVEN Evangelists (Acts 6:1-8).

THE 5 PURPOSES IN JESUS' MINISTRY AND THE EARLY CHURCH
Becoming a God-driven, Christ-driven, SPIRIT-driven, NEW Testament-driven, KINGDOM OF GOD-driven, NEW COVENANT-driven church takes TIME -- it doesn't happen all at once, or even six months. It may even take M.I.C. Assembly SEVERAL YEARS to make the transition. If we want M.I.C. Assembly to become Christ-driven/mic-spitten, then by the grace of God given to me and all who will be in servant-leadership has to lead it through four critical phases:
First, we must DEFINE our purposes.
Next, we must COMMUNICATE those purposes to EVERYONE in M.I.C. Assembly -- on a regular basis.
Third, we must ORGANIZE M.I.C. Assembly around those purposes.
Finally, we must APPLY those purposes to every part of M.I.C. Assembly.
If you examine the earthly ministry of Jesus, it is apparent that He included all five of these elements in His work. Jesus realized that every person is at a different level of spirituality. Jesus made a comment in a conversation He had with a spiritual seeker. He said:
"Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." (Mark 12:34).
Not far? I take that to mean Jesus recognized degrees of spiritual understanding and commitment, even among non-believers. You can see this when He was teaching about the kingdom of God by parables.
"And with many such parables spake He the Word unto them, AS THEY WERE ABLE TO HEAR IT." (Mark 4:33).

Jesus' ministry included ministering to the Community, feeding the Crowd, gathering a Congregation, challenging the Committed, and discipling the Core. All five tasks are evident in the Gospels. We need to follow His example! Jesus began at the level of commitment of each person he met. Often He would capture their interest and create a desire to know more. Then, as people would continue to follow Him, Jesus would slowly, gently define more clearly the kingdom of God and ask for a deeper commitment to it. But He did this only when the followers had reached the previous stage. This wasn't watering down the Gospel. He was just creating interest.

As that group of earlier followers grew into a crowd, Jesus began slowly to turn up the heat. Jesus took into account that people have different cultural backgrounds, understanding, and levels of spiritual commitment. He knew that it doesn't work to use the same approach with all people. It is a simple strategy that acknowledges we minister to people at different levels of commitment. People are not all alike: They have different needs, interests, and spiritual problems, depending on where they are in their spiritual journey. We must not confuse what we (as Christians) do with the community and the crowd with what we do with the core. Each group requires a different approach. A crowd is not a church -- but a crowd can be turned into a church.
The apostle Paul not only fulfilled these purposed in his ministry, he also explains in Ephesians 4:1-16. But the clearest example of all five purposed is the first church at Jerusalem described in Acts 2:1-47.
"And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine [deeper through discipleship] and fellowship [warmer through fellowship], and in breaking of bread [warmer through fellowship], and in prayers [stronger through worship]. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles [broader through ministry]. And all that believed were together [warmer through fellowship], and had all things common [warmer through fellowship]; and sold their possessions and goods [broader through ministry], and parted them to all men, as every man had need [larger through evangelism]. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple [warmer through fellowship], and breaking bread from house to house [warmer through fellowship], did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart [warmer through fellowship], praising God [stronger through worship], and having favor with all the people [larger through evangelism]. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." (Acts 2:42-47).
In Acts 2:42-47, these five facets of growth are described in the first church at Jerusalem. The first Christians taught each other, they fellowshipped together, they worshipped, they ministered, and they evangelized. As a result, verse 47 says, "And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." Note a couple of things about this verse. First, God added the growth (His part) when the church did its part (fulfilled the five purposes). Second the growth was daily, which means, at a minimum, this healthy church had 365 conversions a year! What if this was the evangelistic standard every church had to meet in order to call itself a healthy "New Testament/Covenant" Church? How many churches do you think would qualify?
Today our purposes are unchanged: The church exists to edify, encourage, exalt, equip, and evangelize. While each church will differ in how these tasks are accomplished, there should be no disagreement about what we are called to do.
Here are five key words to summarize Christ's five purposes for His church.
Magnify: We celebrate God's presence in worship
Mission: We communicate God's Word through evangelism
Membership: We incorporate God's family into our fellowship
Maturity: We educate God's people through discipleship
Ministry: We demonstrate God's love through service
These key words, representing our five purposes, have been incorporated into our foundational mission statement, which reads as follows.
"To bring people to Jesus and membership in His family, develop them to Christ-like maturity, and equip them for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world, in order to magnify God's name."
Our process for implementing the purposes of God involves four steps:
1. We bring people in as members,
2. We build them up to maturity,
3. We train them for ministry,
4. And we send them out on their mission,
5. Thus, Magnifying the LORD in the process.
That's it! This is our total focus at M.I.C. Assembly. We don't do anything else. Everything Jesus commanded us in the New Testament falls into one of these 5 categories.

MY CHURCH FAMILY GIVES ME
God's purpose to live for (mission)
God's people to live with (membership)
God's principles to live by (maturity)
God's profession to live out (ministry)
God's power to live on (magnify)
CALENDAR ON PURPOSE

We will designate two months of each year to give special emphasis to each purpose. Then give each purpose team (composed of the 5 Fold staff-ministers of volunteers) the assignment of emphasizing that purpose church-wide during those months.

For example, January and June will be Magnification months--two months that emphasize personal and corporate worship.
February and July will be Membership months. These months will be good months to put a special emphasis on recruiting attenders to become new members. We can plan a number of church-wide fellowship events like picnics, concerts, and festivals.
March and August will be Maturity months. During a month-long emphasis on spiritual maturity we can real through the New Testament as a congregation, memorize a Bible verse together each week, or hold a Bible conference or a church-wide Bible study.
April and September will be Ministry months. During these months we will hold a ministry fair to recruit people for ministry. The apostle could preach a series on ministry. People could be encouraged to join a service group.
May and October will be Mission months, with activities like personal evangelism training, a missions conference, and special hands-on mission projects.
By committing two months a year to each of the five purposes we will be left with two free months--in this example November and December, which are already busy with Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Let's not fool ourselves. If we don't schedule God's purposes on our calendars, they won't get emphasized.
We use the cycles of commitment as our strategy for assimilating people into the life of the church.
Begin by moving the unchurched from the community to your crowd (for worship).
Then move them from the crowd into the congregation (for fellowship).
Next, move them from your congregation into the committed (for discipleship),
And from the committed into the core (for ministry).
Finally, move the core back out into the community (for evangelism).
This process fulfills all five purposes for the church.
DEFINING "CHURCH"
Just what is a "church?" Strong’s Greek Dictionary, #1577. ekklesia, a calling out. (1b) Ekklesia, from ek, "out of," and klesis, "a calling…" So the church is those whom God has CALLED OUT to be His "called out ones," hence, Jesus said,
"So the last shall be first, and the first shall be last [sorry, don’t have time to explain this unique statement of our Lord]: for many be called, but few chosen." I will take the time to explain this second statement, however.
Notice that the "called" and the "chosen" cannot be the same group, as one is "many" and the other is "few." God has given us a general statement as to whom He has called and whom He has not called. We already know the number of those called is "many." Now we will see the two general classifications of those called:
A FEW DEFINITIONS
"Synagogue" [Greek: sunagoge] means "an assemblage of people, a gathering place for the Jews"
"Church" [Greek: ekklesia] means "a calling out."
"Called" [Greek: kletos] means "invited." The word called is found over six hundred times in Scripture, but the word kletos appears only about a dozen times in Scriptures and always refers to those whom God has invited.
"Chosen" [Greek: eklektos] means "select, chosen out; by implication favorite."
Translated "chosen" sixteen times and "elect" seven times.
Can we not easily see the progression in how God uses these words?
God first GATHERS all His people—there was a synagogue in every city. (The COMMUNITY to the CROWD)
He then CALLS OUT a people (a church) from that huge gathering, and many others from among the Gentiles. (The CROWD to the CONGREGATION)
He then INVITES many of the called out ones (from the Church) to be His True Followers. (The CONGREGATION to the COMMITTED)
But in the end only those whom God SELECTS OUT of the INVITED, of the CALLED OUT, from the GATHERING of the whole ASSEMBLY will be in the First Resurrection to reign with Christ in the Kingdom of God. (The COMMITTED to the CORE)
And thus we start with a huge number and end up with but a "FEW"! "For MANY are called [‘invited’ from the ‘called out’ church], but FEW are chosen" to reign with Christ as Judges, Priests, Lords, and Kings. (Matt. 22:14). And these Judges, Priests, Lords, and Kings are also Saviours sent by God and Christ to SAVE THE REST OF THE WORLD. (Obadiah 1:21). (The CORE is sent to save the COMMUNITY)

Let me know if you need ANYTHING! God bless you!

M.I.C. Assembly Orlando Hip Hop Church (Check us out @ www.myspace.com/micassemblyorl! Coming in 2010)!


"Teaching God's Message of the coming Kingdom through Rhymes And Production!" - Ricardo Butler aka ReAsOn DiSciPLe