THE-TRANSMISSION-OF-CHRIST-TO THE-CHURCH
We are a Christ-centered church that is dedicated to loving God with all our heart, mind and soul and to loving our neighbor as ourselves
CHRIST TRANSMISSION MINISTRIES CHURCH CONSTITUTION
The name of this Church is Christ Transmission Church. It is a corporation duly, created by the board Secretary of the church, Non-profit Religious Corporation located in Africa Kampala Uganda.
This Church is organized to glorify God by conducting religious services and teaching and training people in the truth of God’s Word, the Bible, calling people to repentance from sin and to faith in Christ, making disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ, and edifying the Body of Christ.
Statement of Faith
About God
We are a Christ-centered church that is dedicated to loving God with all our heart, mind and soul and to loving our neighbor as ourselves.
We believe there is one God, who has revealed Himself as our father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and as the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh. He is both God and man (Deuteronomy 6:4, Ephesians 4:4-6, Colossians 2.9, 1 Timothy 3:16).
About the Bible
The Bible is the infallible word of God and the authority for salvation and Christian living.(2 Timothy 3:15-17)
We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. Everyone has sinned and needs salvation. Salvation comes by grace through faith based on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Only through God’s saving grace and work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.(Romans 323-25; 6:23; Ephesians 28-9)
Gospel
The saving gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and Rose again. We obey the Gospel ( 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Peter 4:17) by repentance(death to sin), water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ( burial) and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit (resurrection). ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Acts 24, 37:-39; Romans 6.•3-4).
As Christians we are to love God and others. We should live a holy life inwardly and outwardly, and worship God joyfully. The the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, including healing, and for the church today.( Mark 1228-31; 2 Corinthians 7: 1; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Corinthians 128-10)
Jesus Christ is coming again for His church. The righteous will inherit eternal life and the unrighteous eternal death. ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:1 1-15).
Moreover, all that Christ accomplished, attained, and obtained is to the church (v. 22). Many of us may not be clear about the phrase to the church. We can compare this to an injection that imparts something into our whole body. What God wrought in Christ, what Christ attained and obtained, is not only for the church but also to the church. God resurrected, raised up, Christ. God lifted Christ up in ascension to the highest place, and God put Him on the throne as the Head of all things. Now all that God has done toward Christ is to the church, His Body.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership in (Name of Church) shall be open to all persons who:
- give a clear profession of faith in Jesus Christ as personal Savior
- have obeyed the Lord in believer’s baptism or be willing to be baptized
- provide a letter of commendation from a previous church [if applicable].
Anyone wishing to join (Name of Church) shall make request for membership to a Pastor or an Elder. The individual shall be given a membership application, a copy of the Statement of Faith, and a copy of the constitution. The Elders shall meet with the applicant following completion of the application.
Applicants admitted to membership by the Elders shall affirm their membership commitment and be publicly acknowledged as members by the elders at a Sunday Morning worship service.
Each member shall pursue the unity of the faith in cooperation with the other members of this church, and shall purpose to serve in consideration of the other members. Each member who is at least eighteen years old and not under any disciplinary action is entitled to vote at meetings of the church membership.
Removal of members from this church shall be at the discretion of the Elders. The following are reasons for removal from membership:
- lack of regular attendance in a worship service for a period of six months or longer;
- request of transfer of membership to another church;
exercise of the fourth stage of church discipline with no demonstration of repentance.
- The church must properly and lovingly exercise discipline upon those members who, in the judgment of the Elders, have persisted in sinful behavior without demonstration of Godly repentance [Il Corinthians 7.9-10]
The purposes of church discipline are:
l) To seek the Spiritual well-being of the sinning believers by calling them to Biblical conduct in their way of living (Galatians 6:1).
2) To maintain purity in the local church (l Corinthians 5:6), 3) To deter sin in other members (l Timothy 5:20).
- The procedure shall be according to Matthew 18:15-17, allowing reasonable time for repentance after every effort has been made to call, exhort, and admonish the person.
- Members of this church and all other professing Christians who regularly attend or fellowship with this church who err in doctrine, or who engage in conduct that violates Scripture as determined by the Elders, shall be subject to church discipline
The annual meeting of the church members shall be held in January of each year. This meeting will include reports of the affairs of the church, and transact such other business as the Elders determine to be brought before the members, including but not limited to affirmation of the appointments made by the Elders of those who shall serve as Elders and Deacons for the ensuing year.
Membership in (Name of Church) shall be open to all persons who:
- give a clear profession of faith in Jesus Christ as personal Savior
- have obeyed the Lord in believer’s baptism or be Willing to be baptized
- provide a letter of commendation from a previous church [if applicable].
THE EXPERIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN GALATIANS, EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, AND COLOSSIANS.
- – The Vision of Christ in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians
- – Christ As the Focus of God’s Will and Economy, As the Mystery of God, and As the Portion of the Saints
- – What Christ is Concerning Creation
- – Christ Being Everything in the New Man
- – The Experience of Christ in Galatians
- – The Distractions from God’s Purpose
- – Christ Living in Us and We Being in Him
- – Being Snared by Doctrines and Gifts
- – Christ As Our Life and Expression
- – Christ As Our Goal
- – Christ As the Secret
- – The Transmission of Christ to the Church
- – The Experience of Christ”
The Vision of Christ
“The Vision of Christ in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians
Christ As the Focus of God’s Will and Economy, As the Mystery of God, and As the Portion of the Saints
What Christ is Concerning Creation
Christ Being Everything in the New Man
The Experience of Christ in Galatians
The Distractions from God’s Purpose
Christ Living in Us and We Being in Him
Being Snared by Doctrines and Gifts
Christ As Our Life and Expression
Christ As Our Goal
Christ As the Secret
The Transmission of Christ to the Church
The Experience of Christ”
The Transmission of Christ to the Church
We have seen in Colossians that Christ is everything, but we do not see much of the work of Christ in that book. Ephesians goes on to reveal what Christ has accomplished, attained, and obtained. Christ has a real attainment, a real success, and He has obtained something. Ephesians 1 tells us that God’s economy, His arrangement and plan, is to head up all things in Christ. This is something great. We do not know how many items there are in the universe. No one can exhaust telling of the billions of items that are there. All these will be headed up in Christ. Christ will be the Head to head up all these things. This is God’s intention, God’s purpose, and God’s economy. In order to do this, however, Christ had to accomplish something.
The Ministry of Christ
The ministry of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers is the ministry of Christ (4:11-12). They minister the unsearchable riches of Christ to people. Christ is the Head, and He is all-inclusive. He has accomplished, attained, and obtained everything. How can this Christ, who is so much and has attained so much, be ministered to us? It is through the ministry of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. All the different kinds of ministry of the gifted persons are the ministry of Christ to others.
We thank the Lord that in the past five centuries He has recovered many teachings through His people. With those teachings there is some reality, but due to the weakness of the human instrument, people have been attracted to the teachings instead of the reality. In these last days, however, the Lord will recover not more teachings but more reality, that is, more and more of Himself. All the ministers, the gifted persons raised up by the Lord, must absolutely minister Christ, not doctrine, preaching the riches of Christ, the items of what Christ is, to the Gentiles. We have to minister the riches of Christ to people, such as life, wisdom, patience, and the humility of Christ.
In 2020, I shared with the young people all the names of Christ, denoting all that Christ is. I found almost three hundred different names, titles, or items of Christ. He is the temple, the tabernacle, and the Passover. As the offerings alone, He is many items: the burnt offering, sin offering, trespass offering, meal offering, peace offering, wave offering, and heave offering. Oh, the riches of Christ! All the ministers, all the gifted persons raised up by the Lord in these days, must learn to minister only the riches of Christ. Let us forget about doctrines, denominations, dispensations, predestination, and election. I do not like to hear these things. Let us learn how to minister Christ to others by the anointing of the Spirit.
Some among us have studied in seminaries and Bible institutes. I would ask them, “Have you ever learned that Christ is our wave offering and heave offering? Have you ever experienced Christ in this way?” We preach the riches of Christ, not the doctrines of Christ. Today the church needs the ministry that ministers Christ not as the menu but as food. Today’s Christianity is like a restaurant that serves only menus. In the so-called churches today we may learn to read the menu, but there is no food. There is doctrine about Christ, but there is no reality of Christ.
Sometimes when I go to a restaurant with the brothers, I am too tired to care for the menu. When they pass me the menu, I say, “I will just follow you. I don’t like to read; I like to eat. I don’t like to understand; I simply want to enjoy, so whatever you order for me is all right. I don’t care if it is sour or sweet; I will just take it.” We must learn to take the food. We must take Christ and not simply learn the doctrine of Christ. Learning doctrine exhausts us, but the enjoyment of Christ refreshes, strengthens, and satisfies us. After coming home from the restaurant, if someone asked me what I ate, I would tell them, “I ate a lot of things. I don’t know what they were. I just ate them. I don’t know their names, but I enjoyed them.” Even if I do not know the name of what I eat, I still digest it well. In a similar way, we must learn to know Christ, not knowledge, teaching, or doctrine.
Those who minister to the Lord’s people must realize that what people need today are the riches of Christ, not doctrine or teaching. Sometimes, of course, in order to convey Christ to others we need doctrine as a means, but what we give people is not the means but the Christ it conveys. In the book of Ephesians there is the ministry that always ministers Christ to others. The church today is not built up because there is too little nourishment, supply, and real material with which to build up the church. There is too little ministry of the riches of Christ to the saints, so the saints are starved to death. The church needs Christ as the building material. This requires the ministers and the ministry to minister Christ to people. The apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers all minister Christ to the saints to perfect them by this ministry.
(The Experience of Christ in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians)