TEAM Ministries Conference
April 27-29, 2006

“Kingdom Harvesting”

Doing the Unthinkable
Hearing the Inaudible
Seeing the Invisible

Come to the TEAM Ministries annual conference for an exciting time of ministry, building new relationships, encouragement, and fellowship.

Our featured speakers this year are Don and Barbara Atkin of Charlotte, North Carolina, leaders of Kingdomquest.net , a network of networks for churches and ministries. Their ministry includes national and international ministries. Don is a mentor to Jack and many others. He has also written many books and articles. Don’s purpose and passion is to enable, envision, and empower leaders and developing new leaders, both in the church and the marketplace, to extend the kingdom and fill the earth with God’s glory.

This year’s conference is taking place at the beautiful Radisson Hotel Lenexa.
Radisson Hotel Lenexa
12601 W. 95th Street
Lenexa, Kansa 66215
Phone: (913) 888-6670

For reservation and other additional information, go to:
www.radisson.com/teamministries

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Something looks wrong in this picture. Beautiful brown eyes look up at you, revealing to you a piece of his life. In his hands are two shoes. By looking at them, at first, you think that the shoes are mismatched. The shoe on his right hand looks as though it just came out of the box.

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Join us in Iasa, Romania, in association with Gospel Ministries International.
We will be leaving November 10th and returning November 17th. The cost of $1500 will include your visa, flight and room and board. A $100 non-refundable deposit must be made by July 1st, 2005.

You will need a passport as soon as possible. We will be responsible for filing for your visa.
If you do not think that you will personally be able to go, please consider giving to help others. We plan to fly from Chicago, IL to Germany and on to Bucharest, Romania from there.

Christiana, Nicoleta, and Ghiorghi Cazacu
www.gmii-romania.org

“Charting Your Course for the Future” was the theme of this year’s conference. As the pastors and associate members of TEAM Ministries came together, some to meet for the very first time, these were their thoughts and comments.
“To me, it was exciting to see younger pastors and ministers running the course with strong zeal, which is unusual to find in this day. It was also a “secure feeling” being surrounded by more seasoned veterans in the Lord and knowing that they are behind the ‘young lions’.”
- Pastor Jeremy Drake
“I found that the part of the conference I enjoyed the most was getting the chance to meet new pastors and associate members that we had not known before as well as seeing and fellowshipping with those we did know.”
- Pastor Gary Carstens
“What stood out about the conference to us was the excitement and energy of seeing something come together that was only a thought and a dream a year ago. The interaction between the attendees and the speakers was energizing and that does not happen in many settings.”
-Pastor Steve and Kim Queen

Evan and Katrina Rains
Our next annual TEAM Ministries Conference will be held at the Wyndam Garden Hotel is Overland Park, KS. I am firming up the reservation. It is just off I-435 and Metcalf in Overland Park. It is a beautiful hotel in a great location. Please set aside on your calendar now for April 27-29, 2006. This is a Thursday evening through Saturday morning. This will allow those with churches to be in their pulpits on Sunday morning. Please invite other five-fold leaders, elders, and deaconate to attend.
Jan and I, Pastor Jeremy Drake and Tom Boicourt are going to Romania in November on a mission trip. It will cost $1500 per person. Your financial help would greatly be appreciated. We would also appreciate your prayers.
Our vision is to bring a greater understanding to the leaders of their own gifting and an appreciation of the other giftings so that they may more effectively work together in building God’s Kingdom.

Acronym for T.E.A.M.

By: Perry Root

I think a good acronym for TEAM Ministries could be summed up as:
T– Teaching and Training
E– Equipping and Empowering
A– Assurance and Apostleship
M– Mentoring and Ministry
I have known Pastors Jack and Jan for almost ten years, spending time with them and observing their lives frequently and often. I trust their advice, judgment, and wouldn’t hesitate to do whatever they asked of me. I saved the word “ministry” for last in the acronym because it is the final outgrowth of the previous words in that order. So many people want ministry first. That’s why their lives end up shipwrecked as well as those to whom they try to minister.

We find in Scripture that there are two ways God’s people have complained about their leaders over the years. One is the quality of leadership itself as in Korah, Dathan, and Abiram asking Moses, “Who made you to rule over us?” The second one is in reference to the judgment of the leader: when Aaron and Miriam were concerned because Moses married an Ethiopian woman, Miriam asked, “Does God speak to Moses only, does he not also speak through us?”

Of course we know the earth opened up and swallowed the sons of Korah. When we can’t complain about leadership, we also want to complain about the judgment they exhibit or lack of it, the how or why something was done. This caused Miriam to be stricken with leprosy for seven days. God equated this as spitting in his face and put her outside the camp for seven days. (Numbers 12, Numbers 16)
The point is: we are not to brutally question our leaders or their judgments. It is before our Lord that all of us either stand or fall.

Believers wonder why they often have so much difficulty in life; it can be traced to one of these two areas most of the time. This doesn’t mean we can’t or won’t have legitimate questions to help increase our understanding, but, as in business and also in the ministry, the ultimate decisions rest with those we choose to follow.
Do people make bad decisions and have poor judgment in life? Of course they do. The best any of us can see is through the glass darkly as Scripture mentions in the book of James. However, there are people and principles to submit to in life and ministry or nothing can be accomplished for the kingdom. We are all connected to a greater purpose-fulfilling the kingdom of God. No one is alone or an island unto themselves.

In my next article, I will start down the list of the acronym of T: Teaching. Stay connected and be blessed.

Go Outside with the Gospel
By: Aaron Heeg

In the Acts of the Apostles, we find men and women gathered together in one place waiting for the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise (Acts 2:1-3). The promise was the Holy Spirit. Jesus stated in John 16 that His Spirit poured out upon His disciples was more profitable for them that His physical presence. He shared with them the benefits of His going and His Spirit’s (The Kingdom) coming. It would reconnect them to their Father (John 14:18), guide them into all truth, and empower them with

Kingdom grace to witness throughout all the earth (Acts 1:8).
In the second chapter of Acts, we find the fulfillment of this promise. As the Spirit falls upon them, Peter, in great Holy Ghost boldness, preaches Christ as King. I submit to you that Peter, while preaching, had stepped outside of the upper room to preach Christ. His encounter with the Holy Spirit instantly joined him to his Father and propelled him outside the four walls and into a religious culture that cried out for transformation. All of creation earnestly waits for the manifestation of the son’s of God (Romans 8). On the Day of Pentecost, a son manifested and creation was impacted.

In Edmond, Oklahoma, where I pastor, the Lord has led us to conduct monthly meetings called “Going Outside with the Gospel of the Kingdom”. Once a month, we set up in a city park and have church outside. It has been very powerful since we started. We have seen adults and children from different cultural backgrounds make decisions for Christ, youth set free from witchcraft and perversion, and open doors have been granted to us into the hearts and homes of people in our community. We received a testimony from a community resident where he said, “Pastor, what makes what you are doing great is that you are bringing church to us rather than making us come to it.”
When Jesus ascended into Heaven to receive the Holy Spirit, He gave gifts to men– apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:11).

As five-fold ministers of the gospel, it is imperative that we equip His people. We must be facilitators of His Spirit into the body, releasing and enabling His sheep to be productive outside the four walls of the local church. We must be breeding and raising up future economic, political, and educational leaders who will go into cultures and make an impact. Men and women being transformed by Christ must be our aim. In addition to releasing His transforming presence, we must also be secure enough in our relationship with Him to release our leaders into their destiny.

In our local church, we place much focus on developing entrepreneurs through a ministry called The Entrepreneurial Network. It is an apostolic and prophetic small Christian business network. Our aim is to encourage and support the business men and women in our local church. Through strong pastoral and mentorship, we are discovering a deeper commitment on all fronts. These men and women have been a great support to our early outreaches because of the ministry we have given them through our relationships.

Our Entrepreneurial ministry has also opened doors for us in the broader community. In our local church, we place much focus on developing entrepreneurs through a ministry called The Entrepreneurial Network. It is an apostolic and prophetic small Christian business network.

Our aim is to encourage and support the business men and women in our local church. Through strong pastoral and mentorship, we are discovering a deeper commitment on all fronts. These men and women have been a great support to our early outreaches because of the ministry we have given them through our relationships.

Our Entrepreneurial ministry has also opened doors for us in the broader community.
We have partnered with a local business who is providing oil changes at cost for single moms in our community. Businessmen have discovered great fulfillment in helping us reach the poor and needy in our community. Within one month’s time two unexpected substantial gifts were given to our ministry by businessmen in the community. These men have been in relationship with our ministry for severalyears and have discovered purpose for working in the marketplace through The Entrepreneurial Network.

The gospel of the kingdom is a counter-cultural message. It is a Kingdom Culture that consists of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Spirit (Romans 14:17). It is a spiritual culture. As leaders, we must create this environment and atmosphere in our homes, ministries, churches, and businesses. However, once it is birthed, it is our mandate to impart the revelation knowledge of this culture into the hearts of those we lead. As heads over your measure and rules, pray the Father of Glory give to those you influence and rule a spirit of wisdom and revelation. (Ephesians 1:17). Trust that He will come and when He appears, release them to go and be free, in the realm of culture that God has called them into.

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