We train, educate, and support Christians to grow into the people God created them to be and to walk in authentic relationship with their Creator. We do this through unique online book studies and support programs, Bible studies, training in practical tools, and healing gifts. Discontent with mere theory, we teach not only the why but the how–step by mindful step.
Our vision? To see you, dear Christian . . .
Visibly MATURE in the Fruit of the Spirit. Our standard for spirituality and growth is the Fruit of the Spirit evident in our lives (Galatians 5:22-23). But we do not simply pin false fruit on our branches to look holy. Instead, we dig for the roots of our sickness unto death — roots that we are deeply and often unconsciously committed to, and that produce only sorrow, fear, and destruction. We learn to endure the process of discovery and training so that we might be complete, mature people, fully equipped to lead the active, powerful lives God intended for us (James 5:16-17, James 1:2-4). With effort, we learn to respond to life out of new principles of thinking, feeling, and acting.
Pursue LOVE as your goal. Love is the goal of our instruction (I Timothy 1:3-7). Without love we are nothing and can do nothing (1 Corinthians 13). We are training to become the love of God in the world—actually living it, not just talking about it (1 John 5:1-4). Many of us were taught to talk about the Christian life, but did not know how to live it or how to love. We learned to perform as Christians rather than becoming new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:16). In Karis Fellowships we are learning what it is to be a new creation.
Commit to TRUTH in all things. Truth is the cornerstone of Karis Fellowships. We learn to admit the truth about who we are without shame and condemnation (Psalm 15:2, Romans 8:1, John 8:31-32). This gives us the security and starting point we need to grow into the people God created us to be. We are people who desire the truth in all things that we might be true people living real lives. We learn to give up our illusions about ourselves, others, the world, and God. We learn to respond, love, feel, and make choices based on real evidence.
Experience FREEDOM from fear. We see in our lives that this work ultimately leads to more and more freedom. With its many commands of “do not fear,” the Bible makes it clear that we have a problem with fear. Our greatest deliverance is from the bondage to the “fear of death” (Hebrews 2:14-18). Mature love casts out all fear, and our goal is to have no fear but the fear of God (1 John 4:18). This freedom then leads to expressing the unique qualities that each of us is actually designed to have, rather than what we imagine we should be in order to feel secure. We call this unique expression of our designed nature our “glory.”
Express your unique GLORY here on earth. In our glory, we are expressing the character of God and our own unique qualities and work as His creatures. We come more and more into balance, living in correspondence and harmony within ourselves, with our community, and with the Creation. It is our designed nature to be in deep communion, correspondence, and harmony with God and His will. Through our glory we bring the will of God to Earth, as it is in Heaven.
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