Gate Ministries - New Mercies

Rev 4:1-2 KJV 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Being here and at the same time not being here. Knowing how to be in both realms at the same time. Knowing how to journey through the belly of the fish to the will of God for our lives. The belly as a place where hunger is felt in our bodies.

Isa 55:1-3 KJV 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Jonah paid a fare to go to Tarshish, but it cost him nothing to go to Neniveh. Only he needed was just to be at a place of hunger to then travel to God's will for his life.

REACH THE UNCHURCHED:
Reach the local, national and global community within the church and in the world with the gospel of the Kingdom of Christ and His Lordship.
Invite and provide a shelter (cave of Adullam) for the physically and spiritually discontented, disillusioned, distressed and indebted to receive the love of God with the objective of making them mighty people for Christ.
Create a corporate family (community) that encourages Hebronic covenantal relations of oneness in the Body of Christ in cities, nations and continents.
RESOURCE THE CHURCHED:
Function as a spiritual resource center for ministries connected to or enquiring about the apostolic season.
Establish a storehouse of grain (present truth teachings/resources) whereby ministries in the local and global community may receive present truth instruction.
Mobilize every believer to function in their gracing within the complex Body of Christ.
Build up the believer into the fullness of the image and likeness of Christ (teleios ‘man’) in preparation for the physical return of Jesus Christ as King and Lord over His Church.
REFORM THE NATIONS:
Posture the Body of Christ to function as an exact representative (shaliah/apostolos) of Christ in administrating the affairs of His Kingdom in the visible and invisible spheres of creation.
Promote the reformation of inaccurate and unbiblical ecclesial structures and doctrines.
Propagate the reconstitution (restoration) of all things according to the original and eschatological intent

About the Apostolic Season:
The Apostolic Season is the name ascribed to the arrival of a new season (kairos) in the advancement of the Kingdom of God in the earth. In different church circles this kairos is named Apostolic Reformation, the New Apostolic Reformation and the Apostolic‐Prophetic Movement. All of these names are generic references seeking to capture and communicate the fundamentals of what God is presently doing in the Church of Jesus Christ.
Evidently, the Apostolic Season propagates the view that these are not only the last days but also the last ‘kairos’. An epoch whereby certain things prophesied by the prophets of old must come to pass. It is asserted that there will be no return and reconciliation of Christ to and with His Church (body) unless all things (which have be ruined or lost in the fall of humankind) have been reconstituted, restored and reformed (Acts 3:19ff). Hence, there is great emphasis on the church exercising its authority as the royal priesthood in the earth. Behind this backdrop, one can understand why the Apostolic Season preaches that the Gospel of the Kingdom of God being first preached as a witness to all nations before the end of the age will come (Mt. 24:14).
Further, the Apostolic Season asserts that the end will only come when the corporate Son, the body of Jesus Christ, located in the earth has reached maturity (teleios) or Son‐ship. Put another way, the church in the earth is to be built up or brought into the fullness of the image of Christ, the pattern Son, in the earth (Ephesians 4:11ff; Romans 8:29). In this respect, proponents of the Apostolic Season maintain that there will not be a return of Christ until the Corporate Son (the Church) reigns as the ‘exact representative’ (apostolos, shaliah) in the earth bringing all the enemies of Christ Jesus under His feet (Hebrews 10:13ff).
Therefore, a characteristic feature of the Apostolic Season is the restoration of the fivefold ministry (apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers) to its rightful function in skilfully building up the Body of Christ (Church) (Ephesians 4:11). These are technicians of grace endowed with the spiritual skills to accurately build up the Church in becoming the exact image and representation of Christ in the earth. The passion of five‐fold ministry (apostles, prophets, evangelist, teachers and pastors) is to build a corporate ‘man’ in the earth that will exactly represent (shaliah) and manifest (phainero) the invisible image of God to all of creation in both the visible and invisible Kingdoms of our God and Father.
It must however be emphasised that these (five‐fold ministries) are technicians and not the governmental or hierarchical structure of the Church. God sovereignly endows individuals to be carriers of grace to His Body. These are like bees carrying pollen to the beehive. They are not the governmental or apostolic structure of the church but are divinely sent to restore the original intent of the Godhead.
One may therefore ask, what is the divine intent for the Church? In my opinion, the church is the family (Son) of God modelled on the relational culture and protocol found in the Godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). The structure of the Family is organised into smaller dwelling units called ‘house’ or ‘households of faith’. In the governmental structure of these households there are appointed elders (carriers of paternal/maternal grace) whose mandate is to raise children (‘sons’). Examples of the organic structure of the Family of God may be case studied in the OT. The scriptures are replete with detailed genealogies that carefully set out the structure of the nation of Israel that is made up of twelve tribes. Each tribe comprises of multiple clans or family groupings. When all these family units are assembled we have the divine design of the Family of God spread out among the nations.

Speaking the truth, we can't shy away from the fact that the purpose of the webinar is to give people information for them to be able to make an informed decision whether to vaccinate or not. Some people don't have valid reasons why aren't they getting vaccinated, save for the fictitious and baseless theories making rounds in the media. This webinar aims at giving people information to show the reasons and benefits of vaccinating as opposed to not vaccinating: pain or gain - the writing is on the wall. "Up until now, the church has never taken the initiative to give people any information that could guide the brethren. Their source of information has always been negative social media. Now the church - the Christian scientists and medical scientists in the church - is taking such an initiative. Not even the church will be able to silence this voice of reason.

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ABOUT THE APOSTOLIC SEASON

The Apostolic Season is the name ascribed to the arrival of a new season (kairos) in the advancement of the Kingdom of God in the earth. In different church circles this kairos is named Apostolic Reformation, the New Apostolic Reformation and the Apostolic‐Prophetic Movement. All of these names are generic references seeking to capture and communicate the fundamentals of what God is presently doing in the Church of Jesus Christ.

Evidently, the Apostolic Season propagates the view that these are not only the last days but also the last ‘kairos’. An epoch whereby certain things prophesied by the prophets of old must come to pass. It is asserted that there will be no return and reconciliation of Christ to and with His Church (body) unless all things (which have be ruined or lost in the fall of humankind) have been reconstituted, restored and reformed (Acts 3:19ff). Hence, there is great emphasis on the church exercising its authority as the royal priesthood in the earth. Behind this backdrop, one can understand why the Apostolic Season preaches that the Gospel of the Kingdom of God being first preached as a witness to all nations before the end of the age will come (Mt. 24:14).

Further, the Apostolic Season asserts that the end will only come when the corporate Son, the body of Jesus Christ, located in the earth has reached maturity (teleios) or Son‐ship. Put another way, the church in the earth is to be built up or brought into the fullness of the image of Christ, the pattern Son, in the earth (Ephesians 4:11ff; Romans 8:29). In this respect, proponents of the Apostolic Season maintain that there will not be a return of Christ until the Corporate Son (the Church) reigns as the ‘exact representative’ (apostolos, shaliah) in the earth bringing all the enemies of Christ Jesus under His feet (Hebrews 10:13ff).

Therefore, a characteristic feature of the Apostolic Season is the restoration of the fivefold ministry (apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers) to its rightful function in skilfully building up the Body of Christ (Church) (Ephesians 4:11). These are technicians of grace endowed with the spiritual skills to accurately build up the Church in becoming the exact image and representation of Christ in the earth. The passion of five‐fold ministry (apostles, prophets, evangelist, teachers and pastors) is to build a corporate ‘man’ in the earth that will exactly represent (shaliah) and manifest (phainero) the invisible image of God to all of creation in both the visible and invisible Kingdoms of our God and Father.

It must however be emphasised that these (five‐fold ministries) are technicians and not the governmental or hierarchical structure of the Church. God sovereignly endows individuals to be carriers of grace to His Body. These are like bees carrying pollen to the beehive. They are not the governmental or apostolic structure of the church but are divinely sent to restore the original intent of the Godhead.

One may therefore ask, what is the divine intent for the Church? In my opinion, the church is the family (Son) of God modelled on the relational culture and protocol found in the Godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). The structure of the Family is organised into smaller dwelling units called ‘house’ or ‘households of faith’. In the governmental structure of these households there are appointed elders (carriers of paternal/maternal grace) whose mandate is to raise children (‘sons’). Examples of the organic structure of the Family of God may be case studied in the OT. The scriptures are replete with detailed genealogies that carefully set out the structure of the nation of Israel that is made up of twelve tribes. Each tribe comprises of multiple clans or family groupings. When all these family units are assembled we have the divine design of the Family of God spread out among the nations.

REFORM | THE NATIONS

Posture the Body of Christ to function as an exact representative (shaliah/apostolos) of Christ in administrating the affairs of His Kingdom in the visible and invisible spheres of creation.

Promote the reformation of inaccurate and unbiblical ecclesial structures and doctrines.

Propagate the reconstitution (restoration) of all things according to the original and eschatological intent

RESOURCE | THE CHURCHED

Function as a spiritual resource center for ministries connected to or enquiring about the apostolic season.

Establish a storehouse of grain (present truth teachings/resources) whereby ministries in the local and global community may receive present truth instruction.

Mobilize every believer to function in their gracing within the complex Body of Christ.

Build up the believer into the fullness of the image and likeness of Christ (teleios ‘man’) in preparation for the physical return of Jesus Christ as King and Lord over His Church.

REACH | THE UNCHURCHED

Reach the local, national and global community within the church and in the world with the gospel of the Kingdom of Christ and His Lordship.

Invite and provide a shelter (cave of Adullam) for the physically and spiritually discontented, disillusioned, distressed and indebted to receive the love of God with the objective of making them mighty people for Christ.

Create a corporate family (community) that encourages Hebronic covenantal relations of oneness in the Body of Christ in cities, nations and continents.

Gate Ministries | New Mercies was formally launched on its 5th anniversary at Seemeeu Park, Welkom City, on the 1st of May 2016. It was birthed out of a divine mandate given to Mthiyane Zondo, who submits as a son under the ministry of Apostle Thamo Naidoo.

The directive was unequivocally simple and clear – a new season has dawned upon the church that must visibly announce and tangibly express itself through congregations strategically positioned in gateway cities globally. This season, named in some circles as the ‘apostolic season,’ was born at least two decades ago in relative obscurity and insignificance. Through this period of time it has endured the rigorous processes of spiritual and physical formation before presenting itself as a fresh biblical paradigm distinct from that of its Pentecostal/Charismatic counterparts. At the heart of this season is the passionate pursuit to align the church to apostolic biblical patterns, free from conformity to secular and humanistic influences.

New Mercies serves as an apostolic centre in the heart of the mining industry in Free State, South Africa. Its mandate is to inculcate an apostolic culture for the reformation of the church by ‘Reaching’ the unchurched, ‘Resourcing’ the churched, and ultimately ‘Reforming’ the church in all nations.
In pursuit of its mandate New Mercies will seek to constructively and practically provide a biblical, Christocentric model of ministry, offering a deeper spiritual encounter for the family of God.