VISION OF THE HARVEST CENTER
THE GREAT COMMISSION
OUR VISION IS TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION THROUGH PREACHING AND TEACHING THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 28: 18 – 20, MARK 16: 15 -18 ,LUKE 24: 45 – 50, JOHN 21: 15 -16. OUR VISION INCLUDES USING THE MEDIAS OF RADIO, INTERNET, TELEVISION, WRITING BOOKS, WORD OF MOUTH, AND LIVING THE KINGDOM LIFESTYLE AS A PATTERN FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. THIS WILL BRING THE CHURCH TO MATURITY. WE WILL ALSO TRAIN BELIEVERS TO DO THE WORKS OF JESUS. THIS INCLUDES, WINNING THE LOST, RESTORING THE BACKSLIDERS, THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST AND FIRE, CASTING OUT DEMONS, AND BRINGING IN THE END TIME HARVEST. RAISING UP DISCIPLES, TRAINING THE BELIEVER TO LIVE THE VICTORIOUS LIFE. WE BELIEVE THE APOSTLES MINISTRY MUST BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AGAIN IN THE CHURCH. THEN THE APOSTLE WILL BUILD THE APOSTOLIC TEAM, BY RAISING UP OTHER APOSTLES, PROPHETS, EVANGELIST, PASTORS AND TEACHERS, TO PERFECT THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY. EPHESIANS 4: 11 – 13. THE APOSTLES WILL BUILD THE CHURCH BY BUILDING GODS PEOPLE BY TEACHING THE APOSTLES DOCTRINE, ACTS 2:42. THUS RESTORING GODS LEADERSHIP ORDER AND STRUCTURE BACK TO THE CHURCH, AS IT WAS WHEN THE CHURCH FIRST BEGAN.
TO TRAIN AND EQUIP AN ARMY
OUR VISION IS TO TRAIN AND EQUIP AN ARMY OF BELIEVERS IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE, BY FIRST BRINGING AWARENESS OF THE BATTLE AND THE ENEMY. WE WILL HELP EACH BELIEVER TO WIN IN THE BATTLES IN HIS OR HER PERSONAL LIFE, AND HELP EVERY BELIEVER TO KNOW THEIR SPIRITUAL WEAPONS. 2 CORINTHIANS 10: 3 – 6. WE WILL TEACH BELIEVERS WHAT THEIR WEAPONS ARE, AND HOW TO USE THEM. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE TRAINING IN THE DELIVERANCE MINISTRY, SO THAT EACH DISCIPLE WILL KNOW HOW TO CAST OUT DEMONS, AS WE ARE COMMANDED IN MARK 16:17. THIS TRAINING WILL EXPOSE THE BELIEVERS TO WARFARE PRAISE AND WORSHIP, INTERCESSION, BINDING AND LOOSING. WHICH WILL BUILD A STRONG CHURCH BY BUILDING STRONG DISCIPLES .JOEL 2:1 – 12.
TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOD
OUR VISION IS TO MOVE THE CHURCH FROM TRADITIONAL PRAISE AND WORSHIP, IN WHICH THE NEW SONG IS THE LATEST CD RELEASE, WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT DROPS THE NEW SONG INTO THE HEART OF THE WORSHIP LEADERS SPONTANEOUSLY. THIS IS PROPHETIC PRAISE AND WORSHIP, WHERE MUSICIANS ARE IDENTIFIED AS MINSTRELS. THE MINSTRELS PROPHESY ON THEIR INSTRUMENTS. THE PROPHESY OF THE MINSTREL PROPHETS WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO THE PROPHETIC SONG, WHICH WILL BECOME THE “NEW SONG” 1 KINGS 3: 15 -16, PSALMS 96:1, THIS NEW SONG WILL COME THROUGH THE WORSHIP LEADERS. THIS METHOD WILL USHER IN THE PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD LIKE THE CHURCH HAS NEVER KNOWN. THE GLORY OF THE LORD WILL FILL THE HOUSE, SO THAT THE WILL OF GOD CAN BE DONE IN OUR SERVICES PSALMS 22:3 HE WILL INHABIT THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE IN A POWERFUL WAY. PSALMS 16:10. THIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES.
TO BUILD THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH
OUR VISION IS TO BE BUILDERS OF HIS CHURCH THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. OUR METHOD FOR BUILDING THE CHURCH IS BY BUILDING BELIEVERS INTO BECOMING DISCIPLES. THIS IS WHAT JESUS MEANT IN MATTHEW 16:18, IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT MUST BE BUILT, NOT BUILDINGS .WE KNOW THAT WE NEED BUILDINGS, BUT THE CHURCH IS NOT A PHYSICAL BUILDING, BUT THE CHURCH IS MADE UP OF GOD’S PEOPLE. EPHESIANS 2:22 SAYS THAT “YE ARE BUILD TOGETHER A HABITATION OF GOD, THROUGH THE SPIRIT .EPHESIANS 2: 17 – 22. OUR VISION IS TO BUILD BY FIRST “ROOTING OUT, THROWING DOWN, THEN BUILDING AND PLANTING, JEREMIAH 1:10.THE DELIVERANCE MINISTRY IS IMPORTANT TO THE BUILDING PROCESS. AFTER THE DELIVERANCE, THEN WE CAN BUILD AND PLANT .A WISE CARPENTER WILL NOT BUILD ON WOOD THAT IS ROTTED.
TO POSSESS THE WEALTH OF THE WICKED FOR FUNDING THE KINGDOMS ADVANCEMENT
OUR VISION IS RECEIVED THROUGH THE WEALTH OF THE WICKED, IN ORDER TO FINANCIALLY ADVANCE THE KINGDOM AND FULFILL THE VISION THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. OUR VISION IS TO OWN PROPERTIES, RAISE UP ENTREPRENEURS TO BE BUSINESS OWNERS IN ORDER TO GET THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. THESE KINGDOM BUSINESS OWNERS WILL INVADE ALL THE SECULAR KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD .TO WIN THE WEALTHY INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD .TO PROVIDE THE MONEY THAT WE NEED. ECCLESIASTES 2:26. TO GO TO THE NATIONS: OUR VISIONS IS TO GO, AS WELL AS TAKE TEAMS TO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. TO TAKE THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM TO THE NATIONS, TEACHING, PREACHING AND HEALING THE PEOPLE OF THESE NATIONS. PREACHING AS JESUS DID, CASTING OUT DEMONS, AND WINNING THE LOST. ALSO MINISTERING TO THE CHURCH LEADERS OF THESE NATIONS, ESTABLISHING APOSTOLIC TEAM BUILDING ,AND CALLING CONFIRMATION OF THE BELIEVERS, THUS FULFILLING MATTHEW 28:18-20. OUR VISION IS TO REACH THE WORLD ACCORDING TO OUR METRON.
TO RAISE UP OTHER APOSTOLIC CHURCHES
OUR VISION IS TO HELP OTHER CHURCH LEADERS DEVELOP THE APOSTOLIC STRUCTURE . THIS WILL HELP LEADERS TO ESTABLISH THIS CONCEPT IN THEIR MINISTRIES. OUR VISION IS TO HELP THESE LEADERS BUILD THEIR APOSTOLIC TEAMS SO THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF TRUE APOSTOLIC CHURCHES. THIS INVOLVES TEACHING LEADERS THE GOVERNMENTAL LEADERSHIP ORDER AS IS MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS 4:11,1 CORINTHIANS 12:28.THIS WILL INVOKE ALL FIVE MINISTRY GIFTS TO BE PRESENT IN THESE CHURCHES, TO PERFECT THE SAINTS, EPHESIANS. 4:11 -12.
TO RAISE UP WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN MINISTRY
OUR VISION IS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR WOMEN AS WELL AS YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS IN MINISTRY. THIS WILL DONE BY CONFIRMING THEIR CALLINGS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM .WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND GENDER WILL HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CHURCH ON THE EARTH. SATAN USED THE WOMAN IN THE BEGINNING, BUT GOD WILL USE WOMEN IN THE END.
A CHURCH OF ALL RACES AND NATIONS
OUR VISION IS FOR THE CHURCH TO BE A CHURCH WHERE ALL RACES AND NATIONS WILL COME TOGETHER IN LOVE AND UNITY, TO TEAR DOWN THE RACIAL BARRIERS THAT SEPARATE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. AS A RESULT WE WILL SEE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ONE RACE CHURCH. OUR VISION IS FOR THE HARVEST CENTER CHURCH TO BE A PATTERN FOR SUCH A CHURCH, BY INVITING THE OPPOSITE RACE TO OUR SERVICES, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEADERS OF OTHER NATIONS AND RACES, WHO ARE OPEN TO THE APOSTOLIC RESTORATION. PSALMS 133:1 – 6. WE ARE DETERMINED TO BUILD THE CHURCH, STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY, RESTORE FALLEN HUMANITY, AND HELPING THE POOR AND NEEDY. THIS WILL BE DONE BY BUILDING PEOPLE IN SPIRIT , SOUL, AND BODY, BEING CONCERNED WITH THE TOTAL MAN, TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE AND DESTINY THAT GOD HAS INTENDED FOR US ALL. AS A RESULT, WE WILL USHER IN THE COMPLETENESS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO THE EARTH. THIS IS THE PURPOSE FOR GOD RESTORING APOSTOLIC MINISTRY BACK TO HIS CHURCH. AND THIS IS OUR VISION.
APOSTLE RUFUS L. SMALLS