VISION
MISSION
3P’S
CULTURE OF THE HOUSE
       1. THE GRACE OF YOUR LEADERS
       2. 1 YEAR MINIMUM OF INTEGRATION
       3. DECENTLY & IN ORDER
       4. OFFENSE FREE MODEL
       5. THE X-FACTOR

“To be an oasis of hope and love to all generations, by making Jesus attractive and building an irresistible church.”

The vision explains what the culture of the house is and must be.

Oasis:
• A fertile rich land, well-watered, life-giving gathering place that provides refuge, relief, sanctuary, and safety to all who come to it.
• Oasis’s are often surrounded by desert, so it is the place of refreshing and retreat for those who are looking to escape the scorching heat and dryness of the desert. It is a pleasant place in the middle of somewhere unpleasant; a pleasant change from the usual.
• For TG this is our essence. We seek to be a place of refuge, relief, refreshing, and safety in the presence of the Lord for all who gather to worship with us.
• “We are a life-giving church, pleasant, safe church.”

Hope:
• Hope deals with salvation, help, and trust. Those who have hope have exception of better things to come, ambition, trust, faith, confidence, and optimism.
• This is one of the most immediate pleasantries that is meant to be seen and felt in the Oasis.
• When people come to Truth Generation, they should feel hope from us that gives them hope. They should feel that they can trust us, that help is here, and of course that salvation is here by Jesus Christ. We Hope in God and teach others to do so.
• “We are an optimistic, joyous, and energetic church.”

Love:
• Love is our deep affection, great interest, and desire for Jesus that creates the same feeling for his people.
• The love we share is agape, which is affection, good will, benevolence, and brotherly love. It has been given to use Jesus Christ and we share it with each other.
• This is another immediate pleasantry that is meant to be seen and felt in the Oasis. When people come to experience the presence of God, we want them to feel wanted, accepted, loved, and safe. The vision is to build a place like this for Jesus and his people.
• “We are a warm, welcoming, affectionate church.”

All generations:
• A generation is all who are alive while you are alive. One can only be apart of the previous generation after they have died.
• We are wanting to build a gathering place where all people alive in our time can come. All ages, all ethnicities, all demographics, and cultures.
• We envision being a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural church that has a harmonious blend of expressions and experiences.
• “We are a diverse, adaptive, relational church.”

Making Jesus attractive:
• This has a two-fold meaning.
1. We want Jesus to be attracted to our church and tribe. We want him to have an affection, a strong desire, and interest in us as his bride and his body. The intent is to please, serve, and represent him in a way that he feels compelled to be with us, dwell with us, and give us his presence and power each and every time we gather. We don’t want him to ever be able to resist our church. He is attracted to us as a husband attracted to his wife.
2. We want to make Jesus be attractive to people. We want to honor, Love, respect, and represent him in such a way that people are attracted him and want to get to know him because of how well we represent him.
• We must be conscious at all times that we represent Jesus and we will do all we can to never embarrass him or his name. We want to draw people to him, not run them away.
• “We are spirit-led, worshipping, bible church.”

Building an irresistible church:
• This ties into making Jesus attractive. We want the church to be irresistible to him. Our Father and our Friend should always want to dwell with us, be with us, commune with us, and fellowship with us.
• We want to build a church that is irresistible to those who are meant to be apart of it. The tribe members who are meant to be here will feel the same irresistible feeling that we want Jesus to feel concerning the tribe.
• The nature, atmosphere, and environment of the church should be one that draws and attracts, one that is contagious, one that is embracing and enticing, so that we can create the best opportunity to win souls to the kingdom.
• “We are an attractive, relevant, family church.”

“Reach the lost. Equip the saints. Serve a generation.”

This is what the oasis is sent to do. As we embody our essence and culture, we will obey this mission as our great commission as a church.

Reach the lost:
• This is the great commission for us. To preach the gospel to every creature that they might be saved, baptized, filled with the Holy Spirit, and welcomed into the kingdom and family of God. We obey Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15-16 as our mission to win souls and make disciples.
• “We are a soul winning church.”

Equip the saints:
• This is the discipling process. We are endeavoring to equip the saints according to Ephesians 4:11-16 so that we might grow as a body into the desired design that Christ has for us.
• “We are an equipping church.”

Serve a generation:
• Those who have been equipped will be sent to serve. We will use our gifts, callings, love for Jesus, and spiritual equipment to serve those who are alive in our time in every way that exemplifies and glorifies Jesus.
• “We are a serving church.”

These are the three things we need from you as a new tribe member.

These are the foundational asks that we have as we are entering into our new relationship as tribe members together.

Prayers:
• Your tribe needs your prayers. We want you to pray for the vision and the mission for it to be fulfilled.
• Pray for your tribe members, your leaders, and yourself now as a tribe member.
• We want you in prayer with us on Tuesdays and other prophetic times prayer is called. We must pray together to grow together.

Presence:
• Your tribe needs your presence. We want you to come, show up, attend services, be present, and visible.
• Your presence is a present (gift). Your presence is a ministry. Your presence is your act of love and support.
• We want to see you! We want to be with you! We want to do life and ministry with you!

Presidents:
• Your tribe needs some of your dead presidents (money). We want you to pray for God to give you an offering vow, an amount that you are willing to give each week or bi-weekly to support your church.
• Jesus is free, ministry is expensive. We want you to be apart of the expansion of the church in faith and finance.
• Where your treasure is, your heart is. Allow your heart to pray for an offering vow to share with the tribe.

THE GRACE OF YOUR LEADERS
(operation, function, apostolic, prophetic, meetings, bookings)

Ours leaders are an Apostle and a Prophetess.
• Apostle- A sent one, an emissary, an ambassador. A specially commissioned messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Prophetess- A divine functionary who serves as the spokesperson and oracle of God.

Operation
• An apostle’s operation is one of a builder, an architect, who’s purpose is to increase the vitality, character, and quality of the believer; to form Christ in you. This happens by revelation, doctrine, impartation, prophecy, grace, etc.

• A prophet’s operation is to declare, tell forth, or reveal the word of the Lord, to be a messenger who enforces the mind and heart of God concerning his people, to bring them back to his standard. Prophets are reformers and revivalists who use the equipment of the prophecy anointing to reveal God’s mind.

Function
• Apostle’s function at the church is Senior Pastor and Overseer. The grace is apostolic leadership, which is the cornerstone of New Testament viability. Through revelation, mediation, and education the apostle establishes ecclesiastical organization within the body and persistently call people higher and challenge them to grow, stretch, and mature. The apostle sets and promotes divine order, the
precedents for worship, and the priestly service we render to the king and on behalf of the king.

• Prophetess’s function at the church is Senior Pastor and Senior Prophet. The grace is prophetic leadership and treatment which is to confirm the word of the Lord in the saints through inspiration, prophecy, confirmation, and accuracy. The prophetess steers the direction of the body according the word of the Lord, demonstrates the power of God, disciples and develops the saints through the equipment of visions, dreams, words of knowledge and wisdom, intercessory prayer, and spiritual guardianship.

Apostolic
• All ministry endeavors and activity that pertains to the apostle.

Prophetic
• All ministry endeavors and activity that pertains to the prophet.

Meetings
• Both of our leaders are available for personal apostolic and prophetic counsel and treatment. As a member of the house, you have optional accessibility to have in person or virtual meetings to suit your spiritual needs.
• This is for counseling sessions, deliverance, training, or prayer.

Bookings
• All meetings with either Apostle or Prophetess should be booked through the church admin, Zakiya Saulsberry.

1 YEAR MINIMUM OF INTEGRATION
(interview process, prayer & fasting, prophetic culture, trained prophets and intercessors)

One-year minimum
• Everyone called to do ministry in any form would have to be member of the church for the minimum of a year before they can have the opportunity to serve in a gospel ministry capacity, i. e. Preaching, prophecy, intercession, evangelism, etc.

Interview process
• There is an interview process done with the individual and Senior Pastors after the minimum year has been served. The number of sessions may vary.
• There will a time of prayer and fasting committed to the person to into ministry and the Senior leaders and ministry team. After a time of prayer and fasting, the process of training will begin.

Prophetic Culture
• The culture of the prophetic at Truth Generation follows the 1 Corinthians 14 model.
1 Corinthians 14:29-33 KJV
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

• We are a prophetic church and believe that the spirit of prophecy should given every liberty to function and flow as it pleases. The spirit of God is free to speak, express, breathe, and release.
• The church maintains a prophetic culture that is biblical in nature. When prophetic word is released by any individual other than the Senior Pastors, there needs to be a minimum of two other trusted Prophets who have heard the word, judged it, and been comforted and edified by it themselves before it is released to an intended individual or the church.
• This understanding and model diffuses confusion and promotes peace among the churches and the saints.
• No should privately, personally prophesy to another without a witness/trusted prophet present. The prophets set order. This includes dreams/dream interpretation which is a prophecy of symbols.
• No revelation should be of a private interpretation, it should be shared among prophetic council to ensure the validity of the saints faith in the word and the one who speaks it.

Trained prophets and intercessors
• The intercessors and prophets of the house have been trained to honor the prophetic culture of the house.
• They should be trusted to handle the prophetic utterances, impressions, and expressions of the house to limit confusion.
• No one other than those trained and affirmed can give personal prophecies to person’s in the church in a company.
• All those who feel they received a prophetic word for someone or the church as a whole, must submit it to the trained prophets and intercessors, who will submit it to Senior leadership.

DECENTLY & IN ORDER
(spiritual functionality, dreams, prophesying, laying hands, church functionality, clean and tidy, honor the house, small church mentality)

Spiritual functionality
• We want all things to be done decently and in order. The church does not function chaotically in spiritual matters of government and judgment. All spiritual matters must be assessed in a biblical way that pleases Holy Spirit.
• Everything we do must be done in the spirit of God, and thus the spirit will produce excellence.
• All ministry teams, ministry operations, and ministry events must align with the spiritual mission and vision of the house.
• We endeavor to function together. What God has called you to do, we want to assess how it can be a blessing and benefit to the overall vision of the house and function within its culture and call.

Dreams
• All dreams that need to interpreted should be shared with the ordained prophets, intercessors, or authorized dream interpreters.
• Dreams that one may have concerning a member of the church should be shared with the Senior Pastors and those authorized inside of the prophetic council.

Prophesying
• Those allowed to prophesy are those who have been trained, ordained, and authorized by the Senior Leaders.
• Refer to prophetic culture for fuller understanding.

Laying hands
• This operation falls under the prophetic culture model. This too should only be done with permission from Senior Leaders and those authorized.

Church functionality
• Our church is the house of God, the gate of Heaven, and we want to keep it in a state always worthy to host the presence of God.
• We reverence the sanctuary and aid in helping the function of the church’s systems week to week to be excellent.

Clean and tidy
• The most immediate impact a tribe member can have on church functionality is to help keep the church clean and tidy.
• Cleaning and clearing the area where you sit, the restrooms, and other areas of usage and function can aide the church in maintaining its excellence in presentation.

Honor the House
• By keeping things clean, tidy, not eating and drinking in the sanctuary, and etc. is an immediate way we honor the house.
• Leaving the church better than when we came is a way we honor the house. Providing help or aide to those who are seeking to do so is a great way to honor the house.

Small church mentality
• We don’t have a small church mind. We have a mega mind in small church setting.
• We are perfecting systems, operations, and environments to prepare for the future.

“How it feels, is how it Fills.”

“We don’t want the church to be small, I just want it to feel small.”

The tragedy of any church vision is to perfect a building, a look, a sound, and a presentation and not a feeling.
⁃ People will remember how you made them feel.
⁃ So we must perfect it all.

Everything contributes to feeling.
⁃ Cleanliness
⁃ Presentation
⁃ Functionality
⁃ Punctuality
⁃ Engagement

OFFENSE FREE MODEL
(not taking the bait of satan)

• We believe that love covers. This is us. We Pour love like concrete. We pour it on each other until the love hardens, not our hearts.

The heart should be pliable, flexible, movable, and formable by truth and the spirit of God so that it can continue to pour love. As we pour out love, it should become cemented in the souls of our spiritual family.

• We believe that you should write the wrongs of others in water.

We follow a model of forgiveness and humility that allows opportunity for understanding, faith, and wisdom to grow.

• Conversations can fix anything.
• We chose not to become offended when it is an opportunity to grow.

THE X-FACTOR
(can-do mentality, morale, smile, encourage, esteem, excited, inviting, sharing faith)

The Excellence Factor
How to increase your value:
1. Arrive on time
2. Ask good questions
3. Have a “can-do” mentality
4. Offer solutions to the problems
5. Listen and carry out directions
6. Smile, compliment, and encourage
7. Be helpful and supportive

Daniel 5:12
“12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.”

Be proud of your church. Invite others to come with you. Share your faith, then share your church.