REALM FELLOWSHIP PROSPECTUS

Realm Prospectus 9
Core Values (Cont.)
Mature
a. Discipleship- Jesus gives the Church through
the Apostles, the glorious Great Commission.
We are to make followers of Jesus from all
people groups in the world. We baptize them
into the fellowship of the triune God. From
there our task is to teach them to observe all
that Jesus has taught. We do this in a formal
and informal way
Formal- The Great Commission can only be
completely fulfilled in the context of the
local church. Those primarily tasked with
guarding and teaching apostolic teaching are
the Shepherd/Pastor/Elders of the church.
The week in and week out Sunday sermon
will be the primary form through which
formal discipleship is done.
Informal-Because we affirm a priesthood of
all believers, all believers have a
responsibility to helping people to
understand the teachings of Jesus. This
informal form of discipleship works toward
the collective “teaching of all Jesus has
taught” work of the church. All other efforts
in the church fall under Christians helping
one another to observe what has been
taught through their encouragement, gifts
and services for the maturation of the
Believer and the work of the ministry.
b. Preached Word- As stated before, the
preached word is the primary action taken in
carrying out the 3 rd movement of the Great
Movement (Teaching). We believe the Bible
to be the Infallible, Inerrant Word of God
and in order to be faithful to Great
Commission preaching, expositional
preaching is the primary convictional method
of East Bay Church of Oakland, with
occasional Topical sermons.
e. Sacramental Reality- We believe that all of
reality is a sacramental reality. How do we
see the immanent presence of a
transcendent God in everyday life? The more
we acknowledge the sacred presence of God
in our jobs, parks, homes, market places (etc.)
the more we understand Him as both an ever
intricate part of our existence as well as the
One through whom all things are held
together and have their being (Col 1).
f. Theological Depth- We continue our
maturation through growing in our
understanding of God.
g. Suffering- We grow in our maturation
through what trials and suffering produces.
h. Community- We do life together with
missional zeal. We advocate Missional
groups to spur each other on to action. We
advocate forming deep and transparent
Christian friendships for the sake of
accountability and daily processing of life.
Seek (Seek the Good)
a. Social-Engagement- We believe that the
Gospel applies to the material as well as the
immaterial worlds. Jesus’ message of the
kingdom applies to our society as Jesus
envisions the transformation of such
societies through the advancement of his
message in transformed lives and
transformed places.
b. Civic Engagement- Paul makes it a practice to
engage civic leaders with the message of the
Gospel. We too will follow this apostolic
example through speech and service.