Arkansas District Council Of the 18th Episcopal District Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.
Diocesan Bishop Alfonso Madden
Vision
• To come together in unity and to see a greater influx of souls being brought into the kingdom,
- To see the Council in a headquartered facility.
Mission
• To work together to increase unity in the Body of Christ, establish new churches in major cities throughout the state and support those new churches for one year, providing a state evangelistic team to work with the new church once a month for one year.
Core Values
• Love
• Goodness
• Faith
• Righteousness
• Integrity
• Vision
• Wisdom
• Knowledge
• Training
• Spirituality
Beliefs
• Every soul is valuable
• Families matter
• Pastors and Churches matter
• Everyone deserves to be treated Christ like
• It is leadership’s responsibility to provide training and pastoral care to the Body of Christ
• The quality of our leadership depends upon our knowledge and spirituality
• The Oneness of the Godhead
• Water baptism by Immersion
• Water baptism in Jesus’ Name
• The Holy Ghost evidenced by speaking in tongues
• The Bible is the inspired word of God
Goals
• To bring workshops/seminars to offer additional education to help us do our jobs better
• To offer and provide training from top to bottom
• To provide training in the field of counseling
• To create a program which will identify future leaders and train them
• After training future leaders, to pull from the pool of trained leaders and send them out as pastors and provide support/assistance to them
• To train new ministers about the Apostolic/Holiness ministry and its doctrine
• To provide leadership training every April
• To develop and maintain a support system for the Body of Christ • To develop a written code of leadership ethics on proper interaction with leadership in public and in private
• To develop leaders in a Pastoral Ministry / Pastors Track
• To provide ethical Leadership Training
• To provide training in Eschatology
• To provide teaching on the Godhead to solidify the Body’s spiritual knowledge
