Membership
K.M.I. believes strongly that God’s focus is relational; that is, He builds upon the revelation of who Christ is to us, and who we are to one another. We believe membership within our spiritual family is also by revelation. God must reveal to us with whom He wants us to walk out our faith and our ministries.
Indeed, one of the critical issues in every believer’s life is the act of discovering and obeying the Holy Spirit’s placement of us within His Body. For this reason, Kingdom Ministries International does not solicit or “recruit” members. Membership without revelation is of little spiritual value. In order to give potential new members sufficient time to find God’s will in terms of becoming a part of us, here are the procedures we have set in place in order to facilitate this relation-building process:
1. Interested leaders must attend at least two K.M.I. Regional meetings as well as one International gathering before they formally apply for membership. Because we hold two Regional meetings per year as well as one International meeting, it is possible to find your way into the Fellowship within a year or so.
2. We further expect each potential member to be recommended by the Regional Leadership Team. The reason for this is simple: we want every new member to know and be known by the servants in the part of the country where they will be finding fellowship and spiritual resources. New members and their wives are received and prayed for each year at our annual International meeting in the spring.
3. We expect that potential K.M.I. members have the support of the other leaders of their church or ministry and the support of their people before they become a part of us. Why? Our experience tells us that if only the leader is a part of a fellowship, those following him miss most of the benefits of that “belonging.”
Belonging is one of man’s deepest, God-given needs. Few Bible verses speak more clearly to what we are seeking in K.M.I. than this one: “Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity…” (Psalm 133:1). Our testimony is “Amen.”