Transforming Melbourne is a movement with a vision to see the Kingdom of Jesus be established in this city: The Spirit of Jesus transforming Melbourne in this generation! We believe the Spirit of Jesus is calling the Body of Christ in Melbourne to arise!Many Christian ministries, many individual Christians are encountering challenges including confusion, interpersonal conflict, discouragement and much of this manifested while our city hosted the Parliament of World Religions.
TM apologises that some of our recent communication regarding the recent World Parliament of Religions was ambiguous. Some comments could be read as if we welcomed the hosting of this function by our city and celebrate that Melbourne as a multi-faith community. Clearly we repent that this city has hosted an international event that honoured and worshipped other spirits.
We believe in one God – Father, Son Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit – and in having no other gods.
So we do not support multi faith worship in our nation nor welcome the worship of other gods in our city. In the lead-up to the "Parliament" TM called for united prayer for the living God to be revealed in simple testimony in the natural realm and proclamation in the spiritual realm. We sought Christians to be a positive witness to Jesus Christ in our city and to the fullness of life in this city and nation because of our Christian heritage. We prayed visitors to our city would encounter Christians showing relational grace, hospitality and clear testimony to who Jesus is and that a positive witness to Jesus’ love for all the people will be carried to all the people groups of the world.
The unity of the Body of Christ is a critical weapon of Jesus so we pray that we can stand as one. Division expressed through denominational and theological conflict does not reflect Jesus’ prayer that we be one. We repent of this on behalf of God’s church in our city. We seek that the world might know God’s love for them by the love we have for each other. We seek the authority of Christ alone in our city and nation and acknowledge no other god.
While we stand against the worship of other gods and uphold the sword of Christ in the spiritual realm – we are called to be servants and to love our neighbours. God loves each person and has sent Jesus to save each one and we are called to reflect Jesus’ love for all the people groups of our city, including people of all religions. We need to have relationships and communication with our neighbours and with civic and religious leaders across our city and to work together to confront shared social issues such as street violence, injustice, human trafficking etc.
The richness of the ethnicity of our city is opportunity for mission and we celebrate and join with Ethnos (formerly Melbourne Conferences for Ethnic Evangelism) in praying for and joining in mission to all the people groups of our city. The Church in Melbourne has a rich opportunity through the high instance of international education and migration to spread the gospel to the nation if we are intentional in rising together.
We invite you to stand with us to declare, honour and reaffirm the sovereignty of Jesus Christ as our Saviour, King of Kings, Lord of Lords in Melbourne!
We need to stand together as spiritual watchmen and elders in Melbourne in this very critical spiritual season. Join us from 17th February for 40 days of Prayer and Fasting for our city. More information on this will be posted in mid January.
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