Preparation for Leadership in a Heavenly Realms Ecclesia

5/30/2019

Leadership for Ecclesias functioning in heavenly realms is a new thing in the Eccelsia.

• None of us has been this way before.
• So what do the requirements for leadership look like for OUB at this time?
• We can learn some general principles by looking at the Scriptures.

The 12 trained for leadership by working with Jesus.

• They spent a lot of time with Jesus.
• They were sent out by Jesus in teams of 2 to do the same ministry that Jesus was doing.
• This was on-the-job training.

After Pentecost they began doing the full work that Jesus had been doing.

• We receive similar training to what the 12 received while Jesus walked with them on the earth.
• We also receive training to do the work that Jesus is doing since His coronation.
• Unlike most of the Ecclesia, leadership in OUB requires both kinds of training.
• This is new to all of us.
• None of us has been fully trained yet.

What other general principles can we see in the scriptures?

• We can look at the biblical requirements for those who become deacons and elders.
• I believe that some of these requirements apply to an earlier spiritual age.
• But general principles still apply.
• OUB is a living demonstration that women are elders in the Eccelsia.

Deacons:

“But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.  Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”  Selected parts of 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Elders:

• Elder, Bishop and Overseer are equivalent words in the New Testament.

“A bishop then must be … one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”  Selected parts of  1 Timothy 3:1-6

• Again, please don’t get caught up in details that may not apply to our situation.
• I am looking for general principles.

What general principles do we see here?

• One is to have proven experience before serving on the OUB Bench of 12 (OUB Bo12).
• Serve in the OUB House before ruling in the OUB House.

There is an easily overlooked key principle clearly shown here:

• An elder is seen as a father with a family who is successfully fathering his children.

How does this apply to the OUB Bo12?

• Being an experienced spiritual father is the most important requirement!
• Our spiritual sons are the proof of our spiritual fathering.
• I don’t know why I didn’t see this before.
• It is so very clear to me now.

After our recent dialog meeting of the Emerging OUB Bo12 I began asking questions.

• What is the OUB House Blueprint?
• What is the purpose of the OUB Bo12?
• What are the requirements for those who will be members of this Bench?
• I regret that I didn’t ask these questions before we began.

I have come to these conclusions: 

• The OUB Bo12 is a team to be made up of proven fathers in the OUB House.
• This team of fathers work together to father the OUB House.
• This includes having oversight of the OUB House.

Jane Johnson is a visible example of what it means to be an overseer in this House.

• Jane continually monitors the spiritual health of the OUB House.
• She does regular governmental actions on behalf of this House.

Some other requirements include: 

• A strong personal walk is needed that is not hindered by being on the Bench.
• A mature stage of understanding of being a king is needed.

Here is Jane’s infused knowledge sense of characteristics of OUB Bo12 members:

• Clear calling to oub for some time evidenced by heart to lead things for a significant period.
• Heart for Interface with the universal Ecclesia.
• Ability to see the big picture and eventually seeing overseeing as a key mandate.
• Willingness to not always prioritize our personal mandate but be happy to support other’s mandates which becomes the one family mandate.
• Able to build a good dynamic with other bench members.
• Has a strong personal walk that will not be compromised by the responsibility of the Bo12.
• Has reached a mature stage of understanding of being a king.