Biblical Research

I thought tonight I’d share something with you that has been burning in my heart as I travelled around to all these, so far seven weekends in our 40th Anniversary year because people consistently, wherever I go, keep bringing up, “Well, The Way Ministry is a Biblical research ministry and just really what does that all mean?” Well, it’s not nearly as intellectual as it sounds. We are just some people who love God and love His Word, and we love to work it. But, The Way Ministry is a fellowship. You can’t have a fellowship unless you agree on something. If you’re mad at me and I’m mad at you, we’re not going to have much fellowship.

So, The Way Ministry is a fellowship of the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ for the manifestation of the more than abundant life. The Way believers are men and women filled with and manifest power from on high, meaning that they’re filled with the holy spirit. They are men and women who freely avail themselves of fellowship meetings for their spiritual nurture and growth. The Way fellowship is cemented together by the love of God with each individual believer being transformed by the renewing of his or her mind according to the Word of God.
The Way fellowship is not a membership list; it’s not a baptismal list; it is what I have just defined it to be.
The Way Ministry accepts and believes the scriptures, the Bible, to be the true revelation from God and about God, and it is our only rule of faith and practice. It is not our primary rule of faith and practice; it is our only rule of faith and practice. So, The Way Ministry is a Biblical research, a Biblical teaching and a Biblical fellowship ministry. This is for all people. Well, then what is research? Biblical research is not primarily to learn something new, but it is to re-research, to reinvestigate, to rediscover anew the scriptures for ourselves in order to know what God has revealed to us and for our learning. All the benefits of our Biblical research work, all the benefits are designed for those who desire to hear – and that is teaching. When believers meet, that is fellowship. So that is The Way Biblical research, teaching and fellowship ministry.