Convergence Church Network Inc

Overview

Convergence Church Network Inc is a US nonprofit organisation that aims to facilitate collaboration among like-minded Christian churches. It emphasizes a balance between the authority of Scripture and the operation of the Holy Spirit, seeking to bridge the gap between "Word-oriented" and "Spirit-oriented" churches.

Purpose and Rationale

The organisation serves as a fellowship rather than a denomination, focusing on relational support rather than hierarchical governance. It aims to enhance local churches by allowing them to benefit from each other's strengths and weaknesses, promoting mutual growth and unity in their pursuit of biblical principles and spiritual gifts.

Theological Convictions

Convergence Church Network members align on several key theological commitments:

• The Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation: Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Solus Christus, and Soli Deo Gloria.
• A High View of God’s Sovereignty in Salvation.
• Biblically Governed Practice of All Spiritual Gifts.
• A Complementarian View of Men and Women.
• Churches Governed by a Plurality of Male Elders.
• The Importance of Water Baptism.

Additionally, they affirm a belief in a personal, historical Adam, the sufficiency of Scripture, and reject soteriological universalism and Open Theism.

Operational Scope

While not a denomination, Convergence Church Network does not engage in church planting or global missionary support directly, leaving these initiatives to individual member churches. It provides resources and guidance to help churches develop their Word-Spirit ministry philosophy but does not participate in church discipline matters or employee management.

Exclusions

The network rejects several practices and doctrines, including:

• The Word of Faith movement.
• The Prosperity gospel.
• The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).
• The Five-Fold Ministry as a governance structure in local churches.
• Strategic spiritual warfare.
• Uninterpreted public use of tongues.

Organisations that advocate these beliefs are not admitted into the network.