THE CHURCH
The Vision
The Book Of James describes everything a Church should be
And the Book Of James describes everything a Church should not be.
We are going to outline our vision of what we would like a Church to be. We, God willing, are going to fashion our Church in the fashion that will be listed below according to our talents, the needs of the Community, the needs of the Church, and the Commandments of the Almighty. We want to serve Christ and His least and we want nothing for this but a Church to be the very Church He is looking for.
Please bear with us as we have much to say regarding this vision.
The Church that we are to be blessed with will be a 7 day a week Church offering many different programs and services.
The Church needs to be available to the Community 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. As a Pastor, I put myself on call 24-7 and I have been tested on this and have understood that people need the Lord 24-7. No Vacations and No days off. I am not a hireling, I care for the sheep and I must show this everyday of every year, no matter what the circumstance. I cannot serve God and money. I choose to serve God and if I am serving God and not money, than I cannot be scared away by the wolf. Soon, the wolf will come and the hirelings will flee. For they are hirelings and care nothing for the sheep. Their riches prove this to be true. This however, will bring the emergence of the true shepards who cannot leave the sheep. Not even death can separate them from their flocks, nor their their flocks from them.
I would first like to list our talents and the programs that we would develop in order to serve the Community to the fullest as Christ Commanded.
And as far as income goes, we will support ourselves through other means. One cannot be paid for serving God. The knowledge and Wisdom He gives leaves us owing Him, not Him owing us.
The things we want to offer are things that serve the least. Christ Commanded us to serve His least and this is what He has equipped us to do in many different ways with many different abilities. The Lord has equipped us with everything we need, but a Church must accept us for our works and not for our certificates or degrees. We do not have nor give regard to the "respect of persons." We do not see color, we do not see the difference between the rich and the poor, nor do we care. We are to serve whoever comes to us as though they were Christ himself, or just as if He sent them to us personally.
Church Worship times to be often and diverse.
I would like to focus more on the Sabbath being a time of rest and worship with Church working more around this instead of Church being the focal point on Sundays. Sound wrong or strange? The Scribes and The Pharisees made the very same mistake which is the most common mistake of today in terms of the Sabbath. Most people concentrate on going to Church on Sunday and live a separate life on the other 6 days. It would be better to offer Church at diverse times and days so that the Church could get more people to worship more often with the knowledge that Christ can be worshipped 24-7 just like the Church being there for them 24-7.
God made the Sabbath for man, not man for the Sabbath. To rest and be at ease without having to cook, clean or leave the house for one day would have to cause one to Praise the Lord all day for the rest that this he or she never gets.
Sunday will have its services, but I would like to offer many other services to encourage people to stay home on the Sabbath and to enjoy the rest that the Lord has reserved for them. In the wilderness, the children of Israel were not even allowed to go out to collect food. They were to prepare it the day before so that the sabbath would be nothing but rest.
Haircuts, Perms, Hair Color
My wife is a liscensed cosmotologist, so we would like to offer a day out of each week to provide free haircuts, perms, colors and such for those who cannot afford these services. We would provide a box for donations that would go to the Church but the donations would be totally by free will and not expected. This would be wonderful as many people cannot afford haircuts and the like. Plus the fact that these services are offered to the Community, would be an opportunity to gain new members to the Church.
Exercise, Health and Nutrition
2 to 3 days a week, we would like to offer health, fitness and nutrition classes to the Community.
I have over 20 years of experience in this field. I have trained male and female as well as the young and old in things such as competitive bodybuilding, aerobics, weight loss, nutrition, and the like. I am experienced in Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Mountain Biking, Cycling (10 speed), Hiking, Camping (survival), baseball ( I played all the way up to Mens Single A) , as well as self defense, and Martial Arts (several different styles).
My wife has 8 years experience in the field of fitness and nutrition and was the first woman to follow a regimen that I developed that everybody said wouldn't work because it was so simple, so quick and sounded everything like a mans workout and not a womans.
Yet in 8 months, my wifes physique totally changed shape and she went from 177 pounds with 32% percent bodyfat to 130 pounds with about 22% percent bodyfat. She did this working out only 20 minutes a day, 3-4 days a week. She ate more instead of less, and had more energy than ever without following a rediculously drawn out, impossible to follow program which is expensive (of course), and is set up to continue the sales by way of supplements and is still the norm today.
Physical fitness definately builds spiritual fitness as well as a stronger immune system, better self control, more energy, as well as so many more attributes that we will teach at the given time.
Of course, this will be free to the Community as well with donations accepted but not expected. Also, it would be another good way of adding members to the Church as well as keeping teens of the street and out of trouble.
Martial Arts (Self Defense)
I know several different styles of Martial Arts and Self Defense and I would like to offer this class a few days a week. Another way of bringing kids off of the streets, as well as a solution to the problems women face on the streets. I would like to offer this class because many people, especially women, are given a very false sense of security by people who don't care about a false sense of security, but the fees that they bring in. Since we do not profit from these classes, the best attention is given to the truth with no regard to money keeping the motive pure.
Web Design, Web Publishing, Graphics Design, Desktop Publishing, Computer Repair
Some other areas of our expertise. These classes could help people learn for personal use, careers, as well as being able to express themselves.
Youth Outings, Group Outings, Couples Outings, Senior Outings
A camping trip would be an awesome thing to get away from the city, having to survive the elements in an attempt to appreciate what we are blessed with instead of being depressed over what we aren't blessed with.
Weekly Watchmans Class
This would be a group of beleivers whos job is to be the "watchmen on the wall."
This group will study prophecy through the Scriptures, The News and The Signs of The Times and will compare lessons learned in a meeting each week to further prepare for the Kings return. This also would be a great way to get people excited about the Word of God especially since the Spirit of Prophecy is the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Weekly Marriage Study
In general and in this day and age of confusion, men are trying to be like women and women are trying to be like men because both are not sure what they are supposed to be. This is a terrible tragedy because a woman of God is to be both feared and praised. This class would be the class to teach how God wanted things to be for Adam and Eve in Paradise. If we are going there, we should learn how to live like it, right here and right now.
It is possible for a married couple to be one always. Always one in times of trouble, temptation, and in times of happiness.
Childrens Mentoring Class
This would be a class for creation. Putting together bikes, computers, web pages, graphics as well as playing diverse sports, going camping, hiking, biking and all that goes with it. Woodworking, painting, repairs on cars and houses as well as many other areas of growth. All the youth really want from us is love and direction. They are the Kingdom of Heaven and the Church is Commanded to do all it can to help. This is why a Church needs to be open 24-7. Crisis has no schedule.
Crafting, Quilting and Sewing
My mother has over 30 years in these fields. This would be something for anybody who wants to create beautiful things as well as another way of bringing the Community into the Church.
Servile Time in The Community
The Church and its members who will volunteer must spend a couple days a week going to the prisons, the rest homes and the hospitals.
These are a Command from Christ Some might think that this would be hard for a Pastor to meet all of these goals but I do all of these things already, and have been for the past 4 years. I have never made any money for doing these things because I am to serve and I am not to be served. I shouldn't be rewarded for doing these things. Should a Servant be rewarded for doing what he is simply supposed to do.
For me, it is truly far greater to give than receive. In this World, I am not looking for riches, I am looking to do the will of my Father. I also should not be rewarded because The Lord does not owe me, I owe him.
Jesus did not profit from His Works or His Miracles. Nor did He try to abtain fame from them. A slave is never better than his Master. He is never richer than his Master. He is never treated better than his Master and so I want to be where He was. Poor and humble. For someone who wants to be chief, must serve the least of the least as though they were better than he. There must be no comprimise in this.
It is my goal to do as much for Christ as humanly possible in this short time that we have left before the Lord comes.
I will rest then, but in the times we are in, there is no time to give sleep to the eyes. There is much work to do and the harvest is truly great, but the workers are very few indeed.
It has been extremely difficult to accomplish the things that we have accomplished because there was no money involved. However, even without money, and without help save God alone, we have reached and served over 15,000 people in our short time in this Ministry. 7 poor people have accomplished this with almost no money at all. Imagine what we could do with a Church building and its resources in the way of the Community.
The odds are very stacked against me in conquering this feat because our purpose is pure and good. This however, is not profitable and so it is regarded as nothing. Those who trluy want to do the will of God are the only ones we will be able to count on to help us. The problem with this however, is that these people are extremely rare and are usually extremely poor since they do not belong to the World.
It will be a blessing to us for the one Church who will be the ones who appoint us by the spirit because our works are pure in heart with no strings attached whatsoever. Just a simple deep desire to serve the way Christ served.
However, I must wonder how many doors I will have to knock on to find that Church without spot or blemish for my Masters Son. It will only take one Church to make it all happen but I must wonder how many times we will be rejected for the unstoppable desire to do the will of our Father. How many doors will be shut in our face?
Jesus said He would be at the door knocking, and that the least of the least would be he himself.
How many people who say that they are Christians and could have helped, didn't?
"Behold I stand at the door and knock"
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be:
if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
"A Prophet is never honored in his own Country or by his own family."
I am come in my Fathers name and ye receive me not,
yet another shall come in his own name and him ye will receive.
Jesus is searching for a Church without spot or blemish. This is my cause and my appointment for being.
I am searching for that Church and I have already knocked on about a 300 Church doors and have been rejected by them all even though all the things I presented them with were strictly voluntary. I asked to serve for free.
Why would they reject me?
Rejection, not acception is how one knows His path is true. Rejection builds my Faith in God because it is a fulfillment of Scripture.
However, this does not concern me, but what is to happen to those who rejected me? You don't have to die to be a Martyr. The word Martyr means "witness."
This is the hardest part of the Ministry. Those who say that they beleive and serve God,
yet reject those whom the Lord sends.
Yet the greatest part which makes up for it is being loved and accepted by the worlds unwanted just as Christ saw and said would be the case.
"How often I have wanted to gather your little children together as a hen gathers her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me."
My desire is to build a Church who's works and Faith cause it to be without spot or blemish.
Works are proof of Faith and Faith is proof of works. A Church could be counted righteous simply by their Faith
and their Works that stem from that Faith.
I cannot stop knocking until the Lord comes.
Who will reject me and who will accept me matters not. The purpose of the matter is to be accepted or rejected so that all will have had a chance to open the door or to close the door. This is the cause of the fishermen. To catch both the good and the bad and to separate the two types of catches.
I once had a vision of a woman who walked up to my door and needed a place to stay and I said "no" and I closed the door. A moment later I was walking up to the Kingdom of Heaven and as I approached the door it closed on me.
A few weeks later we took a terminally ill elderly woman in to our home. We also took in a widow, two orphans and and a two time felon. These people had nothing yet they did more to help us spread the gospel than anyone we have yet known. This cost us our house and our children and all that we had but does this matter? No.
We are seeking the Kingdom of Heaven and all that is in it.
A perfect example of worshipping in the dark would be how a whole entire Church had a weeklong revival but yet spent that week passing by a bunch of tents filled with homeless poor people. Happiness and joy no matter what the time or tribulation can only be had by giving. Due to the law of deminishing returns, one can only achieve happiness by giving and serving. Is there a more wanton person in this world as a rich person? They are served, they have everything that the world can give, but they are still bound by the law of diminishing returns, so the more they have, the less happy they become. This cannot be circumvented.
Look at Solomon. Did having the greatest wealth in the world make him happy? Did having 700 wives and 300 concubines make him happy? Did having peace make him happy?
Did having everything that God could give make him happy? No. He fell away.
We are designed to serve and to give with no ill will. This is what we are Commanded to do and this is what we are designed to do.
Wouldn't it be awesome for people to see an alive Church no matter what day of the week that they pass by?
If I serve the Lord 24-7, all I would like to have in return would be a spot, any spot in Heaven and to have the freedom to worship the Lord God Almighty 24-7 to eternity. This is all I want because this is everything. Is there a greater joy than seeing the desperate happiness and relief in the face of someone who is hungry and homeless? I know no greater joy than to be that someone who this person has been praying for. People who are without spend a great deal of time in Prayer, it's just that there are so few people out there who will answer the Command of the Lord, but when you do, you see a person realize that their prayers have been answered.
I know how they feel because I was one of them.
The above writings are my feelings, my faith, and my God given vision for a Church.
The above God given talents are just a few of the ideals that we have for a Church. There are too many too list but we are also very open to suggestions and ideals as a Church isn't about the Pastor, it is about the flock and their needs. The Pastor of a Church is to be the least of the Church. The congregation is what makes up the Church.
I am nobody, but who I serve is everything, and who is in me is everything.
There is the Lord God Almighty and besides Him, there is none other. I know not one.
And there is nobody that can be delivered out of His hand, nor is there anobody that can pluck from His hand. I know not one.
We are not seeking our own glory, but the glory of Him who sent us to knock at your door.
We hope you will answer.
We believe that if we can help build that Church without spot or blemish, that Christ will come
since this is what He is seeking.
Imagine being the very Church out of many that He is seeking and that He chooses. What a Blessing this would be.
I want to go to Heaven and I will do whatever it takes to get there and to be accepted by my Creator.
All that it would take would be a group of people who are gathered together with this same purpose in mind.
Some think that I am "crazy" but what is crazy about wanting Jesus to come and wanting to go to Heaven?
What makes a good servant is not the fact that he is righteous, but the fact that he knows how deep his sin is and how deep his need is for a Savior. So much so in fact that working out his salvation is his only motive for life.
Who knows how to Minister to addicts, the poor, the homeless, the orphans, the persecuted, the oppressed, the imprisoned, the sick, the desperate, the depressed and the like;
Who would be the best choice in the way of Ministering to, let's say, an alcoholic, or a drug user?
Someone who has been where they are?
Or someone who knows nothing about what they are going through
with the limited, shallow exception of reading about them in a book.
I once wanted to be a police officer but because of my first marriage having many disputes and the police being called, I could not because these things are on record.
Yet, the domestic disputes are the most dangerous of all police calls because of their unpredictability.
So who would be the best person to send in?
The one who has been there, or the one who has a perfect record to prove that he has not?
All too often tragedy strikes due to the lack of wisdom which is simply "been there, done that"
and knowing the difference.
How often do people never enter the Church because of all the condemnation that they receive from the Pastor who has never been there and knows nothing about love, mercy and compassion? Do not these people receive enough condemnation from the world? Also, their addiction causes them long days full of suffering.
How often do Pastors condemn drug addicts and alcoholics while trying to sell you their latest book or tape?
They do not realize that they are doing this because they have not been where those who they are condemning are at.
Is greed different from addiction in regards to sin? What is sin? And who judges sin? There is only one judge and it is not anybody else but Christ. Judgement and condemnation belong to the Lord and these two things are a snare to anybody else. Again, love, mercy and compassion. Love is what lets others know that we belong to the Lord.
For example, an alcoholic suffers for approximately 20 hours out of a 24 hours day. This is personal suffering. Then one must take into account all the condemnation they receive, all of the looks they receive, and all of the grief that they must go through alone. This should not be so. Love, Mercy and Compassion are the choice weapons of war. These three are the only way of defeating an already defeated foe. Satan cannot stand love, mercy and compassion.
Another example of the blind leading the blind would be a Pastor who supports the death penalty. How so?
By quoting Scripture supporting the practise. They say "an eye for an eye", and those who shed blood must have their blood shed. Yes these are the Scriptures written by one of the greatest men of the Bible but what did Jesus say? Because even Moses would agree that Christ has the last word.
Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Done. End of story. Since there are no sinless people on this earth, there can be no captiol punishment. Also, if there were Churches who did what Churches are Commanded to do, people would not be doing these things. But these people called and nobody answered.
Way too often, men say to the Master, "I will go", but they do not go.
And far too few times do men say, "I will not go", but then they change their minds and do go.
Will you help? Will you answer our call? Will you help us build that Church?
Remember, it doesn't take money (as I said before, we have reached about 15,000 people worldwide at a cost of about 300 dollars, which was more than we had to spend), all it takes is desire.
Be a Signal Receiver. All you have to do is spread the gospel with servitude, love, mercy and compassion.
It is impossible to do nothing. It is cheap and easy to do everything.
As I said, I already do the above listed things, but we need help to expand these services to serve on a bigger and broader basis.
I feel like Abraham in this Country. All I need is 10 people or so to build a Church. 10 people who have more resources than they know what to do with, but spend those resources on idols and vanity. If Abraham couldn't find 10 people, I know one thing for sure, He sure did try and He sure did knock on a lot of doors. Otherwise, why would he have gone to the trouble of talking the Lord down from 50 people to 10 people? He must have tried very hard because He was a good man, but it was his job to knock, but whether the people could see or not was totally in the hands of the Lord. Their selfishness, their greed, their vanity and their lusts kept them from seeing their soon to come destruction. Americas fate will be worse, and there isn't much time left to tell.
To know and not help would be worse than not ever knowing at all. Time is short, and there is much to do.
Whatever you did for my least, you did for me.
Jesus Christ 33 A.D.
Whatever you did not do for my least, you did not do for me.
Jesus Christ 33 A.D.
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be:
if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
Jesus Christ 33A.D.
James:1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas:1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Jas:2:1: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Jas:2:2: For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
Jas:2:3: And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Jas:2:4: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Jas:2:5: Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Jas:2:6: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Jas:2:7: Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
Jas:2:8: If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Jas:2:9: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Jas:2:13: For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Jas:2:14: What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Jas:2:15: If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Jas:2:16: And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Jas:2:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Pastor James Dean Hamm
&
Griselda Grace Hamm
