Partnership

We are a “Community of Companions”. We refer to members of our Community as “COMPANIONS”, simply because we are companions on a common journey towards Christ-likeness.

Membership to our Community does not conflict with or replace membership to your local Church. We exist to “add” to your Church-Life in assisting you, as friends on the same journey. We encourage each Ark Community Companion to find and join a local congregation wherever possible.

Consider us as the vegetables on your dinner plate, ONE of the various sources of nutrients that you need, but not the total source, by any means! We all need a variety of positive influences in our lives, and The Ark Community offers itself as only ONE of the many.

What is a Companion?

        Common pilgrimage – Many Christians are seeking a more committed approach to their Christianity. This has been recognized as a worldwide phenomenon. Many Christians all over the world are discontent with the ‘status quo’ of Christendom and are seeking a deeper walk, without having to leave their current local Church. We must learn to “add to” and not to “replace”. Our needs, interests and spiritual growth continue to advance; this often leads people to become discontent with their current local Church, and therefore “replace” it by finding another to go to. This causes a perpetual lifestyle of “Church-hopping”. Rather than replacing the Church, we should considering “adding to” our local Church. By this we mean, find additional groups, Communities, Welfares, projects and study groups etc to affiliate to.

What you learn in these “other” affiliations can be taken back to your local Church, causing a cross-pollination of spirituality – causing benefit to all parties – This is precisely what we desire to offer all those considering joining our Community – We are a platform of “cross-pollination” a point of CONVERGENCE.

We seek to ADD not to REPLACE.

Christians are looking to form smaller more intimate groups, in order to seek Christ in a new way, a deeper way…. a more committed way! Many of these new ‘groups’ can be compared with the religious orders of the past, similar to those found within the traditional Churches, like the Franciscans etc.

Simultaneously, there is an ‘awakening’ in the search to return to our early Christian Apostolic faith. I have heard some refer to this as a return to Orthodoxy – we have gone full-circle. Many of us are studying early Church history to rediscover our roots and early beginnings. It is as if we are looking back to see our way forward!  This has lead many ‘seekers’ back to Celtic Christianity, as the Celtic people developed the Anglican Christian Church, without any influence from Rome, until 596AD when Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine (of St. Andrew’s Monastery), to England to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597AD.

Not only is there a desire to return to a united ‘simple’ rule of faith, but also a desire to rediscover and experience the great traditions that we modern-day Christians may have thrown by the wayside. We speak of Apostolic Tradition, sacraments and liturgy! For many, these have become ‘evils’, when in fact they were instituted by Christ Himself. If one is serious about studying the early Church, you will find that they had a very deep appreciation of the sacraments and expressed their sincere worship of Christ through the liturgy. In fact, the liturgy in itself is the message. Our actions (liturgy), speak louder than words!

There are millions of Christians all over the world in all kinds of Churches looking to rediscover this Converging of the great Christian traditions. We gain more of Christ, without loosing anything but ourselves!

 This is our common pilgrimage; you are invited to join us!

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        Common Mission – Our common mission is a simple one;

To Live Christ beyond our Church walls!  In particular, our Community has decided to care for the South African Orphans and take up the challenge as Ministers of Reconciliation ……….. ALL OF US!

 We have committed ourselves to live a prayerful life, reflecting daily upon God’s Word, the Holy Scriptures and living life sacramentaly, by this we mean, “being Jesus to a hurting world.” … “For God so love the WORLD, He gave His only begotten Son”. (John 3:16)

             Prayer support – All that we do individually and as a Community we do under the umbrella and covering of continuous prayer. We need every prayer available to make straight the way before us. The work of reconciling the Church and saving Children that Society has cast away is in direct opposition to every evil spirit, and we need all the prayer worriers we can muster!

 Please add us to your prayer list?

             Ministerial support – We welcome any kind of support in any form. We need much to get the job done, and together we are always able to succeed, it’s when we stand alone we fail!

 Many Companions have ministered with us, side by side. We are people who put our gifts together for a combined effort. We have those who offer translations skills, part-time Administrators, Interpreters, Webmasters and various others offer that which they have been given.

             Financial support – Last but not least!

For those of you that desire to support the Ministry of our Community, i.e. Orphan care, Church Unity and Church Planting, we accept financial gifts directly into our Italian, UK and South African Bank Accounts.

 We send out monthly “Receipt Letters” for all donations received, but need to advise you, that as of present we are unable to offer you any tax benefits for your giving, this however should change in the not to distant future.

 We are many who put our “little” together, to make a large lump! …..No donation is too small, someone is lying to you!

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