Amos 8:11-12

  "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the LORD, but they will not find it."


APCOD - The Transforming Vision
The Asia-Pacific Consultation On Discipleship [APCOD; pronounced A-P-COD] is a life-transforming vision that brings to focus the urgent need for authentic Biblical – [Hebraic and Christian]- discipleship and biblical disciple making in the Church of Jesus Christ today. At the heart of the vision is the passion for every member in the Body of Christ in every nation of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to seek personal transformation in the Lord Jesus Christ through the power of truth in the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit.

APCOD provides a strategic regional platform for believers to gain a deeper understanding of the commitment to reflect and imitate Christ in all areas of everyday life; equipping the church to disciple the nations within the context of world missions through changed lives with changed hearts and renewed minds focused on bearing fruit to the glory of God.

Recognised as a major step forward in the consolidation of Christianity in the Asia-Pacific region, APCOD reaffirms the crucial need for a fresh hearing and understanding of the historic reality of the man Jesus of Nazareth in His Jewish setting; a renewed consciousness of the historic roots of Biblical discipleship and the Hebraic foundation of the Christian faith coupled with the reinvigoration of a thinking Christian mind that is in total obedience to love and serve God only.

The vision of APCOD carries the spirit of prophesy as declared in the word of the LORD through prophet Amos. Amos warned the people of Israel to seriously take hold of where they had come from historically as a people of God, reminding them to seek God and live.

• To recover a fresh understanding of the historic reality of the man Jesus of Nazareth in His Jewish setting and to seek personal transformation in Christ
• To restore a renewed understanding of the Hebraic foundations of the Christian faith and biblical discipleship as revealed in the Holy Scriptures
• To renew a fresh passion for holistic intentional disciple making first in the home, then church and market place where all of life is lived under the Lordship of Christ

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Statement of Faith

WE BELIEVE:

In One God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

In our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles and atoning death.

In the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, in His personal return and the judgment of the world by Him.

That all have sinned and are justly exposed to the judgment of God.

That the Holy Scriptures as given by God are divinely inspired infallible, entirely trustworthy and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.

That redemption from the guilt penalty and power of sin is possible only through the death and shed blood and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Jesus Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus enabling the believer to live a Holy life and to witness and work for Him.

In the resurrection of the body, the eternal blessedness of the righteous and the eternal punishment of the wicked.

That every believer is baptised into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit and thus being members of one another are responsible for keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace loving one another with a pure heart feverently.

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History

On July 19th, 1996, Summer Fruit Ministries [SFM] was founded by
Dr. Charles Lee, with a mission to encourage believers to return to a life of true repentance and holiness in order to go forward as overcoming Kingdom disciples of Jesus, bearing fruit to God through Christ. At the core of this calling is the passion to rediscover the Biblical roots of the faith and promote the restoration of the Hebraic foundation and historical character of the Christian faith.

In July 1997, the vision was conceived to establish an Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies [IHCS] with the aim of bringing both Hebraic and Christian perspectives to bear light on what it means to live out the Christian faith with authenticity and integrity in the real world. July 2001, 5 years from the birth of Summer Fruit Ministries, was set as the date where an assembly of God's people will be held in Kota Kinabalu to return to the Biblical roots of the Christian faith and take hold of where we have come from historically, gain a fresh vision of faith, hope and commitment for an authentic discipleship to Jesus the Messiah.

In July 1998, Dr. Charles Lee received an invitation from the International Leaders for Discipleship [now Global Leaders Initiative] to attend the 1st International Leaders for Discipleship Consultation in September 1999 Eastbourne, England and the vision for July 2001 soon became a reality. APCOD was conceived to be the platform to bring nations together to address the critical urgency for mature spiritual leadership in committed Kingdom disciples whose hearts and minds are fully committed to serve the Lord both in public and private life.

In September 1999, APCOD was presented at the 1st International Leaders for Discipleship Consultation in Eastbourne, England. Christian Leaders from the Asia-Pacific realm unanimously agreed to this God-given vision.

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