We are an association of predominantly five-fold leaders and those called to ministry and intercession, which have recognized the highest goal in life is to know Jesus Christ and, in knowing Him, be conformed into His image and His likeness. We come from many backgrounds, bringing and submitting the best of our heritage and the strengths of our cultural distinctions. We are first and foremost men and women of God, while cognizant of our challenges and weaknesses, not allowing our imperfections to hinder us from pursuing the heart of God while committing to a level and measure of accountability, transparency and fellowship with one another.

We also recognize that, as our love for God matures, we are learning to love what He loves and hate what he hates. As we grow in Covenant love, we will love and embrace what Christ loves and embrace. Thus, we are compelled by the Holy Spirit to love Christ’s Body and to work collectively with the Holy Spirit to see true holiness and genuine spiritual unity restored among the born again. While we are committed to the singularity of Christ as our vital source and necessity of true virtue and power, we are also committed to accept and serve the many unique ways and dimensions Christ reveals Himself through His people.

We are also committed to the tenants and basis of the Great Commission - Evangelism and Discipleship. For it is the heartbeat and passion of Christ that none should perish, but all who are lost receive His love. We fervently believe that God has not finished pouring His Spirit out among the nations. Because we believe that “nations” shall come to (His) light (Isaiah 60: 1-3), we maintain faith, persistent prayers and passion to see the lost of every people, tribe and tongue come to the saving grace of Jesus Christ. We purpose to collectively utilize our gifting, grace, anointing and callings to compel them to come.

While we can be relied upon to supply foundational and leadership resources and spiritual experience and oversight, those who are lead to enjoin themselves with this association of Covenant Relationship, are the individuals who seek to model the maturity of Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus spoke to the seven (citywide) churches in Asia, and each city church was independently accountable to Christ (see Rev 2-3), so it is our goal to build, restore and strengthen ministries in each city. God has ordained that local leaders would receive grace to see their communities shaped into unique vessels for God’s Glory. Thus, we honor and esteem denominations and other local church associations, and seek only to build Christ-centered unity among all who call upon the name of the Lord. Indeed, we do not want to minimize the importance of denominational strengths and resources, we simply seek to serve Christ’s mandate that we would all be one.

Our first common foundational value is intentionally pursuing the nature of Christ. Since nothing pleases the Father more than His Son, it is our desire to be genuinely conformed to the character, power and love of Jesus Christ. We believe this is God’s vision for humanity: to create us in the image of Christ and to empower us through the Holy Spirit to live lives worthy of our callings. Thus, we do not measure ourselves or our successes based on our accomplishments, or who and what we become before man, but our success is measured by how truly Christ-like we become before God.

As we fellowship to strengthen one another, we are also commissioned to identify, disciple and train leaders to equip the saints for work of ministry. We believe that what we become far outweighs what we do. Therefore, men and women of character and integrity, who practice on a daily basis “Intentionally Being Like Jesus” will become members of this association of Covenant Relationship as we follow wholly after the things of God.

In Covenant,
Dr. E.J. McKenzie, Th.D.