Why focus on The Way of Christ and His Apostles?

The Challenge Before Us

For much of history, the Church has drifted from the simple, relational, repeatable patterns that Jesus and His apostles established. Over time, Christianity became shaped by institutional and cultural systems rather than by the New Testament’s intended design. The result has been impressive structures—but often without the relational strength, family life, and exponential multiplication that marked the early Church.

We believe we are moving into a New Apostolic Age—a time much like the first centuries of the faith, when the Church thrived as networks of extended families, guided by apostolic teams, and devoted to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer (Acts 2:42–47).

Recovering the Original Design

At the heart of our mission is a call to return to the patterns of Acts and the Epistles—what we refer to as “The Way of Christ and His Apostles.” These patterns reveal a living rhythm of:

  • Evangelizing strategic cities

  • Establishing local churches

  • Entrusting leadership to faithful men and women who train others (2 Tim. 2:2)

This was the cycle that multiplied disciples and church-families across the ancient world. It remains Christ’s blueprint for His Church today.

Why It Matters Now

We believe that genuine transformation—of lives, families, and cities—happens only when the Church operates as it was designed: relationally connected, locally led, and globally linked through apostolic partnership. Christ’s plan is not a model to be invented, but a pattern to be recovered and lived.

At MEC, this is why we train leaders, plant and renew churches, and support planters as families on mission—so that the Church in our generation can once again reflect the life and power of the gospel as seen in the New Testament.