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Who We Are
We are a Christian Non-Tithing church
founded on the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
We all have a reason that God put us
on this planet, but many of us don't really know why
we are here.
Our main area of focus is to help others
find their purpose and destiny or in other words, "Why
they are on this planet". We do this by helping
you to clearly hear God for yourself, concerning His
plan for you, as opposed to hearing from God through
another person. Jesus said in John 14:26 "But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you" and also we read in 1John
2:27 "But the anointing which ye have received
of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man
teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of
all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as
it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him".
We also believe that you have no need
of another teacher. Once you are clearly hearing form
God, concerning your purpose and destiny, and are led
by the Holy Spirit in a life of faith, you are no different
from any other Christian. God is no respector of persons
and neither are we. Titles and positions mean nothing
to us and Credentials aren't important since all they
prove is that a person has been able to learn from another
man. The teaching most ministers or leaders have received
is usually based on another man's revelation or their
teacher's own interpretation of the Bible. Most Bible
schools or Theological seminaries are great at teaching
people how to run a church as a business, but they neglect
to teach a person how to hear from God for themselves.
Credentials and positions don't signify that you are
clearly hearing from God. We believe everyone needs
to clearly hear God for themselves in order to discover
and fulfull their purpose and destiny or in other words,
their calling.
Under the Son Ministries is simply
a group of people from various backgrounds and religious
experiences, who by God's grace have encountered Jesus
Christ along life's highway and His power to transform
our lives of darkness into the kingdom of His marvelous
light.
We are all about submitting to the
Lordship of Jesus over every area of our lives and ministry
in order to be able to hear His voice, know Him, and
have the reality of Christ in our lives. Thus the name
"Under the Son".
We believe that every Christian is
called for a purpose in the Kingdom of God, but few
reach the destiny of their calling, as they are robbed
of discovering why they were put on the earth and what
they were put here to do. It is our joy to help those
who are sincerely seeking God be able to hear Him for
themselves and fulfill His purpose for their lives,
as the Spirit of Truth leads them.
This ministry, established and sustained
by God, actually began in November of 2001, with the
launching of mychristiansite.com,
a web site that provides free web based e-mail and web
site storage to churches, ministries, and fellow believers.
Soon after, in January, 2002, a strong and clear direction
was given to open a home once a week for a time of prayer,
praise and worship, as well as a time for fellowship.
With no preconceived plan or agenda
as to what we were to do or where this was going to
lead, we obeyed, remaining open to whatever the Holy
Spirit wanted to do. The prayer was "Lord if this
is really you, let them come". And come they did.
For over two years people came and went to the basement
fellowship for various reasons, but over time it was
evident that God was doing something much more serious
in the lives of the people that regularly attended.
He began to stir up a hunger for Truth and imparted
a deeper understanding of the true Christian walk. Much
of what we had been seeing happening in the churches
recently did not line up with what was in the bible
or with the faith of the early Christians.
What God did was incredible: He completely
shook our whole belief system -He tore out everything
that had been taught to us by man that was not of Him
- and began to teach us by His Spirit, like new babes.
As Truth was imparted to us by the Holy Spirit through
the written Word of God, many of the false doctrines
we had come to believe were stripped away . We realized
that each one of us would one day stand alone before
the King of Glory, accountable for believing what we
were taught by others without testing it and finding
out for ourselves if it was true and even more importantly,
if that truth was to be applied to our own lives.
Attendance came to an all-time low,
as Truth tends to offend the carnal mind, but a core
group of truth seekers continued to meet week after
week, until it was confirmed that the group should look
for a public building for the ministry. By June of 2004,
a space in the mall was selected and Under the Son Ministries
had an official public meeting place.
The ministry is submitted to the Lord
Jesus and by Him alone it stands and by Him alone it
falls. We can never claim to have all the answers, since
all revelation is never given to one single individual
or group. However, we would be in rebellion if we did
not speak out what the Voice of Truth has spoken to
us in order to dispel the lies within Christendom. We
are not politically
motivated, nor do we encourage active involvement
in politics. It is our sincere prayer that the Lord
establishes our gathering place by His Presence and
that all those He brings into our lives will experience
the freedom of the real life that Jesus alone can give.
As followers of Christ, it is our desire
to not only be a proclamation of His saving grace, but
more importantly for our lives to be an actual demonstration
of the reality of Jesus Christ to a world that so desperately
needs to see righteousness, holiness, honor, virtue
and integrity restored in the body of Christ.
If Jesus Christ truly reigns in the
heart of a believer, the spiritual will be evidenced
in the natural. We are to be living epistles, if you
will, in the 21st century. While Under the Son Ministries
is not affiliated with any other church or organization,
we work cooperatively with other ministries and organizations
throughout North America that share the same vision.
We are an advocate for those who have
been exploited, mislead, manipulated, intimidated and
abused by any institution which names the name of Christ.
Hence we welcome those who have incurred emotional,
spiritual and financial damage at the hands of men and
institutions claiming to be of God.
As part of a natural progression from
assisting others in recovering from the spiritual abuse
of a "religious system", we have become a
watchdog organization for churches and ministries within
Canada.
We maintain a national database of
individuals who have been hurt by the unethical practices
of ministers and ministries that claim to fall under
the banner of "Christianity". This database
also contains information concerning the ministry involved
and the details of the abuse.
We will help anyone in any way we
can to bring them to healing and wholeness in Christ.
If you have been victimized and would like to share
your story with us, you may do so by clicking
here. If you are in immediate need of assistance,
please contact us.
Under the Son Ministries is also the
Canadian directorate for Damascus
Road Ministry School. A school of the heart for
the serious truth seeker. Students of the school are
challenged in every area of their belief system and
in the end, are confident in what they believe, with
faith in Christ being their solid foundation. Damascus
Road is a school focused on heart knowledge and learning
to really hear God. We are not about filling your head
with just knowledge of the bible ... but filling your
heart and life with your Kingdom Purpose and Destiny.
When you finally find out why you are on the planet
your life will finally become fruitful and fulfilled.
If you would like more information about Damascus Road
Ministry School, please visit the web site at www.damascusroadschool.com.
For more information about Under The
Son Ministries, please contact
us.
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