Dear Brethren,

We have had a wonderful weekend at SHILOH. On Friday we hosted 25 pastors and ministers to a morning of worship and sharing followed by a fellowship lunch. Brethren came from towns and cities round about. On Saturday we hosted over 50 leaders and saints to a training day at SHILOH. The release of the word and the testimonies of the grace of God flowing through the ministries represented was awesome. We are rejoicing in our spirits and thanking God for the strength of the revival spirit He has released in us, and the grace of sonship that more and more are receiving.

Grace and peace to you,

apostle Paul Galligan and SHILOH apostolic company.

 

“I will build My church”  Matthew 16:18

Biblical foundations

The church is the household of God and it is built on the foundations of apostles and prophets. (Eph.2:20) There is no other foundation on which to build the church other than the ministries of the apostle and prophet that God has given through Christ to the church for the building of the church. For 1800 years the church in general has not had Biblical foundations. Soon after the close of the New Testament writing time, the church began to replace the ministry of the apostle with the man-made office of a bishop. The bishop was raised up to rule over the church of a city in contradiction to the clear teaching of Scripture, which says that the church of each city is pastored [shepherded] and given oversight by elders. These elders were ordained by the apostles. This is the Biblical pattern. (Acts 14:23, 20:28 & Titus 1:5)

 

Restoring proper foundations

In Scripture, elders and bishops refer to the same office or ministry (Acts20:28; 1Tim.3:1-7; Tit.1:5-9). There is no situation in the Scripture where a single elder was given rulership over other elders or over the church of a city; rather eldership was meant to be a plurality. Now at the end of the age, God is restoring apostles and prophets so that the last days church can be built upon proper foundations. Jesus is coming back for His church, built His way, not for some conglomeration that man has mixed up and is now trying to put together, without due regard to the Scriptures and the pattern revealed therein.

 

The cornerstone

The Scripture says Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone. (Eph.2:20) A cornerstone in a building is set in place after the foundations have been laid. Once the cornerstone is in place, then the walls of the building can be erected. In the Scripture there is only one church and that church is built upon non-denominational apostles and prophets who have been appointed in the church by God Himself. (1 Cor.12:28) The church that has emerged historically has not been built upon the foundations of apostles and prophets and so we have numerous denominational divisions in the church as people have followed the leadership and traditions of men. The church of Jesus Christ is not the coming together of these various divided denominations but rather a reformed church according to the Scripture. 

                

Once Biblical foundations are restored and Jesus Christ is recognised and received again as the cornerstone, “the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Eph. 2:21-22)  The ‘holy temple’ can be seen to be entire worldwide church that God is raising. However in every place, a local church is being raised, made up of many fellowships. It is in the local fellowship that the individual saints find their spiritual home, and are ‘perfected’, that is, adjusted or fully equipped, set in place to fully function and thus to experience God in the midst.

 

The revelation of the mystery

All things gathered together in Christ

God will grant us “wisdom and revelation to know the mystery.” (Eph.1:17) This mystery is outworked in the gathering of all things in Christ, things in heaven and on earth. (Eph.1:10) This refers to the coming of Christ in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, when God will bring with Jesus those who sleep, that is, the dead in Christ. (v14) When the Lord descends from heaven “the dead in Christ will rise first.” (v16) “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” (v17) This is the gathering together of all things in Christ to usher in the new age of Christ ruling and reigning with and through His saints.

 

Revealed by the Spirit

The revelation of the mystery is “revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets” (Eph.3:5), so that now “the unsearchable riches of Christ” can be preached (Eph.3:8), leading to “the revelation of the manifold wisdom of God to principalities and powers in the heavenly realm through the church.” (Eph.3:10) God’s goal is to fully displace the principalities and powers in the heavenly realm and replace them with His church. This church understands the mystery because the unsearchable riches of Christ are being preached by apostles and prophets whom God appoints, enabling the saints to understand and walk in the knowledge of the mystery.

 

The revelation of the true church

It is as the church comes into the revelation knowledge of the mystery of God’s will being outworked through the church in the earth that the glory of God will be revealed. This revelation is the revelation of the true church as revealed by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit gives the revelation firstly to apostles and prophets who then through “the dispensation of the grace of God which was given” (Eph.3:2), preach the unsearchable riches of Christ, enabling all the saints to “see what is the fellowship of the mystery.” (v 9) There is much more for the saints to enter into; God wants to make known “the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” (Eph.1:18) Until now most saints have never heard the preaching of Christ in such a way as to reveal the mystery.

 

The knowledge of the mystery was hidden

This mystery “has been hidden in God from the beginning of the ages.” (Eph.3:9) When God created all things through Jesus Christ, this mystery, called “the hidden wisdom” (1 Cor.2:7), was present in creation but not known or understood. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:6 that this wisdom is not understood by the demonic rulers of this present age but is to be understood by the saints who have come to a place of maturity in their Christian understanding, knowing the mind of Christ. (1 Cor.2:16) Throughout history, men in their civilizations and tribal communities, have searched for this wisdom outside of Christ. This deeper wisdom can only be known through the gospel, revealed by the Holy Spirit.

 

Displacing of demonic powers

As the church comes into the revelation knowledge of ‘who Christ is’, and that the church is “the body of Him who fills the all in all”, then this revelation will be made known to the demonic rulers through the church. (Eph.3:10) A great change has taken place because Jesus died on the cross. The fruit of His death and resurrection is the formation of His body, the church. As His church is truly joined to Christ the Head, then the manifold wisdom of God, understood by the church through the prophetic preaching of the word, fills the heavenly realm, displacing the rule and reign of demonic powers. These powers currently rule through deception and false religion. When the church comes to know the revelation of the mystery, the demonic kingdoms become fully subject to the kingdom of Christ.

 

The revelation of the mystery releases glory

This wisdom is not for babes - babes need the ‘milk of the word’; this wisdom is not for children - children need the ‘meat of the word’; this wisdom is ‘the hidden manna’, for those growing into maturity. Paul says “God ordained this wisdom before the ages for our glory”, and now the Spirit is revealing this wisdom to us. (1 Cor.2:10) This wisdom is never understood by man’s intellect; it is by revelation to the spirit of man. To ensure that His saints understand the revelation of His will, God has actually given to us “the mind of Christ.” (1 Cor.2:16) This means that the saints who have grown up into maturity, and even young ones in Christ, can comprehend the word of God; can actually think the thoughts of God. God is always working to fulfil His “eternal purpose”; He has already accomplished His eternal purpose “in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph.3:11), and now it is through the church that the outworking of God’s eternal purpose will be seen.

 

 

It is time to understand the mystery

Amazingly, God has now entrusted the revelation of this mystery of His eternal purpose to the foolishness of preaching. In these last days God is again dispensing His grace to apostles and prophets to make known the revelation of His mystery. It was to Paul the apostle that Jesus chose to reveal much more, and deeper truth of the mystery of His church. Even today, well-meaning, gifted ministers are opposing what God is doing. Many are consciously refusing to receive the apostles Jesus is raising in these days. Many are defending institutional Christianity unnecessarily, against the clear dictates and teaching of Scripture. In his day Paul called such preachers Judaizers. They were attempting to bind the new Christian church into the institutions and practices of Judaism. Religious teachers of any age and those who hear them, miss out on the revelation of the mystery, which is essential for the glorification of the church. Such ones have no vision for the church other than what they already know.

 

The above teaching is an extract [page 53-57] from the book “Walking in our inheritance” by Paul Galligan. This book is available on request. If you are able to send a donation please do, as this book is being sown freely to the body of Christ in many nations

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OUT OF AFRICA & MAURITIUS APRIL 2006

We came home rejoicing in the great things God had done. He sent us to Kenya from our two-day apostolic conference at SHILOH at Easter time with the greatest release of His anointing we had ever experienced. We knew the key message to share was the word concerning ‘sonship’. So everywhere we spoke it was imperative to teach the word, opening up the revelation of: growing up into maturity, receiving the grace of sonship to inherit all that God has reserved for us (1Pet.1:4-5).

 

We noted some key aspects of the apostolic reformation that is taking place in the church today.

The need for fathers: this is the most poignant aspect of restoration in the apostolic reformation. Everywhere men and women of God are giving voice to their need of a father. A number of senior men of God are saying things like, ‘I have had many sons but I couldn’t bring them up properly because I never had a father’. These very same men discovered the grace of sonship, coming to sit at the apostle’s feet to receive revelation from the word of God and an impartation of grace by the Holy Spirit. One brother who had been the bishop of over 300 churches declared that he now had to go and bring home all his prodigal sons.

 

The shift from denominational practice to the apostolic ‘way’: the clear teaching of the word of God revealed to many that much of what they believed and practised in church life and ministry was not according to the word of God and strong repentance [change] was embraced. In an email from a brother who had been the bishop of the 300+ churches, he writes, “I loved being called ‘Bishop’ and used a lot of authority over pastors. I have already now made things clear: for better or for worse I am no longer bishop, because I have found the truth. Pastors have found a changed man in me and everyday I talk with them about becoming a son and having someone that has stepped into my life as an apostolic father. I am teaching the pastors to stop being institutional, legalistic and to come to the apostolic calling.”

 

Building relationships within the body and linking leaders across nations: We have the privilege of being the apostolic father to many sons and as we visit them we are able to build them together in the body so that they become part of the ‘ONE’ body, the church, and come into one accord in the building of the body of Christ. Sons find each other as they relate to the same apostolic father. Most of our sons are specifically called to be apostles and so they are prominent leaders in the church in Kenya and the other nations. 

An apostle from Nigeria had flown to Kenya purposefully to meet Paul as he had read Paul’s book and realised there was more for him. He discovered the joy of sonship and having a father. He has now returned to Nigeria and is avidly spreading the apostolic message more fully than before and already other leaders in Nigeria have been in contact with Paul. As well Emmanuel is confident that God will use him to play a part in reaching the seventeen West African nations. He already was linked with leaders in Kenya and those leaders are now also sons.

There was a brother from Israel on team with us – he had visited SHILOH for one week early last year and had been deeply impacted by the grace of God working among us. Brother Bill now links us, and our brethren in the nations, to Jerusalem. He is an intercessor involved in a 24hour prayer and worship centre in Jerusalem.

A son who is an apostle travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo to be on team. He had already met some of the leaders in Kenya but is now more fully related to apostles in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Pastors and an apostle came to conferences in West Kenya from Uganda and then followed us to the seminar in Kampala. Again strong links are being made.

Brother George Muteti was our co-ordinating apostle into Uganda and Rwanda. He especially has formed strong links with church leaders in Rwanda.

Our brothers in Mauritius are also being linked to brethren in Africa and the Mauritian brothers have begun the translation of Paul’s book into French, which is the language of Central and some West African nations.

[STOP PRESS: a brother who found us on the website and began to communicate from Pakistan has now printed 2740 copies of “Walking in our Inheritance” in their language and is distributing them free of charge to pastors and leaders]

 

Modelling of apostolic company: showing by example through the extended team that ministered together [sometimes 5 Musungus (whites) and 5 Africans on team] and sharing the testimony of how SHILOH Apostolic company functions in Australia. Our apostolic company supports and helps other ministries and fellowships that come into relationship with us. There is a tremendous sense of belonging to a larger apostolic family. We are committed to training and equipping every saint for the work of the ministry God has called each one to. There is a powerful expression of love and courage that God has given us and people who come to SHILOH are able to experience this love and receive an impartation of courage.

 

Apostolic training centre: integral to our vision since the Lord first called us into apostolic ministry in late 1997 was to have an apostolic training centre based upon the example of the apostle Paul in Acts 19:9-10. Paul established a training centre in Ephesus for two years and as a result “all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus both Jews and Greeks”. In 2 Tim.2:2 Paul expects Timothy to continue such apostolic training “entrusting to faithful men what Timothy had received from Paul so that they could teach others”. In Nairobi, with RMA’s help from Australia, apostle Meshack Mbugwa has rented a very suitable house, which is beginning to function as an apostolic training centre in Africa. The team took our evening meals there while in Nairobi with many brethren joining us for fellowship. On the Saturday the team spent the day in the house receiving senior ministers and pastors coming to see the apostle, talking, sharing, testifying, asking questions and receiving prayer. International apostles have already stayed in the house and Meshack has established regular training sessions throughout the week.

 

Ministry in the house: even as the apostolic training centre in Nairobi functions in a house very effectively, so we continued to find the house based fellowship that automatically happened wherever we were lodged and some specific house meetings that were called were powerful examples of the Scriptural pattern of the church meeting from house to house. A minister of the Government of Rwanda was in a house meeting with us in Kigali.

RMA resources: we continue to be amazed by the reception of our manuals, newsletter, Paul’s book and teaching CD’s. In Myanmar we met a brother who translates the monthly newsletter from English to the Chin language and distributes it to 100 other leaders. We often find that pastors are preaching from the newsletter and many report the encouragement they receive from the newsletter. Regularly ministers and saints contact us through our website.

 

The doors are wide open into many nations. Sister Jean and Bruce are reporting on their recent trip also into Thailand, Myanmar and India. Paul and a team are going to India and Pakistan in September. It is on our hearts to go to Israel, England and Nigeria. We are praying much about this trip now as the doors have opened widely. The work is great, but the work is now multiplying through many sons becoming fruitful. The apostolic ministry has gained credibility in some cities because of the testimony of changed lives in those who have begun to walk in the revelation of sonship.

 

TRIIP REPORT: THAILAND, MYANMAR, INDIA

“Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Jeremiah, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’ “Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.’”  Jeremiah 1:11-12

Throughout this recent visit to Myanmar, Thailand and South India, we saw the fulfilment of this promise as the Lord brought revelation upon His word and new life with understanding to His people.

The ministry in Myanmar and Thailand was in the Golden Triangle of Asia on both sides of the Thai-Burmese border.  In both places we saw God empowering His people to be His witnesses.

 

Doira and her husband, Pastor Aike Lian,  hosted a 3 day seminar at Mong Phyat in the Eastern Shan State of Myanmar at the orphanage they oversee.  Worship was amazing and again we saw the children of Myanmar freed from all constraints as they met with God in this way.  Folk from Kyiang Taung travelled to be with us and were equipped to take the message of the gospel of the kingdom home with them.  Six students from Chaing Mai travelled with us to be home with their families in Mong Phyat and witnessed the miraculous power of God.

 

Over the three days God brought healings, deliverance, revelation upon the word, and a response of nine baptisms in the local river.  But most amazing of all was the mighty outpouring of the Lord’s Spirit upon the people at the end of each session.   On the last day there was such an outpouring where people spoke in tongues and glorified God. It was like the day of Pentecost.  With such an empowering of His people we wonder what the Lord has in store for these folk.

 

Our interpreter, Saw Edison, had traveled from Monglar on the Chinese border.  He ministers in a difficult area where gambling is the main industry and there is much compromise within the established church.  He had been disillusioned by the lack of sincerity he was seeing. “I felt so lonely. By the grace of God, I met both of you and acting in the manner of true son of God, I was inspired by what God was doing in Mong Phyat.  Now I’m serving as a spirit filled son of God.  I always declare that, “He is my Lord”.

 

Jesus said: “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.”  John 15:3

We were back in northern Thailand ministering in a refugee village for the hill tribe people of the Kachin State, Myanmar for the next three days.  Again God was bringing revelation upon the word and freeing the people as they listened.  Some testified to healings they had received on the second day.  However, tribal feeling is deeply ingrained in these people and a major breakthrough came as we led them to forgive the other tribes who had harmed them.  Forgiveness brought such a freedom for them to receive greater blessings.

 

“In this manner, therefore, pray:” Matthew 6:9

We went to Chennai, South India, to friends at India Campus Crusade for Christ.  Here the team had arranged for us to teach in nine different areas to varying groups of people.  Some were new believers, some pastors and leaders, and some were church planters.  In each case we were asked to teach about prayer and the message was the same – pray according to God’s word to see His Kingdom come and His will done on earth as it is in heaven.  The thrust was twofold: to re-focus people in prayer to come to the throne of grace and mercy  (Hebrews 4:16) and to recognize the authority of Jesus in prayer (Matthew 28:18).

 

Praying Scripture and praying in agreement with others was a new concept for many.  Recognising that God’s word contains a promise to satisfy our every need and learning how to appropriate those promises brings a reality to living in the Kingdom of God.  Praying God’s word into place also brought an empowering to God’s people which is so vital for these workers who suffer persecution and abuse in their daily walk with the Lord.

 

Bruce and I were again blessed and humbled by all that God allows us to be a part of.  We pray for our brothers and sisters in these parts of the body of Christ.  May they fulfil the ministries they have received in the Lord, and may Christ be formed in them to enable them to truly represent Him to the world.

 

Jean and Bruce Manning

 

 

Apostolic Conference in Ipswich – church building, cnr. Mary and Thomas Sts. Blackstone

May 13^th 7pm

Sat 14^th  9.15am - 4pm & 7pm, [byo lunch – tea and coffee, gold coin donation]

Sun. 15^th 1pm – 4pm

Hosted by Ps. Jan & Laurie Beier, Burning Lamp Ministries ph. 32812874

                                                                              

Teaching in Northern house church

May 19^th Thurs. evening, all day Fri.& Sat, until lunch time Sun.22^nd 

Col & Judy Krueger ph.49470134

 

Mini-Bible School – term two Thursdays 9am to 4.30pm – teacher trainer Ps. Peter De Bressac

Final week 19^th May

 

Second semester training days:

July 30^th                   Saturday training day at SHILOH

October 8^th               Saturday training day at SHILOH

November 26^th         Saturday training day at SHILOH

Pastors & Ministers please note that the Friday before each of these training days is a ministers meeting from 9.30-1.30 including lunch. Your opportunity to fellowship with brethren involved in the apostolic restoration of the last days.

 

Apostolic Conference at SHILOH:

Friday 26^th 9.30 – 5pm & 7.30pm

Saturday 27^th 9.30 – 5pm

 

MID-YEAR TRAINING SCHOOL

MONDAY JUNE 20^TH TO SATURDAY JULY 2^ND

Two-weeks full-time

with a children’s training school operating concurrently

At SHILOH Centre, TOOWOOMBA

Your opportunity to receive the apostolic revelation and to experience the grace of sonship, understanding the revelation of the mystery and the fulfilment of all things in Christ and His church.

 

Apostle Paul Galligan with the support of other apostles and teachers will be sharing the anointed word of God. We are witnessing “the word made manifest” (Col.4:2-4) as we proclaim the mystery of Christ according to the word. Ministers and saints in many places are experiencing the reality and power of the Spirit of adoption unto sonship, leaving the meetings and the seminars and schools transformed. We continually receive testimonies of what God has done in the lives of individuals and through the ministry gifts God has given.

 

SHILOH Apostolic Company is totally devoted to the LORD JESUS CHRIST and His purposes that He is fulfilling according to His word in our day.

Teaching and training, worship and the Lord’s Table daily from 9am until 5pm with some evening sessions and early morning prayer 6-7am.

 

You are welcome to attend all or part of the school. Certificates are issued to those who complete the school.

There is a commissioning day for all on Saturday 2^nd July.

Some billets will be available for people outside of Toowoomba.