Each member of the Lord's body is directly connected and answers only to the Lord Jesus as the Head.

All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way.

A believer with the fruit of the Spirit is certainly one with all the believers in the body, and a joy for all people to be around.

Where everyone is accepted equally as a brother or sister in Christ, and where there is an open forum without a set program and format, believers will be in an environment where their gifts will develop and manifest naturally.

When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the body can be built up...Today's system of clergy and laity, where a few believers do all the teaching and preaching but the majority stays passive year after years has not (and does not) equip believers to do what the clergies are doing.

In order for the assembly (ekklesia) to be built up, every believer needs to rise up and be actively seeking the Lord and functioning according to the gifts that the Spirit has given each one.