N.C.G.I. - About Us
N.C.G.I. - About Us
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Our Philosophy |
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The age old structures of the church have become irrelevant, outdated, unable to withstand the demands of God and are therefore now defunct. The reformation that is taking place within the church is geared at producing:- |
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Individuals of great internal strength, character
and integrity
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Individuals who consistently exercise aggressive
personal responsibility in every area of their lives
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Individuals who understand and embrace the
principle of journeying and spiritual migration
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Individuals who are governmental and global in
their mindsets and actions
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Individuals who are impassioned by the formation
and maintenance of accurate covenant relationships
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Individuals who place high value on governmental
prayer
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Individuals whose definition of church transcends a
mere Sunday morning activity
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Individuals who by the accuracy of their lives
usher in the return of Christ
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Individuals whose ultimate aim is to finish their
lives accurately, with enduring strength - to hear: "well done thou good
and faithful servant"
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| As members of the N.C.G.I. tribe, these are the values that we embrace. We are building structures that will result in these values permeating EVERY fibre of our lives. |
N.C.G.I. Leadership
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Name : Wesley Boynes (Trinidad)
Wife : Angella Boynes (Jamaican)
Children : Rinnah, Jabulani and Jody-Lani.
Wesley Boynes is the senior elder of the N.C.G.I. He is a teacher and a leader with a shepherd’s heart. He holds a Master’s Degree in Divinity and is a musician. Wesley is a passionate worshipper of God and this grace is evident throughout the Northgate community.
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The
Issue of Vision (Proverbs 29: 18; Genesis 13:14) |
| Vision perpetually unfolds as we advance with God - the more mature we
become, the more we see. It is
prophetic insight or revelation into who God wants us to become, not just what
He wants us to do. We must all be
visionaries. We need to have clear
vision in order to constantly have a healthy spiritual position (that is, a
healthy response and commitment to God). We
need to separate ourselves from the “Lots” in our lives in order to have
access to clear vision. Lot points
to internal elements of disobedience, false perceptions, people very close to us
but of opposing value systems and perspectives.
With such we need to part company. At
the Northgate Centre for Global Impact, our vision is all about producing people
not programmes; quality human beings who operate on the same frequency of our
ultimate destination - perfection and immortality. |
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The
Issue of Continuous Spiritual Migration (Deuteronomy 11: 10-11) |
| We must be aware that the land we are going to is a land of warfare.
It is not like where we are coming from. It is an environment that we
cannot manipulate or regulate - only God can.
Therefore we need to be aware of the seasons of God.
Each tribe member must be constantly aware of the journeying process.
We need to engage in accurate obedience (which is our biggest challenge)
to God's will to continually migrate spiritually. To do so, we need to cultivate the spirit of a martyr, so
that even if the devil hurts us, it does not deter us one moment from migrating
… we just press on. It calls for
us to engage in Aggressive Personal Responsibility.
Our faith in God's vision must be absolute. We must be fully persuaded in our minds of what God has
spoken and by our uncompromising faith, breakthrough any “reality” that
militates against the truth of God. We
must be a people of consistency and unfailing strength.
Backsliding is now out of style! It is OUTLAWED!
The mentality that said, “We`re expected to sin now and then” is a
lie that we have rejected. We can do ALL things at ALL times through Christ.
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The
Issue of Accurate Development of Relationships |
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The third core value, the issue of accurate development of relationships, demands that no “ordinary” relationship will fit into the Kingdom. The deliberate building of covenant relationships at all levels will be expected and this comes with the clear understanding of the value of each other. One part must not “say” to the other part, by attitude or otherwise, “I don't need you” (1 Corinthians 12: 18-21). This scripture illustrates the fact that though there are different parts to a body, each part has a significant benefit to the entire body. As members of Northgate we have to constantly evaluate our relationships and place them in their correct context. We are also throwing out the “soft spirit” mentality, which does not allow for us to give and receive needed rebukes in love. Lastly, we must be aware of inaccurate distorted loyalties and free ourselves from them (for example, that which Jonathan had towards Saul).
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The
Issue of Personal Integrity and Godly Character |
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Righteousness is key. It is not some farfetched idea.
It is the character of God that we must pursue.
Righteousness is a lifestyle, not a feeling.
We must learn more and more how to wage war by the power of our
lifestyles. We are mandated to
invade the earth with the culture of heaven, by activating the technology of
being in this world, but not of it. A lifestyle of integrity and Godly character is our only
guarantee to victory over the devil. We
are of those who not only seek God`s power, but also His character and we do not
compromise to accommodate highly gifted people with distorted values.
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The
Issue of Continual Accessing of Present Truth (Proverbs 25: 2; 2 Peter 1: 12;
Proverbs 4: 18; James 1: 5; Colossians 2: 2-3) |
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still a lot of hidden things for us to search out and as we advance with God
light shines brighter in our minds. We
must, therefore, quickly and accurately pursue and advance into the unfolding
wisdom of God. God never reverts to
a former position, and as He advances what was once seen as light may become
darkness. Therefore our mentality must be flexible to accommodate the move of
God as He is always pointing to new things (for example, rivers in the desert).
We must commit ourselves to being always relevant to the new demands and
seasons of God, and to being aware of the necessity for every new spiritual
technology. God's calendar is not determined by the calendars of men, and
so we must continually be accessing God's wisdom.
Those who do not understand what God is doing now will be “eaten by the
enemy” (Matthew 13: 19). Finally,
we must respond quickly and accurately to the unfolding revelation of God,
because God is moving quickly. We
are becoming a people of great capacity to contain what God is saying and we
will have to sacrifice to lay hold of the new.
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The
Issue of Celebrating A Complete Kingdom Perspective Of Our Resources |
| We must all be fully aware that everything we have belongs to God - not us. (“The Lord gives and takes away,” “The earth is the Lord's,” “God gives the power to get wealth”…) We need to get out of being in bondage to our resources. We can only really own a thing when we can freely give it away. If we cannot, then it owns us. We are excited to worship God with our giving. We give because we love God and we are aware that he is taking note of our attitude and motives in giving. At N.C.G.I., we all understand that the advance of the Kingdom is expensive. Everything costs money and we are not a stingy people. Everyone sees it as his or her duty to become financially responsible for the vision. We fully believe that investing in the Kingdom is extremely rewarding. If your heart is here as a member, your treasures will be here also. We must store up treasures in heaven. |
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THE BUILDING PROCESS CONTINUES. God has called Northgate to be a catalyst of constant change, constant reformation, constant advance and spiritual migration in the Body of Christ. A catalyst is a substance that causes or speeds up a chemical reaction without itself being affected. It is anything that precipitates events. The very nature of a catalyst dictates that we must be a community that is highly focused and intensely engaged in the process while maintaining a very high level display of a finishing mentality. “2 Pet 3:11-12: You ought to live holy and godly lives… as you look forward to the day of God and speed its’ coming”. It is demanded of us to possess high levels of awareness that our personal lives are intimately linked with God’s purposes for our local church and the global church. Quantum leaps are customary within the culture of N.C.G.I. in this season. This will express itself in: a greater awareness of interpersonal relationships; deeper commitment to the ‘community process’; deliberate celebration and uplifting of our values and principles; a new awareness of the frequency of this new and divine phase and a deliberate effort to expand our relationship base with our leaders. We are called to make things happen without being shifted from our positions.
Our environment will be brought into submission: we will not make the culture of
the nation dictate the standards of our Tribe. |
