New Covenant Ministries International (NCMI) is a trans-local ministry team comprised of men and women who help build local churches, and equip and mobilise believers for the fulfillment of the work of the kingdom of God – the discipling of the nations.

NCMI is not an organisation or grouping of churches. Although local churches such as Well Of Life relate to NCMI, it is simply a team of individuals who are committed to the advance of the kingdom of God. It is currently working into 75 countries, and there are churches in many of these nations that are voluntarily linked with NCMI as a trans-local, apostolic/prophetic team.

The relationship NCMI has with local churches is a very important dynamic as it works together with them to fulfill the Great Commission. The churches that relate to NCMI come from many different backgrounds: some are newly planted churches; others have been around longer than NCMI; some have related to NCMI since their inception; others have not, but in NCMI they find an expression of apostolic/prophetic Christianity that they want to be a part of. Whatever the case may be, the whole of what NCMI is involved in is seen as groupings of friends, working together in team, motivated by a love for Jesus Christ and a desire to “speed His coming”.

This working together – NCMI as an apostolic/prophetic team and the local churches that relate to the team – is founded on shared Biblical values, a shared understanding of what a New Testament Church is, and what it is that God has called the Church to do. Relating churches also share with NCMI a vision to see the nations discipled and a common ministry ethos. NCMI builds relationship with these churches through their pastors and leaders around a shared vision and values.

Although relating churches have chosen a primary relationship with NCMI as an apostolic/prophetic team, NCMI does not consider this to be an exclusive relationship. Although it believes passionately that local churches working in relationship with a trans-local team is a vital New Testament pattern, NCMI is not an elitist grouping. It is aware that we are continually growing in our understanding of God’s ways and are continually learning to apply those ways more accurately.

The NCMI team acknowledges that it is only one of many similar groupings being used by God throughout the world today, and openly confesses that what God is doing through NCMI is “despite” them, more than because of them.

It is not NCMI’s intent to build a denomination, and it does not consider itself to be a mission, a movement or a parachurch organisation. For this reason it has no headquarters, nor does it have a common constitution that all relating churches sign. There is no membership committee and no system of imposed authority, and all the local churches that have chosen to relate to NCMI do so freely and may, at any time, choose otherwise.

NCMI believes that Biblically the highest authority in a local church is its own eldership (pastoral) team, and therefore, all the relating churches retain their autonomy. Ministry into the local church by NCMI team members and other gifted leaders takes place by invitation. As friendships develop and as mutual giftings in God are recognised and accepted, relating churches are able to invite any team member to come and minister who they feel will help to build the church.

Relating church leadership is also encouraged to participate in related leaders meetings and to involve their church members in the city celebrations and Leadership Training Times (LTTs – conferences) where team members work together to build an apostolic/prophetic wineskin into the Church.

What gives reality to our partnership is a single-hearted commitment to covenant relationships and to working together in team. Everybody is encouraged to give freely whatever they have to contribute, as we seek to fulfill all that the King calls us to.

NCMI was established in South Africa in the early 1980s. Its churches are characterised by lively musical worship and the advocacy of a Christian lifestyle that is based on Bible teaching rather than church orthodoxy and tradition. Since the 1980s, NCMI churches have been established throughout the world, including countries through Africa, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, India, the Philippines and the United States. There is accordingly an extremely wide spread of Christian believers relating to NCMI across many nations, language groups, and from all races and ethnic backgrounds. There are NCMI-relating churches in most of the major cities of the world, including London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Johannesburg, Sydney, Melbourne, Delhi, Singapore and Hong Kong.

For more information about NCMI, visit www.ncmi.net.