The FIRM path
FIRM is a four-stage path of spiritual growth: Fundamentals, Integration, Realities, Ministries. Check what’s true of you in each stage. We’ll show you where you are and the next step to take.
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God’s Foundations · Hebrews 6:1–2
This is where everyone starts: the Foundations God laid, the “doctrine of the Apostles” (Acts 2:42). Repentance, faith toward God, baptism in water and the Spirit, and what Jesus did on the cross.
Get these right and everything you build afterward stands firm.
Communion with the Body · 1 John 1:7
“If we have communion with one another, his blood cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). You can’t grow alone. Integration means real fellowship: breaking bread in homes, taking the Lord’s Supper together, and starting to use the gifts the Holy Spirit gave you.
That’s the red line running through the “I” in our logo.
Spiritual young adulthood · Ephesians 4:4–6
Now you learn to be a brave spiritual “young man” or “young woman.” The Seven Realities define Christian unity: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. At this stage you learn to defend that unity boldly, and with love.
This is also where we go deeper: spiritual warfare, the 7R blog, and the Timeline for the Last Times.
Spiritual adulthood · your vocation
We’ll lead you to your vocation, your Ministry. Every believer gets at least one gift from the Holy Spirit, and that gift, used consistently, should become a ministry.
At this stage you’re plugged into a ministry that fits your gift, in one of our works or in any congregation, because there is One Body.
Want someone to walk this path with you? That’s exactly what we do.
