A network brings relationships to a greater strength. The old wineskin has had too much attempt at vertical control, power, authority, title-it all becomes meaningless. God has a plan for His church and it is not for defeat and for being trampled underfoot. There is a great destiny before us. This is why we are seeking likeminded ministers who have already examined and concluded that God is calling us to a bonding of covenantal proportions. This is what Faith Net USA is about. Event driven unity is always temporary, aimed at a task. A network should have little to do with what we can do but much to do with what we will be. Biblical unity is not doing something together-that is togetherness. It is a state of being already given to us in Christ.

For too long the church has settled for adhesion when the Holy Spirit has given us cohesion. Adhesion is that force that holds together unlike molecules whose surfaces have come in contact. They need glue, adhesive. I have watched for decades as the church has looked for adhesives-fruitlessly, because the church will never adhere-it is not unlike molecules. The Church is the salt of the Earth. Salt has cohesion, an entirely different force by which the molecules of a single substance seek to bond with one another and by which they are held together.

Here is the application: where two begin thinking we are different and need to come together, they will seek adhesion. The adhesive will hold for a period and then break. Adhesion is not covenantal. Cohesion is not attending the same meetings or joining the same task. It is me seeking your betterment and you seeking mine.

A mere coalition will fall apart after a period of time because it is based on adhesives. Coalitions usually join to combat a perceived common problem or common offense… come together to right this offense. When the offense is righted, if that does become the case, then the coalition begins to descend and fractionate into power struggles. Covenant is a much different concept.

The point is this: we are at an hour when we must pull together in sharing a common passion and purpose. God has such a purpose for His church. Faith Net USA's Apostolic Council is hopeful that we can find His purpose for this hour together with you as we mobilize restoration, reformation and transformation.

My commitment (Walt writing here) to those with whom I relate is covenantal; it is a statement, "I am your blood covenant brother. I will never hurt you. I will never compete with you. I will never attempt to make you less than you are. I will seek your highest good. I will desire in prayer and in deed to put you over the top so that you and I together can move on in God to see His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth."