The Purpose:
The Alliance is established to advance the kingdom of God
through the apostolic and leadership gifts and anointing. It provides an
apostolic platform for ministry to leaders in the Body of Christ for
the purpose of building up the church per Ephesians 4:9-14. This
apostolic platform is the position from which Deborah and Harvey
Wittmier minister apostolically to leaders, connect gifts between
leaders, extend the message of grace and faith in Jesus Christ to the
world, and advance God’s kingdom rather than man’s kingdom. Alliance
partnership, by its very nature, will bring an aspect of apostolic
purpose and anointing to ministries that participate.
Background: The Alliance was founded in 2010 in response to the words
of the Holy Spirit. However, the concept was birthed in 2002 when Crossfire Church (the
local outreach of Deborah Ministries International) was established, with the vision of many outlets
of Good News going forth to bring grace and peace to the nations.
In
late 2009 several prophetic words for Deborah and Harvey brought forth
this original vision in new form. Harvey and Deborah had confirming
words from people who knew little or nothing about Deborah Ministries
International (DMI) or Crossfire Church. Those words confirmed the
mandate to launch an apostolic initiative advancing the kingdom of God
and bringing apostolic and prophetic gifting to leaders of ministries
and churches in many nations. The timing of this initiative was unclear
until New Years Eve, 2009 when the Holy Spirit declared through
prophetic words it was time to move forward and God had, in fact,
already started it.
Through prayer and prophecy the name and the
mission have been clarified. We are to be an alliance. This is
more than simply a fellowship of ministries or a network of
relationships, but an alliance of many to bring forth ‘kingdom thinking’
to the church. Through prayer there came a strong sense of grace, yet
the edge of being fierce in advancing the kingdom of Jesus Christ on
earth. Since much of current day ministry growth is based on building
individual kingdoms, it became clear that the Alliance is to advance
God’s kingdom only. While we will build individual leaders in ministry,
we do so for His kingdom purposes.
Crossfire is a church without walls, built on the foundation of grace and love; serving God, building people, and reaching beyond the walls within us to the world around us.
