It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. – Ephesians 4:11-13
For the past two weeks, we have been pondering on the 4th of the 5 Aspects of “Activating Kingdom DNA”: exercising our market place competencies in the Spirit’s power – providing clear benefits to the company’s business operations. Last week, we shared on how we served Tony Wear in renewing its brand identity – by establishing their core values based on Kingdom values espoused in “the River of Water of Life”. This week, I would like to share on how the Holy Spirit brought together “the body” to exercise Tony Wear’s newly established core values and demonstrate a powerful testimony.
As our team prayed with Donald on how to immerse “the River of Water of Life” into the company culture, the Lord opened the gate through a tremendous challenge hanging over the company’s business operations. Tony Wear has been under pressure from its key distribution channels to refresh its store design by mid-August or face severe consequences. For months, Donald could not identify the right team to carry out this task, let alone try to underpin the store redesign with “the River of Water of Life” concepts. Then through a series of wondrous divine connections, the Lord brought together a team of apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to carry out this “work of service” – to build His body, to activate Tony Wear’s Kingdom DNA.
Eight weeks ago, the Lord gathered to Donald, the apostolic figure, a team of designers (with prophetic insights), builders (as pastors building and nurturing), multimedia specialist (evangelist’s communication anointing), branding coaches (teachers), and intercessors (prophets, pastors & teachers). Even though this team had never worked together, they were drawn by Donald’s apostolic vision to immerse “the River of Water of Life” into the fashion industry. In less than six weeks, this team of apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors & teachers accomplished an incredible task that is only possible through a unified vision of “the body”. They began “re-imaging” Tony Wear through a:
- Completely refreshed flagship store in Wuhan;
- Catalog branding a new image of the Tony Wear Man;
- Short documentary & promotional film (links below);
- Series of “culture-transforming” team trainings.
Most importantly, this “re-imaging” process has shifted Tony Wear’s spiritual atmosphere. Many employees were visibly moved by the Holy Spirit at the Wuhan store grand re-opening and gave their lives to Christ. “The body” is being built up on the most basic level – with new believers.
We like to share with you the testimony of building “the body” through this film (feel free to forward it):
Tony Wear Re-Imaged (English – Youtube, English – Youku in China)
湯尼·威爾『形象再造 』(中文 – Youtube, 中文 – Youku in China)
Market Place Meditation and Prayer
- What are the core values that you want to see exercised in the business operations that you take part in?
- Who are the team of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors & teachers among you to demonstrate the testimonies of your core values?
We thank the Lord for demonstrating to us this first testimony of building up His body, of activating Tony Wear’s Kingdom DNA. May Tony Wear be elevated to activate the fashion industry’s Kingdom DNA.
