We are not a new church, we just have a new name! We have added Apple Tree Church to our traditional name of Fellowship Gospel Assembly.
Perhaps many people wrongly associate the apple tree with Adam & Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
But the books of Proverbs & the Song of Solomon associate the apple tree with Jesus, the Bridegroom of the virtuous woman. Apples are a picture of the words of the wise. Apple wine signifies the Spirit of God, and people full of God’s Spirit are represented by flagons of apple wine.
Some of these scriptures are posted above, in the books, at the top of each new page.
We are based in greater Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
We are part of the much larger, global non-denominational Pentecostal group of churches that generally (although not all) go by the name of Gospel Assembly.
At least for the time being, we are "The Church in the Yurt", which is possibly the most unique church setting in Kelowna. Since selling our traditional church property in Winfield that was our home for 22 years, we now meet in a homemade mongolian-style yurt: a large, rustic roundhouse made of lattice and canvas with 2 wood stoves in the centre.
Men, women and children meet on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings in the yurt in the Rutland area of Kelowna.
Childrens services are provided as needed, so the kids can learn on their own level, and the parents can take part in the service without distractions.
A typical Sunday service will find happy people sitting in a big circle around the wood stoves, singing praise and worship songs, testifying of God's greatness, and preaching uplifting and poignant messages backed by scripture from God's Word.
Many wonderful people of God were added to to our local numbers in 2016 and 2017, and we continue to grow as God adds to the church daily such as should be saved. Everyone the Lord adds brings something unique and beneficial to our assembly.
Blessed to have Brother Timothy Drost gathering with us, we are focusing more on evangelism and outreach than ever before, and are able to hold services with Spanish or Portuguese translation. We also can offer translation in Russian & Ukeranian.
Here at Apple Tree Church/FGA in Kelowna, it is our vision to walk worthy of the vocation by which we are called, individually and collectively, and to present every member perfect in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:26-28). That is our mission. That is our calling.
Jesus is returning only for those that are His at His coming (1 Corinthians 15:23 /
1 Thessalonians 2:19 / 1 John 2:28). But who "are His?" The Apostle Paul qualified what it means to "be His" by saying, "They that ARE Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts" (Galatians 5:24). So hoping to be among this chosen few, we teach personal overcoming and victory over sin because the Bride has made herself ready (Revelation 19:7), and we want to truly "be His" by the time He returns.
The Lord takes special interest in people who fear Him and who speak often one to another about the things that matter to Him (Malachi 3:16-18). He has promised that those people will be His in that day when He comes to gather up His jewels, and that He will spare them from the judgment soon coming upon this sinful world. (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
We teach that there are two walks of faith, one personal and the other collective, and both are vital to our salvation. When we gather together and begin to discern the Lord's body as a collective, something amazing happens: we become more than the sum of our parts. As we walk in the light as Jesus is in the Light of His Father, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Christ--through this fellowship--cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7). When we do it right, church is a place where one can be cleansed from all sin.
We believe that God has called us to a victorious life in Christ, and that it is our right, our birthright to hope in God! (Psalm 43:5 / Psalm 78:7)
Although we are still a small assembly, we are powerful in the Spirit when we press through. We have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Just as in the Biblical story of Esther (a beautiful allegory of the King choosing a bride), God has provided for us, as with Esther, all things for our purification, and everything necessary to make ourselves ready for His return.
We often experience powerful moves of the Spirit. Our teaching is deep. It is sound doctrine, supported by scripture.
We allow questions for clarification and full-understanding right there in service so that no one is left behind. If we don't know the answer, we'll pray for it. We will go back to the Bible and find it, if the Lord will reveal it.
We beliee that is is the ministry's job is to equip the saints (Ephesians 4:11-16) for the work of the ministry. We strive to give the hearer the tools to work out their own salvation, and to help others find the reality of Christ.
If you are looking for more of God, so are we. Feel free to join us, because together, when the Lord comes to church, we become more than the sum of our parts. We, together with open face, are changed into the image of Jesus, from glory to glory, through the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). We become fitly framed together, where every member has a part, a habitation of God through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:21-22 / Ephesians 4:15-16).
The Body of Christ is not the name of an organization; it is an operation of the Holy Ghost. It is a description of what happens when God's people do church right. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor in spirit hear the gospel preached (Luke 7:22).
When we, together, walk in the light, the Spirit of the Lord comes upon us. He anoints us to preach the gospel to the poor. He sends us to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. Christ works through us to set at liberty them that are bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19).
What an exiting time lies ahead for the Body of Christ as this dark world hurtles head-long into Armageddon! What a place of safety we will find when we're hidden in Christ! (Colossians 3:3 / John 14:20) What a time of miracles and the outpouring of God's might we will see in our lifetime! (John 5:20 / John 14:12)
These are things we believe and teach. Come and see! (John 1:46) Come and learn mysteries that can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Come and be set free from everything that keeps you bound in chains of darkness. Come and be healed in your spirit, soul and body. Come receive the Spirit of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Become a partaker with us of the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:4), because, my friend, it is yours to hope in God! (Psalm 43:5 / Psalm 78:7)
Come, be part of something that is higher than we are individually, higher than religion, outside the walls of denomination; a place where there is neither Jew nor Greek, but all are one in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:28).
Together, let us endeavor to be hidden with Christ in God, until the world will once again see Jesus in a people. Together, let's grow into a holy habitation and be the Body of Christ, not just in theory, but in practice.
But the books of Proverbs & the Song of Solomon associate the apple tree with Jesus, the Bridegroom of the virtuous woman. Apples are a picture of the words of the wise. Apple wine signifies the Spirit of God, and people full of God’s Spirit are represented by flagons of apple wine.
Some of these scriptures are posted above, in the books, at the top of each new page.
We are based in greater Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
We are part of the much larger, global non-denominational Pentecostal group of churches that generally (although not all) go by the name of Gospel Assembly.
At least for the time being, we are "The Church in the Yurt", which is possibly the most unique church setting in Kelowna. Since selling our traditional church property in Winfield that was our home for 22 years, we now meet in a homemade mongolian-style yurt: a large, rustic roundhouse made of lattice and canvas with 2 wood stoves in the centre.
Men, women and children meet on Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings in the yurt in the Rutland area of Kelowna.
Childrens services are provided as needed, so the kids can learn on their own level, and the parents can take part in the service without distractions.
A typical Sunday service will find happy people sitting in a big circle around the wood stoves, singing praise and worship songs, testifying of God's greatness, and preaching uplifting and poignant messages backed by scripture from God's Word.
Many wonderful people of God were added to to our local numbers in 2016 and 2017, and we continue to grow as God adds to the church daily such as should be saved. Everyone the Lord adds brings something unique and beneficial to our assembly.
Blessed to have Brother Timothy Drost gathering with us, we are focusing more on evangelism and outreach than ever before, and are able to hold services with Spanish or Portuguese translation. We also can offer translation in Russian & Ukeranian.
Here at Apple Tree Church/FGA in Kelowna, it is our vision to walk worthy of the vocation by which we are called, individually and collectively, and to present every member perfect in Christ Jesus (Colossians 1:26-28). That is our mission. That is our calling.
Jesus is returning only for those that are His at His coming (1 Corinthians 15:23 /
1 Thessalonians 2:19 / 1 John 2:28). But who "are His?" The Apostle Paul qualified what it means to "be His" by saying, "They that ARE Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts" (Galatians 5:24). So hoping to be among this chosen few, we teach personal overcoming and victory over sin because the Bride has made herself ready (Revelation 19:7), and we want to truly "be His" by the time He returns.
The Lord takes special interest in people who fear Him and who speak often one to another about the things that matter to Him (Malachi 3:16-18). He has promised that those people will be His in that day when He comes to gather up His jewels, and that He will spare them from the judgment soon coming upon this sinful world. (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
We teach that there are two walks of faith, one personal and the other collective, and both are vital to our salvation. When we gather together and begin to discern the Lord's body as a collective, something amazing happens: we become more than the sum of our parts. As we walk in the light as Jesus is in the Light of His Father, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Christ--through this fellowship--cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7). When we do it right, church is a place where one can be cleansed from all sin.
We believe that God has called us to a victorious life in Christ, and that it is our right, our birthright to hope in God! (Psalm 43:5 / Psalm 78:7)
Although we are still a small assembly, we are powerful in the Spirit when we press through. We have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). Just as in the Biblical story of Esther (a beautiful allegory of the King choosing a bride), God has provided for us, as with Esther, all things for our purification, and everything necessary to make ourselves ready for His return.
We often experience powerful moves of the Spirit. Our teaching is deep. It is sound doctrine, supported by scripture.
We allow questions for clarification and full-understanding right there in service so that no one is left behind. If we don't know the answer, we'll pray for it. We will go back to the Bible and find it, if the Lord will reveal it.
We beliee that is is the ministry's job is to equip the saints (Ephesians 4:11-16) for the work of the ministry. We strive to give the hearer the tools to work out their own salvation, and to help others find the reality of Christ.
If you are looking for more of God, so are we. Feel free to join us, because together, when the Lord comes to church, we become more than the sum of our parts. We, together with open face, are changed into the image of Jesus, from glory to glory, through the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). We become fitly framed together, where every member has a part, a habitation of God through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:21-22 / Ephesians 4:15-16).
The Body of Christ is not the name of an organization; it is an operation of the Holy Ghost. It is a description of what happens when God's people do church right. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor in spirit hear the gospel preached (Luke 7:22).
When we, together, walk in the light, the Spirit of the Lord comes upon us. He anoints us to preach the gospel to the poor. He sends us to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. Christ works through us to set at liberty them that are bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19).
What an exiting time lies ahead for the Body of Christ as this dark world hurtles head-long into Armageddon! What a place of safety we will find when we're hidden in Christ! (Colossians 3:3 / John 14:20) What a time of miracles and the outpouring of God's might we will see in our lifetime! (John 5:20 / John 14:12)
These are things we believe and teach. Come and see! (John 1:46) Come and learn mysteries that can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Come and be set free from everything that keeps you bound in chains of darkness. Come and be healed in your spirit, soul and body. Come receive the Spirit of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Become a partaker with us of the Divine Nature (2 Peter 1:4), because, my friend, it is yours to hope in God! (Psalm 43:5 / Psalm 78:7)
Come, be part of something that is higher than we are individually, higher than religion, outside the walls of denomination; a place where there is neither Jew nor Greek, but all are one in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:28).
Together, let us endeavor to be hidden with Christ in God, until the world will once again see Jesus in a people. Together, let's grow into a holy habitation and be the Body of Christ, not just in theory, but in practice.