Marcionites worldwide
Join the Movement
The aim of this movement is a recognized Elder in every country: someone who can receive a letter, answer a question, gather people, and stand as the public face of this faith in the place they live.
The True Testament Assembly gathers publicly in Buffalo, Minnesota, and from that house the Evangelion and Apostolikon are published. Raising Elders in other countries is already the work of the Assembly. Most countries still have no Elder named.
A country is not one town and not one posting. People live in many cities and regions, and the work of this faith can take root in more than one place in the same land. If you are prepared to take up this calling where you live, write to the Assembly. The map will show you who has already been named. It does not tell you that the country is finished.
Where Marcionites are
The gold mark is a verified Assembly or Elder. Click a country to write the Assembly about serving there. The name of that country will be placed on the letter for you. If someone is already named in that country, you will still see who they are. You can still write.
Verified Assembly and Elder postings
An Elder in every country
Eldership belongs to the Assembly. It is not delayed until a crowd has already formed. A verified Elder is a public point of contact, someone a seeker in that land can find.
An Elder receives questions, helps people find the books and one another, and teaches when people gather. The Elder also keeps the Assembly honest about what is actually present in that country. You do not wait for the map to be empty before you write. If you are prepared to take up that calling in the place you live, the Assembly will read what you send.
Elders who are named receive Elder Access into the True Testament. That access lets them request True Testament material be sent to them at no cost for the Assembly. It also opens the Journal so they may publish articles in their own name, and it invites them into the development of True Testament books and ongoing translation.
Ask about participating
Write if you want to walk with the movement, gather locally, or learn how a household in your country can stand with the Assembly.
Become an Elder
If you are prepared to take up this calling in the place you live, write to the Assembly. Another Elder already named in your country does not close that door. After the Assembly reads your letter, you will be given the Elder Charge to read and sign by name.
Before you ask
What the Elder Charge requires
Every Elder reads the complete Charge, affirms all three parts, signs by full name, and records the country where they will serve. The Charge cannot be changed or signed in part.
What every Elder holds
The doctrine of the True Testament, including the Good Father and the Creator, rescue, the Evangelion, and the ten letters of Paul.
How every Elder conducts the work
No hatred, crimes reported to the authorities, and no title the Assembly has not given.
What every Elder has read
The Evangelion, the ten letters of the Apostolikon, Key Words of Our Faith, Becoming Marcionite, and Praying Beyond the Creator.
A spiritual office
An Elder is a spiritual office of the Assembly. It is given by the Assembly after the Charge is read and signed. It is not a government credential. It does not license anyone to marry people, to practice counseling, or to act as an officer of a company. An Elder teaches, receives questions, and helps people find the books. The Elder does not speak for the state, and does not hold a title the Assembly has not given.
Kinds of Elders
There is not one mold of Elder. Some teach. Some translate. Some write. Some keep correspondence, gather people, or take up work the Assembly has not named on this page. Teaching Elders, Translating Elders, and Writing Elders are examples. They are not the whole of the office.
What is required of every Elder is the same. They know the True Testament, and they know this faith. The rest of the work follows the calling.
The work of the Assembly
The Assembly supports Elders and assemblies wherever they are named. Books, materials, and what they need to stand in the work are given by the Assembly. They are not a cost the Elder is expected to carry.
That support is the work of the whole Assembly, not of one city. Wherever an Elder is received, the Assembly stands behind the office with what the work requires.
If you have a language, a trade, or a gift that can help that support reach another country, .
Still exploring?
If you are still reading and asking questions, go to the Seeker's Table. That is where answered questions and outside reading live.