Tree of Life International | Austin, TX

About Tree of Life International Prayer & Praise Center

Our Vision

To see the kingdom of God expanded and the Body of Christ walking in obedience to the Word of God and in the power, gifts and fruit of His Holy Spirit.

 

We envision seeing people:

  • Knowing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior
  • Being set free and delivered from the hurt of their past
  • Being restored to wholeness in mind, body and spirit
  • Learning and living the Word of God
  • Becoming an active member of the Body of Christ
  • Fulfilling their destiny and the call of God on their lives

Scope of ministry:

  • We believe that all of Austin, with its 850,000 people is our congregation and we will endeavor to do unique things to get their attention that many may be won for Christ. For example, it is our desire to one day soon have a Gospel Crusade in downtown Austin and give away 1000 I Pods pre-loaded with Gospel music and fully advertised and promoted in the media. We must win the lost at any cost! We must be a NEW WINESKIN to contain the Glory that He wants to pour out!

 

Cutting Edge City Church:

  • We are called as a City church in Austin, Texas. It takes more than one church to reach the city. We are called with a Kingdom mindset and believe that the churches with like vision need to intentionally come together in unity services that will impact the heavenly realm over Austin. We are called to help establish city-wide prophetic training and city-wide prophetic teams. There is more to come on this at a later time as the vision develops and we work with other ministries in the city.


Church Shift:

 

Marketplace Ministry:

  • We subscribe to the Seven Mountains Model as posited by Os Hillman and Dr. Lance Wallnau.
  • We believe that the church must be relevant to society and one that impacts the culture for God.
  • We will have a strong percentage of those called to the five-fold ministry as well as those called to the business world as a part of our church.
  • We are called to train our people to invade the workplace where 95% of ministry should be taking place - within the seven mountains of the marketplace.

 

Training Center:

  • We are called to be a training center to train people in the Gifts of the Spirit, how to hear God for yourself and for others, the apostolic and prophetic, healing, deliverance, the angelic realm, third-heaven experiences, dream interpretation, strategic warfare intercession, stealth intercession with SWAT teams (see Prayer Teams tab), etc. We are called to raise up teams in these areas. A Bible College extension program is on the horizon as well where people can take accredited Bible College courses onsite.


WISE Ministries:

  • We, through WISE ministries, are called to intercede and pray for corporations via "Corporate Pastoring" and to provide strategic prophetic guidance in all areas of the business such as employee and client relations, marketing, strategy, R&D, etc. Prov. 13:22 says "the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous". How? By the righteous church and business leaders partnering together to reap the harvest with excellence in business products from God's Kingdom to the kingdoms of the world.
    We are endeavoring to partner with these cutting-edge prophetic businesses in "Kingdom Projects" which will advance the kingdom by leveraging both the strengths of the church and the strengths of the marketplace. Through our involvement, God is being literally invited into these Kingdom projects. These projects have the potential to reap great rewards for both the business and the Kingdom of God. If you would like to find our more about WISE ministries, please contact Pastor Charles at 512-250-9006.
  • We are called to create high-quality materials so that other churches may duplicate our successes.

 

Prayer Teams:

  • While praying for our Pastors and other leaders, our "Twelfth Mountain Division" prayer team tackles the most difficult of problems by strategically countering what the enemy is doing. God is up to something in this city-impacting stealth prayer ministry.
  • SWAT (Strategic Warfare Advanced Training) response teams to tackle and counteract what the enemy is doing in certain areas of Austin.


Outreach:

  • We are called to hold Prophetic and Apostolic training modules for training and releasing members of the Body of Christ into their destinies.
  • We are called to those souls that are burned-out on the church; those that are disenfranchised and those unbelievers that feel that the church is irrelevant in society.
  • We believe the purpose of the church is not to perpetuate itself. We believe that the church should transform cities and nations!
  • We are called to have unique outreaches such as prophetic evangelism in various facets of the marketplace such as Construction Expos and other industry events, dream interpretation kiosks in Malls, and "invasion" of New Age fairs and occult events with "prophetic readings" and dream interpretations.
  • We are called to invade the media and fine arts with people and talent to win key leaders in these venues to Christ thus causing their followers to be impacted.
    We are called to reach our community with sponsorship and blessings such as support of our local firefighters and police departments.
  • We are called to impact our local and state government by opening up city council meetings in prayer and to offer prayer at the State Capitol.
  • We are called to establish local and regional satellite churches


Tree of Life Ministerial Fellowship:

  • A part of Tree of Life, Tree of Life Ministerial Fellowship (TOLMF) provides, as its primary purpose, credentials for those qualified individuals, churches, and ministries based upon their call and verifiable activity in a specific area of ministry.
  • It is often said that we are known by our associations and TOLMF provides a credible relationship with an established ministry that is a resource of ministry counseling, educational opportunities and fellowship. It is also a means of support for each person who has responded to "as the Father has sent Me, so I also send you," John 20:21.
  • TOLMF licenses and ordains people to assist them to fulfill their calling and destiny.


Targeted "Active Listening" for such things as Missing Persons:

  • Why should the New Age/Occult Psychics be used to help find missing persons when the power of our God (who created their God) is greater? Church, it's time to come together and harness the power of many believers' ability to hear God corporately! Through the results that we predict that will occur in our "Active Listening" sessions, we EXPECT police and other authorities to begin to use our services in locating missing persons.
  • What other needs are their in the church or society for pin-point accurate revelation? We believe we can help.

 

We envision accomplishing what the Lord has called

us to do by fulfilling the mission He has set before us.