Dear TMCI Family and Friends,
The Annual Conference theme in 2023 was “Family: Fitly Joined Together for Kingdom Building” (Ephesians 4:16).
This is TMCI!
A Letter from Sr. Bishop Arthur N. Werts
Sr. Bishop Arthur N. Werts
and Rev. Saundra Werts
Bishop Arthur Werts has been involved with TMCI since the summer of 1990. He has served as a TMCI Bishop, and as a Board Member.
Dr. Werts is the Pastor of Second Baptist Church in Ruther Glen, Virginia from January 2002 to the present. He loves God’s people; and under his leadership, the church has grown spiritually and numerically.
He is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. His family moved to New Jersey where he attended public school. His belief in education has led him to earn two Master Degrees and holds an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Lighthouse Christian Seminary.
Pastor Werts is married to the gracious and anointed Minster, Saundra Werts. God has blessed them with two wonderful children, Candace and Kenneth Sr.. Kenneth is married to Shannon, and Candace is married to Marcus Bohanon Sr.. Arthur and Saundra have been extremely blessed with five grandchildren, Essence, Marcus, Kenneth Jr, Kiley, and Kenzie.
Pastor Werts retired from the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS after 33 years of government service. He also holds the rank of Colonel (Retired), United States Air Force.
Fitly joined means that every member is exactly designed for his own place and function and perfectly joined with every other member to make a complete living organism. Despite differences in culture, language, nationality, race, color, and temperament, we are one Body in Christ Jesus.
The TMCI family is a group of passionate people whose goal is evangelism focused on fulfilling the Great Commission. Our mission is to “Get people into Heaven and Heaven into people.” We have ministries on every continent except Antarctica and over 50 missionaries serving in foreign countries.
One of the unique things about TMCI is that we not only have churches, but we also have many para-church ministries. Our TMCI family consists of food ministries, prison ministries, biker ministries, chaplains, Christian counselors, thrift stores, and Christian schools to name just a few. It is important to note that even though you are connected with TMCI, you have complete independence to run your ministry as God is leading you.
The last paragraph under our statement of faith reads: “The church is a trans-denominational fellowship, and it is understood that all the ministers may not agree upon all points of doctrine. However, all ministers will endeavor to keep the unity of the faith, believing in the essentials as enumerated in the Articles of Faith. In essentials, we must have unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things love.”
This letter is to address the last statement… “In essentials, we must have unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things love.”
I have been a member of the TMCI family since 1990, serving for over 30 years. I accepted the position of Presiding Senior Bishop by the leading of God and continue to serve with much prayer and the leading of God. As such, if we are to “Get Heaven into People and People into Heaven”, then we must make sure that we have the heart of God and always govern our words and deeds with love. When you don’t understand differences or something that’s happening in this ministry, be willing to have a conversation and be willing to approach it with a heart seeking to understand. We will operate in love and exemplify the example of the Godly character that we are preaching, teaching, and evangelizing about.
TMCI has not changed. Our mission has not changed. We continue to assist men and women in fulfilling God’s call by providing credentials and a spiritual covering. We welcome believers in Jesus from many denominations; our membership includes Baptist, United Methodist, Anglican, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, as well as others. We are a Kingdom Ministry. We are an International Ministry. So, let us commit to intentionally function in agape love as we build the kingdom together and complete our individual and collective God-given assignment.
All things in decency, order, and love,
Bishop Werts