7/20/2022
These Guidelines are the result of many years of experience.
- Jane Johnson’s & Bill Brady’s experience with Forming & Facilitating Benches
- Facilitating Benches as Forerunners & Fathers.
- These Guidelines result from many mistakes & many successes.
These Guidelines are a result of much experience that Jane & Bill have had with Benches.
- We learned by trial & error.
- Just like we all learn in everything else in life.
- Unless we benefit from the experience of others.
- We initially learned about Benches from Mike Parsons.
- Everything else that we have learned since then we learned by experience.
- These Guidelines are an attempt to not make the same mistakes again.
Jane & Bill do not see Independent Benches as being The Highest Blueprint.
- Independent Benches are not part of a House.
- Independent Benches do not follow The Fathers of a House as Forerunners.
- Independent Benches forerun entirely on their own.
Every OUB Bench is meant to come to function as a Forerunning Bench.
- But it is not meant to only follow its own Forerunning.
- It is meant to follow the forerunning of its Members.
- It is meant to follow the forerunning of its Founder ( if they are a Forerunner ).
- It is meant to follow the forerunning of Jane & Bill.
What does & doesn’t following Jane & Bill as Forerunners mean?
- It doesn’t mean that you agree with everything Jane & Bill say as Forerunners.
- It does mean that you honor them as Forerunners.
- You listen to what they have to say as Forerunners.
- Look for Resonance or Dissonance before rejecting.
- Follow what you resonate with.
- You dialog about what you don’t Resonate with.
- Every Forerunner needs this kind of response.
- We model this kind of response to Forerunning on all OUB Benches.
Every OUB Bench is part of The OUB House.
- It functions as part of The OUB House.
- Growing Benches in number & maturity is part of how OUB grows.
Purposes for OUB Benches:
Personal Purposes for Bench Members:
- Learn to function as a Member on a flowing / functioning Bench.
- Grow up through The Ages.
- Watch The Founder’s facilitation of The Bench & learn to facilitate a Bench.
- Follow Yeshua as The Forerunner.
- Follow Jane & Bill’s Forerunning.
Group Purposes for The Bench:
- Grow up through The Ages.
- Dialog, Encounter, Infused Knowledge, Governmental Action & Mandates.
Purposes for OUB:
- Grow up OUB in following Yeshua as The Forerunner.
- Grow up OUB in Ages.
- Grow up OUB in number of individuals & in number of Benches.
- Identify & train those who are Jane & Bill’s Children.
- Identify & train those who are Jane or Bill’s Sons.
- Raise up Leadership.
Purposes for The Universal Body / House:
- Model Benches for The Universal Body / House.
- Cross Pollination between Bodies / Houses.
- This is why we record our Gatherings & make our recordings public.
- This is why some Gatherings are on Face Book Live.
OUB Benches are an extension of The OUB House.
- They are for those who are following Jane & Bill as Forerunners.
- They are for those who see themselves to be a part of The OUB House.
We do have some who follow us as Forerunners, but aren’t part of OUB.
- In this case we are Journeying together on similar paths.
Why limit Bench Members to those following Jane & Bill as Forerunners?
- OUB has other avenues for believers who are not part of OUB.
- These include The Website, Face Book Pages, Chats & Patreons.
- Visitors are always welcome to any OUB Bench.
Founding & facilitating a Bench takes a lot of work.
- Jane & Bill desire to see The OUB House grow as a result of that work.
- Jane & Bill have a Mandate to raise up Leaders.
- Especially Leaders who will function in The OUB House.
Bench Members represent a big investment of time & effort.
- Jane & Bill need to see some of that investment result in growth of OUB.
- Multiplication of Children & Sons in The OUB House.
- Multiplication of Leaders who function in OUB.
- Multiplication of OUB Benches.
“Can two walk together unless they are agreed?” Amos 3:3
The above reasons for Forerunning & Fathering are all Secondary Reasons.
- What are The Primary Reasons?
There are 2 main Primary Reasons for Forerunning & Fathering:
- Forerunners & Fathers are who we are.
- We love our Children & Sons & we genuinely want the best for each of you.
Test us for genuine Love for you.
- You will find that it is there.
We understand that committing to us as Forerunners & Fathers takes time.
- We understand that you don’t want to be deceived.
- We understand that you don’t want to be controlled.
- We understand that you don’t want to be led off of The Way.
- Or away from The Truth.
What is evidence of seeing Jane & Bill as Forerunners?
- You listen to our recordings.
- You read our articles.
- You follow many aspects of what we are forerunning.
- Listening to Jane & Bill’s Face Book Lives will keep you current.
We encourage you to follow other Forerunners too.
- We do.
We don’t require you to see one of us as your Father.
- We do suggest that you flow with The Spirit of Elijah seeking a Father.
- We do suggest that if you find a Father outside OUB that you draw near to them.
- This may require withdrawing from an OUB Bench.
- This would be if your Father is going in a completely different direction.
We see a Cross Pollinator category of member on an OUB Bench.
- These are Bench Members who flow with The Bench.
- They flow with Jane & Bill.
- They bring their Journey with them to contribute it to The Bench.
- They are not resisting Jane & Bill’s Forerunning.
- But they do not see themselves as part of The OUB House.
Visitors
- Visitors are always welcome.
- Visitors are welcome to join in all aspects of a Bench Gathering.
- They are welcome to observe or participate as led.
Bench Membership
- Bench Membership is offered because of a proven track record.
- The track record is of attendance & participation.
- And of a sense of flowing well together in the activities of The Bench.
Who offers Bench membership?
- Initial Bench Membership will be offered by the one who is forming The Bench.
- Once a Bench has been formed Membership will be offered by The Bench.
- Unanimous agreement of The Bench Members is required.
Bench Activities:
- Dialog
- Encounter
- Infused Knowledge
- Governmental Action
- Mandates
- Gathering of new Bench Members.
- Discovery
Most Bench Gatherings will include many of these Activities.
- The proportions of function in each activity will vary between gatherings.
Gatherings
- We prefer to use the word “Gathering” rather than “Meeting”.
- The word “Meeting” can bring with it Old Wine Skin Baggage.
- We slip sometimes & use the word “Meeting”.
- There is nothing wrong with the word.
- It’s not a swear word.
- It’s just that The Old Wineskin Baggage is an issue.
- Words have power & function.
- We don’t want to go backwards.
- We want to go forwards & upwards.
Ages
- A Bench functions in a specific range of Ages.
- The Bench will know what Age(s) it is functioning in.
- And what Pillars, Arch Stones & Cap Stones that it is functioning in.
- The Bench is always seeking to function in Higher Ages.
Places in Heavenly Realms
- A Bench functions in specific places in Heavenly Realms.
- This includes Realms & Cities.
- The Bench seeks to know where it is functioning at all times.
- The Bench seeks to vary where & how it functions.
- The Bench seeks to go up higher.
Personal & Corporate Journeys
- Every Bench Member has both a Personal & a Corporate Journey.
- Personal Journey is Journey outside of The Bench.
- Corporate Journey is Journey with The Bench.
Bench Members are encouraged to balance the 2 Journeys.
- Bring revelation & encounters from your Personal Journey to The Bench.
- Bring revelation & encounters from The Bench into your Personal Journey.
- Practice what you learn on The Bench.
- So that new revelation becomes a part of your Personal Journey.
- In this way we avoid seeing or hearing without doing.
Mandates
- It is best to have a Mandate in mind before The Bench Gathering.
- The Bench Founder may bring The Mandate.
- An experienced Bench Member may bring The Mandate.
- The Mandate is to be agreed upon by The Bench before beginning on it.
Many see it is important to get The Mandate together.
- It can be good to get The Mandate together to involve everyone.
- Acceleration can happen by bringing Mandates to help people see them on their own.
- And get them ratified by The Bench.
The Name of a Bench
- The name of The Promised Land Bench has changed over time.
- Each name is a New Name for The Bench & reflects a transition in our sense of corporate identity.
- Each New Name was agreed upon by The Bench at the time of the change.