The Foundational Charter
A Christian constitution of purpose, doctrine, formation and practice.
Article I - Name And Confession
The community is called The Priesthood of Restoration. Its public Christian confession is: Restored to restore; reconciled to become reconcilers; restored to become Restorers.
The Priesthood confesses Jesus Christ as Lord, the eternal Word through whom creation came into being, the one through whom reconciliation is given, and the pattern toward which Christian restoration is formed.
Article Ii - Scripture And Theological Method
Scripture is the primary textual authority for the Priesthood's public Theology. Interpretation must remain open to careful study, historical context, responsible scholarship and examination within the wider Body of Christ.
The Priesthood distinguishes explicit scriptural teaching from theological inference and constructive proposal. No leader may present private speculation as unquestionable revelation.
Article Iii - Salvation And Vocation
Salvation is received by grace and is not purchased by restorative works. Good works are the fruit and vocation of a life made new in Christ.
The Priesthood teaches that salvation opens into reconciliation, sanctification, restitution where harm requires repair, and participation in God's restorative purposes.
Article Iv - Priesthood
Priesthood is a shared Christian vocation of worship, witness, holiness and service under Christ. The Priesthood of Restoration does not claim exclusive sacramental authority or exclusive access to God.
A Restorer is formed, not enthroned. The title never creates superiority over another Christian or human being.
Article V - Restitution And Safety
Where a participant has caused harm, accountability may require confession, return, compensation, changed practice or other proportionate repair.
No harmed person is required to reconcile with an unsafe person, disclose trauma, surrender legal remedies or accept spiritual pressure in the name of restoration.
Article Vi - Human Dignity And Identity
Every human being bears dignity that is not measured by ethnicity, nationality, bloodline, wealth, health, disability, productivity, gender, office or denominational status.
Cultural and ancestral restoration may be honoured, but no lineage may be treated as possessing superior divine worth or exclusive spiritual access.
Article Vii - Leadership And Governance
Leadership is servant leadership, subject to written standards, financial transparency, conflict-of-interest controls, safeguarding procedures and meaningful mechanisms of challenge.
The movement may not become a personality cult around its founder or any future leader. Its teachings must remain examinable.
Article Viii - Relationship To The Church
The Priesthood is a movement within the wider Christian community and may work across denominational boundaries. It does not require Christians to abandon healthy local churches.
Partnership is preferred to institutional competition. The movement contributes a restorative emphasis while honouring the gifts and responsibilities of the wider Body of Christ.
Article Ix - Mission
The mission is to form Christian Restorers and cultivate visible practices of reconciliation, restitution, healing, justice, wisdom, responsible creativity and care for creation.
The movement seeks signs of the kingdom without claiming that any human programme is identical with the kingdom of God.
