Why was ICA created?
Given the worldwide multiplication of individuals recognized by other Christian leaders as apostles, a strong desire has been expressed by many of them to be able to relate, in some structured way, to peer-level apostles in their own nations and internationally. Since autonomy is a high value for members of differing apostolic networks, the apostolic leaders of these networks, who technically are “vertical” apostles, had little access to mechanisms designed to fulfill that lingering “horizontal” desire to meet with their peers in anything other than a casual way. The International Coalition of Apostles was organized as one attempt to meet this need. It is not an exclusive organization, since other similar groups are forming in different parts of the world – much to the delight of ICA – as a response to what the Spirit currently seems to be saying to the churches of the 21st Century.
