Narrow Way Ministries and Narrow Way Bible College & Seminary was founded in Jacksonville, FL in 2000 by Dr. Samuel Greene. Narrow Way Ministries is a Spirit-filled, non-denominational, international ministry. At Narrow Way Ministries, we are dedicated to preparing the bride of Christ through discipleship training and practical ministry. Wherever the Lord sends us, we desire to take the message of sound doctrine, present day truths, the revelation of the glory of God, the coming of the Lord, the message of the manifestation of the sons of God, the calling to be the bride of Christ having true, intimate, liberated, and glorious worship in the manifest presence of God, and the message to call God’s people out of Babylon.
We understand that every Christian is at a different level spiritually. Our commitment then is to serve, feed and bless the body of Christ with milk for babes, bread for children, meat for young men, strong meat for the aged, and hidden manna for the over-comer. Now more than ever God’s people need to have a deep foundation in the Word of God as well as revelation of present truths as the body of Christ prepares for the coming of the Lord. God’s desire is that His people “all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” and “may grow up into Him in all things…” (Ephesians 4:14-15). Therefore our goal is to lay an awesome foundation of the Word of God as well as end-time revelatory truth in the lives of every disciple and to bring them into an onward and upward in a relationship of intimacy and deep worship with their Bridegroom, Jesus.
Over the years, the Lord has enlarged our steps by opening up doors to successfully start three thriving churches and bible schools in Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz), Zambia Africa, Juneau Alaska and most recently in Davao City Philippines. Our vision is to raise up churches and schools all over the United States and the world as the Lord leads.
Since credibility in leadership is of utmost importance we are working hard to raise up faithful priests and leaders in the body of Christ who will be men and women of integrity, committed servants who emulate the pattern given to us in Ezekiel 44 concerning the sons of Zadok, full of the Word of God, full of the glory of God, and leaders who will have true father ministries. Our heart is to not build buildings or make a name for ourselves, but our desire and vision is to build the Kingdom of God by building God’s people by feeding them with a deep knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures, allowing them to grow in the Spirit of God and manifest presence of God, thus enabling them to mature and grow closer and more intimate in their own personal walk with Jesus ultimately preparing themselves for the coming of the Lord and preparing them for their own ministries. This is true discipleship and discipleship is the pattern God Himself requires. In II Timothy 2:2 Paul exhorts Timothy, his son in the faith, by saying, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” Amen!
We believe our vision follows the true Bible pattern established by the Lord Jesus, the early church disciples, and Paul the Apostle. Our desire is to honor, magnify, and glorify Jesus in all that we say or do, for it is “of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things” (Romans 11:36). We desire to be faithful and honorable stewards of our threefold God, His mysteries, will and purpose to this generation. Below is the Scriptural Foundation for our Vision at Narrow Way Ministries:
I. The Need For A Biblical Foundation
- Hebrews 5:12-14 – “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
- Psalms 11:3 – “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
- Hebrews 6:1-3 – “…the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment…”
- Acts 2:42 – “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
- II Timothy 2:15 – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
- I Peter 3:15 – “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”
- Psalms 119:80 – “Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.”
- Acts 17:11 – “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
- Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”
II. The Need For Revelational, Inspired, & Present Truth Teaching
- Matthew 4:4 – “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
- II Peter 1:12 – “…be established in the present truth.”
- Matthew 16:17 – “And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”
- II Corinthians 3:6 – “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”
- Daniel 12:4 – In the last days, the books shall be opened
- Proverbs 22:20-21 – “Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?”
- Ezekiel 2:10 – Scroll written within and without
III. Knowing God Intimately
- Genesis 4:1 – “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived…”
- Exodus 33:13 – “…shew me now thy way, that I may know thee…”
- Philippians 3:10 – “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”
- John 17:3 – “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
- I John 5:20 – “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
- Psalms 103:7 – “He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children ofIsrael.”
IV. Liberty To Have Deep Intimate Worship In Spirit & In Truth
- John 4:20-24 – “…But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
- Psalms 42:7 – “Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts…”
- II Corinthians 3:17 – “…where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
- Galatians 5:1 – “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free…”
- Philippians 3:3 – “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”
- Psalms 34:1 – “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
- Psalms 84:1-4 – “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God…”
- Psalms 8:2 – “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” (Matthew21:16 – “And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?”)
- Psalms 149 – “Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people…”
- Revelation 4:10-11 – “The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”
V. Going To The Nations To Evangelize & Raise Up Churches and Bible Schools
- Psalms 66:3 – “Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.”
- Psalms 57:9 – “I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.”
- Matthew 28:19 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
- Nehemiah 8:10 – “…send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared…”
- Psalms 2:8 – “Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”
- Song of Solomon 8:8-10 – “We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar…”
- Jeremiah 50:2 – “Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not…”
- I Chronicles 16:24 – “Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.”
VI. A True Scriptural Based Community Of Believers
- Acts 2:44 – “And all that believed were together, and had all things common;”
- Psalms 133:1 – “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
- Ephesians 4:3-4 – “Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”
- Acts 17:26 – “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth…”
- Revelation 5:9 – “…hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;”
- Psalms 95:7 – “For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand…”
- Galatians 3:28 – “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
VII. A Hatred For All Things Religious
- II Timothy 3:5 – “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
- Matthew 15:3, 6 – “…Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?…Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.”
- Matthew 23:27-28 – “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
- Colossians 2:8 – “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
- Matthew 5:20 – “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
- Revelation 2:6, 15 – “But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate…”
VIII. Declaring The Manifestion Of The Sons Of God
- Romans 8:19-21 – “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”
- Isaiah 60:1-2 – “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee…”
- Hebrews 6:1 – “…let us go on unto perfection…”
- I John 3:1-3 – “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is…”
- Ephesians 4:12-13 – “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ”
IX. A Deep Desire For The Glory & The Manifest Presence Of God
- Exodus 33:15-16 – “…If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.”
- Exodus 33:18 – “…I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.”
- Zechariah 2:8 – “After the glory hath he sent me…”
- I Peter 5:10 – “…But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus…”
- I Thessalonians 2:12 – “That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.”
- II Thessalonians 2:14 – “Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 48:11 – He will not give His glory to another, but He will give it to the Jesus living in us.
X. To Reveal The Scriptural Teaching On The Bride Of Christ
- Song of Solomon 6:8-9 – “There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her…”
- Matthew 25:1-10 – Five wise and five foolish virgins
- Psalms 45:8 – “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.”
- Isaiah 54:5 – “For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”
- Hosea 2:16-20 – “…And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.”
- Revelation 21:2 – “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
- Revelation 19:7-9 – “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready…”
XI. To Teach The True Doctrine Of Eternal Salvation
- Isaiah 54:10 – “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 – “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.”
- II Samuel 23:5 – “Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”
- Psalms 89:27-36
- Hebrews 13:5 – “…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
- John 10:28-29 – “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
- I Corinthians 3:15 – “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
XII. To Teach The Dealings Of God
- Romans 8:18 – “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
- II Corinthians 4:17 – “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
- John 16:33 – “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
- I Peter 5:10 – “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
- Romans 5:3 – “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience…”
- James 1:2-3 – “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
- I Thessalonians 3:3 – “That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.”
- II Timothy 2:12 – “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…”